Politics: The Dark Ages edition

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by Linus

So if Canada does it, it's ebil but if the FDA (yes, the US Gov't) does it it's ok?

No wonder the longest undefended border doesn't exist any more.

It's just insane. Insane.

[Jett]

It's a damn good example of the state of much of our society.

Unfortunately the people like him getting elected and moving into these high positions are there because large portions of society agree with them. It's not just him, and it's scary really.

Though I've never been surprised at the things people do and think, and for a while I felt like the greater part of society had evolved slightly beyond certain blatant stupidities (for the most part at least I thought). But lately there's a lot big reminders in the news of how very very far we have to go, the "tea party"s recent emergence and their racist messages, and other similar things of late.

I'd like to think that the insanities belonged to just the individuals speaking them (Gohmert, Pat Robertson, Fred Phelps the list goes on and on)... but unfortunately those people have insane (literally) numbers of followers that raise them up to and keep them in their positions.

If they don't actually believe what they're saying, it's still disturbing because they're addressing what they know people believe and want to hear from them.

[MsDemeanor]

When Texas decides to leave the Union, hopefully before the next round of textbooks are published, we need to find a way to relocate Austin.

Ye, I know that there are some good people in Texas, but I come from a long line of the not so good ones, so my perspective is a little skewed.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by June

AND FURTHERMORE 2!

They are already rationing the goddamn healthcare to women over child-bearing age by telling us WE DON'T NEED FUCKING MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS EVERY YEAR. How is that not withholding and rationing? Oh, that's right. We're worthless women who just take up space in the job market that should be held by younger, virile (CHRISTIAN) white men.

So these buffoons that walk around talking about how Grandma is gonna be denied healthcare? SHE ALREADY IS AND SHE'S NOT EVEN A GRANDMA YET! As are millions of americans WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE OPTIONS! And also? When my Granddad died at 95, the last time he was in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. We weren't going to treat it anyway, but it was OUR CHOICE.

Am I off topic again? It must be the cock-a-doody demons dancing around my office. Fuckers.

Since you're off topic again, and since I feel a desire to wave Mahhh Texas Flag nice and high

You oughtta come to Texas. We're still givin' out paps and mammos for free

Just had one about two weeks ago as a matter o' fact (p.s. the tranny T ensures I won't be havin' no babies no time soon...thank god)

Haven't had the mammo, and I'm not really in the mood. They've been bugging me for a month to go get it...even offered to pay for a cab to come and get me, take me there, and bring me home afterwards. Yep, been calling me at least twice a week for a month to come and have this mammo. I've had to come up with new excuses as to why I'm not going.

So, I don't know what y'all are doin' up there in OR, but feel free to stop by Texas and get all your lady flowers checked out...for free. We're still givin' it away here.


Dylan

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Since you're off topic again, and since I feel a desire to wave Mahhh Texas Flag nice and high

You oughtta come to Texas. We're still givin' out paps and mammos for free

Just had one about two weeks ago as a matter o' fact (p.s. the tranny T ensures I won't be havin' no babies no time soon...thank god)

Haven't had the mammo, and I'm not really in the mood. They've been bugging me for a month to go get it...even offered to pay for a cab to come and get me, take me there, and bring me home afterwards. Yep, been calling me at least twice a week for a month to come and have this mammo. I've had to come up with new excuses as to why I'm not going.

So, I don't know what y'all are doin' up there in OR, but feel free to stop by Texas and get all your lady flowers checked out...for free. We're still givin' it away here.


Dylan

[channeling=Glen Beck]
Free?! Why, that's, that's SOCIALISM! And Texas is a RED state! And who else was associated with the color red? That's right, Communists! So let's see what we have here:

Gives necessary medical care for free? Check.
Is a 'Red' state? Check
Has red in its flag? Check
Has oil? Check

I KNEW it! The Soviet Union didn't just dry up and blow away, the USSR became TEXAS! It all fits! They're 'Red', they have socialism and their own (secret) police the Texas Rangers!

So Comrade Dylan...free mammograms, eh? Giving needed medical care free makes the Magic Baby Buddy Christ with the Kung Fu Grip (TM)* cry.

Cheers
Aj

*(Magic Baby Buddy Christ with the Kung-Fu Grip does not come with the Buddy Christ Church which is sold separately)

[Linus]

Originally Posted by dreadgeek

[channeling=Glen Beck]
Free?! Why, that's, that's SOCIALISM! And Texas is a RED state! And who else was associated with the color red? That's right, Communists! So let's see what we have here:

Gives necessary medical care for free? Check.
Is a 'Red' state? Check
Has red in its flag? Check
Has oil? Check

I KNEW it! The Soviet Union didn't just dry up and blow away, the USSR became TEXAS! It all fits! They're 'Red', they have socialism and their own (secret) police the Texas Rangers!

So Comrade Dylan...free mammograms, eh? Giving needed medical care free makes the Magic Baby Buddy Christ with the Kung Fu Grip (TM)* cry.

Cheers
Aj

*(Magic Baby Buddy Christ with the Kung-Fu Grip does not come with the Buddy Christ Church which is sold separately)

.. that was just skeery.

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by Linus

.. that was just skeery.

The scary thing is that I've never seen a full Glen Beck show. I tried, the FSM *knows* I tried to get through a whole show last week when he had Eric "Massage Therapy" Massa on. I think I made it to the first commercial break before I was lying on the floor, whimpering "the dumb! It burns!"

Cheers
Aj

[Cyclopea]

http://ghosthauntings.org/The_Texas_Demon.aspx

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by June

You'll notice our Little Commie Friend from the TUSSR hasn't come back to refute. This means it's all true. Every bit of it.

EEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz there, Tiger


Dylan

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by June

I am confused, both by this "Kinder, Gentler, Martha-esque" Dylan and also, are you trying to tell me that Texas has A Communist Healthcare System?

Or was that Socialist? Those goddamn republicans use the words inter-changebly )sp), and it's screwing me up.

Here's how Texas works, Juney

We have lots o' commie stuff and programs

We don't want the whole damned country movin' to Texas, so we don't tell anyone about our commie programs (not to be confused with pogroms) (that oil pays for, including education)

In order to keep out all the folks we don't want, we send morons to the white house to say really stupid things, so the rest of y'all will think we're complete hicks

'Cuz if the rest of y'all think we're all a bunch of dumb hillbilly rednecks, y'all will stay where ya' are

That way, we have more money for our commie programs, and we can make sure Texans are taken care of first...it keeps all of those coastal liberals away...while y'all feel sorry for us <snifflezzz>

We also make sure that we really media-blitz all of our really inane news stories (it adds to our image as dumb hillbilly rednecks)


This Is Our Way Of Makin' Sure We Don't End Up Bankrupt Like California,
Dylan

AJ...Satan is also associated with the color red...hence the 'demons'

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by Dylan

This Is Our Way Of Makin' Sure We Don't End Up Bankrupt Like California,
Dylan

AJ...Satan is also associated with the color red...hence the 'demons'

Now that you mention it. Satan has a beard. Lenin had a beard. They even have similar beards!






That just *can't* be coincidental!

Cheers
Aj

[MsDemeanor]

Originally Posted by June

I am confused, both by this "Kinder, Gentler, Martha-esque" Dylan and also, are you trying to tell me that Texas has A Communist Healthcare System?

Or was that Socialist? Those goddamn republicans use the words inter-changebly )sp), and it's screwing me up.

You forgot Fascist. They're all socialist fascists.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...42.html#s74266

[MsDemeanor]

Another touch of the disgusting. Go to the 50 second mark in this video and see what the anti-healthcare folks do to a man with Parkinsons.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...l?video=949486

If I believed in hell, I would surely believe that these folks would burn there.

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

Another touch of the disgusting. Go to the 50 second mark in this video and see what the anti-healthcare folks do to a man with Parkinsons.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...l?video=949486

If I believed in hell, I would surely believe that these folks would burn there.

Thanks for posting! I had not seen this one.

The guy who said "I decide" and threw money at the man with Parkinson's. Wow!

I just do not get how, if one believes in the Bible, this absolute lack of empathy, sympathy or any other positive feeling for one's fellow human, makes any sense. Maybe when one is illogical in the first place and believes in the Celestial Dictaphone version of the Bible, misinterpreting it to one's own gain is pretty easy?

Demons? Really? I bet dude is a deacon at his church. Who is the deamon really?

UGH.

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

Another touch of the disgusting. Go to the 50 second mark in this video and see what the anti-healthcare folks do to a man with Parkinsons.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...l?video=949486

If I believed in hell, I would surely believe that these folks would burn there.

You know, it's interesting. One of the arguments that conservatives/libertarians/Tea Partiers make is that "government shouldn't be in the business of charity, only private individuals and churches should provide charity". The question I have asked and which I've never gotten a truly satisfactory answer to is this: "if you begrudge paying, say, 1% more a year in taxes then why should anyone believe that you'll *give* more money to charity?"

When the young man in the tie threw money at the man with Parkinson's as if he were not a human being and when we heard the people saying "no handouts here" we saw what a world where they held sway would look like. What charity there *was* would be given by the church which would only provide you food, what-have-you if you were willing to listen to a sermon (and accept their religion). Other than that people would be on their own.

Cheers
Aj

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by dreadgeek

You know, it's interesting. One of the arguments that conservatives/libertarians/Tea Partiers make is that "government shouldn't be in the business of charity, only private individuals and churches should provide charity". The question I have asked and which I've never gotten a truly satisfactory answer to is this: "if you begrudge paying, say, 1% more a year in taxes then why should anyone believe that you'll *give* more money to charity?"
When the young man in the tie threw money at the man with Parkinson's as if he were not a human being and when we heard the people saying "no handouts here" we saw what a world where they held sway would look like. What charity there *was* would be given by the church which would only provide you food, what-have-you if you were willing to listen to a sermon (and accept their religion). Other than that people would be on their own.

Cheers
Aj

No, they won't because they don't have a clue as to the meaning of charity really.

Yes, the bastards throwing money at this man ought to burn in hell! Or, develop Parkinson's. Sure, they probably have good health-care, but, there is no cure and the meds for it arn't exactly a picnic as well as dying from it.

What I have learned through the years is that there is a very big difference between how the wealthy view charity in that is really is just a tax write-off for many. And a means to be adored. Hasn't a damn thing to due with charity as part of one's being or spirit of goodness. It is just another IRS line to place an amount in for a deduction.

I do know that this may not be true for contributions made by small business within their communities. But, usually in these situations, the owners are present at functions and events and remain involved. thinking about local businesses that contribute to youth sports firlds, etc. and go to the games, continue to help with uniforms and equipment and scholarships to families that can't pay for their kids to join or equipment costs. Can also be things like Shriner's hospitals.

To me, charity is mich more than throwing (no pun intended) money at something. It is an active process of giving your time as well.

[Jess]

Maybe it's just Texas... ( just kidding, idiots are everywhere)..

Other messed up news out of TX

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_497440.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=124515520