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My political identity group is shrinking
First, there are Bush voters who STILL approve of the job he is doing. To me, these people are dangerously insane; if I could permanently revoke their voter registrations, I would. I don't get them, in the same way that I don't get bad Eddie Murphy movies, or german.
Then, there are the Bush voters who are a step above that, and either regret their votes for him, or at the very least understand what a miserable failure he is. Yet, a great many of these voters will still vote for McCain, and only turned on Bush because of Iraq, so I don't relate to them.
There's a whole group "in the middle," who base their vote on something like Al Gore's sigh, or Obama's "bitter" remark, or who vote based solely on something like guns, that I simply don't understand.
There are the far left - the gang who believe 9/11 was an inside job, believe in radical redistribution of wealth, gets all crazy PC on everything, and who have injected as much negative tone into the national discourse as the crazy rightie groups (most of whom fall under the 1st category).
Now, there is a whole, huge group of Democrats who I think are deranged. It's the group that is clapping & cheering with gusto at a Hillary Clinton rally, and the group that just gave her $10 million in new funding since PA. Since I can barely look at Hillary Clinton, the fact that they can not only keep their eyes affixed on her, but smile & clap & cheer while doing so, is a radical thing for me. They are as alien to me as anyone else; I definitely am not a part of whatever political group they seem to consider themselves a part of. I cringe to think that some of them might actually vote like me in the fall, and they probably/hopefully will if Obama stands any chance.
Weird times....
Unique
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"Our life is a false nature – 'tis not in
The harmony of things, – this hard decree,
This uneradicable taint of sin,
This boundless upas, this all-blasting tree,
Whose root is earth, whose leaves and branches be
The skies which rain their plagues on men like dew –
Disease, death, bondage – all the woes we see –
And worse, the woes we see not – which throb thought
The immedicable soul, with heart-aches ever new"
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I don't know if you remember, but one of your first posts when you were lorax on pol.com was something to the effect of, "who are these people that vote for Bush?. are they my coworkers.....the little old lady down the hall..." etc.....
for some reason this post took me back.
But I agree with you.
People have either gone mad or are idiots.
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"You deserve to be beheaded and for your head to placed on a pike, in the middle of the park, where children can see what happens to those that act the way you do." August 5, 2009 USFreedom911's response to a left leaning opinion.
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Yeah I am not sure if we are still progressing as a society.
Unique
What an ignorant thing to say.Originally Posted by uscitizen
People that think George Bush is the worst thing to ever happen in history obviously have little understanding of history.
For all of you partisans out there, that is not an endorsement of Bush. But in an election where one of the candidates is 100 percent going to be a woman or a black man, how can you say society is not progressing?
"Our life is a false nature – 'tis not in
The harmony of things, – this hard decree,
This uneradicable taint of sin,
This boundless upas, this all-blasting tree,
Whose root is earth, whose leaves and branches be
The skies which rain their plagues on men like dew –
Disease, death, bondage – all the woes we see –
And worse, the woes we see not – which throb thought
The immedicable soul, with heart-aches ever new"
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You know Lorax, I think that way about my own group. That is why I am very indifferent about this election. I have no confidence in any of the candidates.
Villified User
You do have a point on that AT.
but it did take electing a horrble evil moron 2 times to even give the woman and black a chance.
But the required games palyed to get there. The warmongering and being led by the boob tube. Too stupid to conserve our energy and other resources. Debt to the eyeballs and beyond, etc....
Truthmatters
Its our news system
Our news is set up to sell corporate product and not to inform the people.
Unique
The fact that these are things concerning us shows that society is progressing. You don't have time to worry about loftier subjects when you work 12 hour days just to avoid starvation.
"Our life is a false nature – 'tis not in
The harmony of things, – this hard decree,
This uneradicable taint of sin,
This boundless upas, this all-blasting tree,
Whose root is earth, whose leaves and branches be
The skies which rain their plagues on men like dew –
Disease, death, bondage – all the woes we see –
And worse, the woes we see not – which throb thought
The immedicable soul, with heart-aches ever new"
Villified User
You should have watched that show on LINKTV last night Desh. On the media by Amy goodman. a very good show.
Unique
If you misuse words like "evil" in referring to idiots like W, you won't know when real evil comes.
"Our life is a false nature – 'tis not in
The harmony of things, – this hard decree,
This uneradicable taint of sin,
This boundless upas, this all-blasting tree,
Whose root is earth, whose leaves and branches be
The skies which rain their plagues on men like dew –
Disease, death, bondage – all the woes we see –
And worse, the woes we see not – which throb thought
The immedicable soul, with heart-aches ever new"
High Level of Addiction
Wow - what a great memory, LadyT! I do recall that, and I recall feeling that way.
It's just much more pronounced & bipartisan now....
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Yeah for most that is unfortunately part of the current game.
I just work because I choose to though.
911 EVERY DAY
That's an understatement. America is regressing faster than the ice caps we're melting...
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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THe idea of progression assumes there is some distinct direction life goes in. That is not the case. We go through phases of elaboration and simplification depending on zillions of factors.
morality is a set of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that facilitate voluntary, cooperative and mutually beneficial relationships.
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