View Poll Results: which of the following do you consider the biggest threat to the u s of a

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  • china

    3 16.67%
  • russia

    0 0%
  • big financial institutions

    4 22.22%
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    which do you consider the biggest threat to the u s of a
    I pledge allegiance to the constitution of the United States of America as amended by the legislative and executive branches and interpreted by the Supreme Court

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    The government and ill-informed electorate. I'd like to say those that don't vote, but considering those that do...
    Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
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    Racist teabaggers!!!
    The stone that the builder refused
    Will always be the head corner stone

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    ourselves

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    Quote Originally Posted by Annie View Post
    The government and ill-informed electorate. I'd like to say those that don't vote, but considering those that do...
    It's natural whenever your candidate doesn't win to call the electorate stupid...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Onceler View Post
    It's natural whenever your candidate doesn't win to call the electorate stupid...

    It's also odd - and frankly, hilarious - that the same dupes who spent seven years trying to terrify us with stories of invading muslim hordes, iranian nuclear weapons, and Al Qaeda terrorists (and that if you criticized the government of George Bush, you were a terrorist-enabler), now "suddenly" have decided that the duly elected american government, and those that voted for them are the "greatest threat".


    My position is the same as it's always been. The confluence of corporate power, wall street bankers, and their bought and paid for politicians, are the most prominent threats to a functioning democratic nation. I've never considered a small band of islamic criminal thugs to be the most dire threat to the United States.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Onceler View Post
    It's natural whenever your candidate doesn't win to call the electorate stupid...
    I think the electorate has always been stupid, whether it elected good or bad presidents. The elections of Andrew Jackson proved long ago just how stupid and pathetic the American electorate is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T&A View Post
    I think the electorate has always been stupid, whether it elected good or bad presidents. The elections of Andrew Jackson proved long ago just how stupid and pathetic the American electorate is.
    only presidents?, what about congress critters and other elected officials?
    I pledge allegiance to the constitution of the United States of America as amended by the legislative and executive branches and interpreted by the Supreme Court

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    Quote Originally Posted by DonQuixote View Post
    which do you consider the biggest threat to the u s of a
    I think the biggest threat(s) come from within.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    I think the biggest threat(s) come from within.
    we have met the enemy and he is us
    I pledge allegiance to the constitution of the United States of America as amended by the legislative and executive branches and interpreted by the Supreme Court

    We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

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    Quote Originally Posted by DonQuixote View Post
    which do you consider the biggest threat to the u s of a
    The far-left liberals.
    McCain to Obama. "If you don't like our bill, send troops to help us."

    Obama, himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court.

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    Socialists/Communists Democrats
    Put blame where it belongs
    ATF decided it could not regulate bump stocks during the Obama administration.
    It that time," the NRA wrote in a statement. "The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
    The ATF and Obama admin. ignored the NRA recommendations.


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    McVeigh was a far righty
    The stone that the builder refused
    Will always be the head corner stone

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    Quote Originally Posted by Topspin View Post
    McVeigh was a far righty
    how about nut case extremists period
    I pledge allegiance to the constitution of the United States of America as amended by the legislative and executive branches and interpreted by the Supreme Court

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    My position is the same as it's always been. The confluence of corporate power, wall street bankers, and their bought and paid for politicians, are the most prominent threats to a functioning democratic nation. I've never considered a small band of islamic criminal thugs to be the most dire threat to the United States.
    Agree completely. Add a confused populace and economic turmoil and you have the makings of bad times.



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