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JustAnotherGen

(31,688 posts)
30. I wouldn't be surprised
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:28 AM
Jan 2013

I'm beginning to think these folks are missing something - that something that makes us human . . . it's called empathy.

IMO Christianity and Republican ideology are exact polar opposites Bandit Jan 2013 #1
Deformation of the most plastic and malleable parts of each. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #7
it requires that at least ONE of those 2 things be practiced in such a radical way Volaris Jan 2013 #20
Simple, it's not possible Tagish_Charlie Jan 2013 #25
yeap, at the center of conservative ideals is selfishness uponit7771 Jan 2013 #27
The Christianity you speak of is 'Old School' Christianity. NorthCarolina Jan 2013 #43
Keen Gullibility is essential to both. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #59
psychologically, it's called compartmentalization BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #64
So... dsbc Jan 2013 #2
Here's the solution: Die Quickly*! eShirl Jan 2013 #4
WTH makes you think poor Americans don't feel "ownership?" Glitterati Jan 2013 #5
And yet upheld as OK after an alert (probably multiple ones). Unbelievable. abq e streeter Jan 2013 #31
Yeah, I alerted as well. Glitterati Jan 2013 #37
I thought this was as slam dunk an alert as I've ever sent. I was stunned to see the post upheld. abq e streeter Jan 2013 #38
I've been lobbying hard for jury reform Wednesdays Jan 2013 #44
Jury results siligut Jan 2013 #45
Skinner got him! demmiblue Jan 2013 #54
yeah,I thought this was blatantly obvious, and yet 3 of 6 thought the post was OK. abq e streeter Jan 2013 #58
Cutting funds from dying people is ok with you? Lars39 Jan 2013 #10
If you focus solely on income taxes and ignore all of the other very REGRESSIVE taxes PA Democrat Jan 2013 #15
So you want to tax people who have nothing left to tax. olegramps Jan 2013 #23
Wow JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #28
Oh, I agree entirely. This plan is genius. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #29
single payer is the answer lark Jan 2013 #41
Louisiana could impose higher taxes on oil including offshore oil and pay a lot of bills that way. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #47
The message here? If you're poor and sick, DROP DEAD. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 #3
Alan Grayson's meme come to life Glitterati Jan 2013 #6
.. and they need to hurry death along already peace frog Jan 2013 #21
I wouldn't be surprised JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #30
Geez, LA is a mean state. ananda Jan 2013 #8
So this is the death panels Rethuglicans warned us about Heather MC Jan 2013 #9
Let me guess: those in favor of this also consider themselves "pro- life." eShirl Jan 2013 #11
Stunning isn't it? Pro-life people also overwhelmingly support the death penalty. The children that bluestate10 Jan 2013 #65
I wonder what the so-called "right-to-lifers" have to say about this gollygee Jan 2013 #12
They're probably fine with it. Flashmann Jan 2013 #18
They love the babies until they're born. mac56 Jan 2013 #19
They have a fetus fetish. SummerSnow Jan 2013 #33
They do NOT love the fetus. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #50
Louisiana-trying hard to make TX look good. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #13
It's official: Jindal running for the GOP nomination for King of Teabillystan..... marble falls Jan 2013 #14
AMERICA!!! Fuck you! I've got mine! CE5 Jan 2013 #16
Life in the Bible Belt, where WWJD is just something you wear on a bracelet. sybylla Jan 2013 #17
A new "Final Solution" atreides1 Jan 2013 #22
Tax cuts and bail out for rich Wall Streeters and foreign aid Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #24
There's your 'death panel' for you. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #26
psst...pssst....can you say Death Panels?.... SummerSnow Jan 2013 #32
The logic escapes me Oilwellian Jan 2013 #34
No, hospice care isn't cheaper Glitterati Jan 2013 #40
FU Piyush. geardaddy Jan 2013 #35
What a ghoul. How horrible. Politicub Jan 2013 #36
My dad fortunately signed up for exboyfil Jan 2013 #39
So Bobby's creating his own death panel...hmmm arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #42
My grandma is Title 19 in a nursing home exboyfil Jan 2013 #46
I'm sorry your grandmother is so ill. But what does this mean? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #48
Title 19 is Medicaid exboyfil Jan 2013 #52
Thanks for explaining. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #53
Fuck you, Bobby Brady Zoeisright Jan 2013 #49
xpost "In southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders" kickysnana Jan 2013 #51
ER's in Louisiana are going to be very long waits lovuian Jan 2013 #55
So they want people to die, but not to make them as comfortable as possible while doing it. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2013 #56
NOT "people" ... "poor people"! etherealtruth Jan 2013 #60
Excellent point, ethereal. Much of my family is like that. Evil as a description works for me. Mnemosyne Jan 2013 #61
Just let them wander into the forest, eh GOP? ck4829 Jan 2013 #57
evil goes hand in hand with stupidity, greed and resentment BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #62
Man. What do red state leaders think with? bluestate10 Jan 2013 #63
Republican death panels for sure n/t eridani Jan 2013 #66
Beat me by 19 minutes Dirty Socialist Jan 2013 #67
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