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16. Paul Ryan is a throw back to 1845

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2014, 07:44 PM

May 2014

I am reading a great book on the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840's. In this book, "The Graves are Walking", the attitude of the British parliament and the wealthy Irish land owners toward the poor Irish peasants is exactly the same as Paul Ryan's attitude toward the minority poor in 2014.

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Pic Of The Moment: Paul Ryan Holds Congressional Hearing On Poverty, Excludes Poor People [View all] EarlG May 2014 OP

Ryan's hearings are the GOP version of how to best eliminate them like mosquitoes, no 1A rights. freshwest May 2014 #1

I love the bubble text! tofuandbeer May 2014 #2

Home run for EarlG! nt brer cat May 2014 #3

...it's criminal. SoapBox May 2014 #4

Like the Republican meeting on contraception without any women progressoid May 2014 #5

True. Just more proof that they really don't care about representation. calimary May 2014 #11

. libodem May 2014 #6

Absolutely FiveGoodMen May 2014 #7

Yes libodem May 2014 #8

Cause... SummerSnow May 2014 #15

Thank you. JDPriestly May 2014 #21

Sounds about right for the 3-hour Marathon Man Blue Owl May 2014 #9

Brought to you by This Week in GOP Outreach (TM) YoungDemCA May 2014 #10

no different from hopemountain May 2014 #12

Why should we be surprised? Remember the panel they had on women's issues, and they didn't MADem May 2014 #13

As former Justice Stevens said this week to Congress, 'Money is not speech.' flpoljunkie May 2014 #14

Love it libodem May 2014 #17

Paul Ryan is a throw back to 1845 dem in texas May 2014 #16

From the "intellectual" who puts out a press release every year and calls it a budget, nyquil_man May 2014 #18

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Ken Burch May 2014 #19

Hey, Eddie Munster czarjak May 2014 #20

Such a tool ... nt TBF May 2014 #22

I believe O'Reilly is a racist. JohnnyRingo May 2014 #23

What a joke Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 #24