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jacquelope Donating Member (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 03:51 PM
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The first rule of the Social Darwinist club is
you never talk about the Social Darwinist Club.

The truth is, Republicans would love to send the disabled, the poor and the middle class to Siberia and leave America for the rich and powerful. It's evident in EVERYTHING they do. They just don't like anyone TALKING about it and exposing their agenda. As long as America fails to understand that actions speak louder than words, this "throw him under the bus for talking too loud" tactic will keep working.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110314/ap_on_go_ot/us_xgr_nh_lawmaker_disabled/print

CONCORD, N.H. – A 91-year-old freshman lawmaker who suggested the mentally disabled should be shipped to Siberia resigned Monday from the state House and said he was sorry that his "big mouth caused this furor."
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 03:55 PM
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1. The perennial GOP puzzle:
How do they enact their humanity-hostile policies without people realizing what they're actually doing?
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jacquelope Donating Member (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:00 PM
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4. Sleight of hand.
LOOK! OVER THERE! Evil anchor babies!
No, OVER THERE! Greedy Unions!
AROUND THE CORNER! The Scary Black Muslim Caliph in the White House!
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skepticscott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:55 PM
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11. That, and how do they get anybody
to collect their trash and wait their tables after they've consigned the working class to oblivion?
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jacquelope Donating Member (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 05:15 PM
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12. The automation fairy. n/t
.
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 03:56 PM
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2. Few of them are so kind as to describe their Hobbesian/Malthusian vision for us.
When one or two do so, we need to take it and run with it.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 03:56 PM
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3. Notice he didn't mention the "aged"
what a twunt.
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Agent William Donating Member (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:01 PM
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5. Interesting, I wonder what the second rule of social Darwin club is....
:hi:
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:45 PM
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9. Keep up, or else you will be eaten
That's one of the Swarm Rules of Locust. It seems appropriate.
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Newest Reality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:07 PM
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6. There was no problem in evicting the
indigenous, American Indians off of their lands. I have never felt right about that in the first place.

Why would there be a problem with evicting the Underclass by gradually moving in that direction? Well, there are hell-of-a-lot of us and that might not be practical, but in many cases we are being evicted and disenfranchised locally.
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:40 PM
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8. Race is always an easy divide to use
We want to believe that Americans are past race, but we keep hearing about the Scary Brown Muslim in the White House--and he hates White People--and this shit seems to work with the GOP base.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:13 PM
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7. And that other GOPidiot wants to shoot illegal immigrants
like they shoot feral pigs.

These people are deeply mentally ill, and it's a pity they won't be getting help, since they are slashing mental health care funds everywhere.

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:48 PM
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10. Oh, hell, they wouldn't take that mental health help even so!
They don't think they need it!

Talk about self-deluded...

:P
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 05:19 PM
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13. "A 91-year-old freshman lawmaker" (R-Teabagger, collecting SS and Medicare).
Hmmmmmm.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 05:20 PM
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14. That blows the old adage of older and wiser. Jackass.
It is sad to think that there are people breathing the same air as I am who actually feel this way.

I say he is a sociopath.
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 07:16 PM
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15. Unless you're accusing people of creating death panels
I wonder if there's a new requirement to put age on the ballot.

-Hoot
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