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Romney likens hurricane relief to cleaning up "rubbish and paper products" from a football field.
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)SunSeeker
(51,295 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)All of the above.
tclambert
(11,077 posts)progressoid
(49,754 posts)What a waste of air.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Don't tell me you know what life is all about, fuckstick.
yonder
(9,620 posts)...is all the more unbearable because of that privelleged, silver spoon existence. It is apparent that Myth "Zelig" Romney has not paid his life dues and his phoney-0-meter is broken or non-existent because of it. I can't believe his campaign can not see how bad this pandering makes him look. March on, Myth!
japple
(9,769 posts)cotton. I guess all holy vestments are not created equal.
Jim__
(14,035 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)when your dealing with a football field. When you are dealing with a disaster involving millions of people and hundreds of square miles, not so much. These people are fools.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)to totally dismantle government and turn it over to private industry.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)why defund education unless you just want dumb masses that know just enough to do their jobs?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)only the elite were educated. Because of the labor movement, people had free time on their hands and started doing things like educating themselves and asking questions. That is why labor and education are so vilified now.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I am sure my grandchildren will have to fight for the same things my grandparents did. This saddens me.
greymattermom
(5,750 posts)Check up pickupamerica.org for some real effort picking up rubbish and paper products!
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)I'm sure he only made Harvard because of Daddy's donations to the school.
beac
(9,992 posts)into the dustbin of history.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)While I am still nervous about the late intervention of "big money" and the fact Republicans control the vote counting in many key states, I am cautiously optimistic Obama will be re-elected with a comfortable margin, at least in the electoral college. We need to get rid of that electoral college. I understand the intention was not to allow for "mob rule" by tying the college to some balancing between population and inclusion of all states. It is based on the number of Senators and Congresscritters from each state.
But it is hardly democratic. I understand the need to protect "minorities" such as my original home state of Wyoming which is geographically fairly large but has a small population against a populous state.
But shouldn't the election of national leaders be made democratically? That is, the person with the most votes wins. The smaller states still have the 2-Senator representation that is intended to offset a smaller population.
So small states that, in a purely democratic system, would only get one Senator or maybe none, gets to cast 2 votes even if they have less than 1M people (such as Wyoming).
It is a weird system. I understand the original intent to protect smaller states from domination by larger ones but then they also had state legislatures selecting Senators and only white, land-owning men could vote.
Go figure....Isn't it about time to bring our system into the 21st century?
SunSeeker
(51,295 posts)"Rubbish and paper goods"?! What is he, a conehead? Wouldn't the normal description just be "trash"? But hey, why use one word when you can use four?
BlueNoteSpecial
(141 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)See all the rubbish there? Another fine job, still praised by the GOP.
SunSeeker
(51,295 posts)I lived in New Orleans for 5 very formative years of my life. I love that city. It is one of the truly great American cities. I still have not gotten over the fact that Bush let it drown.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)But most private charities now get a major amount of their funding from the government. Those private efforts wouldn't look near as effective if it weren't for tax money.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)that is important to M$M Talking Head Toadies (Brian Williams, David Gregory, Stephanopoulos, et al)
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ellisonz
(27,706 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)The romneys and gops would have our nation become a nation of beggars. To #$)( with them all, those who would steal from their victims just to make them beg!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Actionman
(115 posts)This guy needs to be off the scene now, him trump and the rest of Romney's lying thieving uppity band of shitty men.
valerief
(53,235 posts)the people who've lost their homes?
No private charity is equipped to deal with this level of destruction. No for-profit private agency would have the compassion and empathy required to deal with the aftermath of an event like this.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)Government taking so long or where's Obama?
If they get into trouble in a foreign country they want to be rescued by the Marines.
I'm glad that I voted for Obama 3 weeks ago here in Iowa!!!!
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)a group of friends and I once set off a entire box of fireworks without incident.
Blue Owl
(49,738 posts)n/t
mountain grammy
(26,552 posts)Please let this be over and Mitt and Ann can slink off to wherever and leave us alone. What is wrong with working people that they would buy this shit?
CrispyQ
(36,112 posts)I remember after Katrina, my right wing mother sent me some heartless bullshit email about how people in the north had six feet of snow last season & they did just fine on their own without any government help because they got together & helped shovel each other out.
I just did one of these & wrote back, "Geez, Mom, I knew you went over to the dark side but I didn't think that meant you stopped thinking. Even you have to admit that six feet of snow outside your house is not like six feet of water inside your house. Come on!"
Romney backers who were not affected by this storm will not think twice about what he said. But those that lost a lot - I think they will be pissed. I would be!
What a fucking insensitive dolt. I'm having a harder & harder time being nice to people who I know support this asshole.
Squaredeal
(376 posts)Mitt didn't see the need to volunteer for Vietnam, when he had the chance and the country needed him.