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Spitfire of ATJ

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33. To listen to the right-wing their ideas have NEVER really been tried....

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Sun Aug 11, 2013, 02:14 PM

Aug 2013

They now claim Dubya was just too damn Liberal.

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WTF is wrong with this country? [View all] 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 OP

A lot. n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 #1

WTF indeed Blue Owl Aug 2013 #2

Well, if you can take away the meth factories maybe we would be more sane. Pot is not kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #69

Why even consider Pot a problem at all? demwing Aug 2013 #98

I understand the frustration and angst. There was a time when the rest of the world looked HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #3

I like how you think 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #7

Silly! Civil war all over again. juajen Aug 2013 #49

Sure 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #50

I'd go for an all female ticket. Downwinder Aug 2013 #54

I am NOT using women compared to monkeys; greiner3 Aug 2013 #59

Seizing the wealth, eh? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #42

Our very own Bastille Day.... the_sly_pig Aug 2013 #55

... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #78

Fund Social Security & Single Payer Health Care For All 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #56

That's quite a list. GDP is "only" 16 trillion Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #79

I'm a Democratic Socialist and I think you can extrapolate from that HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #70

That's refreshingly direct of you Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #77

? timweidman Aug 2013 #90

Not "all the money". Most of the wealth (meaning equity stakes in the productive HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #94

so the family of 4 timweidman Aug 2013 #103

If we're going to talk about 'fair,' we have to discuss the FACT that the principal HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #104

first thing is you didnt answer the question timweidman Aug 2013 #105

Your question was worded in such an absurd, right-wing, frame that I did not feel it merited an HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #106

my question could have been worded better. sorry i am not the scholar you seem to be. timweidman Aug 2013 #107

Seizing the wealth, eh? AlbertCat Aug 2013 #97

only a income cap can really achieve the spirit of post 3 Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #99

Too many conservatives and 1-5%ers...including talk radio and Koch brothers and their ilk. Auntie Bush Aug 2013 #4

Some things, but nothing that can't be fixed. aristocles Aug 2013 #5

Iceland, where they actually arrest banksters. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #28

You would be very lonely in iceland. aristocles Aug 2013 #64

A person has to be very blond? I wonder if anyone told that to Eric the Red? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #68

Today's Iceland, not 1,000 years ago nt aristocles Aug 2013 #73

The "Swiss pot" story is spun, misrepresented bullshit. MADem Aug 2013 #6

Huh? This is from the International Journal of Drug Policy 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #11

Yes, if you followed the link, that is what I posted. MADem Aug 2013 #16

It's amazing what propaganda will get people to accept. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #8

The US has become a portrait of a country going under because of stupidity as RKP5637 Aug 2013 #9

I loved that movie, Idiocracy. nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #12

I had thought it was satirical, though. Not a docudrama. gtar100 Aug 2013 #24

+1 AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #46

I have always suspected that there was a finite number... Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #80

That, is a very prolific statement and with far more meaning than initially might meet the RKP5637 Aug 2013 #82

Marijuana is still illegal Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #10

We can also blame the parents IF their pot-smoking leads to neglect or child endangerment. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #20

No one knew there was going to be a murder Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #26

No they wouldn't Nevernose Aug 2013 #36

Yeah, I don't understand why welfare workers do the things they do sometimes. Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #41

There are lots of countries that never enforce that law. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #62

Thanks Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #63

It's all about $$. nt bluedeathray Aug 2013 #13

Don't you know, America's the greatest fucking country in the world! FUCK YEAH! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #14

Wow, thanks! ... that was downright inspirational .. fuck yeah! 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #18

I just found this particular video mashup for America! Fuck Yeah! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #21

Never seen it before. bravenak Aug 2013 #32

It's one of my Youtube standbys... backscatter712 Aug 2013 #72

I have to see it now. bravenak Aug 2013 #75

Thank you. You just provided me tomg Aug 2013 #57

Glad to be of service! n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #74

Suddenly, I want to re-enlist Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #81

"Books!" (long silence . . .) hatrack Aug 2013 #95

Easy. WTF is wrong with this country is a pervasive right-wing governance coupled with indepat Aug 2013 #15

To listen to the right-wing their ideas have NEVER really been tried.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #33

You shouldn't let how "we" are be determined by the lowest among us for any given trait. Igel Aug 2013 #17

you make sense. up until the 4th paragraph. cali Aug 2013 #22

Memory loss is a myth about marijuana.... Utopian Leftist Aug 2013 #71

Before you discuss "short term memory loss and loss of will" SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #76

The first news story apparently involved more than just "parents smoking pot" KittyWampus Aug 2013 #19

links please. cali Aug 2013 #23

Link - The idea that she was take solely due to pot is the father's story... nessa Aug 2013 #37

"The parents...need to develop their understanding of being protective of the child," says TDFPS. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #60

If there's not more to this story, it's seriously fucking enraging. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #25

Good Question cantbeserious Aug 2013 #27

U.S. SamKnause Aug 2013 #29

Religion. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #30

We have a lot of child killers. bravenak Aug 2013 #31

Most of those with a bible never read it ...especially the books about the life and work of Jesus. L0oniX Aug 2013 #40

I think they have read it. bravenak Aug 2013 #44

Yeah the part about Jesus getting killed was super violent, cruel and unjust... L0oniX Aug 2013 #48

Our country was built on genocide, violence, enslavement and greed. bravenak Aug 2013 #51

There are actually fundamentalists who refuse to believe that the Beatitudes are in the Gospels eridani Aug 2013 #66

we also love fetuses and guns Doctor_J Aug 2013 #100

It's all about trying to define getting high with being immoral.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #34

America has a complex. zeemike Aug 2013 #35

"prison like taxes is for the little people" <-- true dat. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #45

"WTF is wrong with this country?" ...way too much to list here. n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #38

I've got a whole fucking list right now scorpiogirl Aug 2013 #39

Reagan and his uncontrollable lust for the almighty dollar happened, that's what. Initech Aug 2013 #43

Greed nt PD Turk Aug 2013 #47

you got it. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #65

Reading about all these kids getting killed HockeyMom Aug 2013 #52

WTF is right! It's on every issue. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #53

You forgot, ". . . and so powerful." another_liberal Aug 2013 #58

Well, right now, the world's "master" is a laughing stock, or worse. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #61

Good point. another_liberal Aug 2013 #67

0ver 35 years azureblue Aug 2013 #83

Yes. Thank you. Very nice summary of the train wreck that is "USA Fuck Yeah!" ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #86

I'd say education. Phlem Aug 2013 #84

One thing and one thing only. Religion. broadcaster75201 Aug 2013 #85

The belief that you can build a castle from bullshit, if only you pile enough of it Scootaloo Aug 2013 #87

Prohibition is a failed public policy...everywhere. nt TeamPooka Aug 2013 #88

war dothemath Aug 2013 #89

How much time do you have? TBF Aug 2013 #91

America is now the absolute worst of the developed countries to live in Doctor_J Aug 2013 #92

Our culture is a cesspool. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #93

Reagan and conservatives slipped deadly poison into the national consciousness during the 80's. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #96

Lots, including the 'bootstraps' mentality, those who promoted it and those who buy into it. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2013 #101

wtf is wrong with this country? PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #102