bachmann? Gutsy or foolish

Brilliant analysis of what is wrong with our country, not dure of how its going to get fixed.

Subject: Idiots

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or
take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ... you might
live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check,
buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the
government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from
owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16
fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a
24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a
woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions
of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his
teacher is "cute", but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class
in grade school is perfectly acceptable ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug
infested homes... you might live in a country founded by geniuses
but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to be NOT working with 99 weeks of Unemployment checks and no
requirement to prove they applied but can't find work ... you might
live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big
screen TV while your neighbor buys iPhones, TV's and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots. Originally Posted by rke324

Brilliant analysis of what is wrong with our country, not dure of how its going to get fixed. Originally Posted by lostforkate

Our Do-Nothing but filibuster blowhards in Congress, who BTW had their pay exempted from any sequester pay cuts, is hard .....or more correctly hardly at work finding any solution......LOL!!!

Re the above, already quoted post:

I admire many of the founding fathers. But I am sick and tired of hearing them worshipped as geniuses. For the most part they were just another wave of rich white guys that found some relatively empty land. Manifest destiny and the Louisiana Purchase? What the hell else where people going to do but move west and settle? The FFs weren't all that smart and they weren't all that benevolent and until we start thinking outside the box about some of the mistakes they made I feel the American experiment is doomed to look like a pimple in the history books.

The founders were a bit more like ordinary people, and imperfect as the rest of us, died broke, risked there lives and wealth, but in their well meaning hearts, gave us freedom, and our constitution is amazing, and the structure of our goverment is fine, it is the motives that are foul. Truly, our government is being run by idiots today, with a few exceptions. If they forget who donated to their campaign, stop towing the party line, and think about the people, we would all be better off. The majority are useless, and restrain the changes need. The cliche, u can't sore like an eagle when u work with a bunch of turkeys comes to mind

Don't judge the Founding Fathers or ourselves too harshly!

Yes, our country may be somewhat polarized and paralyzed right now, but unless you can think of another country you would like us to emulate, we still have, relatively speaking, about the best (albeit imperfect) political system mortal human beings have the good fortune to design and sustain.

They're going to station drones at the air reserve base in my city. I'm not exactly thrilled.

They're going to station drones at the air reserve base in my city. I'm not exactly thrilled. Originally Posted by SpinShooter

They are doing the same around the NF USAF base and some folks there are tickled pink over it.

Seems they feel there is a need to protect us from them terrorists our US corporate polices seem to create around the world.

They are doing the same around the NF USAF base and some folks there are tickled pink over it.

Seems they feel there is a need to protect us from them terrorists our US corporate polices seem to create around the world. Originally Posted by Celso

That's the base to which I was referring.

That's the base to which I was referring. Originally Posted by SpinShooter

Thought so....

Here's a clip where at 48-58 seconds into it, Dubya sums up the Republican position....



After watching Michelle Bachmann in OP clip you get the feeling she was emulating her hero Dubya......ijs

Thought so....

Here's a clip where at 48-58 seconds into it, Dubya sums up the Republican position....



After watching Michelle Bachmann in OP clip you get the feeling she was emulating her hero Dubya......ijs Originally Posted by Celso

Heh, pretty much. Honestly, neither the Democratic nor the Republican parties are doing what's right for the US. It doesn't serve the best interests of anyone, other than them, to continue the backbiting.

Brilliant analysis of what is wrong with our country, not dure of how its going to get fixed. Originally Posted by lostforkate

Yeah, brilliant.

If you have a third grade mentality on how things work.

I saw that guy to Brennan's left trying to work in how all the drones in Libya at the time were military flights (not CIA and certainly not White House) and not equipped with strike capability, but the Secty seemed to think even that was too much loose talk.

What moron sits there asking the country's top spooks about black ops, in open session with cameras rolling? I had a big laugh (at her expense) as they all took a few seconds gaping at each other, trying to think of anything at all it would be safe to tell her.

Idiot sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee and believes stuff she reads on Drudge. Seriously messed up.

Yeah, brilliant.

If you have a third grade mentality on how things work. Originally Posted by Doove

LMAO!!! Yeah, even 3rd graders have a better handle on the use of common sense than the current screw ups . . . . I mean administration.
I wish someone would tell me, starting with the Carter administration, just how it works. And please, use verifiable FACTS, not just your biased opinions.

And getting back to the Drones, have you heard ?

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LMAO!!! Yeah, even 3rd graders have a better handle on the use of common sense than the current screw ups . . . . I mean administration.
I wish someone would tell me, starting with the Carter administration, just how it works. And please, use verifiable FACTS, not just your biased opinions.

And getting back to the Drones, have you heard ?

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What is the "it" you're refering to? Please tell me when the last time a republican president balanced a budget? Please explain cheney's statement "deficits don't matter". Where are the WMDs?
Republicans are far more responsible for the current fiscal and social state of the country than Dems. You're quite fortunate that the eccie COC doesn't allow abusive language towards other members because you certainly deserve a major tongue lashing.

What is the "it" you're refering to? Please tell me when the last time a republican president balanced a budget? Please explain cheney's statement "deficits don't matter". Where are the WMDs?
Republicans are far more responsible for the current fiscal and social state of the country than Dems. You're quite fortunate that the eccie COC doesn't allow abusive language towards other members because you certainly deserve a major tongue lashing. Originally Posted by drluv1

drluv1, feel free to PM me. And maybe you should redo your homework on the vote, Dem. and Rep. on the WMD's. As for the fiscal and social state of the country, you need look no further than the Carter administration for starts then add the Clinton administration to compound what Carter started. I'll be happy to share the FACTS with you.