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Rant against the machine
my tortured brain | 04/09/2011 | austingirl

Posted on 04/09/2011 8:42:31 AM PDT by austingirl

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To: Gaffer
So all of us tea parties out here busting our asses to elect good people are wasting our time?

The correct way to help win the political process is to have us all sit at our computer writing endless posts bitching because our political allies are not omnipotent and omnipresent.

Truely you have a unique political stategy

61 posted on 04/11/2011 3:54:31 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: austingirl

The 17th killed the republic..been dead for along time.


62 posted on 04/11/2011 4:22:09 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: austingirl

The 17th killed the republic..been dead for a long time.


63 posted on 04/11/2011 4:22:49 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: MNJohnnie
But, BUT, BUT that guy does not believe the way I do about______________.

We are doomed.

64 posted on 04/11/2011 4:25:50 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: austingirl

Can you imagine, back in the day, the CIA sending a mole into East-
Germany with such flawed documents and credentials as Obozo has produced (or, more accurately, FAILED to produce).

Only if they did not want him back. The folks in the STASI actually gave a damn who came into their country. Seems most Americans no longer give a damn about who makes it to the levers of power here. Even an ineligible community organizer can make it. It begs the question of who might be next in the job. Since we’ve already done the malignant narcissist thing, my guess is a convicted axe murderer/child molester/rapist. MEMO TO THE DEMOCRATS: Make your selection early for 2016 as it doesn’t appear that your people are any smarter now than they were in 2008.

It was H.L.Mencken who offered that no one would ever go broke underestimating the taste of the American public, he’d be spinning in his grave to learn that his phrase could also apply to their intelligence/critical thinking skills.

The election of 2008 and subsequent events have only validated their audacity concerning what I fear has become a nation of dopes.

Those of us who seek to preserve what remains of the IDEA of America those 56 men paid so heavy a price to leave us, now find ourselves in the midst of an increasingly serious war with an idea once thought impossible to take root here. And it will only become more vicious as the “progressives” encounter more resistance from those who refuse to submit to their tyrannical “radical transformation.”

If the November, 2012 elections go the wrong way, things could get more “exciting” here than any time since 1861.

If it does, God help us.


65 posted on 04/11/2011 4:27:41 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (2012 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME. HOW ABOUT YOU?)
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To: austingirl

Can you imagine, back in the day, the CIA sending a mole into East-
Germany with such flawed documents and credentials as Obozo has produced (or, more accurately, FAILED to produce).

Only if they did not want him back. The folks in the STASI actually gave a damn who came into their country. Seems most Americans no longer give a damn about who makes it to the levers of power here. Even an ineligible community organizer can make it. It begs the question of who might be next in the job. Since we’ve already done the malignant narcissist thing, my guess is a convicted axe murderer/child molester/rapist. MEMO TO THE DEMOCRATS: Make your selection early for 2016 as it doesn’t appear that your people are any smarter now than they were in 2008.

It was H.L.Mencken who offered that no one would ever go broke underestimating the taste of the American public, he’d be spinning in his grave to learn that his phrase could also apply to their intelligence/critical thinking skills.

The election of 2008 and subsequent events have only validated their audacity concerning what I fear has become a nation of dopes.

Those of us who seek to preserve what remains of the IDEA of America those 56 men paid so heavy a price to leave us, now find ourselves in the midst of an increasingly serious war with an idea once thought impossible to take root here. And it will only become more vicious as the “progressives” encounter more resistance from those who refuse to submit to their tyrannical “radical transformation.”

If the November, 2012 elections go the wrong way, things could get more “exciting” here than any time since 1861.

If it does, God help us.


66 posted on 04/11/2011 4:32:02 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (2012 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME. HOW ABOUT YOU?)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Apparently you are operating under the misconception that the Reps are fiscally responsible and want smaller government.

No, I'm not. As I stated, I parted ways with the 'pubbies years ago. It's just a heart-felt rant since we still have the two party system and the Tea Party now has influence in the Republicn party, although Boehner doesn't get it.

67 posted on 04/11/2011 4:34:53 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: MNJohnnie

Have it your way. Boehner will disappoint you.


68 posted on 04/11/2011 4:40:15 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Taxman

I thought you might.


69 posted on 04/11/2011 4:40:37 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: MNJohnnie
Instead of wasting your time and energy ranting against the people on your side, maybe you should focus your anger at who is to blame. The Obama Democrats

I don't think Boehner or the Republicans are on "my" side or the side of the average American wage slave.

As to the "Obama democrats", they have become slaves on the federal plantation and don't want to stop the gravy train. I blame the independents and liberal white guilt for electing the evil one.

70 posted on 04/11/2011 4:46:04 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: Dick Bachert
If the November, 2012 elections go the wrong way, things could get more “exciting” here than any time since 1861. If it does, God help us.

I'm right there with ya!

71 posted on 04/11/2011 4:47:32 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: maine-iac7
If you’re a Texan, you should know that circular firing squads aren’t the answer. Save your power for the enemy.

If you read my rant carefully, you would see that I believe the republicans are the enemy as well as the socialists.

BTW, many thanks and my admiration for your hard work trying to do something about this mess. You don't know me personally, so please don't attack me as you did in post 50.

72 posted on 04/11/2011 4:52:53 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: Gaffer
I'm damned disappointed and don't much cotton to being called sophomoric for explaining what is true just because one might not like the truth I speak.

I don't think you're sophomoric, FWIW!

73 posted on 04/11/2011 4:59:34 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: austingirl

there you go again. We do not have a two party system. We have broiled chicken or fried chicken. It’s all chicken. ;-)


74 posted on 04/11/2011 6:35:40 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: MadIsh32
Everything you stated, while fantastic, would get killed in the Senate.

Fine--Bring it to the Senate. Make them vote. Make them GO ON RECORD. Then flog them with their votes in the election campaign.

It is not a waste of time to send bills to the Senate that will be defeated. The democrats will have a choice. Pass the bill, or vote against the will of the people.

75 posted on 04/11/2011 7:26:23 PM PDT by Cracker Jack (If it weren't for the democrats, republicans would be the worst thing in Washington.)
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Thanks for the ping. Very good rant and a very good thread. Thanks to every poster.


76 posted on 04/12/2011 7:21:07 PM PDT by PGalt
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Thanks for the ping. Very good rant and a very good thread. Thanks to every poster.


77 posted on 04/12/2011 7:21:24 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: austingirl

I’m in the same boat as you.


78 posted on 04/13/2011 7:22:00 AM PDT by Rappini (Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: Rappini
I got a "thank you" form email from Boehner today. I answered him "if you read my email, you wouldn't be thanking me."

Never heard from the Austin Unamerican Statesman - big surprise/sarc

79 posted on 04/13/2011 4:14:28 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: MadIsh32

“” You are forgetting the Scotus. That is a branch of government.

Congress is a branch of government as is the White House.

1/2 of Congress is controlled by Republicans, hence 1/2 of 1/3 “”

The 3 main branches of government are: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.

The 3 branches to make laws, are House of Representatives, which are supposed to be closest to the people, therefore, they hold the purse strings, and only need a simple majority; the Senate, who works with the House on the wording of the final bill, and the President, who can sign the bill, or veto it. Vetoes can be overridden.

With a single vote over half the total, R’s control the third part of those branches, that is in control of the spending.


80 posted on 05/01/2011 1:12:25 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' grandma - multi issue voter)
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