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Gov. Jerry Brown: Country Hasn't Been This Divided Since Civil War
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| 04/11/2011
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Posted on 04/11/2011 4:51:46 PM PDT by safetysign
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Even Governor Moonbeam can see what is going on. Obama is on another agenda.
To: safetysign
First rule of first aid. Stop the bleeding. With a politician like brown maybe it should be “Stop the Bleating “ and lead like you said you would do when campaigning.
To: safetysign
When one segment of society wants to turn another into their financial indentured slaves, you pretty much have the same ingredients that started the first Civil War.
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:58:04 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(When and why did Steve Dunham change his name to Barack Hussein Obama? When he converted to Islam?)
To: safetysign
We lived in California for 19 years. Only left a year and a half ago. One of my Leftist friends there posted this comment after Brown was declared the winner: ‘Gov Brown, please don't raise my taxes’. I guarantee you she voted for him. Isn't the definition of stupidity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result each time???
To: safetysign
Jerry is at least right about the one thing: the country is acutely divided. All of the hate and vitriol the Dems hurled at Palin and the Tea Party the past couple years have got things to where plenty of conservatives and Republicans see no reason to parley with the Democrats over budgets. Because no matter what we do those rat bastards will make us look like we’re wrong...so let them do it on their own and they can’t blame us.
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:58:26 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(NO WAR FOR OIL! ........except when a Democrat's in charge.)
To: safetysign
You know, it’s taken The State of Wisconsin a REALLY long time to get Her sh!t together...and the screaming and wailing and gnashing of teeth by the LefTards is NEARLY unbearable already! And Wisconsin, aside for four COUNTIES is filled to the BRIM with NORMAL PEOPLE.
I just can’t see CA pulling it off, no matter WHO is at the helm...
And I absolutely HATE those posts from people that say, “Your State is DOOMED!” because MINE has proven them wrong on many levels.
But, California? I think the fruits and nuts totally outnumber the normal folk, so it’s REALLY going to be an uphill battle to get ANYTHING accomplished in that state.
Sorry. Some things is what they is. :)
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posted on
04/11/2011 4:58:48 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: originalbuckeye
Isn't the definition of stupidity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result each time??? No, that would be the definition of "insanity."
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:00:15 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(The world is sleeping in the dark that the Church just can't fight, 'cause it's asleep in the light.)
To: safetysign
“Ive been around a long time, Im a student of history”
You’re right, - you have been around a long time and, obviously, you aren’t much of a “student” or you would realize the only fix is real reform. Never thought it might be left up to you to fix the problems you worked so hard to create, did you? I bet you’re looking for a scapegoat Republican to blame but Bush is no longer in office so he won’t work (not that Obama hasn’t been pounding that drum for over two years now).
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:01:58 PM PDT
by
onevoter
To: safetysign
I can’t understand his problem. Isn’t dividing the nation part of the liberal game plan?
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:04:21 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
To: safetysign
No Shite Jerry. Ya think? Divided is not the word. How about torn asunder you progressive nitwit.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:05:25 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: FReepers
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:07:39 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
To: fwdude
Hmmmm. Probably a good definition for both words.
To: safetysign
Right now, Republicans in California are like the Texians at the Alamo, but the Mexicans win the battle and the longer war.
California would be all right if it weren’t for all the Mexicans drinking from the trough, and the traitorous liberals who feed them.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:11:49 PM PDT
by
radpolis
(Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)
To: onevoter
What’s the problem MoonBeam? Your dear ‘Rats own the state in a lock plus Repubs in Sacto are but a ‘few fleas’ on your back. You should be riding the bulldozer instead of letting a few flea mound bumps obstruct your budget plans.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:12:01 PM PDT
by
tflabo
To: safetysign
Re the Civil War, he should know, he was there.
Old as dirt and just as stupid.
To: safetysign
We are at a point of civil discord, and I would not minimize the risk to our country and to our state. It is not trivial. Ive been around a long time, Im a student of history, Im a student of contemporary politics. We are facing what I would call a regime crisis. The legitimacy of our very democratic institutions are in question, he said.
And I agree 100%.
When the real cuts come, and they will due to no increase in revenue, the parasite class will burn the cities.
When they try to take from others the shooting will start.
It won't be pretty and I believe it will happen this summer.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:28:46 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
To: safetysign
This week Brown has been using Civil War metaphors at his public events to describe the deep divisions in California, and the entire country for that matter, preaching with the passion of a born-again that the country is dangerously polarized.
This might be one of the few times I've ever agreed with Jerry "moonbeam" Brown. He's right about the country being divided. I doubt if he can understand the divisions. We are divided between "makers" and "takers". The "takers" are the types who voted for Brown, more or less. These people have a fantastic sense of entitlement. The new immigrants, whether illegal or legal have a fantastic sense of entitlement. After all that's why most of them moved to the US. Unfortunately these people are increasing their numbers faster than the "makers". That's why California just might be a lost cause and will most likely need to be severed from the US. I'm one of the first to come to this conclusion but others are starting to suggest the same thing. The productive people are leaving the state and guys like Brown simply cannot understand this. He still thinks of California being the "golden state" but now it's the welfare state. Margaret Thatcher nailed it when the said the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. It's become one of my favorite quotes.
The problem in California is Californians.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:30:22 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: Baynative
The legitimacy of our very democratic institutions are in question,
Blame Algore it started when Gore retracted his concession.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:32:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: safetysign
We are the slaves and or pushing for a stop to the FED.
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posted on
04/11/2011 5:51:06 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Dirt ain’t as stupid as moombeam.
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