I hate reading long-winded, pretentious tripe like that.
If you don't speak that way, don't write that way.
I hate reading long-winded, pretentious tripe like that.
If you don't speak that way, don't write that way.
Good read, thanks for posting.
This is much better. Nice and terse.
un-American?
what's "American"?
(not that I expect anything but self-congratulating myths, and disagreement, about what "American" is)
If civilization includes the intelletual life and repect for/valuing intellectuals, then Hofstadter thoroughly addressed that 45 year ago in "Anti-intellectualism in American Life"
Last edited by boutons_deux; 02-23-2011 at 08:36 AM.
"We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth."
"last best hope of man on earth."
yep, self-congratulating myths, exceptionalism, hubris, and of course, God Loves America.
It may seem like a myth if you're a union thug in Madison, living off the dwindling public coffers.
Darrin, you're such a masochist.
Walker gave corps a $120M tax break last month, looting "public coffers" to buy his next campaign contributions.
Who voted him into office?
Drumroll......the "VRWC."
Or perhaps it was "darth cheney."
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Walker ran with many $10Ks of direct contribution to his campaign and other Repugs' campagns, and many other $Ms spent by the VRWC slandering their opponents.
In America, the candidate who spends the most wins 90% of the time.
We'll see if the VRWC can spend enough to buy Walker and his state legistature posse enough votes next election.
I keep repeating The Truth, while you VRWC shills keeping repeating The Lies, as expected.
Presence of a limited, absolute "truth" known to the knowing.
Presence of the other/bogeyman.
Presence of terminology known to the knowing.
Tens of THOUSANDS of WHOLE dollars!!!? Oh my.![]()
Politicians are cheap, state politicians (and elected judges) are even cheaper, compared to the $100Ms the VRWC has for buying them.
The Tautological Teamster that is boutons.
The left and right play this game all day long and have for a long time in American politics. Usually these theories reach their climax with the looming ins ution of some collectivist/fascist state, provided the real Americans (meaning whoever buys what is being peddled) don't stop it.
"The left and right play this game"
I never said the left/Dems don't do it, but but but ...
list the left's equivalent of the entire financial sector, US CoC, Kock Bros, Mellon Scaif, Hoover Inst, Cato, PNAC, Limbaugh, professorships financed by right-wingers, and of course Fox Repug Propaganda network, and all of hate-media.
and of course, the extremely radical/activist right-wing SCOTUS handing down Citizens United, and just this week, shielding BigPharma from lawsuits for their crappy, dangerous drugs.
yes, Clinton signed off on the Repugs and Rubin/Summers financial dereg bill that nullified Glass-Steagal and specifically forbid regulations of derivatives, which just goes to show how thoroughly the VRWC has captured government and the framing of issues.
Clinton has expressed his regrets at being scammed by Rubin.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 02-23-2011 at 02:03 PM.
And Clinton was "scammed" on NAFTA. Sure.
The power (aka $Bs) of the corps to buy support/compromise lawmakers is irresistable.
aka, America is ed and un able.
The VRWC will get whatever it wants, and SCOTUS will pass it through, because there simply is no countervailing power since govt was captured.
So corps buy Democrats as well? Unthinkable. Perhaps that revelation will jolt your head back into reality.
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