Why the Republicans are losing ground
We all know this story... the Republican party was hijacked by extremists. Until they either form their own party or kick the idiot extremists out, they will continue to lose votes.
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Apparently the majority of U.S. voters would rather be ruled by fascist democrats instead. That's how democracy works. Besides third parties seem to go nowhere in this country.
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Fascists...
And on the subject of third parties... it's because the two existing parties trained the public to thing of only a two party system
Well the bigger fish is the global corporate ponzy extraction market that is making everything a race to the bottom.
Big Oil, big banks, and the weapons industry are bilking humanity and causing all sorts of needless division because it cares more about profits than the harm it is doing to the planet and our species.
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Well, as far as I know the only American President who's ever rounded up completely innocent American born Japanese, families and all, and thrown them into internment camps was a Democrat. That sounds pretty "extreme" to me.
Yep, and you are all a bunch of good sheep that vote for them year after year. Because they like to scare you with things like
All of these "big" evil corporations which the government promises to protect you from while passing laws that hand them money, power and protection.
And yeah, the economic system currently being pushed in the United States finds its roots in fascism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism Fascism attempted to find a "third way" between capitalism and marxism. Fascist economics were characterized by government acting on short term interests based on the expediency of the moment as opposed to being idealistic with long term goals such as marxism or laissez faire capitalism. It supported the idea of private capital but insisted that all business had to be done "in the public interest". Businesses with political connections were regularly bailed out or given preferential regulations and the national government used heavy investments in infrastructure as a method of keeping the workers busy and stimulating the economy.
I think the only reason you don't see open adoption of fascism is the bad name it got due to it being associated with militarism and racism. But the idea of using government and regulation as a tool to directly manage a privately owned economy and get involved with things like saving private companies is one that really originates with fascist thinkers.
Nazi platform
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
I'm pretty sure that would have happened no matter who was president.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
I doubt it. Wendell Willkie was the republican candidate in 1940 (two years before the internment camps) and he was what at the time was considered an "extremist" on civil rights issues. After he lost the election, he spent a significant amount of time fighting for equality.
On June 27th, 1942 he wrote the following in the Saturday Evening Post
While actually being President is different from commenting from the sidelines and he wouldn't have been the first President to say one thing and do another, I believe that Wendell Willkie would have approached the situation very differently. He was a very fascinating man who waffled a lot on foreign policy and economics issues; he leaned isolationist during the campaign but pushed for non-military support of our allies, after the election he was full fledged internationalist, becoming one of the first prominent politicians to push for a world government. (he wrote a book on the subject which sold over a million copies http://www.amazon.com/One-world-Wendell-L-Willkie/dp/B00005WIJ9/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364054100&sr=1-2&keywords=one+world+willkie)
He opposed the way the New Deal was being implemented, but in general supported the New Deal arguing that he could implement it better. Yet when it came to racial equality and liberty he was very consistent
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
Beyond, until you understand "climate" meaning conditions, you will stupidly claim that I am accusing all people who make a penny more than me as always being "evil". CLIMATE. How you think and how you vote contributes to the "climate". Now when I rail against big business, I am NOT saying business isn't needed. I AM SAYING the majority who have the power and most of the control, ARE NOT in tune with the rest of society. It is a climate of "sink or swim". It IS GOOD for profits YES. But how is it helping humanity other than helping itself?
You constantly post charts an graphs an links as to why you are right like an apologist defending a god. To say what you post doesn't work WOULD BE WRONG! The FUCKING PART YOU MISS, is who does it work for? Yes it does work. But if it worked for all of us things would get better for all of us. But I must have been asleep and this recession and pay gap explosion was just a product of my imagination. And just like God blames everything on everyone else but the God, it is always the workers fault and not the boss's fault. Just like it is never God's fault for the game he set up. But I am sure workers are to blame because they have all the monetary power like the COCK brothers to compete.
Fuck COSTCO who pays decent wages and allows unions. FUCK NICK HANOUR A BILLIONAIRE who says more money in our pockets does us all more good. FUCK WARREN BUFFET who says it is sad he pays less a ratio in taxes than his secretary. FUCK ECONOMIST ROBERT REICH who has the SAME FUCKING DEGREES as the morons you quote.
I submit to you my rich overlord because only those with money know what is best for the rest of us. Who needs democracy when the wealthy can simply tell the rest of us what to do.
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Brian, until you understand English reading comprehension, you will stupidly claim that I am making claims that I have not made.
Really? I haven't seen too many theists posting links, charts or graphs as evidence to support their positions. Most theists I have argued with simply repeat the same rant over and over while blindly ignoring solid evidence put in front of them and changing the topic being discussed. Please introduce me to these theists that actually provide evidence.
When a business fails I always blame the boss. When the pay gap increases I blame you. You have yet to demonstrate any evidence or coherent argument as to why the pay gap increasing is a bad thing.
I am a big fan of Costco, their stock has been in my portfolio for several years now. I think Costco is a great example of how the free market works, when a large behemoth that many believe is indestructible becomes bureaucratic a better designed company can make serious cuts into their market share. No government needed.
And yes, fuck Warren Buffett- do you have any clue how Buffett makes his fortune? He is dishonest and makes his money from political connections to government rather than building businesses. People like him are the problem.
And yes, fuck Robert Reich. He was probably the most dominant economic adviser throughout the 90's and I believe that many of the policies he advocated for and got implemented are responsible for our current economic problems. The reality is that you can't use interest rates to encourage over consumption of goods forever. Sooner or later, the bubble pops and the more pressure you build, the worse the collapse is. Robert Reich and his fellow economic idealogues (many of whom are republican, this isn't a democrat vs. republican issue) are responsible for many of our problems today.
You didn't read my post at all, did you?
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X