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America - designed by geniuses, run by idiots.
You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not
for being in the country illegally.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Your government believes that the best way to eradicate
trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more of our
money.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
A seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for
calling his teacher "cute" but hosting a sexual
exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly
acceptable.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
The Supreme Court of the United States can rule that
lower courts cannot display the 10 Commandments in
their courtroom, while sitting in front of a display of the
10 Commandments.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Children are forcibly removed from parents who
appropriately discipline them while children of
"underprivileged" drug addicts are left to rot in filth
infested cesspools of a “home”.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Hard work and success are rewarded with higher taxes
and government intrusion, while some slothful, lazy
behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks,
Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
The government's plan for getting people back to work is
to provide 99 weeks of unemployment checks (to not
work).
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Being self-sufficient is considered a threat to the
government.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Politicians think that stripping away the amendments to
the constitution is really protecting the rights of the
people.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
The rights of the Government come before the rights of
the individual.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
You can write a post like this just by reading the news
headlines.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
You pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the
newest big screen TV while your neighbor defaults on his
mortgage (while buying iPhones, TV's and new cars) and
the government forgives his debt and reduces his
mortgage (with your tax dollars).
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes
you "safe".
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
You have to have your parents signature to go on a
school field trip but not to get an abortion.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
An 80 year old woman can be stripped searched by the
TSA but a Muslim woman in a burka is only subject to
having her neck and head searched.
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You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...
Using the "N" word is considered "hate speech" but
writing and singing songs about raping women and
killing cops is considered "art".
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Thanks to several people who sent me the post above.
It clearly is making its rounds on the 'net. However, if
it were up to me, I'd substitute the word "idiots" with
"liberals" (or "socialists"). Just sayin'...
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89 Comments
jman99 - Jan 04, 2013 8:11 PM
Are you denying this?
"Using the "N" word is considered "hate speech" but
writing and singing songs about raping women and
killing cops is considered "art". "
It depends on the context.
Neil young has a number of songs that deal with killing:
"Down by the river " Man shoots girlfriend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB5bGDPJakE
"Four dead in Ohio" National guards shoot students
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GXtQfXBAmM
"Powderfinger " Shooting at revenue agents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xNft9MutQ
All of these are considered "art" because of context. They are story telling to music.
The other is not, because it it used in an inflammatory context.
Mr Balanced - Jan 04, 2013 8:17 PM
Those track shoes you are wearing are very pretty. And fast!
MGarber - Jan 04, 2013 8:45 PM
Its IS hate speech if its used from a place of hate.
Django Unchained used the Nword like water, but it was effective.
Blazing Saddles chickened out and inferred it, but it it was effective as well.
I dont know which particular song(s) you're talking about. Im not a big fan of rap and consider little (but not all) of it to be art.
"Mr Garber,
Those track shoes you are wearing are very pretty. And fast!"
What the fxxk are you taling about???
WFB resident - Jan 04, 2013 9:21 PM
women and blacks inslaved ! All payment should come from the Dumocrats ! Not
only that but when are the Dumocrats going to give restitution to Republicans for
they killed us to keep the others inslaved ?
Mr Balanced - Jan 04, 2013 11:37 PM
You know our nation is run by idiots when included in the President’s “fiscal cliff” tax hike bill is more pork, which of course he did promise to have no more pork and full transparency if we elected him and then reelected him, that includes, well, yes, these tax breaks:
Tax breaks for Hollywood producers who shoot their movies and TV shows in the U.S., at a cost of about $430 million through 2014. (how interesting is that. Isn’t Hollywood one of President Obama’s largest supporters?)
• A program that sends most federal taxes collected on rum produced in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands back to those territories to subsidize domestic production. Bar tab: $222 million over two years.
• A tax break worth about $15 million a year for asparagus growers hit hard by cheap asparagus imported from Peru.
• $4 million in tax breaks over the next two years for people who buy "2- or 3-wheeled plug-in electric vehicles" — in other words, electric scooters, Segways and the like.
Oh, there is plenty More Amy
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/04/16334798-fiscal-cliff-deal-includes-at-least-679-billion-for-special-interests?lite
Carl Hicks - Jan 05, 2013 12:58 AM
the corporate welfare that the cliff "deal" was filled with. The corporate welfare
given out is almost seven times as much as the unemployment spending!
I doubt many know that corporate welfare spending is higher then the welfare for
people.
The "sandy" disaster relief bill is also pork laden and shouldn't be passed as is.
Carl Hicks - Jan 05, 2013 1:17 AM
PROGRESSIVE Republicans wanted to end slavery. Republicans were progressives
up until the times of Teddy Roosevelt.
ExToDResident - Jan 05, 2013 1:06 PM
I was given warnings and tickets but I was never arrested.
I don't know of anyone who was ever arrested for expired tags on their plates.
ahemmer - Jan 05, 2013 1:21 PM
The Republicans were damned if they did and damned if they didn't in regards to voting for the crappy bill that came out at the last minute (after we jumped off the cliff, then jumped back on). They did it for the good of the country - to save the taxpayers from even worse had we just gone over the cliff and remained there. That is really what Obama and the Dems would have liked - higher taxes on all, plus a huge cut to the military. The Republicans do not have to "take ownership" of this crappy bill. Obama and the Dems are in charge. Obama has to take ownership...for once?....a....maybe forget that...he seems to avoid doing so at all costs...He just likes to spike the football when his henchmen (and women) do his work for him...
Carl Hicks - Jan 05, 2013 2:18 PM
bailouts,TARP,etc...
Carl Hicks - Jan 05, 2013 2:22 PM
expanded?
ahemmer - Jan 05, 2013 4:02 PM
Not sure what you mean about "why did Republicans want the tax cuts extended when they wanted the base expanded?"
Do you mean that Republicans need to become pro-entitlement in order to expand the base? I don't agree with that in any sense. I think there are still a majority of people out there who do not want a life of dependency ala Obama & the Dems. I would venture to say that many people who are supported by the government right now are not happy about it and still do have some dignity left. They would like to better their situations by working their way OUT of a life of dependency, rather than continually voting Democratic to remain in a life of reliance from big government.
I would also venture to say that a majority of the populace needs to hear the right conservative message - from the right messenger - smaller government and stronger defense and less taxes. In contrast, the message from the Dems: "You didn't build that" and "we'll give you your every want and need as long as you vote for us" plays well for the "low information voter" and those who do not know any better, nor believe they are capable of doing great things on their own WITHOUT Uncle Sam giving them handouts.
Carl Hicks - Jan 06, 2013 1:00 AM
Carl Hicks - Jan 06, 2013 2:42 AM
Mr Balanced - Jan 06, 2013 10:02 AM
Maybe this should be the question Democratsshould be asking.
Remember this famous compliant/quote by President Obama that must have slipped your mind? Not to mention millions and million of others.
“A typical middle-class family of four would see its income taxes go up by $2,200. That's $2,200 out of people's pockets. That means less money for buying groceries, less money for filling prescriptions, less money for buying diapers. It means a tougher choice between paying the rent and paying tuition. And middle-class families just can't afford that now." Obama then emphasize that these cuts are a big deal and said "tell members of Congress what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to you” and that the Bush cut would be "a hit you cannot afford to take."
Carl, where were you the past 10 years, the liberal press, and the many Democrats in Washington, who complain daily that the “Bush tax cuts are only for the wealthy?” Didn’t our Democrats say these tax cuts back in 2004 and beyond will only help the likes of Bill Gates?
Now Obama says the tax cuts that the Republicans don’t want (which is also another dishonest statement) will help the middle-class immensely. Even Obama as a Senator was against these tax cuts. But now he is in favor. John Kerry de’ ja vu?
Mr Balanced - Jan 06, 2013 10:18 AM
"When you say 'run by idiots' - does that include your local board?"
Maybe your Journal/Sentinel board?
ahemmer - Jan 06, 2013 10:52 AM
Although, I do think that ALL working Americans should have some "skin in the game" - no matter how little or how much they earn. We all should contribute a reasonable amount in federal taxes to fund very specific limited government functions that individuals cannot do on their own - like national defense. Right now, almost half the country pays NO federal taxes. Yet, almost half the country has become the "takers" - living off of Uncle Sam - who lives off those who pay taxes. It is a vicious cycle that needs to stop. Make everyone contribute - no matter how much or how little - and I bet more Americans would notice and put a foot down to demand a stop to out-of-control spending and end the fiscal hole we continue to dig for ourselves.
ExToDResident - Jan 06, 2013 1:35 PM
I agree Amy!!!
Like the veteran who fought for this country needs to have “skin in the game” and “contribute” no matter how little. Sure they fought and were possibly injured but they need to “contribute” too!
And the person on Social Security Disability, it doesn’t matter what disability they have it isn’t societies fault that they are unable to hold a job; they just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and learn how to fly right. That goes for the person receiving Social Security after retiring as well; sure you were taxed for a lifetime for that benefit, but you need to have “skin in the game” also no matter how little.
And of course the person at the bottom of the pay scale needs to have “skin in the game” as well. All those benefits the government provides you with (food stamps, housing assistance, unemployment) aren’t cheap and it’s MY TAX DOLLARS that pay for it.
We can’t allow any “free rides” in this country for people too cheap to pay their own way!!!