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Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by jimmyx
with that said, i think the american people need a bit more of progressive legislation in their lives, so as to hold onto the middle class of this country. too much of raw capitalism results in a poor/rich society, instead of a balance of a poor/middle class/rich society.
Progressive = Collectivist = Tyranny.
I will not join your social experiment.
What are "you/your system" going to do about that?
Originally posted by AshleyD
Originally posted by mental modulator
Ya you did - I was homing in on "Bully" - which is applied force in my mind.
I understand where you're coming from. But bullying can be so much more than committing violence. It can also be psychological to intimidate others to conform to your will.
dictionary.reference.com...
And that is what this feels like. If a parent makes a personal decision for their child, they shouldn't be bullied and shamed by others whose business it isn't.
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by jimmyx
with that said, i think the american people need a bit more of progressive legislation in their lives, so as to hold onto the middle class of this country. too much of raw capitalism results in a poor/rich society, instead of a balance of a poor/middle class/rich society.
Progressive = Collectivist = Tyranny.
I will not join your social experiment.
What are "you/your system" going to do about that?
then i heartily support you sending back any medicare money you or your family has recieved and not actually paid for, and refuse to accept any in the future...and be sure and send back any social security that you have not actually paid for, and for you to refuse any S.S. monies in the future.
and you should refuse to pay any taxes to anybody because they are a "collective" charge. you should be sent an itemized bill for every local, state, and federal, money that is being spent on your behalf, that "IS" being "collectively" charged. i think burma, laos, and many african countries operate that way
[edit on 5-9-2009 by jimmyx]
Originally posted by candide
Police, Fire, all branches of the military and national guard, roads, etc, etc are all run collectively for the benefit and safety of our society. Which parts should we opt out of?
I would hate to have to fork over the pay-per-view cost of all missiles and planes that are deployed for my benefit
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by candide
Police, Fire, all branches of the military and national guard, roads, etc, etc are all run collectively for the benefit and safety of our society. Which parts should we opt out of?
I would hate to have to fork over the pay-per-view cost of all missiles and planes that are deployed for my benefit
I'm for proper Constitutional government.
I'm not playing the stupid "The Fire Dept is Socialism" nonsense.
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by candide
Police, Fire, all branches of the military and national guard, roads, etc, etc are all run collectively for the benefit and safety of our society. Which parts should we opt out of?
I would hate to have to fork over the pay-per-view cost of all missiles and planes that are deployed for my benefit
I'm not playing the stupid "The Fire Dept is Socialism" nonsense.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
Originally posted by mental modulator
Uw, Uw, pick me, pick me !!!
Lets see what kind Socialisms Obama practices!
The RECOVERY ACT-
open bid contracts
the STATES and COUNTIES are the executors
AS IN REPUBLIC...
Why would a "socialist" put his name on something that is based on open COMPETITION and give the leave the ultimate contractual decisions to local and state officials? EVERY single contract to be SUB contracted to PRIVATE entities.
SMELLS LIKE -----
CAPITALISM
www.fbo.gov...
Uw, Uw, pick me, pick me!!!
Let's see what form of political model Obama picks...
Takeover of GM, government owns 60% of GM, Canada owns another large portion of it. A previous PRIVATE company is now owned mainly by the U.S. but in part also by CANADA.
Obama passed among the many laws H.R. 1388, in which the Corporation is given total power over all learn-based programs/education, as well as Community Service programs.
The Corporation also has the responsibility to teach professors what to teach children, and this applies not oly to public schools but to private schools as well as schools in reservations.
Another law was passed in which all COMPULSORY Community Srvice will be done without paying Americans, and Emmanuel Rahm, who happens to be Obama's Chief of staff, in case some people don't know, has stated that the Obama administration will require ALL Americans to do some form of Compulsory Community Service. This will include retired, and disabled Americans. This happens in Socialist dictatorships.
And among the many other things the Obama administration also wants to implement the ideology of "redistribution of wealth".
I wonder where those came from...
[edit on 5-9-2009 by ElectricUniverse]
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by candide
Police, Fire, all branches of the military and national guard, roads, etc, etc are all run collectively for the benefit and safety of our society. Which parts should we opt out of?
I would hate to have to fork over the pay-per-view cost of all missiles and planes that are deployed for my benefit
I'm for proper Constitutional government.
I'm not playing the stupid "The Fire Dept is Socialism" nonsense.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general WELFARE of the United States
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
Originally posted by nixie_nox
Funny, the people I know from Russia and other communist countries think we are whining too much and don't know how good we have it.
Really? funny that the only three people in these forums which I know have experienced Communism, have been saying similar things to what I have been saying.
This country is being transformed slowly into some form of Socialist dictatorship. indoctrination of children towards one political agenda of collectivism, which despises individuality, and puts the collective before the individual is always bound to become a dictatorship, because then individual rights are lost.
Much of the left doesn't want to admit what is happening, even though it is happening right in front of their eyes.
Even a known Communist, Chavez, has stated that President Obama is more to the left than he is. He said it as a joke, but as a true joke, and many Americans do not realize, or want to admit what this means.
Originally posted by grover
God forbid if kids start learning things in school and become educated...they might start thinking for themselves and become...become Liberals or even worse Democrats.
Originally posted by mental modulator
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by candide
Police, Fire, all branches of the military and national guard, roads, etc, etc are all run collectively for the benefit and safety of our society. Which parts should we opt out of?
I would hate to have to fork over the pay-per-view cost of all missiles and planes that are deployed for my benefit
I'm for proper Constitutional government.
I'm not playing the stupid "The Fire Dept is Socialism" nonsense.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general WELFARE of the United States
Welfare
welfare n. 1. health, happiness, or prosperity; well-being. [
Originally posted by mental modulator
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by candide
I'm for proper Constitutional government.
I'm not playing the stupid "The Fire Dept is Socialism" nonsense.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general WELFARE of the United States
Welfare
welfare n. 1. health, happiness, or prosperity; well-being. [
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by mental modulator
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by candide
Police, Fire, all branches of the military and national guard, roads, etc, etc are all run collectively for the benefit and safety of our society. Which parts should we opt out of?
I would hate to have to fork over the pay-per-view cost of all missiles and planes that are deployed for my benefit
I'm for proper Constitutional government.
I'm not playing the stupid "The Fire Dept is Socialism" nonsense.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general WELFARE of the United States
Welfare
welfare n. 1. health, happiness, or prosperity; well-being. [
Originally posted by candide
I cant seem to find anything about fire depts in the constitution.
How is it not socialism?
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by FlyersFan
I’m sorry, but I don’t want the President of the United States asking or telling the kids of the United States to do anything. This isn’t 1950s China.
Seriously???
I have said plenty of times that Obama is scary, but who in their right mind doesn't want the POTUS asking the kids of the US to do anything?
I want my president to expect the most out of our kids! I want him to be disappointed when any child fails, or drops out, or can't read! I want the bar set extremely high for all the students!! I am tired of seeing an "All Chinese" Physics department at my University! I am tired of seeing all the foreign students in the Library, while the American students are getting trashed and passing around STD's!!
In some of my Chemical Engineering classes, the best students were Female, Muslim, exchange students from Iran!! That should be a little more unsettling than a President asking the kids to do some community service!!
Are we so politically divided that we can't see any good coming from this? Why don't we let the good happen, and then draw the line at some point before it becomes Socialism or Naziism? We are smart, our kids are smart, surely we can have the best of the best of this?
Edit to add a true story:
I asked one of the Iranian girls why they came to the US if they disagreed with our lifestyle so much. Her response was, "We want our country to be great! We buy the best and cheapest rice from China, and we buy our Educations from the West! We don't have to agree with your lifestyle to see a good deal and capitalize on it!"
[edit on 4-9-2009 by getreadyalready]