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Originally posted by theicc
Reagan? Ha ha, he was a joke. His brand of BS is nothing short of a strong contributor to the current situation.
Yes, we need a hero; a Reagan-esque figure is nothing of the sort.
I will be voting to re-elect President Obama because he tries hard and done a ton to help the country get out of Bush's slump.
Originally posted by tangonine
Originally posted by mastahunta
I suppose I am responsible for health insurance companies
Originally posted by tangonine
Originally posted by mastahunta
reply to post by tangonine
And conservative who exalt the liberal Reagan are even more !
How do you like those 11 tax increases?
How do you like not being able to buy health insurance?
"The share of the income tax burden borne by the top 10 percent of taxpayers increased from 48.0 percent in 1981 to 57.2 percent in 1988. Meanwhile, the share of income taxes paid by the bottom 50 percent of taxpayers dropped from 7.5 percent in 1981 to 5.7 percent in 1988. "
You tell me, smartypants.
raising their premiums over 120% in the last ten years?
and what you liberals fail to understand is those of us that actually earn a living
Those of you that actually earn a living? You mean some Americans conjure money with a divining rod?
we just want that money spent well (i.e. not Solyndra, or Fast and Stupid, or to pad the coffers of corrupt union officials).
You mean like Reagan arming the Taliban? Or funding death squads in Nicaragua? Or selling arms to
Iran during the Iran Iraq war? Or the war on drugs, that really was a great use of money...
Or how about going to the wrong country in the middle east, in response to 9/11, and spending nearly two
trillion dollars?
Is all of that money spent well? We are still fighting the very same people Reagan helped train and arm.
You can have your tunnel visions all you want, doesn't change the truth one bit.
Who needs reality, when it just feels so good?edit on 7-12-2011 by mastahunta because: (no reason given)
Oh. You're one of those conspiracy people. Noted.
and yes, many lazy americans use a "divining rod" it's called never paying taxes and living off welfare. And since you welfare hippies are so attuned to where my money goes, aren't you even the least bit pissed that Obama gave it all to "green" companies that were just a sham?
How much good could those billions have done had they actually been funneled to useful purposes?
Nope. Not obama... he's taking your taxes and giving that money to his union buddies. Scream all you like about how eeeevil the small government conservatives are infringing on your right to be an idiot, but it won't change the fact you're being robbed blind.edit on 7-12-2011 by tangonine because: (no reason given)
excerpts from the book, "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John Dean
p23
Today's conservatives - especially social conservatives, as opposed to intellectuals and the more thoughtful politicians - define themselves by what they oppose, which is anything and everything they perceive to be liberal. That category includes everyone from Democrats to anyone with whom they disagree, and can, therefore, automatically be labeled a liberal.
p23
Antipathy to liberalism has been present from the outset of the conservative movement but it only became a powerful unifying influence in the early 1980s.
p24
Many conservatives are simply entertained by reading conservative authors or hearing conservative talk-show hosts rant about liberals. The exaggerated hostility also apparently satisfies a psychological need for antagonism toward the out group, reinforces the self-esteem of the conservative base, and increases solidarity within the ranks.
p43
The lesson of [Stanley Milgram's] work was that ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terribly destructive process... [Stanley] Milgram revealed that for a remarkable number of people, it is very difficult to disobey authority figures, but quite easy for them to set aside their conscience.
p44
Linguistics expert George Lakoff reports in 'Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think' that the language and thinking of contemporary conservatism is, essentially, authoritarian. The conservative's worldview draws on an understanding of the family that follows "a Strict Father model." (By way of comparison, he noted, the liberal worldview draws on a very different ideal, "the Nurturant Parent model.") Lakoff contends that the organizing ideal of conservatism is the strict father who stands up to evil and emerges victorious in a highly competitive world. In the terms of this model, children are born bad and need a strict father to teach them discipline through punishment. Source: Book, "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John Dean