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- hollywoodphony, on 10/21/2009, -27/+479They took our jobs!
- stormkrow, on 10/22/2009, -30/+416This is a copy paste and been around for a while.
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.
I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water utility.
After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
I watched this while eating my breakfast of U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
At the appropriate time, as regulated by the U.S. Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level
determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.
On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the U.S. Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.
After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and Fire Marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its
valuables thanks to the local police department.
And then I log on to the internet -- which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration -- and post on Freerepublic.com and Fox News forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right. - Tsac77, on 10/21/2009, -26/+358Those librarians are nothing but a bunch of Commie pinkos.
- hummstheword, on 10/22/2009, -8/+306They dook earrr jeorbs!
- zephc, on 10/22/2009, -3/+207DRRKA DRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
- TheTaoOfBill, on 10/22/2009, -4/+194DRK A JOOS!
- sosborne, on 10/22/2009, -21/+176Why privately-funded armies are very American: "It's violent and profit driven".
- Gregatron5000, on 10/22/2009, -5/+153Socialism refers to collective ownership. The people collectively own police, fire departments, libraries, roads and the military. It seems like you are the one that doesn't know what socialism is.
- depro9, on 10/22/2009, -48/+189Im a proud democratic socialist!
"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil"
- Albert Einstein
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Einstein.htm - executex, on 10/21/2009, -87/+218All jokes aside, Public Option for healthcare needs to happen, profiting from denying coverage to people is a bad incentive. Companies that compete with the government would be forced to provide optimal care with minimum profits.
However, I definitely want the Public University system gone, these communists charge you for everything and they give you as little service as they can; if something gets stolen, let the whole community pay for it; the Virginia Tech massacre happened and people sued the school, let's jack up the tuition; let's overcharge the government and then use the funds for ourselves; let's ask for federal aid for students from the government and then not give students any federal aid, we'll just give them loans.
Can you guess what political party I'm associated with? - ALiberalMind, on 10/22/2009, -14/+125haha excellent! I like this one too:
"Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.
All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.
Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.
It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.
He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans.
The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have." " - capheine, on 10/22/2009, -8/+111I think you're being sarcastic, but I'm still burying you for use of the word "sheeple". Sorry :(
- voxpunk88, on 10/22/2009, -24/+126Since you can A) form a sentence, and B) not call Pres. Obama a terrorist, probably not Republican...
- CanadianCheese, on 10/22/2009, -3/+99ERR DRR BRDRRRR
- Hetman, on 10/22/2009, -7/+98It always reminds me of the life of brian.
They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yes.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?
Xerxes: The aqueduct.
Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
Masked Activist: And the sanitation!
Stan: Oh yes... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.
Reg: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done...
Matthias: And the roads...
Reg: (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads...
Another Masked Activist: Irrigation...
Other Masked Voices: Medicine... Education... Health...
Reg: Yes... all right, fair enough...
Activist Near Front: And the wine...
Omnes: Oh yes! True!
Francis: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.
Masked Activist at Back: Public baths!
Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order... (general nodding)... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this.
(more general murmurs of agreement)
Reg: All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?
Xerxes: Brought peace!
Reg: (very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all) What!? Oh... (scornfully) Peace, yes... shut up! - Azyrii, on 10/22/2009, -14/+93They also apparently think typing in all capital letters makes them funny.
- decx, on 10/22/2009, -10/+89*****-a-doodle-doo
- rikwakefield, on 10/22/2009, -4/+82rabble rabble rabble
- Hotjoelove, on 10/22/2009, -2/+70dey took er jeeebzz
- calibud, on 10/22/2009, -4/+71Mirror: http://imgur.com/DhMHY.jpg
- kelly, on 10/22/2009, -3/+70der terk der derb!!!!
- nolagrl, on 10/22/2009, -1/+67If the Public University system were communist, it would be free of charge. It was started to ensure access to higher education to to those outside the elite. It was destroyed when the MBA bean counters decided it had to be profitable in terms of money, not education.
- ghostlywind, on 10/22/2009, -2/+68Back to the pile.
- hugeposuer, on 10/22/2009, -9/+64Rotundo hit the nail on the head.
My dad's a libertarian and he thinks gov't control of the military and the police is immoral.
This is the same man who says that "Rush Limbaugh changed his life," so I have absolutely zero respect for his political views. - doctechnical, on 10/22/2009, -27/+82Quoting Einstein on politics is kind of like quoting Henry Kissinger on particle physics.
- wwwonka, on 10/22/2009, -1/+55...nor satire for that matter
- antoniuk, on 10/22/2009, -6/+57Comrade Obvious says "WOOSH"!
- rotundo, on 10/22/2009, -11/+58Socialists! Don't they realize the government can't do _anything_ right -- why in the world would we let them run two of the most important and powerful organizations in our society?!?
/s - TheTaoOfBill, on 10/22/2009, -2/+45You guys are amazing wrestlers!
- preppypoof, on 10/22/2009, -2/+43THEY BROKE HIS JAW
- awtripp, on 10/22/2009, -3/+43When did he deny it?
- askantik, on 10/22/2009, -7/+47"Able-bodied individuals who refuse to work and therefore require assistance is something we aren't behind."
Um, hate to break it to you, but I don't think there's ANYONE who is in favor of handouts for lazy people who could be working. - caramba421, on 10/22/2009, -12/+52Except for that Kissenger was a complete jackass in politics AND a complete know-nothing in physics.
And also, I automatically lend credibility to a person who succeeds in a field where their results are able to be immediately empiracally verified.
Kissinger, by contrast, was merely an ideologue living in a beltway world where perception means more than reality.
Furthermore, Einstein drafted the letter to Roosevelt that got the Manhattan project rolling. This means that, in fact, Einstein's POLITICAL manueverings have done more to shape world events than any contribution by Kissinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil ... - askantik, on 10/22/2009, -2/+41Bailouts aren't socialist... because they don't benefit society. They benefit a select few douchebags who don't know how to run a country.
- HurricaneDC, on 10/22/2009, -4/+40I think you're converting me into a liberal!!!
- D1Foley, on 10/22/2009, -4/+40You know there used to be private fire companies right? And when your house was on fire they would stand outside and say "OK give us half your money and we'll save your house." What choice would you have but to give it to them?
They also used to pull fire alarms for other companies and ambush them, which is kind of funny.
Me i'd rather have firefighting be a government service. - askantik, on 10/22/2009, -11/+46Prosperous meaning a few people in our country are outlandishly rich? Sure, I won't argue the majority of us aren't well-to-do, but most of us aren't any better off than most countries in Europe or places like Japan. Higher GDP does not necessarily mean prosperity.
- sholt, on 10/22/2009, -2/+37librarian - n. 1) a person, typically with a degree in library science, who administers or assists in a library
- moxley, on 10/22/2009, -5/+39What we don't need:
Privatized police or military.
IF we had it, it would be like Blackwater being the cops and military....Corporate armies, I say no thanks, we're already becoming a fascist state...we don't need private police and military. - DevilInPgh, on 10/22/2009, -4/+37I don't know. When was OJ convicted?
- xenuxenuts, on 10/22/2009, -2/+34I want to see the documents showing he is innocent. Come on Glenn, lets see those papers...
:) - trogle, on 10/22/2009, -1/+33They took his dog?
- pathouston22, on 10/22/2009, -8/+39Yes, lets get rid of the university system that is the best in the world and brings in students from all over the planet.
- NorrisOBE, on 10/22/2009, -28/+59GLENN BECK!
RNMAG1990 - depro9, on 10/22/2009, -10/+40The right does not want "real government" so they can crush the poor even more then blame government for the poor.
- siryourbrains, on 10/22/2009, -2/+31Bailouts are profoundly anti-socialist. What would have been socialist would be just democratizing the businesses and not giving the CEO's a dime.
- toefinder, on 10/22/2009, -11/+40oh yeah if ours is an economic system free of coercion why won't you allow me the freedom to buy my health insurance from whomever i want? I want to it from the federal government. Now why don't you get out of the way?
- malex, on 10/22/2009, -4/+32Buried for thinking a hippie would be caught dead in Old Navy or Starbucks.
- depro9, on 10/22/2009, -8/+36& the fire fighters & teachers & police & & & ect lol
- norwegianlegion, on 10/22/2009, -1/+28Also, he said "was", as if Socialism still doesn't exist. Every society has Socialist elements, even if they don't declare themselves as full blown Socialists, as this graph shows.
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