Tag(s): , Add Tags
Add to My Group(s)

View Ratings | Rate It

Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/24/10:     Permalink
View Article Stats

We the People are as Mad as Hell: Are we becoming a Banana Republic?

Add this Page to Facebook!
Submit to Twitter
Submit to Reddit
Submit to Stumble Upon

Tell A Friend

Become a Fan
Get Embed HTML Code
By (about the author)

Become a Fan Become a Fan   -- Page 1 of 2 page(s)

opednews.com

If the lefties/liberals/progressives don't tap into the people's anger, the right-wing tea baggers will...and are.

But the tone, the anger, will get more support - more than the tepid response of the "hopers." Meanwhile, the past and current Obama supporters are still "hoping" while the tea baggers are calling for action.

Watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA&NR=1

I'm so fed up with the system of government here. I'm furious about the Supreme Court giving equal First Amendment rights to corporate America. Going forward, corporate America can spend millions,"billions"to lobby the thieves and vagabonds in congress and the senate. Forget fair elections. The wealthiest will win.

So far I have refrained from posting my disappointments in the Republican Party every day just for my own peace of mind. But the pile is too deep now, and I am so disgusted that some venting needs to be done on a big scale.

Instead of voting "no" on everything, which keeps others from progressing, why don't the Republicans just opt out of Medicare, Social Security, and science-based drugs and electronics?

While Republican businessmen complain about green energy alternatives, the Chinese are out getting control of the rare earth metals used in all of them.

As a young man, I chose between candidates based on three things: namely, the issues, my political philosophy, and the qualifications of the individuals. Now this is impossible because the Republicans have fallen into the hands of pathological liars.

As a last resort, Obama's critics find something wrong with his scheduling of the Copenhagen visit. Turns out he chose that time because the Chinese were going to be there at that time.

Is it something new that the Deep South is so heartless?

The man who fixed my hot water heater, obviously reflecting local conservative views, incorrectly lambasted Obama's health plan for cutting social security. Lacking either a retirement or health insurance, he is looking forward to Medicare to get two detached retinas fixed. Is he being consistent?

The Republicans are good at exploiting some people's religious superstitions and fears of big government.

I think the Blue states should secede from the Union if the Red states continue to block social progress and to teach creationism instead of science. They are holding us back at least 100 years.

I turned on one news station after another trying in vain to get an update on the status of the health bill in the Senate. Instead, I heard endless interviews with opposing Republicans. Where's a Democrat to get news these days?

The working poor, who obviously greatly outnumber the wealthy, could dominate American politics if half of them did not vote against their own financial self interests for reasons of religion. All the wealthy have to do is toss the religious poor a bone and they vote along with them, and it is a small bone at that. What have the Republicans ever done for the working poor except manipulate them?

Next Page  1  |  2

 

www.Ioncehadafarminireland.blogspot.com

Ursula Siebert, originally a German teacher & lecturer turned businesswoman, lived in different European countries before coming to the USA. She is now a free-lance writer. Often tongue-in-cheek, she sees life and politics in the USA from the (more...)
 

The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author Contact Editor View Authors' Articles

Follow Me on Twitter

 

Share this page: (what's this?)                   Tell a Friend: Tell A Friend

Add this Page to Facebook!      Submit to Stumble Upon      Submit to Reddit      Add This Page to Mr Wong!           NEWSVINE      DEl.ICIO.US      Looksmart Furl      My Web      Blink List     (More...)

Comments

The time limit for entering new comments on this article has expired.

This limit can be removed. Our paid membership program is designed to give you many benefits, such as removing this time limit. To learn more, please click here.

Comments: Expand   Shrink   Hide  
No comments