Keith Olbermann Special Comment On Heartless Republicans

[Ben360ism]

the democrats have their problems no doubt and are a far cry from perfect BUT the heartless republitards take the cake.

[upinya25]

The missouri state senator breakfast was that she actually proposed for the SUMMER months, not school year, that the community boast non-profit feeding rather than the school. However, her Mcdonalds comment is outrageous.

[KaristaSwiss]

applause :-)

[rocsalt]

I say it's heartless for Olbermann to keep insisting that the government continue to hand out money but not harp on the fact it's creating a negative enviorment for job creation.

[LBPike350]

what a douche bag.

[rocsalt]

Well....while I agree we probably need to extend unemployment benefits, sooner or later that credit card bill will have to be paid. The problem is (and of course you won't hear it from this non-journalist) when you overtax the rich, they stop spending money. Thats right, they don't invest as much or at all. They don't build things. Thats right, construction drops. This causes a spiral effect and eventually, unemployment skyrockets. Sound familiar? Sounds like America in 2010.

[smekese]

republicans are lunatics.. money and power over the great citizens of this nation...

[rocsalt]

@smekese If your out of a job and unemployed, just do what the democrats do. Use your credit cards to pay all your bills. You can do that forever and ever, right? After all, you can pay that off...someday. Byh the way, while your at it, pay for everyone's healthcare on your block....just put it on your credit card. Those heartless republicans... Funny, the republicans are all those rich people and Keith Olbermann makes 20 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Yeah, he understands your problems.

[smekese]

@rocsalt Another idiot responding.. First of, irresponsible people have to pay for their own dept.. I don't give a fuck oh and Keith Olbermann at least he stand by the people not the Republicans and FOX NEWS protect the big corporate and fuck the people.... All they care about is power, money , family, and protect the riches... Wake up dump ass.. common sense...

[curvalecce]

No atheist or Muslim does or can insult the message of Christ more bitterly than the Republican party.

[MrEatonbeaver]

@curvalecce As the old budweiser commercial used to go, "you said it all".

[rocsalt]

@curvalecce Jesus doesn't want us to give people fish, he wants us to teach them how to fish. Get it right.

[tn270585]

@rocsalt Give a redneck a fish and he will eat for the day. Give him a fishingrod and he will break it up for firewood... or swap it for a fish...

[rocsalt]

@rocsalt Is it just me, or are liberals the only people in the world that can call someone a derogatory name and not be labeled a bigot, or a racist? Calling someone a redneck is racist. You are a racist.

[EcuPirates198]

@rocsalt its just you. Redneck isn't racist. hell, around where i live its a compliment

[rocsalt]

@EcuPirates198 Sorry, I forgot in the south being called a redneck is an honor!

[civwarfan]

@curvalecce Well your christ does a very good job of that himself. Have you even read the bible? Your a christian so I would think not.

[JayCCross]

I'm paying my rent and my bills. I've gone through all my savings... I've gone through all my 401k funds. I have nothing else. If he and his cronies think I'm down at Vegas, blowing my checks at the craps table, they've got another think coming. Not all of us are drug users, or trust-fund babies!

[JayCCross]

Mr. Will needs to get out in the real world more often. I don't want charity. All I want is a g-d JOB, and I shouldn't have to move to China or India to get one! As far as a stimulus is concerned, what does he think I'm doing with my unemployment checks?

[Relugus]

Funny thing is these Republican tea party libertarians are against all forms of government except "defense". Odd, because surely "defense" is a matter of personal responsibility according to their credo. I think the real reason they exclude the millitary is because they are such a bunch of wimps they can't defend themselves. Given that most Americans have guns, their belief that defense is government responsibility is cowardice. They don't have the balls to be true to their ideology.

[kungfooed]

Uh er vote for uh breakfast and McDonald's. And um unemployment and uh jobs and uh er subsidize more because you will get a free breakfast from McDonalds if you are unemployed. And uh if you don't eat at home uh er you should eat at school because Mcdonalds gives free food if you work for them..........................­..What the hell kind of incoherent crap is this guy spewing. He's all over the place. I guess he makes sense in his own mind. Thought the news was on republicans.

[Mordist1]

@kungfooed Perhaps you should stick with videos that you understand, and are closer to your intelligence level. If you can't understand the simple comparison Olbermann is making between the two, this is most likely over your head..

[kungfooed]

@Mordist1 I think he just rambles to be honest.

[kungfooed]

@Mordist1 Listened to him again. He still sounds like he's rambling. I hear him trying to make points, but he just said what the problem is. No jobs. Well there is his answer. Create some jobs then they can feed their kids and won't have to claim benefits. China can't pay for it. They have their own kids to feed. Heck they are offing their kids to keep the population down. McDonalds doesn't have enough jobs to feed all those people. Create some jobs.

[rocsalt]

@kungfooed WHAT, ARE YOU SPEAKING SOME TRUTH? Create jobs? What will that do? Get people off unemployment. I agree with you. Keith doesn't offer a solution, he whines about the problem. What does he care for anyway, he knows where hes 20 million dollars is coming from this year!

[kungfooed]

@Mordist1 One other thing. He starts off by saying a year ago! Why the hell is he reporting stories from a year ago. Is that how far he has to go back to find a story. I have watched this channel from time to time. They do that a lot. They talk about year old stories or longer. You don't find that ridiculous?

[rocsalt]

@Mordist1

Why don't you consider the logic behind it? Give someone a job and they wouldn't need the government handout in the first place.

The government should be creating an enviorment to create jobs, not to continue to give handouts.

Hire taxes creates a negative enviroment for job creation.

Why doesn't Olbermann talk about that? I guess he didn't get that in college.

[kungfooed]

@rocsalt Olberman had to go a year back just to create a story. And that is exactly what he does in this clip. Creates a news story by connecting two pieces of info that are a year apart. I think from a news story point of view it's ridiculous. But more than that, he states the solution in a round about way. They need jobs so they can feed their kids and stop collecting unemployment. He also states that their are no jobs. Which is whose fault for killing that enviorment? Olberman is and idiot

[lordtalon69]

I lean democrat due to my views [atheist, pro-choice, no creationism, screw taebaggers, etc] but it really is all a game. A lot of people voted democrat because they hated bush. Now in 2012 a lot will probably vote republican becuase they think obama was the problem ....

When will people realize that the party isn't the problem its your way of thinking. No one party has all the answers. Stop bickering with each otehr and actually try to fix some shit fucking hell.

[Calimantalkin]

yea, I was really looking forward to going from 35 an hour to 900 every 2 weeks, those unemployment bennies are the shit!

[coyotebrains]

Distorted liberal BS from the biggest pig of all! Unfortunately Olbermann gets everything wrong. Fire feeding moron, just stirring the pot with crap. But since only a few left wing nut jobs bother to watch his failing network and biased show...who cares? Not me. He is a complete waste of oxygen, just like most failed politicians...repubs or dems.

[kaysandesses]

@coyotebrains nice ad hominem screed. ha ha ha ha FAIL

[lisabob22]

@coyotebrains whats wrong with Olbermann saying the truth?? Not used to that are you?

[sparrow111260]

@coyotebrains

FAIL

[jla817100]

@coyotebrains Your comment is a perfect example of what republicans do. Saying something is wrong without saying why it is wrong. I challenge you to explain how exactly what olbermann is saying is "Distorted liberal BS" instead of cowering behind your computer, and blindly name-calling like a four year old.

[MrBennetzen]

TO THE GOP: WHY DON'T YOU HELP OUT THE PRESIDENT AND STOP BEING DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY YOU BIG BABIES!!!!!!!! ALSO, STOP LISTENING TO RUSH LIMBAUGH!!!!!!!!

[OccamsView]

It's what happens when you base policy on ignorance, ideology and superstition instead of facts.

[xxxFaustusxxx]

Nice new Fixed News logo.

[JoeDaPlumber]

Republicans are the same shit as democrats. I am sick of these two fucktards running this country. I'm voting for a third party candidate. I am through with the lame ass democrats.

[dfrutled]

Keith often gets comical, but this was a very good piece by him. He is completely correct. Republicans have no fucking problem subsidizing farmers in the Mid West but to hell with a father who lost his job & can't find a new one just yet.

It's fucking cruel that the Reps ALWAYS point out that there are NO jobs, but when people need UE b/c of that fact, suddenly the Republicans say, "Go get a job, " as if there is that option.

Reps are & always will be for the rich & the corps. Screw the GOP

[TayGizzle]

the Republicans and Blue Dogs remind me of the Roman Senate in "History of the World Part I" .... "FUCK THE POOR!!!!"

[kungfooed]

@TayGizzle Are you saying that democrats are poor?

[PhilipPorter]

The world has changed and is changing.

Republicans refuse to recognise and accept it, end of.

[DarthSchwartz]

Great vid.

[PunanyFingerz]

Fiscal conservatives are so delusional!

[lordhighexecutioner]

People with a high MPC will spend and that is stimulative and people who live off these benefits have a high MPC. The rich by the way have a very low MPC so giving them money is very un-stimulative. Giving them money is the worst waste of money. Does Will and his cronies believe that giving money to rich people will create more of them? After all, it is "subsidising something" - and supposedly this creates more of that which is being subsidised.

[idicula1979]

What can I say as heartless and inhuman as and as 1984 as the republican party is the country is still republican, not that that can change over time or the American people themselves are neccessarly that way but that is what the media reduces us to, and there is just so much disconect, that the American people don't know any other way.

[SubmarinerAndroid]

The future of America is hardcore fascism which will call itself libertarian; a police state with constant surveillance and punishment for 90% of us and lawlessness for those at the top.

There will be no social safety net, no free speech (except for corporations), no independent media, no dissent, no unions, no rights, no privacy, no uncorrupted elections.

There will be war forever, half the people will be poor, and corporate entertainment will work even harder to turn your kids into whores.

[EscpdFrmPsykward]

@SubmarinerAndroid "When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

[Roonskii]

@SubmarinerAndroid I sadly have to agree.

[dave19941000]

@SubmarinerAndroid Then come to Canada, a country that, like most european ones, is where the government is affraid of the people, not the other way around. We have a stable economy, stable houseing market, a good education system and Universal healthcare. So move to Canada, we have plenty of space for immagrents. XD

[PuNkAsSLiLMiDgEt]

Vote anyone with an (R) next to their name will equal 3rd world status for everyone except for the rich. Think about it.

[cne08]

If you Americans vote Republican in November you get what you deserve.

[rocsalt]

@cne08 Seems we've had 6 years of a Democratic congress and look at the mess were in. Now with a democratic president it just gets worse. I don't agree with not extending unemployment benefits but where does it end? Lower taxes on investment will encourage all those "rich misers" (Keith Olbermann, the 20 million dollar a year man) to start building things again. We can't spend our way out.

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt

The Congress went democratic in Nov. 2006 (not even four years) - just as we started to slide into the financial abyss created by the obtuse frat boy from Texas and his Republican cohorts and Big Oil. The same thing happened when Reagan was in charge (although not to the extent we are dealing with now).

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003

Okay 4 years to get us where we are today. Now with a democrat in the whitehouse, it will only get worse.

Considering Jimmy Carter's record (Barack will finally get that monkey off his back) I wouldn't think you would want to talk about one of our Greatest Presidents of all time, Ronald Reagan. Thank God he cleaned up the mess of Jimmy Carter.

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt Yeah, Reagan cleaned up! How about Iran-Contra? His friends the Keating 5 and the Savings and Loan scandal? The biggest deficit (until Bush 2) in history? Chem weapons for Sadam? The homeless problem? Ketchup=vegetable? Nancy? Watt? Bill Bennett?

AND - many would argue that the troubles encountered by Carter were the aftermath (costs in lives and treasure) of the Viet Nam war, and, the beginning of the end of America's manufacturing strength thanks to Nixon's blessings on China.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Sorry, too many people disagree with you. He is considered by republicans AND DEMOCRATS to be one of our greatest presidents ever. Let's not forget that this man(basically) ended the cold war. It's really a stretch to blame Nixon for Carter's problems. Carter said he could do the job, and guess what, he couldn't. Stop protecting Jimmy Carter, he wasn't a good president. And why can't you just admit when people are right?

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt Name a single Dem that considers Reagan a great Prez.

The Soviet Union destroyed themselves through bad economic policies - explain how Reagan had ANYTHING to do with it.

Carter negotiated the Panama Canal treaties, increased the MIRVed MX missiles (what the Soviets were most afraid of), and, most importantly, kept us out of war.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Well, lets see.... In the 1980 election, Reagan beat Carter in the electoral college 489 to 49! I would think SOME democrats had to vote for him then. Oh, that was just a fluke, wait..in 1984, Reagan GAINED 2 states and beat Mondale 525 - 13. Have you never heard of "Reagan Democrats"? I really think you should check out the stats.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Gorbachev......Tear down that wall.....After that, the USSR began to fail. Carter was to busy worried about PREVENTING WAR and forgot about cutting taxes so that small business wouldn't suffer.

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt You really believe that sound-bite from Reagan did it?! Carter's Pentagon policies increased our missile silo count beyond what Reagan did X4. At the same time the Russian Black Market and what was quickly becoming known as the Russian Mafia made life in the Kremlin unbearable, uncomfortable, and the people recognized that communism was undeniably unsuccessful. Boris and Natasha wanted Levi's and Coca-Cola at normal prices.

Reagan's tax cuts were what lead to a HUGE deficit, remember?

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003

Reagan had a lot to do before the statement...come on you know that. My goodness, Gorbachav jumping out of Limosines in New York City to shake hands with people? Come on, he made it happen. No President was more affective in talking to the Soviets then Ronald Reagen. (Notice I said talk, not arm)

All the arming scared the USSR to, however. I do. But his excuse (and he seemed right) was you had to spend money to make it (paraphraseing)

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt Alright, give me an example of what Reagan's "talking with the Soviets" did.

Certainly calling them an "evil empire" didn't help. I believe the examples I have given for the demise of the USSR are more accurate so you'll have to top them. Gorbachev is responsible for his own behavior - Reagan gets no credit for a personable Russian leader.

You aren't talking about "voodoo economics" are you? That "trickle down" BS did nothing but make the rich richer. Are you richer thanks to him?

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 The Berlin wall. He gets credit simply because he said it, and it happened.

When Marion Illitch (Owner of Illitch Holdings/Little Caesars Enterprises) sees that he can actually pay less taxes by investing his money in a business, he opens more restaurants. He needs more people for that . When the government wants to infuse the economy, it builds infrastructure. If you want a great example, listen to Obamas speech from Racine Wisconsin .....more to come

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt You are confusing investing capital and giving the rich tax breaks and dodges. Creating jobs=good thing. However, companies switch from full-time employees to part-time to avoid benefit payments. Companies that took advantage of the TARP funds let employees go, got themselves out of trouble and still gave their upper echelon employees bonuses that look like yearly salaries. It all comes down to are we going to let the fox guard the hen-house? They keep taking without giving their share.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 This is hard because (as Keith Olbermann will never point out) Fair is in the pocket of the beholder. Look, if I'm single and make 9000 a year, II fall into a 15% tax braket this year. If I make 70,000 a year, I fall into a 25% tax bracket. Now, anything over 373,000 pays 35%. At 9000 a year, I pay $1350 in tax. At 25% I pay $17500 in tax. And, at $373,000 I pay $130,550 a year. \

Post continued....

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Now, If I make $373,000 a year, shouldn't I be rewarded for putting money back into the economy (buying cars, boats, houses, computers)? Could the single person of $9000 do that? How about the $70,000 a year person? See, when you penalize the rich, you ultimately penalize the poor because without a rich person investing in business, there is nobody to create jobs for the rest of us. Over tax them, cut off investment options, they will simply save their money.

Continued.....

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 But seriously, the guy at $9000 gives less to the tax caufers then the guy at $373,000...but both put the same burden on society. So while I agree with the progessive tax, it's disengenuous to call it "fair".

By the way, most people who are well off agree that they should shoulder more of the burden because they have so much.

To quote the charecter Josh Limen on "the west wing" The rich do pay more, its just not a good idea to rub their noses in it" Im paraphrasing.

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt If the numbers you have used were actually what takes place, I MIGHT agree with you,. However, the tax dodges and write-offs available to rich people (and not the poor) in the end make the % they pay much smaller in comparison to what those of us without expensive, creative accountants and congressmen to do our bidding. We are talking about some of the most powerful people in the world - don't you think they are going to fight, cheat, and steal to keep their stuff?

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Agreed. Dont forget the $9,000 guy though. With his standard dedution, he pays nothing in taxes. So, all payroll taxes are returned in a refund. So you still asking the $373,000 to invest, provide Mr. $9000 a job, and pay taxes with no tax brakes. Thats fair? Again, should the rich pay more...no doubt. But, to say that them paying more is "fair" is just wrong. That's what the rich people are saying. Robin Hood was a thief!

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt Just consider the percentages and how much harder it is for the guy making $9K... No vacation for him. No cable TV. Definitely no lobster dinners. And, no kids in college - esp. since the costs have gone up and financial aid is disappearing fast. The guy making $373K is still going to enjoy all of those things and still get a tax break on capital gains and any other creative method of NOT paying his accountant or lawyer can dream up. Mr. $9K has no one to tell him how to keep his money.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 He explains what happend to the economy last year during his town hall part of the meeting.

It 'trickled down". Find it on the web and watch it.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Why is it so hard for liberals to say Jimmy Carter sucked! He sucked! Ronald Reagan brought back pride to America. You speak of the deficit under Reagan and Bush. Clinton cleaned that up! I didn't agree with Clinton's party, but I would never say he wasn't a good president!

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt

That "pride" thing that gets conservatives all puffed up has always puzzled me.

Reagan calling other nations "evil empire", "Dubya" with "Mission Accomplished", and the whole "Maverick-y Grizzley-momma Teabagger" group. It all sounds like kids on a playground trying to talk tough and they still use the same bullying tactics because they don't know how to use negotiation and conflict resolution.

Thank goodness for Obama.

[upinya25]

@Candyliz2003 ha yeah if it gets tough he goes on vacation

[Candyliz2003]

@upinya25 Must be talking about George Bush.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003

The Bureau of Labor Statistics:  UNEMPLOYMENT

DEC OF 2000: 3.9% (CLINTON)

DEC OF 2004: 5.4% (BUSH 2)

DEC OF 2008: 5.0% (BUSH 2)

JUN OF 2009: 9.5% (OBAMA)

DEC OF 2009: 10.0% (OBAMA)

JUN OF 2010: 9.5% (OBAMA)

I'm not sure that the "just as we were beginning the slide" comment is accurate with the actual numbers. Lets not forget that Bush 2's unemployment average in 2001 was 4.5% until September. Then ticked up (Sept 11th)

DEC OF

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt And I suppose you are suggesting that Obama is responsible for the economic quagmire we are currently in?

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 1. well see, 2. hes responsible to fix it. He's done some GREAT things. His education reform is GREAT. (no sarcasim). I believe it will encourage more people to go on to higher forms of education and that is GREAT for this country. But he can't continue to stand in front of people and say "when I got here it was already bad". That's an excuse, and according to the figures of unemployment, it's just not true. It's worse now then when he took office. He's got time.

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt Dude, we are still in the throes of what started in 2007. There are people being foreclosed on because of what happened with the housing bubble, the loss of manufacturing to China and cheap labor in other countries, blah, blah, blah...

Why is it so hard for people like yourself to admit we are in this mess because of BUSH?

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 If thats your logic, then Jimmy Carter looses again. 1.5 years into Reagans Presidency we had 10.8% Unemployment. According to your logic, that was Billy's brother's fault? And furthermore, for Bush's entire Presidency, the Unemployment average was 5.4% (In business we consider 5% full employment, it assumes that some of us are always looking for work).

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003

I can seed your argument of the housing bubble. But understand that handing out money isn't going to cure the problem. I don't mind being unemployed, but whats the plan? How (besides more taxes) are we going to fix it? The democrats spent the first year of his presidency passing a Healthcare package that was wildly unpopular, and we can't afford it. All the while the unemployment rate was climbing.

[rocsalt]

@rocsalt To add to this post, Keith Olbermann doesn't have a solution for the problem in the video here, he just points to those "greedy heartless republicans". And then in the next breath says "Fox News isn't fair and balanced"?

[Candyliz2003]

@rocsalt Where do you guys get this nonsense that the Healthcare Bill was so unpopular? It has been shown that when questioned about sections of the bill (pre-existing condition, coverage of adult children, "Death-care"(the "what to do when the time comes" discussion with your Doc that became "Death panels") a majority of us were in agreement - that it was a good thing and we need it.

P.S. I would like to suggest checking out health care in other nations and using sources other than Fox News.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 Health Care vs. Health Insurance

Health care is not the same as health insurance. Everyone in the U.S. - including those illegally in the U.S. -- is guaranteed access to basic health care. Under a 1968 federal law, all patients seeking care in hospital emergency rooms must be given a minimum level of treatment, regardless of their ability to pay or health insurance status. The law applies to all hospitals that participate in Medicare -- which most do -

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 and requires the hospitals to provide initial patient screening, life-saving and "stabilizing" emergency care and transfers to advanced trauma centers, if needed. Those services must be provided without asking about the patient's ability to pay.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009 aims to see to it that 97 percent of the U.S. population has health insurance by 2015. The bill creates a public health insurance option called an "exchange" operated through state-based "gateways" which would act as marketplaces where individuals and businesses could shop for health insurance. The bill requires all individuals to have health insurance or face tax penalties.

[rocsalt]

@Candyliz2003 He spoke in Racine Wisconsin about the 95% of us who got tax breaks last year. He mentioned that we probably didn't even notice.  He said that our take home pay was increased. For 10.1% of Americans in December of 2009, there was no take home pay to increase. You have to have a job to pay taxes, and have them reduced. While I agree with the logic that we would probably spend the money faster if we just didn't get a check. But, you have to pay SOME tax before you can reduce.

[kungfooed]

@cne08 I thought the US was getting what it deserved now. A huge defecit, a sluggish economy and a high unemployment.

[seamoremonster]

George Will should go back to writing about baseball...badly. Is there anyone more curmudgeonly, more un-Christian, more ruthless, more selfish, more cruel to their fellow countrymen than Republicans?

[csplendrig]

@seamoremonster in my opinion the republicans need to become even more un-christian. That's a BS fairy tale story anyway. What we need is social darwinism. We keep propping up the weak, the poor, and the retarded and instead of evolving we're going backwards.

[seamoremonster]

@csplendrig What happens if you're identified as one of the weak? or one of the undesirables? or one of the minority? Keep in mind, I'm assuming you're white and you are rapidly becoming the minority....

[csplendrig]

@seamoremonster No identification will be necessary. People are filtered out naturally based upon how well they can or can't provide for themselves. If we were all out in the wild, the weak would die first. Not because someone identified them as weak, but as demonstrated by the fact that they showed the least resistance to death.

[seamoremonster]

@csplendrig Interesting...but very Hitlerian...maybe it would be more humane to practice birth control and intelligent family planning don't you think? The last administration was pro-active in discouraging this to the point they refused funding to the third world countries who made birth control available to the poor.

[Starry2000]

@seamoremonster He doesn't even know what the hell he is talking about. If we were to follow his advice the human species would wither and die within only a few hundred years... and that's being optimistic. That is the same problem that republican ideology has, humanity would literally collapse.

[seamoremonster]

@Starry2000 Most Republicans I know would be the least likely to survive without the trappings of civilization. They imagine some sort of Corporate Feudalism where they are the landed lords and masters and the rest of humanity are groveling for gruel and stale crust...now that really is gong backwards! I sometimes wonder if the dumbing down of America is part of some huge Corporate conspiracy with the same sordid vision.

[Roonskii]

@csplendrig Your going to have to settle for living in the dark without electricity drinking the remaining water in your toilet. Have fun with that sick barbaric fantasy world you live in.

[seamoremonster]

@Roonskii Living in the dark? isn't that where Republicans live now?

[Roonskii]

@seamoremonster Sad attempts of economic darwism to evolution is misguided propaganda. Money is not real, it is an idea. To mock a saying, Money does not grow on trees.

[seamoremonster]

@Roonskii But this is the irony of their fantasy...they always see themselves at the top of the heap and everyone else at the bottom. Sort of like God's chosen. It's why they can indulge and sanction such inhumane practices as waterboarding and torture...Republican not only dehumanize their enemies but their own countrymen.

[Roonskii]

@seamoremonster It's one-ups-man-ship from people convinced that an education is a conspiracy and stockpile weapons to use against their own neighbors. Hiding behind a false patriotism they justify mass murder over seas and within them. There social class is much closer to those they demonize than bow to. Apathy and/or blind greed

[kaysandesses]

@Roonskii Well said! The right-wing pundits are constantly feeding fuel on the fire of "elitism". We endured 8 years of having a regular dumbass in the Whitehouse and it was nearly the ruin of the nation. We need the best educated people we have to run the country. They mistakenly believe that the Founding Fathers were just common ordinary people when nothing is further from the truth. They were nearly all privileged well educated members of society.

[idicula1979]

@seamoremonster I Think a lot of republicans can condone torrture, because they see war as a romanticism (especially chicken hawks) and all or nothing proposition. If you remeber Bush even let this slip out in 2008 when he was talking about Afghanistan and thinking aloud if he was a younger man while talking to west point ( I am pretty sure it was west point) during the 2008 election year.

[Roonskii]

@seamoremonster *comparison*

[Starry2000]

@csplendrig "instead of evolving we're going backwards. "

...Human beings force the environment to adapt to it, not the other way around. Now mull that one over before you reply to me.

[alexandreleverrier]

the GOP makes me puke, the good Christians.