RE: Open letter to my two corporate-whore Senators
December 3, 2012 at 12:02 pm
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2012 at 12:19 pm by DeistPaladin.)
Sorry I'm just now responding but I've been under the weather fighting this cold. I'm just now functional again.
Well, aside from the obvious fact that I'm a voter and these are the people who work for me and represent me and it is our civic duty to vote and let our representatives know our wishes, there's the recent election.
Like it or not, the public voted in favor of what you call "class warfare" (a melodramatic way of saying the rich need to pay more in taxes). All the voter suppression by the GOP and flood of money the rich spent couldn't change the results.
The vote was hardly a fluke since opinion polls show overwhelming public support for increased taxes on the top 2% of earners. So they're plenty of reason why they "should" listen.
Now WILL they listen? Probably not. And they'll continue to get hammered come election time and wonder why it's happening.
And here's the kicker for conservatives like you. Unlike with bullied gays in school, it won't get better. Crazy old white men, the GOP's base, are a dying breed. The demographics show that the GOP has hitched their wagon to a fading star. If they shift to the center, their base will primary them. If they don't, they'll still lose in the general election. They're trapped between the Devil and the deep blue sea and the tide is rising.
The only problem is they can do a lot of damage on the way out and I fear that's coming.
Yes. and thanks.
Aside from the fact that it's our civic duty as Americans to continue the American Revolution (an ongoing struggle to create a more just and egalitarian democracy) it's also our duty to the human race to keep the world's largest nuclear arsenal out of the hands of right wing religious fanatics.
(December 1, 2012 at 9:45 am)A Theist Wrote: Why should they listen to you...You sound like a angry little propagandized leftist peon who's only repeating what he heard on MSLSD news and the class warfare rhetoric he heard from the democrat campaign.
Well, aside from the obvious fact that I'm a voter and these are the people who work for me and represent me and it is our civic duty to vote and let our representatives know our wishes, there's the recent election.
Like it or not, the public voted in favor of what you call "class warfare" (a melodramatic way of saying the rich need to pay more in taxes). All the voter suppression by the GOP and flood of money the rich spent couldn't change the results.
The vote was hardly a fluke since opinion polls show overwhelming public support for increased taxes on the top 2% of earners. So they're plenty of reason why they "should" listen.
Now WILL they listen? Probably not. And they'll continue to get hammered come election time and wonder why it's happening.
And here's the kicker for conservatives like you. Unlike with bullied gays in school, it won't get better. Crazy old white men, the GOP's base, are a dying breed. The demographics show that the GOP has hitched their wagon to a fading star. If they shift to the center, their base will primary them. If they don't, they'll still lose in the general election. They're trapped between the Devil and the deep blue sea and the tide is rising.
The only problem is they can do a lot of damage on the way out and I fear that's coming.
(December 1, 2012 at 1:06 pm)Gambit Wrote: D-S, do you mind if I make an image of this and post it on a FB page I admin? I can give you a link back to your blog/Youtube channel.
Yes. and thanks.
(December 1, 2012 at 6:12 pm)A Theist Wrote: Then maybe you should pack your bags and move to the Eden of Sweden where you'll be happier.
Aside from the fact that it's our civic duty as Americans to continue the American Revolution (an ongoing struggle to create a more just and egalitarian democracy) it's also our duty to the human race to keep the world's largest nuclear arsenal out of the hands of right wing religious fanatics.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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