(June 20, 2011 at 10:53 pm)The Magic Pudding Wrote: There are a lot of laughs to be had here.
My favourite is how Republicans dig the biggest hole in history, Obama inherits it and the good old boys shamelessly point out his failures. Honestly anywhere else in the world these guys would have had to go away and hide in shame for a decade at least. The failure of the US system didn't surprise me, not after the inadequate response to Enron and Worldcom. I suppose I'm out of touch, I just can't see how spending a trillion in Iraq is OK, it's for freedom, but spending it on healthcare diminishes freedom. Ha ha, funny world isn't it.
Actually, it's not funny if you live here, it's extremely sad. Like you said, they can convince the masses that follow them like lemmings that invading Iraq is for freedom, but things like universal health care is 'socialism.' America has become a cesspool of stupidity where being an ignorant politician is a badge of honor. It's all about pushing an agenda, the facts be damned and fuck the middle class. If anyone tries to fight for the middle class and make the super rich pay their fair share though, it is somehow considered class warfare.
Republicans use scare tactics and ignorance to get a large chunk of the population to vote against their own interests.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
