American Idiocy

[Adam_Schwartz]

My problem is that I am dumber than a bag of wet mice and yet even I can see and understand what is going on at every level. And I'm lazy...but it goes back to apathy, entitlement, and generations of "me me me" that have led us here. When things get tough, people in our country wants to be held and caressed and taken care of, the "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. And as things get worse, people see a way to do less and somehow get more. Instead of being like we use to be, and just dropping the hammer on mother fvkers, all these tree hugging liberal socialist phags want to kowtow to everyone and ask for forgiveness for us being so awesome. I say, go fvk yourself world -- these POS do NOT represent me...

A microcosm of this is what is going on here in Texas with school textbooks -- in a nutshell, the conservatives are trying to update books with facts, instead of feel good crap that is getting crammed down kids throats. And I think the best way to describe what is going on here and in the US, is people are trying to exclude American exceptionalism as if it's some bad thing that we rock. Where the eff did we go wrong?

It's a classic cause and eventually a classic epidemic that any "empire" such as the US goes through as it declines. Its citizens get lazier and lazier and in turn think they are entitled to more and more "stuff", mainly because they are fed a load of shit that reinforces such mentality. We have a government that cues off that BIG TIME and uses it to their advantage. I assure you that the gov't people responsible for encouraging such a growing entitlement mentality know exactly what they are doing and know damn well that it will eventually end badly (well, except for them). It ALWAYS does - just look back throughout history for proof. Hell, look at RECENT history with Greece and the other southern European nations - they are excellent examples of what happens when you have a too many people becoming overly dependent on the government (both for work and "stuff"). I could provide a list of every major empire throughout history that has failed or become a shell of its former self and there is always a common theme present as to why they declined or failed. The US is exhibiting many of those themes today.

[Adam_Schwartz]

I continue to blame the baby boomer/hippie generation.

I could buy that. FDR got the entitlement craze set in motion and from there it was all downhill.

[Throtex]

It's absolutely the baby boomers' fault.

[Robb]

Winner! Keep up the good work libs.

http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?ac...ead&id=2254214

[MMM BEER]

My problem is that I am dumber than a bag of wet mice and yet even I can see and understand what is going on at every level. And I'm lazy...but it goes back to apathy, entitlement, and generations of "me me me" that have led us here. When things get tough, people in our country wants to be held and caressed and taken care of, the "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. And as things get worse, people see a way to do less and somehow get more. Instead of being like we use to be, and just dropping the hammer on mother fvkers, all these tree hugging liberal socialist phags want to kowtow to everyone and ask for forgiveness for us being so awesome. I say, go fvk yourself world -- these POS do NOT represent me...

A microcosm of this is what is going on here in Texas with school textbooks -- in a nutshell, the conservatives are trying to update books with facts, instead of feel good crap that is getting crammed down kids throats. And I think the best way to describe what is going on here and in the US, is people are trying to exclude American exceptionalism as if it's some bad thing that we rock. Where the eff did we go wrong?

fucking backed

[Always Dirty]

I could buy that. FDR got the entitlement craze set in motion and from there it was all downhill.

It's absolutely the baby boomers' fault.

And the worst part is that they have not yet begun to screw us. The fuse on the outrageous public pensions they gave themselves is getting very short.

[Always Dirty]

Municipalities across the country are going to be going broke left and right when that goes off. And that's not even counting what they're about to start doing to SS and the government health systems.

[Robb]

health health! health health! health health!

[Adam_Schwartz]

Winner! Keep up the good work libs.

http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?ac...ead&id=2254214

I am glad this guy is a blabber mouth liar - Peter Schiff is to win that Senate seat (needs to win the GOP primary first) and I'd love to see him win.

[Robb]

It was bad enough he lied and got caught..now he keeps digging deeper.

[Throtex]

It was bad enough he lied and got caught..now he keeps digging deeper.

From the MSM reports, I'd heard the quote "We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam," and thought ok, fine, it's *plausible* he meant to say "during" instead of "in." But I had never heard the quote "When we returned, we saw nothing like this." What's his explanation for that one?!

[Brian]

I have to think that he is speaking for the "generation" rather than himself... I don't think anyone, especially someone in politics, would be so stupid as to make an assertion that is so easily checked.

[Robb]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...erred-arizona/

I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the newspaper.

The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said.

Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

All these people need to get in line.

[Brian]

for example... in reference to the space race "when we returned from the moon"

without the benefit of hearing the whole speech... if he was speaking to a group of vietnam vets, it's plausible that he would use that sort of language, IMO

[Robb]

for example... in reference to the space race "when we returned from the moon"

without the benefit of hearing the whole speech... if he was speaking to a group of vietnam vets, it's plausible that he would use that sort of language, IMO

[Robb]

http://reason.com/archives/2010/05/1...oks-to-banning


bye bye CFM

[Always Dirty]

for example... in reference to the space race "when we returned from the moon"

without the benefit of hearing the whole speech... if he was speaking to a group of vietnam vets, it's plausible that he would use that sort of language, IMO

One of his actual quotes:

We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam

He was also caught lying about being captain of teh swim team at Harvard.

This guy needs to unemployed, and soon.

[Brian]

One of his actual quotes:



He was also caught lying about being captain of teh swim team at Harvard.

This guy needs to unemployed, and soon.

ok... got me there

regardless, it's Connecticut's problem

and I still find it hard to believe someone could be so stupid

[Always Dirty]

http://reason.com/archives/2010/05/1...oks-to-banning


bye bye CFM

Good. I hope they start trying to censor blogs and forums and stuff. That will definitely hasten the reset.

[Always Dirty]

ok... got me there

regardless, it's Connecticut's problem

and I still find it hard to believe someone could be so stupid

I think with him it's a matter of his arrogance getting in the way of his judgment. He's a cocky prick.