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Take part in the real American tradition: Hypocrisy
Abstract:
With the presidential election nearly upon us, and the Democratic convention just next door, politics are once again resurfacing in Joe Q. Mass-Consciousness' daily field of vision, beyond the hateful, pun-filled world of bumper stickers.
So I ask why, kind reader, should you get embroiled in the tired squabbles of a couple of fly-by-night, bumpkin parties like the Democrats and the Republicans, when you could be enjoying the perks of America's largest political party -- the Hypocrites....
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Dad Longworth
posted 8/27/08 @ 6:24 PM MST
Don't pay any attention to Craig, Ryan. He never grew up.
We are divided by this, that, and the other, but I've felt for decades that this was planned--Divide and Conquer. It didn't just happen spontaneously. The power-that-be needed us at each other's throats to divert attention away from what they were really doing to this country and the world.
You mention the sweat-shops in China. Go to any Wal-Mart and try to find ANYTHING made in America. Huh-uh! We complaing about it and commiserate with the slaves, but in the end we all stand in line at Wal-Mart, credit cards at the ready, all too willing to deplete our bank accounts for cheap goods. Reminds me of Christmas. That's the phoniest, most hypocritical time of the year in this country.
I don't blame you for you for not voting. Who is there to vote for? Criminals that get worse and worse as time goes by. Why vote for anyone that votes to take your "rights" from you in the name of National Security? It's a waste of time. Like they said in the 60s, a vote is not a vote for the party or candidate, it's a vote for the "system." If the system is corrupt, why feed it?
We indeed are a nation of hypocrites. But more miserable is the fact that America has lost its way. We used to be a beacon to the world--the apotheosis of humanity. A shining light on a hill. Sadly, those days are long gone and the current generation doesn't even have a clue what I'm talking about.
We are divided by this, that, and the other, but I've felt for decades that this was planned--Divide and Conquer. It didn't just happen spontaneously. The power-that-be needed us at each other's throats to divert attention away from what they were really doing to this country and the world.
You mention the sweat-shops in China. Go to any Wal-Mart and try to find ANYTHING made in America. Huh-uh! We complaing about it and commiserate with the slaves, but in the end we all stand in line at Wal-Mart, credit cards at the ready, all too willing to deplete our bank accounts for cheap goods. Reminds me of Christmas. That's the phoniest, most hypocritical time of the year in this country.
I don't blame you for you for not voting. Who is there to vote for? Criminals that get worse and worse as time goes by. Why vote for anyone that votes to take your "rights" from you in the name of National Security? It's a waste of time. Like they said in the 60s, a vote is not a vote for the party or candidate, it's a vote for the "system." If the system is corrupt, why feed it?
We indeed are a nation of hypocrites. But more miserable is the fact that America has lost its way. We used to be a beacon to the world--the apotheosis of humanity. A shining light on a hill. Sadly, those days are long gone and the current generation doesn't even have a clue what I'm talking about.
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Vision of the Annointed: Self-Congratulations as a Basis of Social Policy
posted 8/27/08 @ 7:46 AM MST
Guess what? Nobody's impressed by this self-congratulation, masquerading as angst-ridden guilt-mongering.
Now feel free to go eat some worms, you self-loathing, America-hating, whining bedwetter.