Rally to Restore Sanity - Thank you.
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ChknSoupForDaFanboysSoul — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 08:14 AM)
I don't know where you live, but we have those here.
You totally missed the point.
I always listen to what is said before passing judgment on it.
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prided — 15 years ago(October 30, 2010 08:30 PM)
"Look, I'm tired of Obama claiming the tea party isn't offering solutions. He just doesn't want to hear anything other than complete affirmation of his actions."
With all respect to the administration, I felt that was a bit off-kilter as well. Not specifically the tea party, but he solicits for answers, and SOME (not saying they are good or bad) are offered and there aren't signs of consideration. In fact, he comes out and says 'Hey, what can I do, my hands are tied, I'm not gettin' any help here."
Which is fine, if he wants to stick to the ideas he favors. Just don't act like you want outside input if you're going to ignore it or reject it out of hand. That turns someone I COULD respect, even if I disagree with him, into someone I don't trust and would try to ignore which is difficult, since he's President. -
wintermonk — 15 years ago(September 26, 2010 07:51 PM)
"There are a lot of media people who need to chill the hell out. "
No doubt.
" Comparing Bush or Obama to Hitler is ignorant. "
Probably. But you must prove wrong with evidence and logical arguments. If you can't, then, well, you're just making noise. Granted, I believe you can. I believe Obama is trying to do the right thing, just as Bush did. Unfortunately, I think Hitler and Staling also woke up each morning convinced they were doing the right thing. Good intentions doesn't impress me much. That said, I do believe our current president wants to do the right thing.
"Wanting 'My country back' is code for white male dominance."
I hightly doubt that is the case. Most people do not want to repeat the mistakes htis country has made. But they don't want to over-react to those mistakes and do things that are also destructive. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a lot of white people who simply want 'white male dominance' in the country. Perhaps you are simply seeing what you want to see, but I think most white men are comfortable having a black man or white woman for a boss if she is competent. A very tiny few white men want the KKK running the country.
"He's a decent human being, one of god's children (for those claiming to be christian) trying to solve many issues that have been neglected for decades"
Do not presume to say what Christianity is about if you don't know it. In fact, Jesus Christ offended MANY people (hence, his crucifixion). If he simply came to say we are all god's chilren and ought to get along, nobody would have had a problem with him. Unfortuantely, Christ made it clear that those who don't follow him are NOT god's Children. In fact, he went so far as to say that those who opposed him were the devil's children (John 8:44). Not very politically correct? Yeah, I'd say so, but I rather doubt the creator of the universe really cares whether or not his words are acceptable to contemporary American morality or not. Sorry if the God of Christianity isn't Santa Claus or the Genie from Alladin. But that is the way it is. He who is he is.
"I want sewers, I want roads to connect me to other towns, I want firemen and policemen, I want public school teachers to try to teach our children to be literate, thinking human beings. I want my medical school graduate doctor to be able to treat me and not have to consult with a high school graduate in a cubicle in Fargo about what he can or can't do to heal what ails me."
Everyone wants those things. The gov't doesn't need to take a third (or more) of our money to provide them. -
brandon1866 — 15 years ago(October 28, 2010 12:48 PM)
Good on him, it's great to see someone draw such obviousness to the insanity of the tea party, like Bill Maher said "the right moved into a nuthouse". It'll be a breath of fresh air to see a rally that isn't driven by fear, hate and idiocy
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condonw — 15 years ago(March 31, 2011 07:46 PM)
A third of our money is nothing compared to other countries. We have the lowest tax rate of any modern country and we provide less then any other country. Our opinion of public services are so low in this country because they are the first thing to be cut.
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zachanscom — 15 years ago(November 05, 2010 06:23 PM)
this guy has been the most vocal demagogue of tv in the past decade, and suddenly he wants to host a rally against it?
what a fickle fool.
yeah and make a few jokes about unpopular democrats to trick the idiots into thinking he doesn't take sides. an infant could see through that.
the first thing he needs to do is to acknowledge his past as one of the biggest mouthpiece and political puppet of the democratic party. then i'll be able to take him seriously. otherwise it'd be like george w bush coming out one day and saying he's against the iraq war.
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ebrady88 — 15 years ago(November 05, 2010 08:20 PM)
Just because he a liberal political satirist doesn't mean he isn't against hyperbolic statements in the media. His show has mostly been about making fun of the media and specifically the 24 hour news channels for making hyperbolic statements and amplifying everything. Sure he may focus on fox to much but that wasn't because he was a democratic mouth piece that is just because he is liberal. The other few jokes aren't to convince idiots he doesn't take sides its obvious he is on the left but how do you not make fun of politicians like Grayson, as well as CNN and MSNBC they are terrible and use hyperbolic comments regularly as well. You can have a political opinion and still speak out against hyperbolic statements from the left and right.
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bjshipley1 — 12 years ago(April 14, 2013 06:27 AM)
You want someone to suffer eternal, excruciating torment because he disagrees with you politically? No decent person would wish Hell on
anyone
. Nobody deserves to burn for billions upon billions of years for actions done within a 70-80 year lifespan. Either you are a sick sadist or you fail to understand the concept of eternity. I hope it's the latter.
The true repairman
will repair
man
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Tonny2029 — 12 years ago(April 14, 2013 12:15 PM)
I adressed your hatefilled post in the thread you've created with this same nonsense. Although I do wonder what makes you hate a satirist so much. It's not healthy to be so adverse to humor, especially the brilliant humor of the daily show.
All you need to do is not watch it.