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Title: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Freeper on October 10, 2010, 12:24:42 PM
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salinen  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sun Oct-10-10 11:55 AM
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The U.S. is a failed State
   
Oh I know. There are examples of countries worse than the U.S. But lets just consider a few facts:

- Corporations have lobbied and won the privilege of being compensated for shipping jobs and factories elsewhere.
- Most of congress are completely beholden to their benefactors.
- Obscenely expensive elections favor the corporate interest.
- The chamber of commerce and others have no allegiance to state, only to capital.
- The media is either hard right, or right, with few exceptions.
- The military industrial complex is alive and the only true American industry of any significance.
- Democracy and Capitalism are by nature at odds. Capitalism is winning.
- The Treasury was recently robbed by banks, insurance, and Wall street. Nothing for the unconnected.
- The most people incarcerated per capita.
- The most homicides per capita.
- The most murders per capita.
- A failing education system.
- A failing infrastructure.
- Damaged social safety system.
- Health care failure. Too expensive. Get really sick and file bankruptcy or decline the needed procedure.
- A popular explosion of anti-intellectualism.
- A viable movement toward fascism (tea party) and away from progressivism (no movement).
- A surveillance state. You're on camera!

I could go on.

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stray cat  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sun Oct-10-10 12:01 PM
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1. I have some friends who would like to trade citizenship with you

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hunter  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sun Oct-10-10 01:12 PM
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36. Cool. They can pay my medical bills and my kid's college tuition.
   
Do they live in places with a decent health care system?

Right there that shows plain as day as to just what the DUmmies want. They want free everything.

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mix  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sun Oct-10-10 01:18 PM
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38. I wonder if the 40 million living in poverty in the USA would agree with you.
   
I doubt it. Glad it's working for you though.

They get food stamps dontcha know?
And food stamps is the greatest thing ever. Just ask Pelosi.

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G_j  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sun Oct-10-10 12:59 PM
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26. well OK, if you're talking "super-powers"
   
I suppose. I was thinking of the industrialized world, Europe etc.
We are way behind most of those countries.

They are as broke if not more broke than we are. They are cutting all the sacred social programs you guys cream over.

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L0oniX  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sun Oct-10-10 12:26 PM
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13. The country is totally dependant on oil ...a finite resource ...from other countries.
   
There's not much time left.

We could have much more if you guys would let people drill for what is there.

Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Evil_Conservative on October 10, 2010, 12:28:13 PM
That dummy could always move to Cuba. 
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on October 10, 2010, 12:54:47 PM
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The U.S. is a failed State 


Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

On second thought, let it hit your ass.

You have no conception about how damn easy you have it here, thanks to those of us in uniform who stand on that wall and protect your sorry ****ing ass.

What have YOU done to protect the Republic?


(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/USMC/Marine_in_wheelchair.jpg)
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Ptarmigan on October 10, 2010, 12:56:23 PM
They are the failed state of mind. They should go to North Korea, Burma, or Afghanistan.
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on October 10, 2010, 12:57:59 PM
They are the failed state of mind. They should go to North Korea, Burma, or Afghanistan.

Where they would be hauled off for speaking against the gubbment.
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: TheSarge on October 10, 2010, 01:06:02 PM
Sounds like someone has reaad Ted Ralls new book.

He says the same thing and calls for an overthrow of the country.
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Freeper on October 10, 2010, 01:06:53 PM
Sounds like someone has reaad Ted Ralls new book.

He says the same thing and calls for an overthrow of the country.

Is it written in crayon?
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Linda on October 10, 2010, 01:11:27 PM
Is it written in crayon?

Yes....RED
How did you guess?
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Freeper on October 10, 2010, 01:14:55 PM
Yes....RED
How did you guess?

I would have thought brown since bull crap tends to be that color.  :lmao:
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: Linda on October 10, 2010, 01:50:57 PM
There might have been two seperate printings of the book...one for the pure communist/socialist and one for the people that fall for pure BS artist...
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: true_blood on October 10, 2010, 05:10:49 PM


Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

On second thought, let it hit your ass.

You have no conception about how damn easy you have it here, thanks to those of us in uniform who stand on that wall and protect your sorry ****ing ass.

What have YOU done to protect the Republic?


(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/USMC/Marine_in_wheelchair.jpg)
BINGO!!! Get out and take your anti-American policies with you! :censored:
Title: Re: The U.S. is a failed State
Post by: JohnnyReb on October 10, 2010, 05:21:32 PM



(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/USMC/Marine_in_wheelchair.jpg)

I got tears in my eyes....that's still one fine looking member of The Few, The Proud, The Marines.