Is America broken beyond repair?

[Freeper]

Cyrano  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      Wed Mar-23-11 04:12 PM
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Is America broken beyond repair?
   
Many of us know that far too many know-nothings hold positions of power.

Many of us know that corporations own everything but our hearts and minds.

Many of us know that Limbaugh and Fox “News” control the votes of fools.

Many of us know that Bush/Cheney destroyed the United States Constitution.

Many of us know that we have entered a new dark age.

Many of us know that we might not see a “new birth of freedom” in our lifetimes.

And finally, many of us know (or at least suspect) that President Obama is an empty suit.

It is – perhaps -- that last statement that saddens me most. At a time when enlightened/inspired leadership is most needed, it’s just not there.

The America in which I grew up, served for in the military, and in which I tried to further liberal causes, no longer exists. My sadness may be greater than my anger.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x725942

Some of the Republican governors are actively trying to repair America, meanwhile you idiots cry, scream, and protest.
If you would step out of the way, maybe we can fix our country one state at a time.

StarburstClock  (206 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      Wed Mar-23-11 04:19 PM
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7. A lot of us voted to make it better, it didn't happen
   
So we'll vote again and again and again and still nothing will happen as the entire election process is rigged and we the people are lied to by almost every person running for an office.

I voted in 2010 to make things better.

obxhead  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      Wed Mar-23-11 06:05 PM
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41. BS. We overwhelming voted in 2008 to change those policies.
   
The Obama admin instead got behind them and reinforced their place.

You voted for an empty suit and are all shocked when what we told you about Obama turned out to be true.
We tried to warn you idiots.

Tons of whining and crying in that thread.
 

[franksolich]

Tons of whining and crying in that thread.

That's always been the predominant characteristic of campfires started by the whining Oscar Wilde; it seems contagious among the primitives.  One of them whines, and then suddenly there's a whole chorus of them, whining.

This is in other campfires too, but it's especially noticeable in the large-proboscised primitive's campfires.

[blitzkrieg_17]

Many of us know that we might not see a “new birth of freedom” in our lifetimes.

Freedom is exactly what you are against, DUmbass. So stfu.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

So go hang yourselves with recycled hemp rope, you pussies.

[zeitgeist]

I dont recall a seeing Spitohui lately:

pitohui (1000+ posts)       Wed Mar-23-11 06:25 PM
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47. no it's getting better, you're just in too much pain to see it
 obama is no empty suit, a $20 billion victims fund for the gulf oil spill ain't no chump change, and that's just for starters -- compare to the "seeya in court, suckas" that the exxon valdez victims got...

his handling of the current crisis in libya, seems very statemanslike, he allowed others to (properly) make the argument and take the lead in calling out for action, instead of running off half-cocked cowboy-fashion like ronald reagan, who as we all remembered accomplished ****-all except to kill qaddafi's baby daughter, a shameful incident that did no credit to the usa

just the fact that a black guy could be elected president (yeah i know it was because of the economy) is proof that america isn't lost, considering this country's horrid history of racism

you know, i'm sad and angry too, for instance, it really gets my goat that there is pretty much no chance of seeing equal rights for women in our constitution or anything but a bare pretense that women (other than wealthy women) are even remotely human beings with a brain and a heart -- we're either sex objects or pigs, and that's the way it goes in america and has for my lifetime -- and hell yell it saddens me, but i don't just assume the country is broken beyond repair, i just have to realize that the fight is tougher than i thought it would be when i was a kid, women are not second class citizens, we're barely citizens at all in the big scheme of things (always excepting the rich woman or the woman with a rich father/husband, now SHE may achieve without having a thousand road blocks put in her way)

but overall i see the possibility for improvement here and there, it's obvious we CAN change for the better -- and to pick out obama and call him an empty suit is just not correct in my view

Comedy gold. 

[compaqxp]

So go hang yourselves with recycled hemp rope, you pussies.

That would involve effort.

[thundley4]

Many of us know that Limbaugh and Fox “News” control the votes of fools.

Yes, they do, in a manner of speaking.  You DUmmies who are also fools will vote the opposite of Rush and what Fox support every single time.  However, not all of us will vote identically every time.  So I would say they you fools are controlled by Rush and Fox News.

[GOBUCKS]

pitohui (1000+ posts)       Wed Mar-23-11 06:25 PM
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47. no it's getting better, you're just in too much pain to see it
 obama is no empty suit, a $20 billion victims fund for the gulf oil spill ain't no chump change, and that's just for starters -- compare to the "seeya in court, suckas" that the exxon valdez victims got...

his handling of the current crisis in libya, seems very statemanslike, he allowed others to (properly) make the argument and take the lead in calling out for action, instead of running off half-cocked cowboy-fashion like ronald reagan, who as we all remembered accomplished ****-all except to kill qaddafi's baby daughter, a shameful incident that did no credit to the usa

just the fact that a black guy could be elected president (yeah i know it was because of the economy) is proof that america isn't lost, considering this country's horrid history of racism

you know, i'm sad and angry too, for instance, it really gets my goat that there is pretty much no chance of seeing equal rights for women in our constitution or anything but a bare pretense that women (other than wealthy women) are even remotely human beings with a brain and a heart -- we're either sex objects or pigs, and that's the way it goes in america and has for my lifetime -- and hell yell it saddens me, but i don't just assume the country is broken beyond repair, i just have to realize that the fight is tougher than i thought it would be when i was a kid, women are not second class citizens, we're barely citizens at all in the big scheme of things (always excepting the rich woman or the woman with a rich father/husband, now SHE may achieve without having a thousand road blocks put in her way)

but overall i see the possibility for improvement here and there, it's obvious we CAN change for the better -- and to pick out obama and call him an empty suit is just not correct in my view

Translation: DUmmy pitohui is a black hooker who's rapidly aging out of the business.

[jukin]

Four short years of donk ruling the congress and two with them having complete control has put a lot of nails (& 6 TRILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT) in America's coffin. I'm beginning to think that yes, it is broken beyond repair. I had hope in 11/2010 but that is fading rather quickly.

[true_blood]

Cyrano  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-23-11 04:12 PM
Original message
Is America broken beyond repair?
   
Many of us know that far too many know-nothings hold positions of power.      (They do?!?! Like whom DUmbass?!?)

Many of us know that corporations own everything but our hearts and minds.      (You're an idiot.)

Many of us know that Limbaugh and Fox “News” control the votes of fools.           (See my answer above.)

Many of us know that Bush/Cheney destroyed the United States Constitution.           (See my answer for # 2.)

Many of us know that we have entered a new dark age.     (Yes, we have. Back in 2009, is when it all went WAY downhill.)

Many of us know that we might not see a “new birth of freedom” in our lifetimes.     (New birth of "freedom"?!?! Just what is that DUmbass?!)

And finally, many of us know (or at least suspect) that President Obama is an empty suit.        (He is an empty suit. A communist community organizer empty suit.)

[Carl]

If I could I would kick Cyrano right between the legs but I doubt he has any balls there.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Four short years of donk ruling the congress and two with them having complete control has put a lot of nails (& 6 TRILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT) in America's coffin. I'm beginning to think that yes, it is broken beyond repair. I had hope in 11/2010 but that is fading rather quickly.

I try to be optimistic, but unfortunately I have to admit I agree.  It just seems there are too many people who vote and believe in Skittle-shitting unicorns, and very large MSM and Democrat party apparati that cynically use them to maintain their power, for sane people to ever really overcome.

[zeitgeist]

I try to be optimistic, but unfortunately I have to admit I agree.  It just seems there are too many people who vote and believe in Skittle-shitting unicorns, and very large MSM and Democrat party apparati that cynically use them to maintain their power, for sane people to ever really overcome.

Turns out the only thing one finds at the end of the rainbow anymore is two guys.     

[Karin]

Get a load of Crispy:

CrispyQ  (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-23-11 05:40 PM
Response to Reply #20
39. We need a media that reports the facts, not one that tries to be 'fair & balanced.' Not all sides are equal 

  !

BobbyBoring  (644 posts)      Wed Mar-23-11 04:40 PM
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27. here's a plan I like
 And I'll help with it if it pans out!


http://www.businessinsider.com/seiu-union-plan-to-destr... 

Link above, fixed

OK, Bobby.  Nuff said. 

[WinOne4TheGipper]

A lot of people felt the same way during the Carter years.  It's amazing what replacing a total slob with a competent president will do for th country.

[GOBUCKS]

A lot of people felt the same way during the Carter years.  It's amazing what replacing a total slob with a competent president will do for th country.

Exactly. It was an almost 180-degree turnaround that happened virtually overnight, and it can certainly happen again. The 24-hour news cycle, with saturation reporting hammering at people day and night, makes anything seem much worse. Remember, people who are incessantly hammering this bad news at you have a vested interest in making you believe the end is nigh. America is today the greatest place to live that has ever existed in the history of mankind, and it's never been better than it is right now. Our only real problem is that leaders like Ronald Reagan are very few and far between.