Boring at the dump tonite... but this ought to be good. Lot of "sarcasm" in this thread, but in the "sarcasm" there is a grain of truth. Cat fight? You decide.
The Link:
Tombstone Watch?The OP:
BootinUp (26,006 posts)
Newbies beware!
Before you post please make sure you are prepared to express the satisfactory amount of disgust for America.
This message has been a public service announcement.
Awaaaay we go!!!
Fridays Child (23,654 posts)
1. At what post count may we safely express affection for the Motherland?
Just curious.
Ouch!!!
woo me with science (22,752 posts)
3. Millions of American have been driven into poverty. The gap between rich and poor is expanding,
not decreasing. And what major policy actions are on the horizon from a Democratic President?
NAFTA on steroids, which will drive even more into poverty. And cuts to the social safety net.
We are now under surveillance by our own government. Our personal data is being swept up, collected, and stored for future use, and investigative journalism, our main check against government abuse, is being strangled as a result. Our police departments have been militarized. One out of four American children now lives in poverty. Our child poverty rate is higher than in any "rich" nation except Romania, which should not even be on the list. More than half of American schoolchildren count as low income now. Pensions are being looted. Not only have bankers gotten away with their looting, we recently had a bipartisan vote to gut more financial regulations. Suicide rates in this country are skyrocketing. We are low on virtually every list of well-being in "rich" nations. And all these problems are getting worse rather than better.
They are getting worse because of policy, not magic. We have two corporate parties driving this nation into the ground, and there is no end in sight to the looting.
Stop blaming people who want to talk about what is desperately wrong in this country.
Just stop it.
Someone needs a sarcasm detector.
BootinUp (26,006 posts)
4. Who is blaming who?
I am merely suggesting that posters that are new to this forum or country should perhaps strike a negative tone before posting.
The truth shrouded in sarcasm.
woo me with science (22,752 posts)
5. That's not cute or funny.
It really isn't.
Dummy is offended by that, wait for this...
Pretzel_Warrior (4,178 posts)
46. I submit that it is both funny and cute
OUCH!!!!!
Ranchemp. (451 posts)
50. I thought it was.
And I took it as it was meant to be, a sarcastic tongue in cheek comment.
Wait for it...
SidDithers (29,576 posts)
71. Actually, it's both...nt
OUCH!!! Could we be in for a purge? A night of the long granite? You decide.
Violet_Crumble (30,411 posts)
6. Why would you suggest that? n/t
Because it is true?
Cat fight!!!
BootinUp (26,006 posts)
7. Because I recently observed what happens
when someone is not aware of this unwritten rule and it pissed me off.
Violet_Crumble (30,411 posts)
8. Where did you observe that?
Got a link?
Wait for it...
BootinUp (26,006 posts)
9. You were there, stop playing dumb.
Beyoch slap!!!!
Make7 (6,676 posts)
64. Here is the text of the opening post of that other thread:
Posted by darkangel218
You know what?? I have loved and will love this country more than some of you ever will!!
If you have to put me down because I was born abroad, **** you!!
United States is the best, most amazing country in the whole world. Always has and will always be, because we stand for the truth and equal opportunity of all its citizens, no matter where they were born.
Take that haters.
Apparently this is about darkangel.
Big bonfire.
