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Published: 2014-09-05 18:21:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 2149; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 2
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Right versus Left. Republican versus Democrat. Conservative versus Liberal. Dumbos versus Jackasses. Red versus Blue.It DOES NOT MATTER.
What matters are their policies. You matter. I matter.
But in this fucked up country of ours, all that politicians seems to actually care about is towing their party line, and all they seem to spend the majority of their time on is raising funds for their next election campaign. They distract us with rhetoric about "cleaning up Washington", abortion, gay marriage. Christmas for gawd's sake! All to keep us from realizing they are two sides of the same coin.
I'm SICK OF IT.
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No, you and I, powerless fucks that we be, do not matter. Our rulers take our money, force their will upon us and do as they please as we pay for the right to be beggars at their table.
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Amen to that. Haplessly people vote on the two party system, not knowing that is what sending us to hell in the first place!
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Yeah thats exactly what I want to do.
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Sorry I have to comment on this. YOU ARE WRONG AND I CARE
I'm sick of people saying that they're exactly the same it's a lazy way out for people who don't actually care about democracy or actually want to pay attention to what happens to the country.
you may not care about people or how strong were going to blow up the Middle East
The Republican Party and their unelected Pres. George W. Bush got us into this mess.
The Democrats have tried to pass immigration reform equal pay for equal work and advanced healthcare student debt reform during the Obama administration.
The Republicans have shut down the government multiple times just to make sure that the Democrats couldn't pass anything
and since they were able to take enough seats because the rednecks Christians FOXNews *** eaters voted them in to give more tax cuts for the rich.
the Republicans have tried to have an exemption In the violence against women act so when an imply to illegal immigrants so it would be perfectly legal to abuse women who are illegal immigrants.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
you to not voting for Democrats then you are perfectly okay with the Republicans making a Christian nation taking away women's rights tax breaks for the rich and never passing immigration reform equal pay for equal work and advanced healthcare student debt reform.
Even know Hillary Clinton not perfect she still better than any Republican who will put boots on the ground in the Middle East again to murder some more Muslims in 10 seconds flat.
if you hate Obama for getting nothing done than you perhaps should look at who stopped him from doing it
because it only happened because the Democrats didn't get to keep enough seats to pass the laws.
immigration reform equal pay for equal work and advanced healthcare student debt reform
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I'd like to add to pitnerd's excellent response by suggesting that you not only go fuck yourself, but that you go fuck yourself with a stick.
The real problem with the USA's political system is dumb asses like you on the left and your dumb ass equivalent on the right - always blaming the folk who don't agree with you for ALL the damage that your political Gawds have brought down on the rest of us.
All our wondrous political pigs dumbocrat, repuglicans even independent porkers have drained SS, run up the debt, passed laws that hurt us and do no harm to them and voted themselves more money, bigger perks and fatter retirement year after year.
Sigh.
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You just bump a year old comment
It was nice reading them again so thanks.
But it seems you miss the fact me and pitmerd are on the same side.
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Glad to have given you the chance to enjoy them again.
I didn't miss that fact, it's in the thread. It doesn't matter that you and pitnerd are on the same side in this case though, as I was only supporting his stated opinion of what you should do with yourself, though I did embellish it slightly.
But I'll repeat the "non-stick-orientated" part of what I said again 
The real problem with the USA's political system is dumb asses like you on the left and your dumb ass equivalent on the right - always blaming the folk who don't agree with you for ALL the damage that your political Gawds have brought down on the rest of us.
All our wondrous political pigs dumbocrat, repuglicans even independent porkers have drained SS, run up the debt, passed laws that hurt us and do no harm to them and voted themselves more money, bigger perks and fatter retirement year after year.
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People like me, eh? You are more than welcome to rant, but you know absolutely nothing about me personally. So go fuck yourself and your assumptions. Thanks for commenting!
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You made a political poster that specifically said you don't care and you said you don't care in the comments.
Perhaps I was a little too hostile I typically deal with creationist who only accept fire with fire.
You are obviously a very rational person based on your other views.
so that this is your opinion or you're just posting something like this in order to gain popularity within the age group and obtain more views.
there a lot of people who like to think they are rebels and that's what this art is popular with.
you probably already guessed that I'm not a Christian Republican and neither are you considering your reading a Sam Harris's book And the rest of your information.
were on the same side but stuff like this only makes people who vote Democrat go away Republicans who were going to vote are going to vote no matter what happens to preserve their guns and Jesus,
a Republican administration doesn't exactly help people like us just look at George W. Bush the office the faith-based initiative and under to table money giving to churches.
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Point taken. Remember, this is art and expression of my state of mind at the moment of its creation. Who knows what I was reading or listening to when it prompted me to make it in the first place.
You're right. We seem to be on the same "side" because the truth is I'll vote in favor of civil rights over corporate rights at the end of the day. I'm simply fed up with the illusion that is portrayed in the mainstream media as well as social media, or any other media, that Dems and Republicans at this moment in history are all that different when you get to the core of their economic views. Clearly we're distracted with abortion, gay rights, religion; all things that I do take seriously, and yet these are the things that set one party apart from the other. Meanwhile, both seem to be a okay with the stock market and federal reserve presiding as the 'god' of our financial system. The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.
I'm just disgusted with how this country has turned out to actually 'be' versus what I was brought up to believe through U.S. social studies and religious indoctrination. I'm 34, and have been a 'non-believer' (cannot believe I even have to categorize myself this way) for about three to four years now. Relearning how to view the world when your faith has been shattered is a process that I'm not sure will ever stop.
Again, this is art as much as a political statement. But I do enjoy and appreciate civil and rational discourse on the subject. You don't have to go fuck yourself, I guess
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surprisingly my former family are Jehovah's Witnesses so we lived on Hill and I was never exposed to Christianity because none of it happened at my school .
but I was never indoctrinated into being a Jehovah's Witness they never went to the churches but they kept the teachings such as not talking to anyone unless recruiting and no holidays ( my aunt literally "spoke" to God on a near-death experience though one of the reasons I left)
Jehovah's Witnesses are dead first on religions I dislike I think Islam comes in second.
I have a completely faith free perspective ( freethinking) of things which is really weird in the United States.
I don't even think i can comprehend "Faith" it makes absolutely no sense to me Because I tried us put it into a rational box and to just errors out my theories are at some sort of emotional reaction and desire not to be wrong combined with non-evidence.
I've literally ask people about why exactly why do you have faith why would you believe in something that doesn't have any facts or evidence to it?
and they either freak out or just get upset which is I think of prebuilt emotional reaction www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j8ZMM… .
Yes I'm greatly disappointed in the path we took after George W. Bush "won" instead of investing in green energy and more social programs like universal healthcare.
United States has chosen to become the ultimate war machine with more military spending than the next 10 nations below it.
The top tax rate was at 90-70% for the rich but then Ronald Reagan showed up and brought the unholy Reaganomics dropping it to 28%.
This also caused Rupert Murdoch worshiper of Reagan to expand the right-wing media empire and eventually create Fox news. one of the main reasons we are stuck in this mess right now.
all it takes is one video of an Islamic person hurting someone and the approval for war in the Middle East with troops shoots right back up to 60% because American society has become so polluted with war they no longer know any better.
the only hope we have is that people stop watching TV so they are less likely to watch Fox and other right-wing conservative things.
even know an entire alternate reality and education system based on conservative Christian values and right wing media is starting to be created.
www.conservapedia.com/Main_Pag…
my only hope is that technology will expand far enough to provide enough education so people start thinking for themselves.
United States has the money and power to go for the green energy and advance our school system just not going to happen as long as the right wing media empire exists.
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I honestly hope I'm dead before conservative christian right-wing values are imposed on me and my family Totalitarian-style. I hope.
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The snuffleupagus doesn't have ears.
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I was waiting for you to say "Yes, because conservative Republicans are just as hard to find", or something like that. 
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When things start going arry after the election, my reply will simply be "Don't look at me, I voted third party!"
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Drug addicts? 
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Well, you make a good point that the founder fathers never intended for politics to control the government
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That's why we should all vote third party and break this absurd stranglehold the big two have...
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and then the politicians will be even less representative of the nations people
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I disagree. If the people show that they are fed up with the status quo and the status quo involves using partisan politics to stall and hijack the system, then a third party candidate is an expression of the will of the people.
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no its not an opinion, its a fact, in multi-party systems, parties often have to form of fragile coalitions and the the elected officials winds of being representative of less then half of the population. Also all of the third parties in our nation are specialized and don't focus on enough issues to represent the people. Also in terms a partisanship, those third parties are just a partisan to their ideals if not more.
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I agree, multi-party systems do have their disadvantages, but what generally has happened here is that a third party supplanted a fading party when it became prominent enough and became the establishment. But there was enough change in the system as that transition happened to be of general benefit for everyone. We're facing such a change now given that the mechanisms of government here are presently geared toward either political brinksmanship or stagnation. Our system of government is going to change at some point in the next couple of decades, maybe not profoundly, but enough to be different from what we have now.
My hope in all of this is that this particular transition phase does a little more to raise awareness against the use of partisan political maneuvering such that governing for the people is more important than any one individual career or any particular political ideaology.
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I agree that one of the current parties may change, but really its not going tor bring the result that you are hopeing
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Maybe not, but hoping for a better system beats wallowing in the perpetual pessimism in which we seem to be mired. I think that if people become resigned to the fact that nothing will change for the better, then that opens the door to Authoritarianism and, eventually, an oppressive theocracy. We're already seeing signs of it in Europe and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if a small faction of religious wingnuts here in America made a serious push in the next few decades to turn America into a 'christian' theocracy.
Even if it never bears fruit, I'm going to support a move toward another party mainly because I foresee too much damage being done by the republicans as they stand now, and I see too much complacency on the part of the democrats. And, to be honest, given the system as it is now, they might as well be the same party. There isn't much separating republicans from democrats, and even labels like conservative and liberal have very little practical meaning. All that matters now is the implementation of policies that benefit people as a whole, progressive policies if you will, and supporting candidates that will push for more in that vein.
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The US constitution is well designed to prevent any kind of authoritarian regime from developing, and a theocracy is even more unlikely do to the complexity of this country. I understand how you feel about the parties, but your approach is flawed.
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Doesn't matter how the Constitution is designed. If it's not enforced properly, then the rights and protections it grants are not absolute.
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um don't take it so lightly, there many fail safe in the system the prevent anyone from exploiting it
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Yeah, maybe, but recent bullshit like the RFRA and the Hobby Lobby case make seem less likely. The establishment clause is starting to look less and less feasible by the ruling...
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dude did you ever pay attention to you government class
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That's a fantastic idea, but will the big two allow it?
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Don't see how they can stop it... If a third party starts getting more votes, the weasels will just jump ship anyway. Looks what has been happening to the GOP. The teabaggers have been causing more and more defections by the reasonable among the ranks for a while now.
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I cannot stand teabaggers, but you do have a point. The green party is a joke, and independents historically don't win. But, maybe just maybe, there's a ray of hope in the shit tunnel.
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