The elections???

[Gone&DoneIt]

I have to believe and hope a socio-economic backlash is looming on the horizon. We have allowed ourselves to become pacified by bubble gum and drama. As long as we have Reality TV and Desperate Houswives, credit to buy things we cant afford, and the media terrifiying us every night into a lemming-like state, nothing will ever change.

The elections just change the details of the problem,... they have no impact on the problem itself. Corporate Interests and Capitalism run this country,... the All-Mighty-Dollar runs this country,... America is the worlds Wal-Mart at this point. The only honor is in the dollar. We have allowed this to happen, it was our apathy, disdain, detachment, and indifference that have bred this Goliath. "But hey,... American Idol was on."

I own this. Every time I read about a corporation violating campaign contribution laws and I still bought thier products or freqeunted their stores. Everytime I heard about corruption and scandal in Washington and I didnt take the time to write letters demanding the individuals immediate inevstigation, because I was too busy. Everytime I voted for the lesser of two evils, or excused somones moral necrosis. All of us are responsible for the current state of affairs. The only solice I can find is that if we allowed the current situation to decline to this, then the ability to fix it is also ours.

 

[TwistedCU]

I have to believe and hope a socio-economic backlash is looming on the horizon. We have allowed ourselves to become pacified by bubble gum and drama. As long as we have Reality TV and Desperate Houswives, credit to buy things we cant afford, and the media terrifiying us every night into a lemming-like state, nothing will ever change.

The elections just change the details of the problem,... they have no impact on the problem itself. Corporate Interests and Capitalism run this country,... the All-Mighty-Dollar runs this country,... America is the worlds Wal-Mart at this point. The only honor is in the dollar. We have allowed this to happen, it was our apathy, disdain, detachment, and indifference that have bred this Goliath. "But hey,... American Idol was on."

I own this. Every time I read about a corporation violating campaign contribution laws and I still bought thier products or freqeunted their stores. Everytime I heard about corruption and scandal in Washington and I didnt take the time to write letters demanding the individuals immediate inevstigation, because I was too busy. Everytime I voted for the lesser of two evils, or excused somones moral necrosis. All of us are responsible for the current state of affairs. The only solice I can find is that if we allowed the current situation to decline to this, then the ability to fix it is also ours.

I'm sorry, what did you say? I was going back and forth between your description of our deteriorating country and the Weather Channel :lol:

I am sad to say that was a great post. We all own it. It's time someone said it instead of giving all the credit to one man.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

From your first words....

Love to see all the back pedaling! This country has changed so much in it's fews over the past several years.

....to your last words, and all in between....

Lok for the right people to run no ruin our country and vote accordingly. Cause we just might not get to many more chances to do so.

As always hehehehe tug

Amen, Brother Tug, Amen!!!!8)

 

[90Xjay]

We have allowed ourselves to become pacified by bubble gum and drama. As long as we have Reality TV and Desperate Houswives, credit to buy things we cant afford, and the media terrifiying us every night into a lemming-like state, nothing will ever change.

truer words were never spoken

 

[mingez]

As political as this site gets very often, I'm very surprised there has been no comment on the recent elections.

My comment:.....the people have spoken.

Y'all kinda know how I feel,
mud

Why? Because this is a 4x4 site. The demographics tend to lean conservative. And the membership would reflect that. There are like maybe 4 or 5 liberals on this site. The rest have all left.

 

[Laph]

When I heard Schumer of NY smiling about being in control of the Senate all he could do is say how he can't wait to start helping people with their electric bills & medical expenses and I thought to myself, where is he going to get all of this money to "help" these people?

From your paychecks.:-|

I know this was an election where alot of people voted against Bush and against the Iraq war and frankly I'm just about sick of how spineless President Bush and alot of the RINO republicans have been and I'm about ready to say the heck with the IRAQI people, if they want a democratic government, let "them" fight for it like our country did.

That being said, the radicalism we are about to be subjected to, radical enviornmentalism, radical taxation, gun control, and socialism where the gov't takes money from you and gives it to someone else who chooses not to work or has made one poor choice after another. People who drink quarts of Old English 800 and play Lotto all day are rewarded by being given housing and medical benefits.

It's coming, higher taxes, citizenship for people who have broken our laws to come here, higher minimum wages, which WILL be passed onto the consumer and everything we buy will be higher so the effect of the minimum wage raising will cost the guy making mimimum wage more to buy bread and milk.

Legalized Gay marriage, its coming.

Robert C Byrd, the biggest pork barrel spender in history, has been in congress since the 40's will be in charge of congressional spending, his people in West Virginina will get every highway they want paved with your money.

Jay Rockefeller also from West Virginia will likley get a national security post and he has been very critical of the intelligence gathering the gov't has used to stop several terrorist attacks since 9/11. We will be more vunerable to attack.

I'm not going to make any excuses for these people who have been in charge for 12 years and have done little in the way of real progress, but I hope everybody else is ready for the extreme alternative, because its coming.

I have been a conservative for 15 years, most republicans don't meet my expectations of the conservative movement. Conservatism is not dead. There are still millions of us who want smaller government, lower taxes and the right to pursue our own intrest and live our lives without heavy government interference. We will still be heard and I am not swayed by the recent events.

I believe that government entitlements and handouts ultimately hurt people in the long run by encouraging a lazy mind numb lifestyle where you sacrifice living standards for a welfare check.

Conservatism teaches that you help people who are down, by giving them a hand "up" not a hand "out". People abuse government programs and use them to live while not making an attempt to better themself and become a productive citizen. They are enslaved.

I am trying to prepare myself for the sweeping changes because they are coming.

90

Agree with You 100%, figure I have 2 years to buy all the guns and ammo I want before I'm told That people can't buy anymore. Things are going to change and I'm hoping it's for the good, but have a bad feeling about this...

 

[louielouie]

i think we're in for two years of a republican-democrat dumb off.

 

[TwistedCU]

i think we're in for two years of a republican-democrat dumb off.

I dunno... the more I watch, the closer the two parties become.