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I know nothing of politics, and I don't want to. So instead, I'll take the average teenage response, and say "Burn it to the ground, it's rotten anyways,"
Ah the system (all of them), you never fail to fail.
This should help some people make up their minds about which percentage they fall into.
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2011/10/27 03:08:45
Subject: Re:The 53%: We are NOT Occupy Wall Street
The Green Git wrote:A lot of people don't pay Federal income tax due to vote whoring politicians that want to buy votes by taking money from upper wage earners and redistributing it to lower wage earners.
That's just bs. They don't pay taxes because they earn so little that taking federal taxes from them would leave them below the poverty line. That 47% are the unemployed, the underemployed, the retired, the disabled, and so on.
There is a question to be answered, and it's why so many American families earn so little that you can't take money from without leaving them incapable of supporting themselves. But that question doesn't play in to the bitter game of resentment so many people like to play.
The game is stacked in favor of getting more people to vote for a system that provides them benefit by force of law.
If that were true, we'd be witnessing a trend towards increasing wage equality. We aren't, which means your theory is absolute crap.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
Dunno, it fits in to my game of bitterness to be sure, but then again I'm more bitter at the fact that political seats are often bought with campaign finance donations than "OMG THE SOCIALISTS ARE DESTROYING EVERYTHING!", as if we ever had socialists with any real power over this country.
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2011/10/27 03:51:49
Subject: Re:The 53%: We are NOT Occupy Wall Street
Keith Shannon, the roommate of injured Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen and a fellow Iraq War veteran, shares what happened Tuesday night when the Oakland Police Department fired upon the crowd with rubber bullets, bean bags and tear-gas canisters, one of which gave Olsen a skull fracture and trip to the emergency room. Shannon, himself a vocal protester, provides an update on Olsen’s condition — saying Olsen is “stable, but critical” — and says the incident has only bolstered his resolve to continue working for the movement.
In tonight’s Special Comment, Keith calls out Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, for her use of 500 police officers in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday morning, followed by more tear-gas bombs, rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds on Tuesday night. Quan, herself once a victim of the Oakland police’s bullying, now “is the bully,” Keith says. He calls on Quan to dismiss acting Police Chief Howard Jordan and allow protesters to return to their location, “or, having betrayed everything she’d supported and all those who have supported her, she must resign.”
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2011/10/27 04:01:54
Subject: Re:The 53%: We are NOT Occupy Wall Street
The Green Git wrote:
A lot of people don't pay Federal income tax due to vote whoring politicians that want to buy votes by taking money from upper wage earners and redistributing it to lower wage earners. The game is stacked in favor of getting more people to vote for a system that provides them benefit by force of law.
Really? You don't say?
And here I thought the state existed to exploit its citizens, and other interested parties.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
2011/10/27 04:09:28
Subject: Re:The 53%: We are NOT Occupy Wall Street
"I hate movies where the men wear shorter skirts than the women." -- Mystery Science Theater 3000
"Elements of the past and the future combining to create something not quite as good as either." -- The Mighty Boosh
Check out Cinematic Titanic, the new movie riffing project from Joel Hodgson and the original cast of MST3K.
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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I am the 1.34921%! Healthcare for transexuals!
I am the 1.4676752569251458214583215263235% that are permitted by their wiener dog masters to pander to their every need.
Taking a short dog on a long walk requires great commitment.
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Crablezworth wrote:I always love hearing from cornel west, mad respect for protesting the supreme court.
I do also, but as an excellent example of professors who should be fired.
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Ahtman wrote:
Melissia wrote:Why are you spamming every thread on the topic with stupid unfunny comedians?
Just sayin'... not really all that productive.... or entertaining...
Dr. Cornel West is a comedian?
It sounds better than race pimp.
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Monster Rain wrote:I could spam videos that show which pop stars and news anchors are actually reptilian shapeshifters.
But is Dakka ready for that kind of enlightenment?
Yes, yes it is.
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Keith Shannon, the roommate of injured Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen and a fellow Iraq War veteran, shares what happened Tuesday night when the Oakland Police Department fired upon the crowd with rubber bullets, bean bags and tear-gas canisters, one of which gave Olsen a skull fracture and trip to the emergency room. Shannon, himself a vocal protester, provides an update on Olsen’s condition — saying Olsen is “stable, but critical” — and says the incident has only bolstered his resolve to continue working for the movement.
In tonight’s Special Comment, Keith calls out Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, for her use of 500 police officers in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday morning, followed by more tear-gas bombs, rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds on Tuesday night. Quan, herself once a victim of the Oakland police’s bullying, now “is the bully,” Keith says. He calls on Quan to dismiss acting Police Chief Howard Jordan and allow protesters to return to their location, “or, having betrayed everything she’d supported and all those who have supported her, she must resign.”
As noted, I am just saddened by the lack of sabre wielding cavalry.
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dogma wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
It sounds better than race pimp.
So you've never read anything by Dr. Cornell West?
Yes actually, and no I don't care to discuss the issue on Dakka.
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