ignorant

You are truly twisted people. Instead of listening to
your propagandaists, why don’t you learn about issues instead of stamping your feet like 7th graders. Allow
me to enlighten you with facts- something the faith over facts crows cannot accept. Your usage of the word
socialism is laughable. Last year in 2008 the top 1% earners accounted for 50% of the entire country’s
revenue. And you call that socialsm?
You have it backwards- Thats FASCISM!!

here are some more FACTS for you to take in or do some FACT checking for a change:

WANTS SOME STATS IN WORLDWIDE RATINGS?

Our healthcare system is rated a stellar 37th.

Our overall health as people rates in at a robust 72nd.

We rate 28th in infant mortality.

Our life expectancy is 45th.

We rate 55th in literacy. Alarming

We rate 44th in freedom of the press. Disturbing

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Friday, September 11, 2009
THE END OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF STUPIDITY AT LAST?!
This is an excerpt from Keith Olbermann’s “Special Comment” last night on Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, who apparently had an attack of Tourettes during President Obama’s speech to Congress on Wednesday night… or maybe it wasn’t Tourettes, but rather, as Keith points out, the result of many years of institutionalized and revered stupidity on the right.

Here’s Keith:

“Town Halls, Death Panels, Oligarchys, a multi-racial president who is accused of hating half his own ancestry [white people], neuroses about communist artwork, the idea that fascism and socialism aren’t mutually exclusive [they are], grass-roots protests bought and paid for by lobbyists and corporations, scared seniors terrified [and brain addled] enough to turn to insurance companies for protection against reformers, reformers who want to increase their coverage and cut their rates, birchers, birthers, deathers, the voices in Michele Bachmann’s head, the Republican rebuttal to the President of the United States given by a guy who thought he could become ‘Lord Boustany’ by paying a couple of English con men!

And now to top off this pile of stupidity: Congressman Wrong-Way Wilson, who — when a President publicly, and ostentatiously, gave credit for part of his health care reform proposal to the very Republican he swamped in the election last year — Wrong-Way Wilson followed that bi-partisan gesture, by shouting ‘you lie’ as soon as he heard the truth.

It is this week, evident that the greatest threat to the nation is not terrorism nor the economy nor H1N1 nor even bad health care. It is rank, willful stupidity. [PL on this blog has made of point of explaining that when someone is identified here as “stupid,” a key ingredient is the deliberateness of the ignorance and the pride in being unthinking.]

When did we come to extol stupidity ahead of information, and rely on voo-doo, superstition, and prejudice ahead of education?

How many Republicans believe in Death Panels and Brownies and Elves? When did we start to elect the impregnably dense? (I was almost too fearful of using the word ‘impregnably’ because of the prospect that Governor Palin would go after me the way she went after Letterman.)

The time has come to rise up and take this country back, to again make it safe for people who actually completed the seventh grade. The crime of Wrong-Way Wilson was not reflected in his emotions, nor his disagreement, nor his inappropriate conduct, nor in his incivility. It was in his prideful wrong-ness!

I defend Congressman Wilson’s right to incivility. A little incivility six years ago might have stopped the Iraq war. He can shout anything he wants, at anybody he wants, in any circumstances he wants. Providing that he is willing to suffer the consequences of his actions, I am willing to suffer him. This nation can survive a president being disrespected by some nickel-dime congressman from Beaufort; the shame falls onto the shouter and not the one shouted at.

But this nation cannot survive the continued acceptance, the continued endorsement, the continued encouragement, the continued institutionalization… of stupidity!

I think if Mr. Lincoln were alive he might re-cast his most famous imagery in the light of the truest of our present crises: A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half smart, and half stupid!”

Amen, Keith! Read the whole comment HERE.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
“BUT KNOW THIS…”
“I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call you out! And I will not accept the status quo as a solution. Not this time. Not now!
President Barack Obama