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Belafonte Tells ‘One Nation’: ‘Insidious’ Tea Party Is ‘Perilously Close’ to Achieving ‘Villainous Ends’
- Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:45pm by
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“Abraham Lincoln knew the evil of slavery and in abolishing that evil saved America. Although slavery may have been abolished, crippling poison, racism, still persists. And the struggle still continues… Perhaps the greatest threat of all is the undermining of our Constitution and the systematic attacks against the inalienable rights of the citizens of this nation. Rights that are guaranteed by our Constitution. At the vanguard of this insidious attack is the Tea Party. This band of misguided citizens is moving perilously close to achieving villainous ends.”
(Transcript and video via Gateway Pundit)
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Comments (262)
ThePlainTruth
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:19pmEveryone can watch Dinesh Dsouza on youtube discuss his book about Obama
check out these clips then watch the rest on your own, eye opening to say the least
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IupTFgj6A Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0zFWHjPOak Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AFL4kWp3P0 Part 3
Can watch his discussions on Obama its a must read book!!!!
Report Post »FeralCat
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:16pmWell after all, Barack Obama, he’s an ordinary fascist socialist man
Who desires nothing more than an ordinary chance
To make all people live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what he wants…
An average fascist socialist man is he, of no especially clever whim
Who likes to control everyone’s life, free of strife
With everyone supinely doing whatever he thinks is best … … for him
Well… just an ordinary fascist socialistic man…
BUT!
Let some protesters be allowed to speak out against his grand controlling schemes and his serenity will be through
Report Post »They’ll protest his grand controlling plans, from the cellar to the dome
And then go on to the enthralling fun of piece by piece eviscerating him…
rmsuperglide
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:16pmFREAK!!! He has always been a FREAK,and always will be a FREAK! Why dont he go wine to chavez some more.
Report Post »RedStag
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:16pmHarry Bela-who? What a washed-up has-been.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:15pmSocialist Liberal Progressive Democrats are the band of misguided citizens that are moving perilously close to achieving villainous ends. Just look at who led them to the Afro-Turf.
Report Post »FeralCat
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:14pmHe’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
Doesn’t listen to an opposing point of view
Control Freak man, ruling all he thinks is his purview
Control Freak Man, he had better listen
He don‘t know with what he’s messin’
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem more and more like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
He’s as blinded by his lust for power as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
He’s got such a God complex point of call
Control Freak Man can you even see America at all?
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem more and more like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
About Control Freak Man we should all worry
To destroy all America built he is in a hurry
If he controls everything his fascist way
It will be a forlorn day
Hes going to leave it all a mess
Anyone of sound mind must confess
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Report Post »Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
RightPolitically
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:28pmPretty terrific, but somehow I don’t think McCartney or Lennon would like this very much. That’s okay; WE DO!
Report Post »FeralCat
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:12pmEvery breath you take
Every move you make
Every step you take
Obama wants to be controlling you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every night you stay
Obama wants to be controlling you
Oh, cant you see
He wants you to belong to the collective sheeple Obama we
To control all your life how his heart does ache
With every step you take
Every dollar you make
Report Post »Every claim you stake
Every pill you take
Obama wants to be controlling you
fountainview
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:11pmthat’s how much Harry knows about history—-Lincoln was assassinated because he wanted to protect the greenback – slavery abolishment was just a sidebar—-the Rothchild’s take care of all who disagree and are not puppets!!
Report Post »msctex
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:11pm“Daylight come, everybody’s gone home. . .”
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:18pmDaylight’s come for us, but may never dawn on Mr. Belafonte.
Report Post »FeralCat
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:10pmNow Herr Obama is hot on health care
Report Post »He’s made it his personal affair
National Socialist the country will be
As he goosed-stepped all over the Constitution, said he
‘cause you see, if it brings more power to me
Then the misery it brings, is something you must all just grin and bare
MJ1025
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:03pmHow much money did Harry make in America by singing songs?? Did he spread his wealth around to the folks in the rally?
Report Post »The Tea Party people are wanting to preserve the rights of all Americans to succeed by their own choices in life.
Eagle07
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:13pmwhen is welfare a inalienable right?
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:37pmSince the mid 1960s or so.
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:11amI couldn’t have said it better! What is Belafonte’s problem? He made tons of money in the 50‘s and 60’s. I didn’t see him distributing his wealth!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:03pmBelaphoney has been a nut job for years. No one in their right mind takes anything he says seriously.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 6:38pmLet me get this straight. The left dominates show business and the best they could trot out was this fool who hasn’t been relevant for at least 30 years?
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:02pm“Come Meesta Tally Man, Tally Me Banana…” This poor old senile dude is over the hill, and is a dyed-in-the-wool COMMUNIST just like the crowd of LOSERS he was speaking to. Pfft! Go Tally your own Banana, you creep! IF you still have one.l
Report Post »TRUTHSEEKINGAL
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:18amIt’s not nice to do that to me. Don’t ya know? Laugh incontinence!
Really Giga, I was very disturbed & pained after witnessing the Red Army today..Comic relief desperately needed..Many thanks for answering the call GBY
Report Post »OneIfByLand
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:01pmCould Mr. Belafonte have developed his thinking from listening to too much Mr. Schultz?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:01pmHow come LEFTIST Commies like Belafonte are all so darn ANGRY? Always ANGRY!
Report Post »Gigantopithecus
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:12pmBelefonte is still mad that Calypso music never really took off and the pinnacle of his career was singing with the Muppets.
Report Post »Honest_E
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:59pmI think the majority of people with a pulpit to speak, believe the untruths about the Tea Party broadcast by main stream leftist media. Why would they think the Tea Party movement is a good thing if they are led to believe that they represent the agenda that “they” the progressives actually represent. Control of every aspect of your life, and removal of liberty and freedom. If only more of them could get their heads out of the sand.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:58pmAnd the Heavy-Hitting Speaker for the Left is……… Harry Belafonte……….
Report Post »No more needs to be said.
Marc Jacobs
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:58pmIt is not proper to make fun of people that are brain-damaged anD/or blinded by rage – so I will not.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:05pmMarc: You beat me to the comment. I would add, however, that exploiting someone of dimished capacity to capitalize on his former fame shows us how low they can go.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:52amSecond that. Look what happened to Andy Griffith’s popularity when they wheeled him out to tout Obamacare!
Report Post »VindexPoplicola
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:57pmIt is like something out of a comic stip. “Villainous ends.“ He is right in that ”Perhaps the greatest threat of all is the undermining of our Consititution and the systematic attacks against the inalienable rights of the citizens of this nation.” The problem is I am pretty sure he and I do not agree on what inalienable rights are afforded by the constitution. The sad truth is, by using the same lingo conservatives use regarding our rights and consitution, it can confuse the messege to those who are less informed.
You can follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VindexPoplicola
Report Post »roninshaman
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:32pmHave you noticed that there trying to use the same language as conservatives, but it always comes out sounding dry and contrived. They’re only sound convincing when they talk vaguely about change and moving forward. Values and details don’t seem to be their strong suit.
Report Post »tsheppard
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:55pmBelafonte has confused the intent of reform I.e., to reshape, with love of the Constitution. The Tea Party wants to restore our Constitution, because we love it and honor it. We donlt want to reshape it into something different. This kind of doublespeak is typical of these Orwellian inspired socialists.
Report Post »2Smart2BaLib
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:29pmRock on TShepard! More freedom less Government – less taxes – put an end to failed government programs: social security, Medicare, medicaid, department of education, department of energy, let me take care of myself get the freaking government out of our lives and we will be much happier and successful
Report Post »Diego Garcia
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:55pmRace, race, race, race, race…
Always race.
I’d bet changing “No child left behind” to “Race to the top” is about race too!
Report Post »duncan
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:17pmWho is holding anyone back from achieving their potential? The Dems have always been blue collar workers, complaining about their wages and life style. Quit your jobs and start a business fools. Even Sam Kinnison would tell you the same thing.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 11:47amIm embarrassed for these people,there socialist yet they speak of protecting the Constitution and with a straight face.
I would guess they have the answer to teenage pregnancy witch is no doubt caused by the TEA Party,abort them all and let the tax payer pay for,it right HARRY,you are an embarrassment both to your race and your fame.
Report Post »kingsjester
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:54pmYikes, Harry. Project much?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:26pmLOL …good point
Report Post »artfromtex
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:53pmhe looks like a black Dr. Evil.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:58pmthread winner!
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:31pmI second that!
Report Post »Gigantopithecus
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:48pmYeah, he just needs a cat on his lap – but make sure it’s a black one.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 8:50pm“Yeah, he just needs a cat on his lap – but make sure it’s a black one.”
A cat, you say?
Yeah.
A New Black Panther in a tu-tu sounds about right.
Strat
Report Post »notahater
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 7:26pmyou need to take a look in the mirror, right now not tomorrow.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:52pmI’ve wondered what happened to the coconut counting man.
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mizflame98
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:33pmEpic Fail!
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CatB
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:23pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkw7n9Qagu8
Report Post »Beckster2
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 8:16pmMiz….Brevity is the soul of wit and your two word retorts are priceless….’thread winner” …loved it.
Report Post »Post-Progressive American
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:15amProjecting the socialist evils onto the opponent; vilifying the Tea Party by attributing the socialistic goals and desires to them: the final throes of political failure.
Report Post »henryclay
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:51pmEven the devil quoted the Bible…Guess progressives can quote the Constitution….Even though they hate it….
Either they don’t know what progressives stand for or they are being deceptive…Wonder which one…….
Report Post »NoName22
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:57pmThis guy looks like the face of evil…..Probably should pour holy water on his teleprompter.
rockwell
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 5:59pmits sad that so many who continue to cry racism fail to see how divisive they are… one nation, really?
Report Post »henryclay
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:05pm@Rockwell–It’s hilarious people screaming racism are in a group such as NAACP or La Razza both which stand for a particular race…It’s so funny it is dumb..
Report Post »duncan
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:14pmDaylight come and me want go home. These people are panicked. Life is soooo good getting government hand outs but these bums know that if the Republican party gets in there life of hand outs is over. Just for the record..Lincoln would have kept slavery if it would have kept the union intact. How can they complain about the tea party and republicans when the dems own the house and senate. It’s like beating a dead horse.
Report Post »Rita
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:24pmToday is my 50th birthday and I can’t believe how many so-called Americans want to destroy this country. Is it really that bad that they want the government to control every aspect of their lives?
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:34pmHENRYCLAY, Satan can quote the Bible verbatim, that doesn’t mean he understands it though. Obama is suppose to be a constitutional lawyer yet he wants to destroy it. Darkness cannot prevail in the Light of Truth and that is why we have to keep to the Truth and stay on the straight path.
Report Post »smugsmiley
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:38pmHappy Birthday, Rita, and my best wishes!
Report Post »henryclay
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:39pm@Rita Happy Birthday!!!!!
These people have been taught to be irresponsible…..
Report Post »CyberBoy
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:48pmHe reminded me of a Demon from a ‘Charmed’ episode…
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:03pmWe don’t get our rights from the Constitution we get them from our Creator. It is funny how Bellifonte Obama forget this important fact each time they bring up the Declaration of Independence??? Don’t let the language they confuse slip by you. It is on purpose to confuse.
Report Post »joiseycop
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:07pmI’m 59 and when I turned 50 I joined the AARP…then they named this communist pri@k their man of the year…thats when I and many thousand others quit that radical lefty clan of old hippies.
Report Post »joiseycop
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:08pmPS… Happy B-Day Rita :)
Report Post »lumahaimike
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:13pmI saw alot of this hate in the rally.It gave their opinion and it just reasured me of mine.
Report Post »MONSTER
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 8:29pmHarry‘s Belafonte’s exact words sound a little like Cloward-Piven… And I quote…
“Our greatest weapon is the vote, and it is the answer for much which nags at us. On November 2, in the millions, we must OVERBURDEN our voting booths by voting against those who would see the nation become a totalitarian state”.
Report Post »Ellie
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 8:43pmSame shat new generation. The Progressives/Socialist ARE the evil that they claim to protect the people from. Projection of the evil that will happen under their policies is how they maintain power.
Ellie
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flamedone1968
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 9:28pmI was thinking he reminded me of Magnito from X-men. LOL
Report Post »tiredofdeception
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 9:33pmWhich is why the Constitution, as it was written, is not permitted to be taught with your tax dollars.
Report Post »hopin society
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 9:39pmfor the first time – harry – READ your CONSTITUTION, dumbass!
Devil in Arkansas
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 9:55pmDay-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan’ go home
Hop on that banana boat Harry, and take your commie friends with ya!
Report Post »rfpzzzzz
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 10:08pmThe devil also believes in God. He just didn‘t want to be told what to do or maybe he just didn’t think he needed Him.
Report Post »democratgirl
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 11:30pmIt is so sad to see entertainers try to entertain without a script or preparation. Liberals have absolutely no idea what the stakes are if Obama and his administration have their way with all those creepy policies of freebies, entitlements, and taking over businesses. They really don’t have a clue, like I didn’t have a clue until someone showed me by taking the time. First, they asked me if I ever read the Constitution and I said yes, which was the first lie. So, they asked me what was in it. I fell all over myself, but they never once put me down. They were kind and patient and told me what it said. Then, they handed me a pocket constitution and told me there would be a test (kidding). They challenged me to a debate about it. This went on for over 6 months. I learned so much from them, I cannot begin to tell you here. All I can think of is that God must have led them to me, to open my heart, eyes, and mind to truth about socialism and communism and all liberal policies. I am still learning, but we need to be patient with these people – loving them while knowing that they just don’t know or understand what is at stake.
Report Post »henryclay
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 12:06am@Marylou7 Yes the devil understands the Bible, he just doesn’t believe in it…He would rather quote it as a deceptive tool even to the Lord..
Bad BO is a constitutional lawyer….He also understands it but does not like it….Who better to dismantle it then someone who studied it, dislikes it and will even quote it to manipulate us to go against it….Bad BO isn’t dumb, he knows exactly where he is leading us and his purpose for the progressives…
We must be smart and stick with principle/value always..
Remember November!!!!
Report Post »henryclay
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Report Post »WASHINGTON (October 2)— As of 3:00pm, an estimated 175,000+ Americans – representing all 50 states and our country’s great diversity – joined together at the Lincoln memorial to re-claim the American dream and raise their voices for jobs, justice and public education.
JJ Coolay
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 12:39amUnbelievable how uninformed and misinfored the left it.
Report Post »Where are they getting this “racist” stuff from?
Did ANYONE watch the 8/28 rally?
Obvioulsy not. They’re continue to spew lies without any regard for truth and without even checking out the fatcs first. They OBVIOUSLY did not pay attention to 8/28 because it had nothing to do with race and yet it keeps coming back to that. Amazing.
Compete or Lose
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:28amHenry is COMMUNIISTA
Report Post »JKN
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:43amDesperate people do desperate things… Clearly, the Progressives, our open-border citizens of the world, are losing their message all over the world as more and more working-class people wake up to reality. The political pendulum (globally) is swinging back to the right. As for the racist slander… It is so old… It just doesn’t work anymore…
Report Post »sodun
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:41amHarry Bella-WHO? Ok I admit I googled him. This is one mixed up dooood! But he’s just a reflection of the whole crowd.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:49amWhy don’t we do a montage of the “horrors” of life in America according to the speakers at this rally, translate it into various languages and have it played on other nations’ tv and radio? Maybe if all the illegal immigrants hear this, they won’t want to come to this horrible racist, bigoted, discriminatory country. As Glenn always says, “not my words, their words.”
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 12:49pmthe more they throw out that race card, the less effective it becomes.
Report Post »henryclay
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:34pmThis is what gets me the most….You see the immigration groups and the Cogressmen who push immigration reform at protests with Progressives….Do they not understand the only reason immigration here is so strict is due to Progressives…Progressives created the income tax law which is why the U.S. became so strict….All about money…It isn‘t security it’s money….These immigration groups march with the people who enslaved them and restricted them to a God blessing..
Report Post »Kpax
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:52pmThese people suffer from a form of mental illness that will not respond to treatment.
Report Post »dividedweallfail
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:07pmIt seems it is important to remember that it had to be amended to end slavery and to give women the right to vote. So although the founding fathers provided an excellent framework, it cannot be seen as a perfect document that must be followed blindly. . It seems that pretty much everyone can agree on two things. The economy is a mess and we are angry with Congress. We may disagree on how we got here and how to fix the economy, but please consider checking out FAIRELECTIONSNOW.ORG to see a start at how to fix Congress. Right now, it takes an extreme amount of money for anyone to run for office. So if a person does not have millions of their own, they have to get money from big donors or corporations, which places even the most ethical person in a compromising situation. Without campaign finance changes, elections and legislation will continue to be influence unfairly. As far as jobs being shipped overseas, I really don’t know much about the trade agreements, but I will definitely look into it. However, where is the outrage at the corporations who only outsourced so they could increase their profits and their CEO pay? Unfortunately, we own stocks of these companies in our mutual funds and the fund managers will drop a company from the portfolio if it is not showing a profit, because we will sell the fund if we are not making money for our retirement. This interconnectedness also seems to be effecting unemployment, because CEOs and Boards have told shareholders that even though they are back up to pre-recession profits, they are not going to hire back those they laid off, because that would cut into profits. When a company lowers its bottom line, it means they laid people off, not that the CEO took a pay cut or became more frugal in other expenses. These are also the practices that make people look into organizing labor unions. What else can they do? Our investments in stocks is actually how the TARP money eventually got approved. The HOUSE originally voted AGAINST it, but immediately the stock market started diving, and they were told that they were destroying people’s retirements, etc. and that the economy was going to crash, and so they passed it. As far as those who did not pay taxes last year, the owners of the Dodgers didn’t and neither did GE and Exxon even though they made unbelievable profits last year. They have found offshore tax shelters, and many other corporations do the same thing, which makes their claims false that taxes are threatening their business. However, they do send lots of other money to DC in the form of lobbyists. FAIRELECTIONSNOW.ORG would help the situation somewhat, but those in Congress should not be allowed to be a lobbyists for at least 5 years after they leave (10 would be better) and anyone who worked as a lobbyist, should not be allowed to run for Congress for at least 5 years (never would be better). As far as others who didn’t pay income tax, many are full time working people, but who were paid so little that they can barely live on it to begin with. It is also important for us to recognize that those of us in the top bracket have many more right offs than those making much less, so we don’t really pay the actual rate. Warren Buffet the billionaire said that he actually paid a far less rate of taxes than his secretary did because of right offs. Doesn’t the amount of money we have left after we pay our taxes really have more impact on our lives than the actual percentage? A million dollars after taxes even if the rate was 99% would be much easier to live on, than $20,000 without paying any taxes. AGAIN, the amount of money people are paid for different jobs has been determined by a completely arbitrary system. There are official tax tables online which show the percentage rates for top earners historically. Since the 40s there have been very few years where the rate was less than 50% and then the salary amount was much lower, so more of the person’s money was taxed at the higher rate, so it seems they may not have paid less, and the economy was none the worse for it. Although I do not want to bring religion into the discussion, others seem to correlate it with things that don’t seem compatible. In regard to security, I am not at all an expert, but I could not find anything in the New Testament where Jesus condoned ANY kind of violence and in fact he even said that if we are unjustly enslaved, we should not resist, but instead try to .So it seems he would be very much against pretty much any war, although he would probably understand our involvement in WWII. It also seems confusing that people seem to correlate Capitalism with Christianity, since Capitalism is based on everyone for them self and Jesus said whatever you do to the least of my brothers you do unto me. It is ok for us to disagree on how things should be run, but to make correlations between economic systems (capitalism, socialism, communism) and good vs evil, does nothing to solve the problems we face and actually does damage in the tension it produces between people and the stress it brings personally. Socialism and Nazi Germany are said as if they are the same thing. We did not get involved in WWII, because of Hitler’s economic policies, it was because he was exterminating people. Also, a country’s economic system is separate from its political system, but that is a whole other discussion. Even those countries that are considered to have Democratic Socialism, do not resemble Nazi Germany in any way, such as Sweden, France, Germany, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom. Somehow we have lost the ability to see things from other people’s perspectives. We should be wary of those on either side of the issue that say things that pit us against each other. Both sides use exaggeration and fear tactics to try to accomplish their goals, however, it not only keeps us from finding real solutions, but also affects our individual lives very negatively. So any time anyone in ANY organization talks in ways that divide people, we should be wary of what their motivations are. I hope both sides will start to realize that divided we ALL fail.
Report Post »McFrizzle
Posted on October 5, 2010 at 4:54amYa, less Gov. spending, a balanced budget, honesty, belief in God, and self reliance are SOOO villainous and insidious. I know I myself am awakened by The Emperors theme from Star Wars every morning.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on October 5, 2010 at 1:01pmyeah we are going to expose you for the commie trash you are. its time for all you commies to leave! your not welcome here any longer. you dont deserve to live in america. america is for people who have a dream of freedom and individual rights. you can take your commie lies about the utopia youve failed to build in every country that made the mistake of beliving in that lie. your all being asked to leave nicely.
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