dreamdancer 0 #26 September 18, 2009 QuoteIf one were to watch Fox News or listen to Rush Limbaugh -- as millions do -- one would believe that the burden of the ordinary American taxpayer, and the unfair plight of America's rich, is that their money is being stolen by the poorest and most powerless sectors of the society. An organization whose constituencies are often-unregistered inner-city minorities, the homeless and the dispossesed is depicted as though it's Goldman Sachs, Blackwater, Haillburton and combined, as though Washington officials are in thrall to those living in poverty rather than those who fund their campaigns. It's not the nice men in the suits doing the stealing but the very people, often minorities or illegal immigrants, with no political or financial power who nonetheless somehow dominate the government and get everything for themselves. The poorer and weaker one is, the more one is demonized in right-wing mythology as all-powerful receipients of ill-gotten gains; conversely, the stronger and more powerful one is, the more one is depicted as an oppressed and put-upon victim (that same dynamic applies to foreign affairs as well). http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/09/17-11stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funjumper101 15 #27 September 18, 2009 Quote you're saying acorn is part of the mafia? Depends on how much labor union involvement they have and which family they are aligned with. SIEU? UFCW? Teamsters? the answer is, no, they are not part of the mafia lawrocket (all they do is get voters to register LIBERAL DEMOCRAT - what is wrong with that) There now it makes more sense and is truthful. Do right wing morons receive different Voter Registration Forms than are provided to everyone else? I don't recall seeing anything on a VRF that had a check box for "Liberal Democrat". A righty spewing that which is totally false and patently STUPID? Nah... that would never happen. Another VI to ignore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #28 March 7, 2010 Quote Quote acorn do a lot of good work... wheeze, gasp, choke..... facts are facts...stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #29 March 7, 2010 Quote Quote acorn do a lot of good work... wheeze, gasp, choke..... Hi Mike, 'Couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!!!! And, as things begin to spin out of control, remember this: "All politics in this country now is just dress rehersal for civil war." -Billy Beck, AUG2009-SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #30 March 7, 2010 give the man a pat on the back stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
