Imagine that white members of Congress, while walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of those congressmen for not voting the way the black demonstrators desired. Would the protesters be seen as merely patriotic Americans voicing their opinions, or as an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary mob? After all, this is what white Tea Party protesters did recently in Washington.
Imagine that a rap artist were to say, in reference to a white president: “He’s a piece of shit and I told him to suck on my machine gun.” Because that’s what rocker Ted Nugent said recently about President Obama.
If you live with them for a certain amount of time, you may become common law married to them depending on your state’s laws.
If they give you a black eye, we should see them on Cops.
They can go insane.
They need to eat, drink, and shit.
They should be subject to an inheritance tax when they die.
If they cheat on you, divorce them and sue for alimony and custody.
They should mate, settle down, have kids, and watch them grow up while they retire gracefully.
Do you really believe corporations are people? Well, it’s the law, and the first amendment protects them.
The company CEO dictates policy for how political contributions are disbursed from the company. Tens, hundreds, or hundreds of thousands of people may be earning money for that CEO. But now he decides how their productivity shapes American politics. These corporations are multi-national. If wealthy foreigners, foreign companies or even foreign sovereignty want to get involved, they just have to “buy X amount of whatever” from an American company in exchange for X-10% donations to American political figures. Don’t think it will happen?
Betcha didn’t even think the Great Recession (which I highly doubt it truly over) was gonna happen, didja?
If this guy actually gets anywhere near popular enough to succeed in a presidential race, I have a horrid fear that he wouldn’t make it to the inauguration.
No empire has survived. None. The only question is when.
What has survived? Culture, families, cities. The idea of the rule of law. Corruption. Knowledge, both information and disinformation (see: Corruption).
Man creates and destroys nations with breathtaking swiftness in geological time. Compared to the tribe of man, nations are the blink of an eye.
The only question is when, and chances are you wont know it till it’s on you. You have to realize that, and then ignore it.
One idea that has survived a long time, the idea of democracy, has survived countless attacks over the years.
Part of the problem is “the government.” And not just the way we are governed, but even the idea of “the government.” As if it’s this… thing. This entity that’s sitting over us, like some kind of whimsical father, deciding who shall be punished and who shall be rewarded. But it’s supposed to be us. Yet all we can do is send a letter to a Congressman to be read by an aid, tallied for opinion and replied with formletter for issue X.
Hopefully we can metamorphose democracy into a new, digital, interconnected, actually-by-the-people era.
TL;DR All nations die, humans live, government dysfunctions, maybe facebook is the answer.
Good thing our leaders weren’t so cowardly in 1964, or we would never have passed a civil rights bill — because of complaints over the provisions in it that would enslave whites.
Sometimes, I want so badly to just say “fck this place, I’m outta here” and just flee to any other country.
Then I remember that this place has all the guns, and if I leave it will be one less intelligent person fighting the good fight.
On the other hand, the crazy, yes CRAZY things that people are calling ‘political discourse’ these days shocks and frightens me. The culture of ignorance that’s been cultivated by conservatives is very, very effective at allowing them to rule through fear, even when they have no political power. A living will is something many, many people get. It tells people your absolute legal wishes should you be mentally or physically incapacitated. You need to have a lawyer draft it, and the health care idea (there’s no plan in the Senate yet, stop calling it a health care plan) wanted to help seniors get access to that without the crippling fees of lawyers.
The conservative media turned that into “Obama’s gunna kill gramma.” And that was the end of logic in the health care debate, and absolutely nothing is going to be done except make it easier for insurance companies to fck you while taking your money for health ‘care.’ I can just about guarantee you, this health care reform will end up a total cock-up nightmare.
