tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post6132793027440174184..comments2024-03-28T00:18:09.974-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Republicans and Future ProblemsComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-25414736313994596802010-06-30T15:36:08.612-04:002010-06-30T15:36:08.612-04:00I love your last question but it's no mystery....I love your last question but it's no mystery. If you are over the age of 50, you were influenced by your Depression-era parents who believed that hard work and perseverance were imperatives. Being on the public dole, mental illness, addiction, etc. were signs of weakness. Or as Vonnegut once wrote, "It ain't no sin to be poor, but it might as well be." But talk with just about anyone under the age of 40, and that whole Depression-era mythos doesn't exist for them. That group spells disaster for the Republican Party. You can bet on it. So the real question for me is why are the Republicans driving them away?@bjork55https://www.blogger.com/profile/09451812507450810983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3728758002757531942010-06-30T14:29:57.322-04:002010-06-30T14:29:57.322-04:00Many problems, all of them driven by overpopulatio...Many problems, all of them driven by overpopulation. The solution is not to kill the American Dream, but to change it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974356693812650266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-27397313981519030322010-06-30T09:19:44.250-04:002010-06-30T09:19:44.250-04:00EBM,
The answer to your question is in "Deer...EBM,<br /><br />The answer to your question is in "Deer Hunting With Jesus". I highly recommend reading it but here is the short answer.<br /><br />Larry the Landlord goes down to the local watering hole and holds court. He's the richest guy in the room so he *must* be the smartest. He *tells* them what is good for them. "Listen to me, I'm richer than any 10 of you put together so I must know something. Vote Republican. Democrats are just a bunch of ______-lovin' fairies that want to give all your money away to welfare cheats." <br /><br />The Democrats aren't in the bar drinking with the poor folks. Larry is. It is these poor people that make him rich. He's at every city council meeting too because making sure the city ordinances keep them poor keeps him rich.<br /><br />And then they go to church and the pastor tells them that Larry the Landlord (the church's biggest donor) is rich because God wants him to be rich. And they believe.<br /><br />Don BrownDon Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219887691182501386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-34078668194805244822010-06-30T08:25:10.882-04:002010-06-30T08:25:10.882-04:00They truly believe, ALL of them believe, that they...They truly believe, ALL of them believe, that they will soon be part of the oligarchy.<br /><br />Whenever I hear about Social Security or Medicaid or the Post Office running out of money, I think to myself, it's not a friggin business. It's a program we set up because we wanted the service. If it runs out of money, we'll just put more in. Raise taxes, if necessary.<br /><br />Republicans seem to think every part of the government should be considered a business, and if it's not making a profit, it's failing.Nangleatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908938252272172718noreply@blogger.com