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Pic Of The Moment: Land Of The Free No More (Original Post) EarlG Nov 2015 OP
"You tell me." Yes, tRump, it is exactly the same, you bigoted racist freak. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #1
We have collectively lost our sh*t underpants Nov 2015 #2
I'm almost 68 and I have never been more disgusted with America than now. sinkingfeeling Nov 2015 #3
I'm a not so spry 61 in about 3 weeks. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #19
Same age and feel the same way! truegrit44 Nov 2015 #22
I am 47 awoke_in_2003 Nov 2015 #30
Berlusconi is a buffoon. He still was able to screw things up in Italy. Paul LePage, a buffoo who is tblue37 Nov 2015 #32
63 and my grandma warned me Nazi-types would return so watch out wordpix Nov 2015 #33
ThankYouThankYouThankYou Martin Eden Nov 2015 #4
Than you for taking G. Gordon Liddy in his patriotic panties off the front page deutsey Nov 2015 #5
"Freedom" to republicans means freedom to be like them mindwalker_i Nov 2015 #6
Freedom to be a complete dumbass. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #38
American Values don't really mean much, anymore. Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #7
What has happened to this country? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #8
good luck with your move to a cabin. I did it wordpix Nov 2015 #39
Realistically, I'm too old to live in the wilderness, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #40
Trump peddles the most toxic drug in the world: Hatred Cyrano Nov 2015 #9
Scary voteearlyvoteoften Nov 2015 #10
A scary meathead. callous taoboy Nov 2015 #14
Why is no one talking about a Presidential candidate vowing to violate the Constituion? Thor_MN Nov 2015 #11
The only time the Constitution is being violated d_legendary1 Nov 2015 #15
This is part of the reason he is leading in the polls hibbing Nov 2015 #12
Is anyone really surprised? He opens his rallies with this song: valerief Nov 2015 #13
nothing in the least bit freudian about those choices, is there? niyad Nov 2015 #21
Doah! Stryder Nov 2015 #23
And I only know the Cabaret version I posted before. Ha! valerief Nov 2015 #24
Yup! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #16
Yes. Stryder Nov 2015 #25
In may local MSM bought and paid for propaganda rag that has been selectively omitted. olegramps Nov 2015 #37
And tonight, Bawbaw Wawa interviews Trump and his wife with a shitload of softball questions bulloney Nov 2015 #17
Hitler had a dead ocelot on his head? KamaAina Nov 2015 #18
too bad that there is not somebody in his audience who can say, "donald, you are a disgusting, niyad Nov 2015 #20
The next step? Trump's followers will begin wearing uniforms and openly carrying weapons. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #26
"The next step? Trump's followers will begin wearing uniforms and openly carrying weapons." beergood Nov 2015 #31
Let’s be fair polynomial Nov 2015 #27
Perhaps we really... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #28
Where are the Teabaggers and Republicans screaming religious freedom now? Feeling the Bern Nov 2015 #29
I left the Roman church because of that 47of74 Nov 2015 #34
Propaganda Works Waitsman Nov 2015 #35
Very interesting statistic polynomial Nov 2015 #36
The GOP has gone full Nazi. Initech Nov 2015 #41
 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
19. I'm a not so spry 61 in about 3 weeks.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 07:14 PM
Nov 2015

It's so tragic. And now we get to look forward to worldwide bacterial infections with no available antibiotics. Every time you get an earache, you would worry about possible imminent death.

Something is terribly wrong, and unfortunately, it's only going to get worse.



 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
30. I am 47
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 05:02 AM
Nov 2015

My grandparents fought against this shit. I had neighbors with tattooed numbers on their forearms. People say Trump is a buffoon. Hitler and Mussolini were also, at one time, thought buffoons. Trump appeals to the basest of human nature.

tblue37

(65,216 posts)
32. Berlusconi is a buffoon. He still was able to screw things up in Italy. Paul LePage, a buffoo who is
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:47 AM
Nov 2015

screwing up Maine. Book smart Rhodes scholar Bobby Jindal is in every other way a buffoon. He has made a mess in Louisiana, even doing a nearly complete wrecking job on the state's university system.

Don't forget, John Wayne Gary was a clown. A clown with malignant intent is no joke.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
33. 63 and my grandma warned me Nazi-types would return so watch out
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 11:08 AM
Nov 2015

I didn't believe her at the time but now, I'm not so sure

Martin Eden

(12,843 posts)
4. ThankYouThankYouThankYou
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:36 PM
Nov 2015

I was getting sick to my stomach every time I say G Gordon Liddy in his flag speedos on the Home Page.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
5. Than you for taking G. Gordon Liddy in his patriotic panties off the front page
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:37 PM
Nov 2015

I can't stand the sight of him fully clothed, so that was traumatizing.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
6. "Freedom" to republicans means freedom to be like them
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:40 PM
Nov 2015

Being the wrong religion isn't a freedom, having beliefs about, say, guns or marriage isn't a freedom. "Freedom of religion" means being free to be a Christian.

Baitball Blogger

(46,682 posts)
7. American Values don't really mean much, anymore.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:40 PM
Nov 2015

Cheat, lie, game the system. Really, that's who we are if you want to be honest about it. Except, really, honesty doesn't count for much these days.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,584 posts)
8. What has happened to this country?
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:48 PM
Nov 2015

Just a few years ago, even Bush would have had his ass handed to him if he'd said something like that in public. Now it's apparently considered a mainstream belief that is acceptable for the frontrunner of one of the major political parties to express. And the "base" is just eating it up.

I read the news today, oh boy.... When I heard about this I really wanted to become a hermit. Move to a cabin in the woods with no TV or Internet. I can't stand how fucking bad it's all become.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
39. good luck with your move to a cabin. I did it
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:28 AM
Nov 2015

First I rented a farmhouse in OR with nothing but woods and farm fields around, and a few houses. The guy next door was a crop duster. At one point I lived in the wilderness of BC Canada but the harsh winters and mosquitoes in summer were too much. Also, the logging was out of control, and in fall the loggers burned the slash and the whole valley I lived in was filled with smoke. I had a baby at the time and it was no place for either of us. There is no shangri-la out there anymore. The good land in a good climate is taken and crowded. Maybe S. America?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,584 posts)
40. Realistically, I'm too old to live in the wilderness,
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:01 AM
Nov 2015

but there are times when I just don't want to leave my house.

callous taoboy

(4,583 posts)
14. A scary meathead.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 05:08 PM
Nov 2015

I think if you asked him if he thought gravity should be banned he'd say, "You tell me, you tell me, you tell ME!"

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
11. Why is no one talking about a Presidential candidate vowing to violate the Constituion?
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 04:24 PM
Nov 2015

Trump is saying that he is going to violate the Establishment Clause. That should be an automatic failure in a campaign, yet no one is talking about that.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
15. The only time the Constitution is being violated
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 05:33 PM
Nov 2015

is when Fixed News says its being violated by liberals. How far into the bowl have we fallen?

hibbing

(10,094 posts)
12. This is part of the reason he is leading in the polls
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 04:48 PM
Nov 2015

Sadly, the racism in this country is very depressing.


Peace

Stryder

(450 posts)
23. Doah!
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 09:05 PM
Nov 2015

I'm over 50 and I had no idea.
This is the only version I've ever heard.
I have to get out more.
Cluelessly yours,
Stryder.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
24. And I only know the Cabaret version I posted before. Ha!
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 09:12 PM
Nov 2015

You found me out. I'm a movie buff, not a Nazi.

Stryder

(450 posts)
25. Yes.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 09:17 PM
Nov 2015

That was such an incredible statement,
I had to look up the video. Hear it from
the horses ass, as it were.
And there it is. Getting very scary.
(For shits and giggles ask your rightward leaning friends
how them stupid Krauts coulda let that happen.)

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
37. In may local MSM bought and paid for propaganda rag that has been selectively omitted.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:54 AM
Nov 2015

While the article was not overtly complimentary, it was very selective in carefully not printing the most objectionable statements. The headline for the article is also revealing: "Trump tries to clarify remarks about refugees." This is typical fare that deflects from what he actually said in a attempt to insinuate to a certain extent that perhaps he was misquoted or misspoke. It emphasized that he said that he was only talking about surveillance of Syrians who would be admitted if the Republicans failed to prevent Obama from allowing them to immigrate. The article related that He even went as far as saying that he had trouble hearing the NBC's reporters question without questioning his truthfulness when it is very clear that he heard it loud and clear.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
17. And tonight, Bawbaw Wawa interviews Trump and his wife with a shitload of softball questions
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 06:51 PM
Nov 2015

if the previews are an indication. This just feeds his ego.

niyad

(113,048 posts)
20. too bad that there is not somebody in his audience who can say, "donald, you are a disgusting,
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 07:20 PM
Nov 2015

bigoted, ignorant POS"

PatrickforO

(14,558 posts)
26. The next step? Trump's followers will begin wearing uniforms and openly carrying weapons.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 09:29 PM
Nov 2015

And they will hit the streets and begin vandalizing Muslim businesses and humiliating Muslim people. Then, the capitol building will burn mysteriously, and a Muslim will be blamed...

We will be gripped by horror as Trump's jack booted storm troops march down our streets...

beergood

(470 posts)
31. "The next step? Trump's followers will begin wearing uniforms and openly carrying weapons."
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 06:17 AM
Nov 2015

and trump's enemies will dawn our own uniforms, and wield our rifles in defiance of him and his brown-shirts.

proud liberal gun owner.

polynomial

(750 posts)
27. Let’s be fair
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 09:56 PM
Nov 2015

Every American could possibly be implanted with an RFID, we all can have a quick response code. Yes to be fair everybody gets a tag.

Then the government could sweep any area to find where you are or where you have been, or who you are close to.

So, there goes that feeling that you are secure in your possessions. Its incredible that Trump can stump and make a mockery of the Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

Or Trump is going to shit can religion, or peaceful assembly…the first amendment. It amazing how the media, or journalist in the media do not relate that political pledge as a violation in basic constitutional rights.

Trump has turned into a leader, in the pack of crack pots. However, many can argue that is his job. Done to avoid and distract from the real Nazi profiteering war family, Bush Crime Inc.

Or, Trump knows if Bush Crime Inc. can get away with war profiteering so can he…

3catwoman3

(23,944 posts)
28. Perhaps we really...
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 11:11 PM
Nov 2015

...should have a religious litmus test to hold office in the US. Only atheists and secular humanists would be allowed to run run. Spouting off about religion would be an automatic disqualifier.

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
29. Where are the Teabaggers and Republicans screaming religious freedom now?
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 01:48 AM
Nov 2015

Oh, only Christians have that. Assholes!

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
34. I left the Roman church because of that
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 06:59 PM
Nov 2015

All these idiot Bushops screaming about how put upon and persecuted. I got fucking sick of it in 2012 and left. I had considered defecting for a while but that did it.

Waitsman

(38 posts)
35. Propaganda Works
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 09:30 AM
Nov 2015

After WW2, Nazi propaganda was studied at length to discover how a nation of normal people could be driven to take up arms and attack other countries. If you find one, you will see that the Republicans have been using their exact methods for years, down to the smallest detail.

A side affect of constant lies by the media, has been to turn many of our people into the most susceptible to lies in the world. A recent study found that when given placebos in drug trials, only an average of %9 of people in other countries believed the placebo worked. The rate for Americans was %24. Being the only major country that allows TV adds for prescription drugs, shows that, as Hitler claimed, tell a simple, easy to remember lie often and people will believe it.

polynomial

(750 posts)
36. Very interesting statistic
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:38 AM
Nov 2015

Very interesting statistic, that is the %24 the effect of constant lies by the American media being persuaded via national television.

I agree, and would consider a probable increase in that stat to say %42 within the new age of perpetual political grandstanding by the complicit media.

Trust and verify includes that number of Romney’s prediction that class of citizen can be easily convinced to vote against their interest.

Your studies do relate to my personal experience in corporate America. It has turned into a long term challenge of mine to expose a popular mainstream mathematical concept as the Gaussian when used in the wrong way will induce fascism to the American culture.

With a laugh and a chuckle future Calculus books may very well need to have a disclaimer like cigarettes may cause cancer, or the Gaussian my cause severe fascist chaos.

But more striking, the adds for prescription drugs are in a new level of corruption. It puzzles me how any citizen could accept an advertisement that admits their drug can cause cancer or tendency to suicide. Or, recommendations by organizations such as the AARP, a system that was created by Congress that needs reform. Better to be eliminated.

The AARP advertisement that shows a pin ball guided by rails that illustrates to boomers the really good deal which is in conflict to good intentions because plan B is out dated over due to be merged into the general plan A.


In contrast drug advertisements may also need have that Hollywood rating system for parental guidance. Always wondered why the number thirteen or PG13 were are parents strongly cautioned, a rating in the Voluntary Movie Rating System indicating that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Wouldn’t it be interesting as a quality standard in breaking news that some measure must be introduced by the media to understand if that PG13 Voluntary Movie Rating is violated, or ignored, or abused by parents of problem children.

More and more critics do realize even the basic new sound entertainment systems are relational to the new THX quality. Yet a huge controversy is in play for home sound quality systems that Bose is a charade and over-priced marketing scheme where money is wasted in a grand scale.

There is no business like show business Republicans know...

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