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July 17, 2013
Cults are very effective without a well-educated populace to stop them.
These are the ones taking away women, minority and voting rights, destroying the Commons and threatening civil war. They are armed and have a really long hate list.
July 17, 2013
http://www.11points.com/Books/11_Eye-Opening_Highlights_From_a_Creationist_Science_Textbook
We wish it wasn't, but this is not a joke. They have been taking over school boards for years. And they are building a parallel society in order to destroy ours.
They are for privatization and religious schools. It'll be core curriculum.
The farther we get away from secular and public education, the more this has grown.http://www.11points.com/Books/11_Eye-Opening_Highlights_From_a_Creationist_Science_Textbook
We wish it wasn't, but this is not a joke. They have been taking over school boards for years. And they are building a parallel society in order to destroy ours.
July 17, 2013
Don’t believe the Tea Party is out to impose a religious theocracy? Wait till you see what their elected officials are supporting in Ohio. Pictured: Sonny Thomas, from Plunder Bund.
Citizens within the Springboro, Ohio school district are upset about the antics of the president and founder of the Springboro Tea Party, Sonny Thomas, who unfurled a Confederate flag this past Thursday at a school board meeting. And not satisfied with just that level of shock, he is reported to have said that African-Americans should consider themselves lucky since they are treated better in the United States than they would be if they were in “Black Countries” with “genocide.” But upon further digging, this was to be expected from the Springboro Tea Party founder. What is more stunning was that, despite the man’s clear disruptive behavior, he was allowed to stay for the whole meeting while others the board deemed disruptive were removed.
Even a casual search of the group website reveals far worse material than just a Confederate link, as one can find an “about us” page which comes right out of the Sovereign Citizen handbook. Yes, this is a group of domestic terrorists plaguing Springboro, Ohio. But why was Mr. Thomas given such latitude after his disruption of the school board meeting? It turns out that the president of the school board is Dr. Kelly Kohls, Chairman of the Warren County Tea Party, who, with her vice-president, Jim Rigano, has already gone on record in support of controversial Tea-Party leaning Constitutional classes. Dr. Kohls is the same woman under fire for proposed replacing science education with religiously-based doctrine, as covered by WHIO TV...
Ever since the Tea Party movement was founded in 2002 by the Koch brothers, it has courted these form of anti-government radicals. They have played a very long-view game, creating think tanks and organizations decades earlier, which now serve as the foundation for their movement today. The Tea Party are just puppets at the end of Koch strings.
VIDEO and more links to supporting articles at the link. Read more:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/15/tea-party-supports-blatant-racism-in-springfield-ohio-pushing-agenda-to-dismantle-united-states/#ixzz2ZGXVcJbk
Tea Party Supports Blatant Racism In Springboro, Ohio – Pushing Agenda To Dismantle USA (VIDEO)
By Nathaniel Downes July 15, 2013Don’t believe the Tea Party is out to impose a religious theocracy? Wait till you see what their elected officials are supporting in Ohio. Pictured: Sonny Thomas, from Plunder Bund.
Citizens within the Springboro, Ohio school district are upset about the antics of the president and founder of the Springboro Tea Party, Sonny Thomas, who unfurled a Confederate flag this past Thursday at a school board meeting. And not satisfied with just that level of shock, he is reported to have said that African-Americans should consider themselves lucky since they are treated better in the United States than they would be if they were in “Black Countries” with “genocide.” But upon further digging, this was to be expected from the Springboro Tea Party founder. What is more stunning was that, despite the man’s clear disruptive behavior, he was allowed to stay for the whole meeting while others the board deemed disruptive were removed.
Even a casual search of the group website reveals far worse material than just a Confederate link, as one can find an “about us” page which comes right out of the Sovereign Citizen handbook. Yes, this is a group of domestic terrorists plaguing Springboro, Ohio. But why was Mr. Thomas given such latitude after his disruption of the school board meeting? It turns out that the president of the school board is Dr. Kelly Kohls, Chairman of the Warren County Tea Party, who, with her vice-president, Jim Rigano, has already gone on record in support of controversial Tea-Party leaning Constitutional classes. Dr. Kohls is the same woman under fire for proposed replacing science education with religiously-based doctrine, as covered by WHIO TV...
Ever since the Tea Party movement was founded in 2002 by the Koch brothers, it has courted these form of anti-government radicals. They have played a very long-view game, creating think tanks and organizations decades earlier, which now serve as the foundation for their movement today. The Tea Party are just puppets at the end of Koch strings.
VIDEO and more links to supporting articles at the link. Read more:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/15/tea-party-supports-blatant-racism-in-springfield-ohio-pushing-agenda-to-dismantle-united-states/#ixzz2ZGXVcJbk
July 16, 2013
Get Together ~ The Youngbloods
Love is but a song we sing
And fear’s the way we die.
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry.
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why.
C’mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Some will come and some will go
And we shall surely pass.
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
C’mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand.
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command
C'mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Remember these words. Life is short:
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
~ Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator
A little more from my days:
Get Together ~ The Youngbloods
Love is but a song we sing
And fear’s the way we die.
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry.
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why.
C’mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Some will come and some will go
And we shall surely pass.
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
C’mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand.
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command
C'mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Remember these words. Life is short:
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
~ Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator
July 8, 2013
And 'I always vote Democrat!' Followed by 'But here is why it makes no difference!' To which I say:
July 8, 2013
Mayor Cory Booker Lays out Party Platform at the DNC
Elizabeth Warren's Full DNC Speech - Elections 2012
DNC 2012 - Sandra Fluke Address the DNC
DNC 2012 Includes Support For Gay Marriage
Democratic Party Platform from 2012 Democratic National Convention
The 2012 DNC Platform is available as a pdf at this link:
http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform
Compare it to the Democratic Party platform:
Democratic National Convention: The DNC PlatformMayor Cory Booker Lays out Party Platform at the DNC
Elizabeth Warren's Full DNC Speech - Elections 2012
DNC 2012 - Sandra Fluke Address the DNC
DNC 2012 Includes Support For Gay Marriage
Democratic Party Platform from 2012 Democratic National Convention
The 2012 DNC Platform is available as a pdf at this link:
http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform
July 7, 2013
Well said. Also, the 'Obama dividing meme' is out of Rush and FNN's mouths.
But all that you said, is spot-on about the results of ratfucking and not issues. There are many issues on the ground.
This OP details the oppression of MILLIONS of fellow citizens NOW. Not just in one state, but nationally. It should have HUNDREDS of Rec's, so it shows what are not priorities at DU:
If you want to know what actual tyranny looks like, ask poor women in Texas
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10023188714
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