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In reply to the discussion: My neighbor burned his yard signs this morning. [View all]Jamastiene
(38,206 posts)First, he is blaming Democrats for all of the unnecessary cuts to nonmilitary government spending made by Republicans, so they can make more bombs to line their pockets and the pockets of all their rich ass, powerful friends in the MIC. If America had just cut one bomb from the list of bombs to be built for a single year and put that money on finding a vaccine for Ebola, we probably would never have had a case of Ebola in America and Africa would have life saving vaccines. Those bombs fucking cost out the ass, but there is ALWAYS money for bombs, but NEVER money for anything else that the government should be funding, like for health care.
Second, he is believing what Republicans are running around spouting, you know, their typical isolationist mentality. If he is damn dumb enough to buy that American Exceptionalism isolationist bullshit, he is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Why do you think America is so reviled and hated by so many in the world? We are a country that only gives a shit about our own profits, not people, not our own people, and certainly not people in other parts of the world.
Third, yard signs are like pom poms. You can rah rah rah for somebody, but most people already have their minds made up who they are going to vote for, if they are going to bother to vote. Yard signs don't decide elections. Voters do.
Fourth, the fact that he is only blaming Democrats for this situation shows that his loyalty already lies with the Republicans. Otherwise, he would be more fair about it and blame both, because, in all honesty, our entire government fucked those nurses and left them on their own to deal with a very serious biological nightmare with lousy information on how to handle it. The CDC fucked up in how they handled it and whoever the administrators of that hospital were who told the supervising nurse not to put Duncan in isolation to begin with deserve some serious scrutiny as well. They should have listened to that supervising nurse.
Lastly, if he cares so much about health, why the fuck is he burning plastic? What idiot burns plastic? Doesn't everyone know burning plastic is a really bad idea?