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In reply to the discussion: Obama To Disband the Marine Corps [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)37. This:
Yet in a few months, when we see that our doughnuts are still on the shelves and no one is trying to take them, the Fox viewer will not once ever stop and say to himself--"Hey, they lied to me!". That is because he will already be outraged at the next lie. The cycle will continue, and I'll keep trying to get through.
Their attention span is so poor. Even if you can get them to remember it, they can always deflect that it's still going to happen and Benghazi!
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I love the "We're less free than North Korea/the Soviet Union/Nazi Germany/etc" line.
NYC Liberal
Jan 2015
#7
And that's not all. Obama is going to change the Constitution so he can run for a 3rd term
progree
Jan 2015
#4
Maybe Hillary wants to get rid of the Marines -- they rejected her and said try the Army,
progree
Jan 2015
#5
It is almost normal for people to delude themselves into believing what they want to believe.
Kaleva
Jan 2015
#11
Anyone with half a brain would knows that the USMC is part of the US Navy
ChosenUnWisely
Jan 2015
#19
In practice today you are correct but legally and constitutionally you are incorrect
ChosenUnWisely
Jan 2015
#25
Right, and the "Navy" as allowed by the Constitution encompasses more than the specific "US Navy"
Recursion
Jan 2015
#31
Um, Dude. The USMC was founded in 1775 by the second constitutional convention.
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#38
This is more than just absurd and funny.. its dangerous and a threat to our nation.
DCBob
Jan 2015
#24
You do know Obama has banned by executive decree all protest in front of federal buildings, didn't
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2015
#28
Major Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC, is credited to have stopped a coup in 1932.
John1956PA
Jan 2015
#29
First they came for my guns. Then they came for my doughnuts, and I had no defense. Semper Pie!
WinkyDink
Jan 2015
#30
Michelle Obama is going to force us to eat those scary vegetable things! Nooo!!!
chrisa
Jan 2015
#32