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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissouri Republicans vote to stop issuing driver’s licenses
...Melissa Wilson, wife of state Rep. Kenneth Wilson (R), told the committee earlier this month that she was certain that gun records had been shared with the federal government as a part of a United Nations initiative called Agenda 21, which some conservatives believe is a conspiracy to transform America from the land of the free, to the land of the collective through a mind-control tactic called the Delphi technique.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/23/missouri-republicans-vote-to-stop-issuing-drivers-licenses-over-gun-records-conspiracy-theory/
Kennah
(14,261 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)WTF does that mean?
Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)It's an Idiocracy reference. Starbucks has degraded into a brothel and Fuddruckers has become a resteraunt named Buttfuckers. It's a omedy where the future is populated entirely by idiots.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)But I find it pretty stunning that it is driving the republicans in the GA. FREAKS!
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)ZRT2209
(1,357 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)sigmasix
(794 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts).
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Guess legal gun sales are about to take a nose dive...
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I wonder if they're thinking it will mostly only impact new drivers- 16 yr. olds aren't yet able to vote. No matter what they're thinking, driving without insurance is about to increase.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)I wonder how this will play with Missourians in general. It would piss me off, for sure.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)The conspiracy theory element should be polled.
The beginners think the UN wants to take over some of our land. Others believe it is aliens.
I would love to see the partisan leanings on that.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)One can always find a conspiracy that aggravates any particular phobia. I am truly alarmed at the number of people who subscribe to one or another, some or many of the boogeyman tales out there. What's frightening is some of them get elected to office and then really stupid things --like this -- come to pass.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)People latch on to them like religion. It seems like there's one to fit any existing bias.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)In fact, now we have more diversity of delusions. But, the number of deluded has remained about the same.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Because just enough of them turn out to be true to make the rest seem plausible.
WMD's in Iraq for instance.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)It is plausible to some that Sandy Hook either never happened, or that the evil "they" were behind it. Same goes for the Marathon bombing. And let's not forget that aliens have always been here. They're watching. They'll be back.
I am not immune. I believe that the big money cabal really does rule the world.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)when he ran the illuminate stuff by for 364 time... I conceded, mentioning most folks knew them as the Chamber Of Commerce
pampango
(24,692 posts)This poll is not specifically on who believes that Agenda 21 is a UN conspiracy to take over our land Generally though it seems that the New World Order believers on the right think that it is the UN that is going to lead the way in the NWO so both the Agenda 21 and NWO CT's center on suspicions of the UN.
Do you believe that a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian world government, or New World Order, or not?
'Very Liberal' : Yes - 12%, No - 69%;
'Somewhat Liberal' : Yes - 20%, No - 51%;
'Moderate': Yes - 23%, No - 56%;
'Somewhat Conservative' : Yes - 33%, No - 38%;
'Very Conservative' : Yes - 45%, No - 26%.
"Very Liberal" seem to laugh this CT off, but not the 'very conservative' folks.
Do you believe that global warming is a hoax or not?
'Very Liberal' : Yes - 14%, No - 79%;
'Somewhat Liberal' : Yes - 12%, No - 82%;
'Moderate': Yes - 22%, No - 67%;
'Somewhat Conservative' : Yes - 52%, No - 28%
'Very Conservative' : Yes - 71%, No - 17%.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_National_ConspiracyTheories_040213.pdf
This poll was release on April 2, 2013 and has a lot of information on "Democrats and Republicans differ on conspiracy theory beliefs". It covers many different subjects and breaks down answers on partisan (Democrat-Independent-Republican and liberal-conservative) lines.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)That explains a lot. Those theories gain traction with political support. MO has been moving ever farther rightward at record pace.
pampango
(24,692 posts)Missouri in the late 1970's and it did not seem that politically conservative back then.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)In fact, the GA was Democratically controlled until the 2000s. John Ashcroft was governor from 1985- 93. He famously called Democrats back into a special session to raise taxes. So that he would not have to make cuts to education or health care.
Rex
(65,616 posts)One stupid idea at a time.
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)Paranoid delusions have apparently become the basis for public policy. How incredibly discouraging.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Discouraging indeed! I weep for my state.
chillfactor
(7,575 posts)does this mean if a person cannot get a drivers license in Missouri...they do not need to carry auto insurance? You cannot get insurance without a driver's license....
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)It's an open door for chaos.
Mr. X
(72 posts)I think it's great that the Republicans are moving to get rid of these outdated things known as drivers licenses. After all, we rarely - if ever - have to use them. /sarcasm
Anyway, I really wonder why they think this is a good idea. I can see some Republicans defending this move, saying that driving isn't a right. I'm not going to list all of the secondary uses for a drivers license, but if the Republicans get their way then teens, and those whose licenses expire, better get used to biking or walking.
This is a scare tactic, pure and simple though. It's seen a lot now though. Republicans have mastered this tactic - It's called do things our way or we will **** over the people.
It's a pity though that both of their options are poison - If we don't do as they wish, we get a dose of quick acting poison. If we do what they want, we get a dose of slow acting poison. Either way the people are getting screwed.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)According to some republicans, drivers license databases are the equivalent of a gun registry. "They're" coming fer your cars AND your guns.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Morons abound, as always.