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America~"Harsh?"
Government shutdown unleashes racism
Harsh? Look around you at what is happening to America and you will see harsh. I am not talking about closed parks and monuments. I am talking about the funds cut to nearly 9 million mothers and young children for food, breastfeeding support and infant formula.
That is harsh. Making a war against babies is harsh. And for what? Because Cruz, Republican senator from Texas, has grown so drunk on the sound of his own voice and so besotted with illusions of his own grandeur that he believes halting government today will propel him into the White House tomorrow?
As The New York Times ably pointed out, this shutdown did not just happen. It was plotted for months by a coalition of more than three dozen conservative groups led by Edwin Meese III and funded by the billionaire right-wing Koch brothers, who wanted to cripple Obamacare.
Please read more..
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-racism-roger-simon-98272.html#.UlxT8N-vpGE.twitter
But Hilarious!
Cha
(297,471 posts)hope so much it comes to pass!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Hard to say, what with Obama's government shutdown.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)Cha
(297,471 posts)flamingdem
(39,314 posts)Good riddance
I hate Meeces to pieces!
Cha
(297,471 posts)Let's hope their ship "sinks", flamingdem and America Wins! Where's my candles?
flamingdem
(39,314 posts)happy 39th!
I'm sure the candles mean something else , but, um I missed that one.
Cha
(297,471 posts)our Country, flamingdem~
Thanks for all dem
flamingdem
(39,314 posts)A lovely sentiment. One more
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)flamingdem
(39,314 posts)A get along sorta thing, but then I thought of a more practical thing -- get rid of the bad actors!
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)Peace to you, flamingdem.
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)Thanks for the thread, Cha.
Cha
(297,471 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,279 posts)It wasn't hard.
Cha
(297,471 posts)easy one, eppur.
eppur_se_muova
(36,279 posts)sheshe2
(83,843 posts)Then you flush it!
Thanks Cha
Cha
(297,471 posts)Blue Owl
(50,476 posts)n/t
Cha
(297,471 posts)but, they're still holding on to shutdown another path to end the Crisis.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Were on a sinking ship
You would find me peeing in the water, hoping me contribution would make the water just a little deeper.
Cha
(297,471 posts)so America and its People will be saved! I know it will.. it's just a time filled with so much frustration because there doesn't seem to be anything we can do about this right now.
William769
(55,147 posts)Cha
(297,471 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)I agree with 1Strong, except I would pee into the boat to help it sink faster. If it got set on fire while sinking, I'd hold it and wait till I got home.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)Cha
(297,471 posts)and it's self-induced.
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)Cha
(297,471 posts)and all.