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October 6, 2014
As the doctor says, there is a racial aspect being promoted by Faux in regards to Ebola.
This could translate to the 'Stand Your Ground' fans as 'I saw a black guy and was afraid of my life from Ebola, so I shot him.'
That is how wacked out some are nowadays. I say this because it was the media-induced RWNJ xenophobia that lead to them going to the border to shoot people who they say are carrying diseases.
Not all the ignoratti stay safely at home behind their keyboards or watching Faux. Some of them want to work out their fantasies IRL.
With the epidemic of black people getting shot, this just gives batshit people another reason, the more they push the hysteria.
JMHO.
October 5, 2014
That's from the 'Burn the Witch' scene. I can just picture some people who are panicking starting to shoot anyone they think is from Africa, to save the USA from Ebola.
Just like the characters at the border who wanted to shoot the kids coming across because they were 'bringing diseases.' The GOP is still running on the belief that Mexicans, etc. are bringing Ebola.
Gays were targeted during the Reagan era for 'spreading AIDS' and that mindset has resurged again in some circles and it's also being used politically by the RWnuts.
Muslims in the USA are now seeing an uptick in threats and violence since ISIL started up and this can be the same thing. We don't want mobs of ignorant people roving about looking for whoever they're being told is a danger to them.
Nor do we need the likes of Gohmert who is running with his claim that Obama's plan with sending troops specially trained to work with diseases to Africa is his plan to bring them back and kill millions of Americans!
He sent them there to end the anarchy and panic breaking out there, which ensures more deaths and the possibility of it going global. I appreciate your links on this...
I won't get on board with any kind of mentality that blames human victims and not the disease. All of this is in the news to panic Americans instead of the good news of the CDC's progress on a vaccine for the disease released in September, but given no press. This is the Segretti method to run too much to refute just before an election.
And MSM isn't going to help keep things factual. There is an excellent piece by Charles Pierce on how this is being fanned to a flame by the media. The calmer voices are being shouted down.
Thanks, mainer. Some of MSM wants us to react like this:
That's from the 'Burn the Witch' scene. I can just picture some people who are panicking starting to shoot anyone they think is from Africa, to save the USA from Ebola.
Just like the characters at the border who wanted to shoot the kids coming across because they were 'bringing diseases.' The GOP is still running on the belief that Mexicans, etc. are bringing Ebola.
Gays were targeted during the Reagan era for 'spreading AIDS' and that mindset has resurged again in some circles and it's also being used politically by the RWnuts.
Muslims in the USA are now seeing an uptick in threats and violence since ISIL started up and this can be the same thing. We don't want mobs of ignorant people roving about looking for whoever they're being told is a danger to them.
Nor do we need the likes of Gohmert who is running with his claim that Obama's plan with sending troops specially trained to work with diseases to Africa is his plan to bring them back and kill millions of Americans!
He sent them there to end the anarchy and panic breaking out there, which ensures more deaths and the possibility of it going global. I appreciate your links on this...
I won't get on board with any kind of mentality that blames human victims and not the disease. All of this is in the news to panic Americans instead of the good news of the CDC's progress on a vaccine for the disease released in September, but given no press. This is the Segretti method to run too much to refute just before an election.
And MSM isn't going to help keep things factual. There is an excellent piece by Charles Pierce on how this is being fanned to a flame by the media. The calmer voices are being shouted down.
October 3, 2014
Joey Garrison and Maria Giordano - August 13, 2014
NASHVILLE — Convinced of wins during last week's elections in Tennessee, a group led by the billionaire Koch brothers has vowed to continue to spend aggressively in the state in pursuit of derailing Common Core academic standards here.
The Tennessee branch of Americans for Prosperity, a political and lobbying arm founded by conservatives Charles and David Koch, claims it spent $500,000 over the last six weeks targeted at "bringing the issues with Common Core to light" in Tennessee — "and this is just the beginning," the group's state director Andrew Ogles said in a statement Wednesday.
The organization, which set up shop in Nashville last year, pointed specifically to results in Williamson County's school board and state legislative races as evidence the public is "opposed to this one-size-fits-all takeover of the education system."
There, six new candidates were elected to the 12-member board, including four who ran on anti-Common Core platforms that countered the pro-Common Core position of superintendent Mike Looney. Victories came even though Williamson County Schools again boasted some of the highest test scores in the state.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/13/koch-brothers-anti-common-core-spending/14018753/
Denounced by liberals, Kochs defend corporate brand
Fredreka Schouten - August 7, 2014
"It's disappointing that those who have never lifted a finger in support of our schools now feel entitled to dictate how the highest-performing school system in the state is run," said Welch.
Tori Venable, communications director for Americans for Prosperity Tennessee, said she could not say how much of the $500,000 spent on anti-Common Core efforts statewide went directly to Williamson County. In a news release, the organization made clear that efforts are now geared toward January when state lawmakers reconvene in Nashville.
Americans for Prosperity currently has a statewide radio ad running in Tennessee aimed at Common Core. She suggested more mail pieces could be on the way.
"The goal is to get it repealed," Venable said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/13/koch-brothers-anti-common-core-spending/14018753/
Gotta give 'em credit for consistency. On the same page (and the lay out is confusing me there) it says they are still pushing for school vouchers - that is to defund the public schools, and go private with education. Gotta keep those uppity history buffs out of the children's your minds.
It's part of their overall strategy, and used by CT pundits and Libertarians:
“We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”
“We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”
“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”
Rest of their plans here:
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014833821#post10
Some say they're against CC and their scapegoats are Obama and Arne Duncan, but they say it's for other reasons:
http://www.publicschoolshakedown.org/common-core-versus-the-koch-brother-agenda-for-education-an-untenable-choice-keep-the-billionaire-corporate-interest-out-of-our-opposition
People can decide for themselves what is going on here, long term and take a nuanced stance, but as this piece says, it's about solutions. We know the Koch solution is like Ann Romney and Glenn Beck, who say education should be done at churches. Make sure those kids are taught religion and all other aspects of reality must bow down to that, first.
Nailed it...
Koch brothers group to keep pressure on Common CoreJoey Garrison and Maria Giordano - August 13, 2014
NASHVILLE — Convinced of wins during last week's elections in Tennessee, a group led by the billionaire Koch brothers has vowed to continue to spend aggressively in the state in pursuit of derailing Common Core academic standards here.
The Tennessee branch of Americans for Prosperity, a political and lobbying arm founded by conservatives Charles and David Koch, claims it spent $500,000 over the last six weeks targeted at "bringing the issues with Common Core to light" in Tennessee — "and this is just the beginning," the group's state director Andrew Ogles said in a statement Wednesday.
The organization, which set up shop in Nashville last year, pointed specifically to results in Williamson County's school board and state legislative races as evidence the public is "opposed to this one-size-fits-all takeover of the education system."
There, six new candidates were elected to the 12-member board, including four who ran on anti-Common Core platforms that countered the pro-Common Core position of superintendent Mike Looney. Victories came even though Williamson County Schools again boasted some of the highest test scores in the state.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/13/koch-brothers-anti-common-core-spending/14018753/
Denounced by liberals, Kochs defend corporate brand
Fredreka Schouten - August 7, 2014
"It's disappointing that those who have never lifted a finger in support of our schools now feel entitled to dictate how the highest-performing school system in the state is run," said Welch.
Tori Venable, communications director for Americans for Prosperity Tennessee, said she could not say how much of the $500,000 spent on anti-Common Core efforts statewide went directly to Williamson County. In a news release, the organization made clear that efforts are now geared toward January when state lawmakers reconvene in Nashville.
Americans for Prosperity currently has a statewide radio ad running in Tennessee aimed at Common Core. She suggested more mail pieces could be on the way.
"The goal is to get it repealed," Venable said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/13/koch-brothers-anti-common-core-spending/14018753/
Gotta give 'em credit for consistency. On the same page (and the lay out is confusing me there) it says they are still pushing for school vouchers - that is to defund the public schools, and go private with education. Gotta keep those uppity history buffs out of the children's your minds.
It's part of their overall strategy, and used by CT pundits and Libertarians:
“We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”
“We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”
“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”
Rest of their plans here:
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014833821#post10
Some say they're against CC and their scapegoats are Obama and Arne Duncan, but they say it's for other reasons:
http://www.publicschoolshakedown.org/common-core-versus-the-koch-brother-agenda-for-education-an-untenable-choice-keep-the-billionaire-corporate-interest-out-of-our-opposition
People can decide for themselves what is going on here, long term and take a nuanced stance, but as this piece says, it's about solutions. We know the Koch solution is like Ann Romney and Glenn Beck, who say education should be done at churches. Make sure those kids are taught religion and all other aspects of reality must bow down to that, first.
October 3, 2014
By David Ferguson - September 9, 2014
House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill that would direct funding to the fight to contain the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which is raging out of control in multiple African countries.
The Hill blog reported that a source familiar with the budget negotiations confirmed that House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) will agree to provide only $40 million of the $88 million the Obama administration asked for in its 2015 budget.
Twenty-five million dollars of the $40 million would go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $15 to the Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in order to speed up production of an experimental anti-Ebola drug.
The Obama administration originally asked for $58 million for BARDA, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is tasked with coordinating the nation’s response to public health crises, including medical testing, vaccines, drug development and other products and services associated with “public health and medical consequences of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) accidents, incidents and attacks, pandemic influenza, and emerging infectious diseases.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/gop-house-guts-white-houses-request-for-funds-to-fight-and-contain-ebola/
to unhappycamper:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1104866
The GOP's response to the call for Ebola aid was to slash the funding:
GOP House guts White House’s request for funds to fight and contain EbolaBy David Ferguson - September 9, 2014
House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill that would direct funding to the fight to contain the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which is raging out of control in multiple African countries.
The Hill blog reported that a source familiar with the budget negotiations confirmed that House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) will agree to provide only $40 million of the $88 million the Obama administration asked for in its 2015 budget.
Twenty-five million dollars of the $40 million would go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $15 to the Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in order to speed up production of an experimental anti-Ebola drug.
The Obama administration originally asked for $58 million for BARDA, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is tasked with coordinating the nation’s response to public health crises, including medical testing, vaccines, drug development and other products and services associated with “public health and medical consequences of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) accidents, incidents and attacks, pandemic influenza, and emerging infectious diseases.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/gop-house-guts-white-houses-request-for-funds-to-fight-and-contain-ebola/
to unhappycamper:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1104866
October 3, 2014
Naturally this, like the Secret Service stories, are topics for concern. We knew it'd be hyped up by MSM for the upcoming elections with anything else they can use to paint Obama as incompetent, or even to keep people from the polls...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110215862
Tea Party Wacko Says Pres Obama Wants 3,000 Troops ‘to Go Catch Ebola and Die’
Naturally this, like the Secret Service stories, are topics for concern. We knew it'd be hyped up by MSM for the upcoming elections with anything else they can use to paint Obama as incompetent, or even to keep people from the polls...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110215862
October 2, 2014
~ George Orwell
Would the first sentence explain the opposition to any government action, and negate a 'just war,' even if in self-defense?
Because it appears no one believes there was ever any 'just war.' Of course, most of us would simply prefer no war to exist. And I suspect there will never be a WW3, as it could never be organized due to lack of resources. But in its stead, will be small, brutal conflicts that people will justify, excuse or ignore unless they see a gun in their own face.
Would the premise of the second sentence describe people who admire Putin or other strong men - just the simplicity of it all?
The third sentence appears to be all that matters now. Hitler = Roosevelt = Stalin = Bush = Obama in current conspiracy theories. Because of LIHOP. It is defended with vehemence.
There is a place where critical thinking is stymied by a reactive emotion and why discussions on these matters end up being not discussions, but brawls and namecalling.
Is 'Negative Nationalism' similiar to this?
The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow their thoughts beyond that point. But there is a minority of intellectual pacifists, whose real though unacknowledged motive appears to be hatred of western democracy and admiration for totalitarianism. Pacifist propaganda usually boils down to saying that one side is as bad as the other, but if one looks closely at the writing of the younger intellectual pacifists, one finds that they do not by any means express impartial disapproval but are directed almost entirely against Britain and the United States…~ George Orwell
Would the first sentence explain the opposition to any government action, and negate a 'just war,' even if in self-defense?
Because it appears no one believes there was ever any 'just war.' Of course, most of us would simply prefer no war to exist. And I suspect there will never be a WW3, as it could never be organized due to lack of resources. But in its stead, will be small, brutal conflicts that people will justify, excuse or ignore unless they see a gun in their own face.
Would the premise of the second sentence describe people who admire Putin or other strong men - just the simplicity of it all?
The third sentence appears to be all that matters now. Hitler = Roosevelt = Stalin = Bush = Obama in current conspiracy theories. Because of LIHOP. It is defended with vehemence.
There is a place where critical thinking is stymied by a reactive emotion and why discussions on these matters end up being not discussions, but brawls and namecalling.
October 2, 2014
Obviously, you are against Americans making money off guns and ammo sales. Why do you hate America?
Stop playing coy, MrScorpio!
Obviously, you are against Americans making money off guns and ammo sales. Why do you hate America?
October 2, 2014
That comment was Perfect. The language of some sounds familiar. It's why kitty makes that face but says nothing.
'Lemme whitesplain something to you, fellow white men: no one buys your bullshit.'
That comment was Perfect. The language of some sounds familiar. It's why kitty makes that face but says nothing.
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