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coeur_de_lion

(3,666 posts)
8. I'll admit that
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 07:36 PM
Mar 2017

When Obama was President I didn't give this guy Paul Ryan much thought. I knew his budget proposal was wacko but I didn't know anything else. Or care.

Now that he is front and center and I'm learning about him I think he is a disgrace to the Irish everywhere. Protestant or Catholic.

I wish we could force people of Irish descent who act like privileged assholes to change their names.

I've been reading about Martin McGuinness this week. And thinking about the way the Irish were treated in Ireland and how it caused the IRA to be created. And how after Bloody Sunday the IRA had a surge in their ranks that ultimately escalated "The Troubles" to the point that the British were forced to negotiate peace.

I'm taking my musings even further to imagine an America where ugly people like Paul Ryan prevail. How it would feel to have no rights. And how in that case it might be me joining a group like the IRA, wearing a ski mask and carrying a machine gun.

Because I would totally do it if anyone messed with my social security.

Paul Ryan [View all] H2O Man Mar 2017 OP
KnR Hekate Mar 2017 #1
Thanks. H2O Man Mar 2017 #2
Goood post! furtheradu Mar 2017 #3
Thanks! H2O Man Mar 2017 #4
Kick. dalton99a Mar 2017 #5
Thanks H2O Man Mar 2017 #6
I find myself H2O Man Mar 2017 #7
I'll admit that coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #8
Martin McGuinness was a wonderful man. A solid leader. H2O Man Mar 2017 #9
Martin was smart enough coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #10
Every Irishman H2O Man Mar 2017 #11
I didn't know about Darcy coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #16
Chloe is H2O Man Mar 2017 #20
Cool! coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #22
I'm considering it through my grandmother. I know of Alice11111 Mar 2017 #27
A number of my cousins have. H2O Man Mar 2017 #29
I need to learn more. Everyone on that side has died off. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #35
K&R... spanone Mar 2017 #12
It's been quite H2O Man Mar 2017 #13
the daily gobsmack spanone Mar 2017 #14
Ryan went down the tubes with Republicans controlling the House... Miles Archer Mar 2017 #15
Maybe, Ryan's tenure as Speaker will soon end. Hugin Mar 2017 #17
Well said! H2O Man Mar 2017 #21
Happy about the rejection of the repeal and replace bill but coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #18
In my opinion, H2O Man Mar 2017 #19
schadenfreude coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #24
The "more conservative faction" is an extreme-right Hortensis Mar 2017 #23
Thanks for your analysis coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #25
If only. No analysis, only questions. Hortensis Mar 2017 #30
Very good questions coeur_de_lion Mar 2017 #34
Umhm. Throw off his whole agenda that actually Hortensis Mar 2017 #36
It was all CYA for 2018. Some Repubs wouldn't get re-elected Alice11111 Mar 2017 #28
Paul Ryan is pulling himself up... dchill Mar 2017 #26
Yes to that last. True libertarians reportedly have one Hortensis Mar 2017 #31
"Ryan clearly has no conscience." and he is an arrogant asshole..(apologies to assholes) Stuart G Mar 2017 #32
K/R Not only is the Ryan/Trump plan unacceptable, the ACA is a mere half measure. Alex4Martinez Mar 2017 #33
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