Incitement to violence? Really? I prefer to have faith in the system and work through things using the tools that have worked for over 200 years. Remember - “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate…”
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Apartheid in Australia? Who would have thought?
Whites are alike all over, apparently no surprise there ! Except they need brownies, because they’re not so smart and there are more of them. It happened in here but true all over. Damn
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My point is that the Aussies, despite a despicable history, seem to have learned something over time. My hope is that Americans can take some of these hard-learned lessons to heart, particularly this prison camp business, and fix it. Regularized movement of all should be possible in a first-best world. Otherwise we are fucked in a Trumpian, Orbanish race to the bottom.
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I knew he would be no upgrade on Bohener, because Boehner knew the system, whereas Ryan thinks he’s better than the system.
Hint, yer not.
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But what about morris dancing?
Agreed. The stakes couldn’t be higher and yet they simply can’t find a way to form around a bill. They truly don’t deserve to be in charge.
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This from Jim Wallis at Sojourners:
Pence’s Speech at the Southern Baptist’s Annual Meeting Was More like a Trump Rally (by John Fea)
The vice president used the word “president” 61 times in his speech and “Trump” 12 times. He used the word “God” 9 times and “Christ” only twice.
Whitey apparently has found God and he’s Donald J. Trump. So has the Christian Right given up on Jesus after hiding behind Him for so many decades?
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My perspective from across the ditch is that Australia has made a lot of progress on embracing multi-cultural immigration (naru island aside). but not as much on anti-aboriginal racism, even though both policies were abolished at about the same time : A 1967 referendum amended the constitution to grant aboriginal people citizenship (prior to that they were not even considered ‘people’ by the census)
“Half Caste” aboriginal children were also removed from their families until the seventies (the stolen generation)
the “white Australia” immigration policy was abolished finally in 1975.
Australia has made a lot of progress in 40 years. I hope we can do the same
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Gee, the DC media’s “wonk” once again falls flat on his face trying to pass the most basic of legislation just in his own caucus. Possibly the 2nd greatest thing to happen in January of 2019 will be watching Paul Ryan leave Washington (the first greatest thing will be the Democrats taking control of the House and/or Senate).
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When your last name ends in a vowel like Barletta you ought to be a little more less hostile to immigrants.
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No doubt the GOP is filled with cold hearts and are incompetent when it comes to running the government, but we need to put more pressure on our Democratic allies in terms of not just talking the talk but walking the walk. Lest we forget, we controlled everything from 2009-2011 and they never even tried to push for comprehensive immigration reform. I know they were working on health care but they didn’t need to take everyone who was working on that away to write up a good immigration bill. Sometimes I think the Dems want the issue more than they want a fix.
The racist GOP will never be happy until all “colored” self deport.
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The dems did not need to work on healtcare, they could have supported Medicare buy in for all as it exists. Plus drug pricing. Good first steps.
Paul Ryan. Spineless jellyfish and worst, most impotent house speaker ever. Low energy. Fail. Sad.
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Guess who native Americans wish will self deport?
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I am so stealing this!
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You know, maybe that’s the answer. Maybe that’s how we get all the terrified little insecure spineless weasels European Heritage Enthusiasts on board with diversity: Do a European Pride Parade. Let ‘em dress up in everything from togas to frilly French Musketeer outfits to Maximilian Plate to viking gear to kilts and plaids with full bagpipes a-blowin’. Re-introduce them to interesting and tasty European cuisine like strudel and soft-pretzels and shepherd’s pie as festive foods… simple, but hearty fare.
Don’t let them boil things. (Absolutely best line in Winter Soldier: ‘The food’s a lot better… we used to boil everything…’)
I mean, look, they want to claim all this is about heritage, right? So teach them to celebrate theirs in an inclusive way. I mean, say whatever you want about sitars and the didjeridu, when you want to know what a whole litter of feral cats in heat sounds like, nobody beats the bagpipes! People who want to celebrate ‘southern heritage’ can take up the Irish fiddle like proper Appalachian hill-folk!
(And really, what the hell is wrong with Western culture that we’ve had over 2 centuries of all business and formal attire being drab, dark, muted colors or black? At least in the 18th century and earlier, formal attire would have some color to it! If you’re alive, the only thing you can really guarantee is that sooner or later, you’re gonna get dead. Enjoy it while you have it!)
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Well to accurately describe their politics and their policies, the R really has to stand for Radical Reactionary.
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We did not control everything from '09 to '11.
Dem traitor and coward Joe Lieberman kept the Dems from ruling. Manchin wasn’t much help either, nor Diane Feinstein.
The GOP Nazis can stuff that wall right up their a$$. They’ve already passed the terrorist tax bill giving the super rich and large corporate money from middle class and poor Americans, or, the vast majority. The whole country is finally hip to the fact, the GOP hates us. They hate the majority of Americans. If the tax bill doesn’t prove it (which it does), their attempt at MurderCare makes it rock solid.
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