2011-01-10, 09:47 PM
Cancambo Wrote:It isn't like that. It is the fact that the US doesn't have enough money to fund all these government programs. The government has been practicing Keynesian economics for far too long. Sooner or later, you have to bite the bullet and cut spending. The only problem is, Republicans are idiots and still don't save money, they just spend it all on wars. At its base, the Republican party, I think, is probably more of what the Founding Fathers envisioned, small government that protects the freedom of the people, but what's happened is that the people running the party now are Religious evangelicals who just want to bomb Muslims.
You just reminded me of a funny video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrHkxqNT7s
In terms of Republicans and Democrats, they are just the same party with a slightly different flavor to them. Republicans lead by Bush started the wars we are in today, and Democrats lead by Obama are continuing those wars. Same goes for torture in Guantanimo, the patriot act, etc. When it comes to healthcare most Democrats support Obamacare while Republicans support a federal healthcare system... just not Obama's. They will seem to legitimately disagree on some issues like abortion, but they seem to agree on the major issues that shape our nation. There is a very good reason why George Washington warned the nation about political parties...
As for bombing Muslims, we just need an external enemy to distract the people. We need a boogie man to scare us into letting congress pass illegal bills like the Patriot Act. The boogie man in WW2 was Hitler. Then Stalin and the communists in the cold war. Now it is some Muslims and the potential of "homegrown terrorism."
Speaking of homegrown terrorism, that is what the media wants to portray this shooting as.
Personally, I'm not going to let myself be afraid. I dont see a reason to fear terrorism when it kills less people per year than peanuts or bee stings.