Monday, September 7, 2009

American Socialism

In the rest of the world, the term socialist denotes a person who believes the federal government is in the best position to distribute the wealth of the nation. In America, where people think a little differently, it's defined variously as "a compassionate person" or "a jungle bunny who wants to outlaw freedom and turn your kids into atheist potheads who have interracial gay sex on welfare," depending on whether you're talking to a Democrat who knows nothing about economics or a Republican who knows nothing about anything. In conclusion, God help us all.

RATING: 50/50, all idiots

(Image from www.freeulysses.com.)

9 comments:

Internet Robyn said...

Jim Greer is an asshat! I want to know more about those lesson plans.

If a politician came to our schools, we'd welcome them and their lesson plans. It would be a good way to generate discussion and help students form their own opinions and gain an understanding of their level of comprehension of government. Most speakers that come to the school provide such a "lesson plan" befoer hand to help teacher make the presentation more of a "teachable moment".

IN my birthtown I have things like this to worry about.

Internet John said...

Staff Sgt. Randy MacKenzie: "It kind of raises a hair on your back when you see something like that."

I don't even know where to begin.

P.S. Let's put the asshat away for a while.

Internet Robyn said...

When there are no more asshats to mention, I will put it to rest!

DCP said...

Obama is a pretty great president in theory, but I think he overestimated American capability for rational debate (it's zero).

Internet John said...

You can totally hear it in the debate between Jim Greer and that other idiot:

"The problem is that Republicans all listen to talk radio and fuck their sisters and won't listen to reason."

"NO, the problem is that Democrats are foisting a socialist ideological agenda onto our school systems by making kids listen to our nigger--er, socialist president!"

Yell, don't talk. Roll your eyes. Act like everything the other guy says is a) a lie and b) the stupidest thing you ever heard in your life. Whatever you do, ONLY spout worn clichés.

I think after my stint in Texas I might check out England.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

hmm.. england is one idea but i thought it might be hoof you to move to communist north korea you lazy pinko wetback

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

(i dont know if your mexican i just thought id join in throwing racial apithets around)

Not You said...

Look, R Kelley tag…I’m not going to waste my time engaging in an actual political debate with someone like yourself, who is obviously very very angry, and also very confused about the source of that anger. This is my last comment on this: I don’t think anyone is “happy w/ the state of things in the country,” we just differ on what we think should be done to work on these problems. There is no easy answer. These ludicrous assertions you have made about my being a lazy pinko wetback are completely unfounded and fueled only by your hatred and paranoia (and the same generated by others with similar biases). You are not addressing the actual issues underlying the "apithets [sic]” either.

Also, Stalin was the man of the century.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

i feel like im ina egar alan poe book and im being pursued to the end of the earth by a hippie (psychological thriller)