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1. 

   Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

   Liberals are ruining America.
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   Rockngolfer said, 4 months ago

   Now that is funny, the toon I mean.
   His candidates lost by less % than the teabagger candidates.
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   Darsan54 said, 4 months ago

   Love the image of Skunk Karl !!!
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   Darsan54 said, 4 months ago

   @Ms. Ima

   Can you even read? Look at that cartoon!
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   Gary Williams said, 4 months ago

   @ Darsan54

   no, He cannot read
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   The Wolf In Your Midst said, 4 months ago

   @ScottPM

   You don’t even see the huge contradiction in your own post, do you?
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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   I thought Tpublicans loved skunk tea.
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   DrCanuck said, 4 months ago

   @ScottPM

   And liberals and conservatives should not be fighting each other because the real issue is the plundering of your economy, the destruction of your environment, and the alienation of the rest of the world by your military-industrial complex.
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   flake-67121 said, 4 months ago

   @Darsan54

   you’re a very passionate person. It would be funny to watch you if you learned the truth.
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    mickey1339 said, 4 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    “And liberals and conservatives should not be fighting each other.”
    

    
    Really Doc, you’re being far too rational and logical today. Next you’re going to be suggesting that we can try to civilly agree to disagree and find common ground that we can compromise on. Shudder. Pretty soon you’re going to be making irrational statements like we should hammer on our elected representatives to find equitable solutions to the problems of the country and not just what is politically tenable. Damn good thing you don’t live here, you obviously don’t appreciate the changing fabric of American society!
    

    
    I think if you’re going to continue to post these radical ideas you need to find another venue to contribute to.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago

    @ScottPM

    Here we go again, I have to explain to a conservative how their desired policies will make us like Greece. It has been quipped that tax evasion was the national sport of Greece. A lack of tax revenue was one major contributing fact to the problems of Greece. The republicans want to eliminate the evasion part by eliminating the tax revenue part in America. Well for all things except their pet projects. Another major contributing factor was “cooking the books” to get loans. This was allowed in part by the deregulation of the financial industry in America which allowed predatory lending and a myriad of other morally bankrupt practices all in the name of profit. Greece sought these creative accounting measures to get loans that couldn’t be supported by tax revenues. A couple loose parallels in America that have hugely contributed to our debt are two wars waged “off the books” or “on the credit card” while cutting taxes in time of war, something that has never been done before in the history of this nation. Those very same tax cuts disproportionately benefitted the rich, the republicans only concern.
    
    To try and recover Greece has agreed to (widely described and recognized as) punishing austerity measures. These austerity measures are prolonging Greece’s recession and economic woes. If you disagree with this premise we can look back to our own Great Depression. President Roosevelt increased government spending and the economy started to slowly improve. The conservatives of the day demanded austerity, and President Roosevelt gave in, and the Great Depression was prolonged, the economic improvement stalled. It wasn’t until the government resumed deficit spending on domestic projects and then the war (you’ve heard of World War II haven’t you?) that the economy started to improve again. Austerity does not work to recover from deep recession or depression, in fact it only prolongs it. The key is to cut back when times are good and to take the excess tax revenue and pay down the debt accrued during the down times and then start saving for the next downturn. But the republicans have shown they are incapable of understanding that concept.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago

    @flake-67121

    It would be phenomenal if conservatives would acknowledge the truth let alone learn it. Reality is too much to ask. Baby steps are all that can be expected from the current crop of “spoon-feed me my thoughts” republicans.
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    Stipple said, 4 months ago

    @TheTrustedMechanic

    What you say is not a secret, I admire your ability to keep repeating this to the folks that skip over it so they can post their incorrect sound bites.
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    curtisls87 said, 4 months ago

    @TheTrustedMechanic

    Please provide citation for claims you make with respect to Greece, and also Roosevelt’s capitulation.
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    Robert Landers said, 4 months ago

    @curtisls87 Perhaps you should get a good history book on the Great Depression. What TrustedMechanic stated is an accepted part of American History. Also, what he stated is just simple reasonable logic, but that does seem to be in short supply here on these comment boards!

    One of the biggest problems with the internet, is people that keep asking for proof from others on the internet itself. As if people in general that use the internet no longer know how to read books anymore. Kind of sad really!
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