22 Ways to be a good Democrat
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th-graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make The Passion of the Christ for financial gain only.
12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Edison & A.G. Bell.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.
16. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.
17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.
18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.
19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
20. You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest to the United States.
21. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right wing conspiracy.
22. You have to believe that it's okay to give Federal workers off on Christmas Day but it's not okay to say "Merry Christmas."
nonsense....
I call b.s on 3, 5 especially, 8, 9.... oh the whole list is bullspit.
Quote:A.G. Bell
My understanding is that Bell was Scottish, who did most of his work in Canada.
Ergo, this whole list is "bullspit".
Quote:19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=5802
How about this one:
They insist that all children attend government schools, but claim it's unconstitutional if the military contact them about voluntarily joining.
Machiavelli Wrote:nonsense....
I call b.s on 3, 5 especially, 8, 9.... oh the whole list is bullspit.
I know that this will shock you, but I disagree with you. The list looks pretty accurate to me. ;-)
GrayBeard Wrote:Machiavelli Wrote:nonsense....
I call b.s on 3, 5 especially, 8, 9.... oh the whole list is bullspit.
I know that this will shock you, but I disagree with you. The list looks pretty accurate to me. ;-)
Maybe he is a Republican and just does not realize it???
DrTorch Wrote:Quote:A.G. Bell
My understanding is that Bell was Scottish, who did most of his work in Canada.
Ergo, this whole list is "bullspit".
Oh, I see. The phone had no impact on American History. /rolleyes.
Whatever dude.
RebelKev Wrote:DrTorch Wrote:Quote:A.G. Bell
My understanding is that Bell was Scottish, who did most of his work in Canada.
Ergo, this whole list is "bullspit".
Oh, I see. The phone had no impact on American History. /rolleyes.
Whatever dude.
I was joshing w/ you Kev.
DrTorch Wrote:RebelKev Wrote:DrTorch Wrote:Quote:A.G. Bell
My understanding is that Bell was Scottish, who did most of his work in Canada.
Ergo, this whole list is "bullspit".
Oh, I see. The phone had no impact on American History. /rolleyes.
Whatever dude.
I was joshing w/ you Kev.
Kev is a little sensitive these days! :shhh:
DrTorch Wrote:I was joshing w/ you Kev.
Whoops, my bad. Now I feel like an idiot because I didn't detect the sarcasm.
GrayBeard Wrote:Kev is a little sensitive these days! :shhh:
Combativeness is not to be confused with sensitivity. I don't think there's a person on here that doesn't think I've always been combative when it comes to politics.
Quote:In order to be a good Republican:
1. You have to be against abortion, but support capital punishment on demand.
;-)
(for the record, im against both)
As a Democrat, I can honestly say the only statement in Kev's list I agree with is 21. lmfao
niuhuskie84 Wrote:Quote:In order to be a good Republican:
1. You have to be against abortion, but support capital punishment on demand.
;-)
(for the record, im against both)
You equate the two? I'm ALL for the death penalty for murderers. Some say it doesn't reduce crime rates, but one thing is for damn sure, THAT guy won't be committing anymore.
RebelKev Wrote:niuhuskie84 Wrote:Quote:In order to be a good Republican:
1. You have to be against abortion, but support capital punishment on demand.
;-)
(for the record, im against both)
You equate the two? I'm ALL for the death penalty for murderers. Some say it doesn't reduce crime rates, but one thing is for damn sure, THAT guy won't be committing anymore.
And what about when an innocent man goes to a chair? Just say oh well? It happens more than anyone wants to admit. Our system is far from perfect or fair. I do not support "eye for an eye". I do not believe in government sanctioned murder.
niuhuskie84 Wrote:And what about when an innocent man goes to a chair? Just say oh well? It happens more than anyone wants to admit. Our system is far from perfect or fair. I do not support "eye for an eye". I do not believe in government sanctioned murder.
That's becoming rarer and rarer as forensics has improved.
Do you support abortion?
RebelKev Wrote:niuhuskie84 Wrote:And what about when an innocent man goes to a chair? Just say oh well? It happens more than anyone wants to admit. Our system is far from perfect or fair. I do not support "eye for an eye". I do not believe in government sanctioned murder.
That's becoming rarer and rarer as forensics has improved.
Do you support abortion?
it may be becoming rarer, but the judicial system is still not fair. there are still police depts which coerce confessions. there are depts that use torture to recieve confessions. unfortunately, lady justice is all too often not blindfolded and there really isnt equal treatment in this country. look at how many rich people are able to buy their way out of things. if you're poor and you go to trail with a public defender, things aren't looking very good for you.
i said in my other post i am against abortion.
niuhuskie84 Wrote:RebelKev Wrote:niuhuskie84 Wrote:And what about when an innocent man goes to a chair? Just say oh well? It happens more than anyone wants to admit. Our system is far from perfect or fair. I do not support "eye for an eye". I do not believe in government sanctioned murder.
That's becoming rarer and rarer as forensics has improved.
Do you support abortion?
it may be becoming rarer, but the judicial system is still not fair. there are still police depts which coerce confessions. there are depts that use torture to recieve confessions. unfortunately, lady justice is all too often not blindfolded and there really isnt equal treatment in this country. look at how many rich people are able to buy their way out of things. if you're poor and you go to trail with a public defender, things aren't looking very good for you.
i said in my other post i am against abortion.
I am with you on possible mistakes, but what is the point of being in prison for life without parole? What a huge expense for no reason. Isn't the goal of prison to rehabilitate?
blah Wrote:niuhuskie84 Wrote:RebelKev Wrote:niuhuskie84 Wrote:And what about when an innocent man goes to a chair? Just say oh well? It happens more than anyone wants to admit. Our system is far from perfect or fair. I do not support "eye for an eye". I do not believe in government sanctioned murder.
That's becoming rarer and rarer as forensics has improved.
Do you support abortion?
it may be becoming rarer, but the judicial system is still not fair. there are still police depts which coerce confessions. there are depts that use torture to recieve confessions. unfortunately, lady justice is all too often not blindfolded and there really isnt equal treatment in this country. look at how many rich people are able to buy their way out of things. if you're poor and you go to trail with a public defender, things aren't looking very good for you.
i said in my other post i am against abortion.
I am with you on possible mistakes, but what is the point of being in prison for life without parole? What a huge expense for no reason. Isn't the goal of prison to rehabilitate?
The US prison system has never been about rehab. They might say that, but if you look at the way they're run, its all punishment.
Also, if you look at the breakdown costs between sending someone to death row or sentencing them to life in prison, it is actually
cheaper for the state to have them spend life behind bars. These stats are just for California:
# The California death penalty system costs taxpayers more than $114 million a year beyond the cost of simply keeping the convicts locked up for life. (This figure does not take into account additional court costs for post-conviction hearings in state and federal courts, estimated to exceed several million dollars.)
# With 11 executions spread over 27 years, on a per execution basis, California and federal taxpayers have paid more than $250 million for each execution.
# It costs approximately $90,000 more a year to house an inmate on death row, than in the general prison population or $57.5 million annually.
# The Attorney General devotes about 15% of his budget, or $11 million annually to death penalty cases.
# The California Supreme Court spends $11.8 million on appointed counsel for death row inmates.
# The Office of the State Public Defender and the Habeas Corpus Resource Center spend a total of $22.3 million on defense for indigent defendants facing death.
# The federal court system spends approximately $12 million on defending death row inmates in federal court.