What has America become ...

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This + 10 Billion:

Letter to the Editor of a Michigan Newspaper:

It was originally printed in the Iosco County News Herald on June 9, 2010, published in the Opinion column.

What has America become?

Editor,

Has America become the land of special interest and home of the double standard?

Lets see: if we lie to the Congress, it's a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we're racist and if a black person dislikes whites, its their 1st Amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don't burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of communist and socialist threats by renaming them progressive; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama's policies you're a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.

You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it is wrong to use an animal.

We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.

And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who's at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes; tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their reelection campaign.

What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?

- Ken Huber
Tawas City
 

HamburgerBoy

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The best string of strawmen I've ever seen. Light them on fire and it's ok, but light crosses on black people's lawns and you're a racist.
 

rudeguy

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The best string of strawmen I've ever seen. Light them on fire and it's ok, but light crosses on black people's lawns and you're a racist.

lol

I agree with the writer of the article. Government keeps getting bigger and bigger but our rights keep getting smaller and smaller.

I thought the whole point of government was to protect our freedom and the constitution, not to rewrite it.
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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I agree with the writer of the article. Government keeps getting bigger and bigger but our rights keep getting smaller and smaller.

I thought the whole point of government was to protect our freedom and the constitution, not to rewrite it.

Freedom is subjective.

To a gay couple, freedom is the right to married.

To religious nuts, freedom is the right to tell people who they can marry.
 

sandorski

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Fail. This is why the US is failing, Stupidity boldly proclaimed as valid discourse.
 

khon

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I gotta say I'm impressed, that's one of the best troll posts I've ever seen.

I mean the shear amount of idiocy that he managed to fit into such a small amount of text is truly spectacular. :thumbsup:
 

DominionSeraph

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I gotta say I'm impressed, that's one of the best troll posts I've ever seen.

I mean the shear amount of idiocy that he managed to fit into such a small amount of text is truly spectacular. :thumbsup:

It's too generalized to be a good troll. A respondent would have to do too much work to corral things at the start.
That makes it a good rant: It's too stupid to respond to.
 

Unheard

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lol

I agree with the writer of the article. Government keeps getting bigger and bigger but our rights keep getting smaller and smaller.

I thought the whole point of government was to protect our freedom and the constitution, not to rewrite it.

No, no, no! Don't you remember?!!? The Constitution is a living document!
 

HomerJS

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Jaskalas

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lol

I agree with the writer of the article. Government keeps getting bigger and bigger but our rights keep getting smaller and smaller.

I thought the whole point of government was to protect our freedom and the constitution, not to rewrite it.

The whole point has become 'general welfare' and 'necessary and proper'. Everything exists today under those terms and no other. Rest of the document? May as well not exist.
 

jhbball

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lol

I agree with the writer of the article. Government keeps getting bigger and bigger but our rights keep getting smaller and smaller.

I thought the whole point of government was to protect our freedom and the constitution, not to rewrite it.

You're the reason America is failing.
 

Macamus Prime

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Oh, this was fun.

if we lie to the Congress, it's a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics
Who did you vote for?

if we dislike a black person, we're racist and if a black person dislikes whites, its their 1st Amendment right;
Maybe if Africans came over to the US, captures white and brought them back to African to work as slaves, we could then hate on them with out any stigma associated with it.

the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims;
Again, who did you vote for?


in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process;
In the past and present it is mentioned that God does not approve of certain human beings (the gays). And, that God hates the gays. God will punish the gays. The gays have AIDS because God is punishing them. God will kill the gays, etc. etc. See? God was used in the process of talking about the gays!

you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer;
Or rather, you can not tell a woman what to do with her body, but it's OK to send a man/woman to her death,... even if the evidence isn't all there.

we don't burn books in America, we now rewrite them;
You mean like your Bible? How many versions are there of the Bible? How is the NIV version working out for y'all?

we got rid of communist and socialist threats by renaming them progressive;
You make Sen. Joe McCarthy proud. Good eye soldier!

we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea;
Wait,.. I thought you wanted to fight communism.

if you protest against President Obama's policies you're a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.
Nope, if you protest Obama, you are a RACIST. Please get it right.

You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas;
You can enjoy the nativity scene in your own home,... located in your all Jewish neighborhood.

we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people;
Yes, every criminal needs to be put down, regardless of his/her past,... but, what IF they accept Jesus? Will you help them then?

we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it is wrong to use an animal.
Fetal Stem Cells you mean? The same cells that can lead to paralyzed people walking again. And, it's not like we will abort babies just to get those stem cells.

We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work;
And, you take jobs from those who want to work and give to children overseas for $5 a day at 12 hour days, 6 days a week.


we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology;
Or in your kind's case; your lust for money and power. Want to charge whatever price you want? It's Capitalism man! Want to own armor penetrating rifles?! It's my amendment rights, mother fucker!!

we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct;
PC also helps you not look an ass (Hey! that fellar ova thar is oriental!!). You should be thankful for it.

parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games;
Bad parenting today indeed. How about you apply some good old Christian values to modern parenting? That way, we can all go back to parents beating their children.

the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs;
Yes, to big oil and tax cuts to various companies that ship jobs over seas.

the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.
Get rid of them and vote.
 

Anarchist420

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The whole point has become 'general welfare' and 'necessary and proper'. Everything exists today under those terms and no other. Rest of the document? May as well not exist.
Keep in mind, however, that Madison was lying when he said the powers of the states were to be numerous and indefinite--he was lying as propoganda for its ratification. How do I know? I know because he rejected a stronger 10th Amendment, because he believed that the federal government needed to have implied powers.

All of the Federalists (the people who pushed for the Constitution) would endorse the living document view.

Thomas Jefferson and Ron Paul are two of my idols, 2 of my greatest heroes, but I have to admit that they're wrong about the Constitution.
 

wuliheron

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Double standards my ass. Freedom ain't free fool and neither is bravery; never was, never will be. That's our single standard and you either cough up the money or go to the back of the line of beggars.
 

Herr Kutz

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Well at least it hasn't yet become like the UK.

Edit: Edited for grammar as grammar nazi points out below. See next post down if you want to see my mistake of hitting one letter down from 'y'. Feel free to comment on it if you wish to try and prove a point by my earth-ending mistake.
 
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