... innocent people get shot. Good people crumble under pressure piled on by a failed economy and bleak future. And a once noble country nears the point of no return.
We fell for a trick, folks. We have been polarized as a nation because the people in power want to win. Not to do good, or to change the world, or to make their mark on history. Nope. We were sold out for some powerful jerk to get a "neener neener" moment in on his buddies. Government seems very little about governing the country anymore. It is about power, getting what you want and winning no matter the cost. We're paying for this game and suffering the consequences.
Sarah Palin is the worst example I can think of when it comes to this problem. Her sole purpose is that of a wedge. When she was popular, she was a wedge between Democrats and Republicans. Now that her mask has slipped, she is now a division among those she supposedly represents. The Arizona fiasco is only one time of many that she has proven herself to be stubborn, tasteless and immature. The very idea of her involvement in foreign relations makes me sick, and scared. Very scared.
We need to see this wake-up call for what it is, and listen. It isn't about defeating the other guys, it's about maintaining our country, and looking ahead to make sure we remain stable and safe. Everything else comes second to that. Those who have forgotten that will be the ruin of this country, if we allow. Maybe it took the death of an innocent child among others to make us realize that when you apply pressure for too long, people snap. And that when government fails to do its job, countries collapse. It can happen to us, as painful as that is to realize. We're not to the point of no return yet. We can still turn it around and climb out of this hole. But it will take maturity and real leadership, not just cawing and screeching at the masses. Sadly, that's in short supply.
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Jonathan Alter has a disgusting piece on how Obama and the Democrats can use the shooting to their political advantage. Alter even trots out Rahm Emanuel's "You never want a serious crisis go to waste" line as a call to action.
A liberal will never mention this Alter piece except to agree with it and to continue to bash Sarah Palin for doing the same thing Markos Moulitsas also did.
Well since Zandar has lied to us before on several occasions I still say "Bon The Geek" is another Zandar sock puppet.
Also you lost this argument for the same reason: If Sarah Palin is guilty then so is practically every Democrat and liberal pundit in the nation, including Zandar. I mean "Bon The Geek" oops sorry.
I go back a long way, ZCP. But hey, if you can't tell the difference in writing styles or check this handy thing called Google, I think you should worry more about your own credibility.
Don't bother, Bon. ICP is a moron, and is just bringing up old, tired trolling attempts between screeching about how they're going to bring down this blog and faux "concern" about Zandar's mental state.
Thanks, SS. I was seriously wondering how someone could get that far off track!
Yeah, the crap about saying you're Zandar ties back to this old trolling attempt. This one dude ("TheShadow", I think) claiming that Zandar was a guy named "Arcadian", a conservative commenter (who, as I remember it, was also a complete douche). Why? Don't know. Glenn Beck said so, I guess.
Re: throw bullshit, see what sticks.
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