Socialism. Socialism! SOCIALISM!
"Socialism" is the new "communism" and for the Republicans it's still all about negativity--fear, greed, and mistrust if not outright hate of others who aren't "like us" (hence also repeating "Hussein" as part of Obama's name as often as possible--as if that bothered people in the election or should bother them now).
And, as always the Republicans "logic" makes no real logical sense. When Bushco had their stimulus bill, which was in essence an uncontrolled giveaway to Wall Street ($20 billion dollars in bonuses--how many teachers and firefighters would that pay for--over 3,000 jobs that actually help people)--no checks or balances--no time for that (like no time t count votes for president in 2000!), the Republicans were all for it--it was saving the country, it was patriotic.
When Obama does something similar--only with reasonable transparency and checks and balances, and with money for creating real jobs and real infrastructure, then it's terrible, it's socialism, and every single one of them votes no--because Republicans have no positive ideas, no positive plans.
Republicans are all about NO. No taxes. No services. No oversight (which is how we got into this). No control. No protection of citizens. Basically no government, except the parts they want, like the ones that tell individuals what they can and cannot do, while at the same time giving corporations free reign to use and abuse people.
This is the very definition of FASCISM. And, given that's what the Bush administration was--run by corporations, especially oil companies happy to charge $5 a gallon for gas which is now selling for half that--Republicans like Fasicism, but then this same group was often referred to as Nazi's by people all over the world--including in the USA. Because that's what their tactics were most like--starting wars, killing without compunction, a dictatorship without representation, and ruling by fear.
So Republicans still don't get it. Running a country by fear and greed doesn't work. It doesn't lead to expansion and growth, it leads to people holding tight onto what they have and being unwilling to share it--even to the point where they stop buying things, which helps set a depression in motion.
Then Republicans cry "Socialism!" when they never had a problem with the fascism they created and ran.
It's all semantics and the worst kind of "playing politics."
And then it's just what they then say the Democrats have done or are doing--because the other thing Republicans do--say others are doing precisely what they are.
Bob Cesca writes, "Hannity is once again joined in this crusade by very serious pundits like Rush Limbaugh, Steve Doocy, Alex Castellanos, Joe Scarborough, Laura Ingraham and Glenn Beck who, at one point, claimed that President Obama is both a socialist and a fascist..."
See--perfect example. After Bush allowed corporations to RUN the government, he then started socializing banks and corporations--which had been running the country into the ground--bringing them into the government--making the government bigger than ever. That was the synthesis of FASCISM.
Now the Republicans say this is what Obama is doing, when, in fact, it may be a form of Socialism, it's not Fasism--but remember--Bushco talked about Islamic Fascism. There's no such thing. There is Islamic Fundamentalism. But corporations don't run Islamic nations--and Fascism has to do with corporate control, not religious.
In fact, Bush ran Fundamentally Fascist Regime.
Socialism is GOOD for citizens who still have a true representative democracy because we need so many of the things that a government can and should provide.
Cesca says this to Socialism-hating Republicans:
"Refuse to send your kids to socialized public schools and universities; refuse to use socialized roads and highways; refuse to call upon socialized police and fire departments; shut down the socialized air traffic control; refuse to visit socialized national parks; tell grandma that her Social Security and Medicare will have to be sent back to the government; demand the immediate dismantling of our socialized American military. Sarah Palin and her supporters in Alaska should refuse all forms of "redistributed wealth" by sending back their checks from the socialized oil program there."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/sean-hannitys-ridiculous_b_168033.html?view=print
So Republicans--stop the word play and politics. Do something positive for the country for a change. I wonder if they even remember how.
In the mean time, the rest of us will actually put our money where our mouths are, we will do what we can.
"Socialism" is the new "communism" and for the Republicans it's still all about negativity--fear, greed, and mistrust if not outright hate of others who aren't "like us" (hence also repeating "Hussein" as part of Obama's name as often as possible--as if that bothered people in the election or should bother them now).
And, as always the Republicans "logic" makes no real logical sense. When Bushco had their stimulus bill, which was in essence an uncontrolled giveaway to Wall Street ($20 billion dollars in bonuses--how many teachers and firefighters would that pay for--over 3,000 jobs that actually help people)--no checks or balances--no time for that (like no time t count votes for president in 2000!), the Republicans were all for it--it was saving the country, it was patriotic.
When Obama does something similar--only with reasonable transparency and checks and balances, and with money for creating real jobs and real infrastructure, then it's terrible, it's socialism, and every single one of them votes no--because Republicans have no positive ideas, no positive plans.
Republicans are all about NO. No taxes. No services. No oversight (which is how we got into this). No control. No protection of citizens. Basically no government, except the parts they want, like the ones that tell individuals what they can and cannot do, while at the same time giving corporations free reign to use and abuse people.
This is the very definition of FASCISM. And, given that's what the Bush administration was--run by corporations, especially oil companies happy to charge $5 a gallon for gas which is now selling for half that--Republicans like Fasicism, but then this same group was often referred to as Nazi's by people all over the world--including in the USA. Because that's what their tactics were most like--starting wars, killing without compunction, a dictatorship without representation, and ruling by fear.
So Republicans still don't get it. Running a country by fear and greed doesn't work. It doesn't lead to expansion and growth, it leads to people holding tight onto what they have and being unwilling to share it--even to the point where they stop buying things, which helps set a depression in motion.
Then Republicans cry "Socialism!" when they never had a problem with the fascism they created and ran.
It's all semantics and the worst kind of "playing politics."
And then it's just what they then say the Democrats have done or are doing--because the other thing Republicans do--say others are doing precisely what they are.
Bob Cesca writes, "Hannity is once again joined in this crusade by very serious pundits like Rush Limbaugh, Steve Doocy, Alex Castellanos, Joe Scarborough, Laura Ingraham and Glenn Beck who, at one point, claimed that President Obama is both a socialist and a fascist..."
See--perfect example. After Bush allowed corporations to RUN the government, he then started socializing banks and corporations--which had been running the country into the ground--bringing them into the government--making the government bigger than ever. That was the synthesis of FASCISM.
Now the Republicans say this is what Obama is doing, when, in fact, it may be a form of Socialism, it's not Fasism--but remember--Bushco talked about Islamic Fascism. There's no such thing. There is Islamic Fundamentalism. But corporations don't run Islamic nations--and Fascism has to do with corporate control, not religious.
In fact, Bush ran Fundamentally Fascist Regime.
Socialism is GOOD for citizens who still have a true representative democracy because we need so many of the things that a government can and should provide.
Cesca says this to Socialism-hating Republicans:
"Refuse to send your kids to socialized public schools and universities; refuse to use socialized roads and highways; refuse to call upon socialized police and fire departments; shut down the socialized air traffic control; refuse to visit socialized national parks; tell grandma that her Social Security and Medicare will have to be sent back to the government; demand the immediate dismantling of our socialized American military. Sarah Palin and her supporters in Alaska should refuse all forms of "redistributed wealth" by sending back their checks from the socialized oil program there."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/sean-hannitys-ridiculous_b_168033.html?view=print
So Republicans--stop the word play and politics. Do something positive for the country for a change. I wonder if they even remember how.
In the mean time, the rest of us will actually put our money where our mouths are, we will do what we can.
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