Johngo... Like I said before: I am genuinely scared by the confusion many people have between being ignorant and being patriotic... When did it become patriotic to be ignorant?
Minimark, you need to check your "facts". The national debt on Jan 1, 2002, the beginning of Bush's first budget year, was approximately $5.9 Trillion. On Jan 1, 2009, the beginning of Obama's first budget year, it was approximately $10.9 Trillion. Today the National Debt is approximately $14.2 Trillion. Of the $3.3 Trillion increase, about a $1 Trillion has gone to pay the service on the existing debt and $1.5 Trillion has gone to keep the economy from going into a full Financial collapse and Depression. Both of which are really not Obama's fault.
I'm a registered Republican but I'm not stupid. The budgetary problems we as a country have are significant but it does no good to anyone when a large part of the voting public learns about the issues by listening to sound bites that are generally wrong.
With regard to your alignment with the "Tea Party" Have you ever actually read the Constitution? I would bet you haven't, I have. One problem I always end up with when I speak to Tea Party objectives is "How do you see any of what you propose happening"? There are no viable ideas put forward.
Another thing I see quite often with "Tea Party" people is anger. I see the anger in your writing. In addition to being generally rather closed minded and intolerant, Tea Party people are very angry. It's very easy to manipulate people once you get them angry. What scares me is that something like this happened about 80 years ago in a country called Germany. Maybe you've heard of it, maybe not. Yeah know It's very easy to be closed minded, intolerant, and angry. It removes the need to think.
Also, any time I hear someone start off a statement with "What must be understood is that" its not good, Its a demand like with Hostages or something.
I really wish this didn't decend into a political bck and forth. I am not a "Leftist Liberal" just because I actually rear and understand what was being proposed in the Sen. Schumer article.
Like I've said before... When did it become patriotic to be ignorant?
You tell us... You are very adept at it and drinking the big government kool aid.
Answer this, oh so enlightened one:
Who EXACTLY does big government benefit? Because the sooner you and your big government cronies pull your heads from the brown spots you have them stuck, the better off this country will be.
That is not patriotic, that is a fact.
So keep up your moronic line of Patriotic = ignorant, because all it does is shine a very bright light on your lack of ability to realize that your coveted dumbocratic party is leading us into another brown spot that we may never get out of.
