A Brief History of the United States

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Thursday September 06, 2012 · 8:00 AM PDT

2012/09/06 · 08:00

As told by Republicans.

In light of the Republican party rewriting recent history, pretending that George W. Bush doesn't exist, and claiming credit for the Clinton years after condemning Bill Clinton almost as harshly as President Obama, I thought it would be nice to take a more comprehensive look at American History, as written by America's true historians, the GOP.

In the beginning, Jesus roamed the land on dinosaur back, giving the well dressed israelites stock options and semi-automatic guns, while telling the not-so-well dressed israelites to pull themselves up by their foot hairs (because poors didn't have boots back then).

Eric0125

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Wednesday August 15, 2012 · 1:16 AM PDT

2012/08/15 · 01:16

Last night I wrote a comment in the open thread about how conservatives stumbled through a portal from another dimension, where their bizzaro-reality actually exists. Trickle-down Economics actually worked and people only had sex for procreative purposes. I was writing it on the fly, and lost my train of thought and just decided to end the story half way through.

I want to elaborate further on the thinking behind that comment. I'm consistently blown away by the cognitive dissonance and prideful ignorance on display when I read conservative comments on Facebook, blogs and news sites. For the past few days, I've been feeling a rant building up and I need to let fly with some free-range truth. I'm still writing on the fly, but I'm not going to quit halfway through :P

Conservatives' view of reality (our reality, since Republicanland Narnia doesn't actually exist) is entirely based on fiction. Their economic policies, their social agenda, environmental concerns, everything. They are completely divorced from reality.

Trek to the far side of the orange squiggly to read more.

Eric0125

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 5:53 PM PDT

2010/11/03 · 17:53

Time travel doesn't exist.

If you weren't aware of that already, now you are. Congratulations. We can't change what happened yesterday. We can fill up the rec list and spend all our time arguing about how things got away from us, but what good will that do? At the end of the day, we'll be right here in the same place: 53-ish seat majority in the Senate, Republican majority in the House.

Instead of fighting with each other about how we ended up in this hole, we can start figuring out how to climb out of it. So how do we do that? Where do we go from here?

I've got some ideas that I think all us Democrats can agree on AND bring those frustrated independents back to our camp, if you'll follow me...

Eric0125

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 2:37 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 14:37

Over at RealClearPolitics.com, amidst the nearly unanimous battleground state polls, an inquisitive piece about McCain's "Strategery", and the other assorted columns about the presidential race, one story caught my eye: Health Care is a "Right"? by Bill Whittle at (ugh) the NRO.

In the article, he takes to the "slippery slope" argument like a skier at Whistler and where does he end up slipping to? Slavery! Socialized medicine will turn us into slaves!

Because there’s a word for someone who has their food, housing and care provided for them... for people who owe their existence to someone else.

And that word is "slaves."

Bill Whittle, I think everyone owes their existence to someone else. Someone writes you a check for these articles you write, don't they? Did you farm/slaughter your own breakfast this morning? Surely you depend on someone else. Are you a "slave" already?

Over the fold, I think out loud about how silly this argument is, and about how much further down the slippery slope socialized medicine actually is.

Eric0125

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 1:57 AM PDT

2008/09/15 · 01:57

Remember the scenes in Titanic after the ship collided with the ice berg? When the poor people were up to their ankles in the cold north Atlantic waters, and the rich folk were asking what that little bump was, and if the stewards could bring them some tea?

The folks in steerage are American citizens stuck in a dire situation... water pouring into their tiny rooms.

The rich passengers are the rich, of course...

The stewards are the McCain campaign, telling passengers that they've probably just thrown a propeller blade and that they'll be back underway soon! Nothing to worry about! Return to your staterooms!

The Titanic is the American economy... slowly going down by the head.

Eric0125

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 4:30 AM PDT

2008/09/13 · 04:30

I'm Eric, 26, from a suburb of Seattle, WA. I've visited dkos occasionally in the past, but the DNC helped me decide to actually join. I was looking for a place to discuss politics with like-minded people. I just got so amped up by Obama's address.

I would describe myself as a true-blue democrat who isn't afraid to vote for a republican. It doesn't happen very often, lol... but that's besides the point. I voted for our state's republican attorney general Rob McKenna. That's my crossing-party-lines claim to fame.

Keith Olbermann is a hero of mine, because he lets his views be known, but he also reports with integrity. He doesn't need to make things up or lie to support his views (like Bill Orly and the repugnant Hannity). I think KO is the closest thing we have to Edward R. Murrow in this age. So thank you, Keith... from a long time viewer and forever a fan.

I don't want to ramble in my first Intro, so my story continues after the fold!

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A Brief History of the United States

Conservatism: A Ficticious Ideology

So where do we go from here?

The Right to Healthcare and the Road to... Slavery?

Polishing the Silverware on the Titanic

a new kossack's first diary