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The ideological space between

NCD — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:19:39 +0000

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The ideological space between the death cheering "rabble" in the Rand Paul audience, the death approving "scholars" at the American Enterprise Institute, and the apparatchiks of some of the most criminal regimes in modern history appears non-existent. Not surprising of course as they all supported The Decider.

Arthur C. Brooks, AEI President

The glee over the death of

rmrd0000 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:38:17 +0000

In reply to AEI: Let the Poor Die of Treatable Diseases

The glee over the death of the uninsured is nothing new. The audience yelled out "Let him die" when Ron Paul was presented with a hypothetical uninsured man with a lethal illness at a Tea Party GOP debate in September 2011. The Libertarians have no problem with others dying because of a lack of health care.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_big_idea/2011/09/let...

There's a significant numbers

ocean-kat — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:34:19 +0000

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There's a significant numbers of right wingers who hold these views. But one could write a similar article about repealing government subsidies for employer based insurance. Sure some people would lose their insurance and some would likely die as a result. But the government can only do so much you know. Watch people howl if that was proposed.

It always gets down to subsidies for me but not for thee.

But that's OK......if shite

NCD — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:07:47 +0000

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But that's OK......if shite happens....it wasn't their fault you see....just say Kenyan Usurper Benghazi three times fast and click your heels...u gotta believe it will work next time, or next time, or next time....

SHITE HAPPENS

Richard Day — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:18:43 +0000

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SHITE HAPPENS

THE SLOGAN OF THE NEW GOP!

Hell, that has always been the slogan of the GOP at least over the last century.

Idea for an AEI flag, skull

NCD — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:39:15 +0000

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Idea for an AEI flag, skull with electrodes attached over crossed shovels and gravestone between on money green field.

So this is new national

Oxy Mora — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:03:01 +0000

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So this is new national policy.

First assume that people will die needlessly. Then do what you can. Why don't we just emblazon this motto on every goddamed ambulance and EMT crew T-shirt in the country and then go watch American Sniper.

I notice this "scholar" 1% shill didn't mention the freedumb antivaxers.

He might not want to take his kids to Disney World cause he's ginning up some real bad karma with that 19th century philosophy of his.

They are afraid Obama is

NCD — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 22:55:49 +0000

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They are afraid Obama is letting Ebola zombies across the border to kill them, and don't get their kids vaccines for potentially life threatening diseases like measles.

It's called ideology, it isn't changed by facts, science, or observations and does not involve objective reasoning.

Ideology is generally NOT self correcting. GOP/AEI: Even after 2 failed wars and the worst economic calamity since the Great Depression.

It may take General Zhukov and the Red Army burning your home, your town and your capitol city to the ground before an ideology falls out of favor. Unlikely to happen here so the crazy goes on.

The problem with his theses

trkingmomoe — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:54:36 +0000

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The problem with his theses right out of the gate is,"finite resources." Health care is only a scarce resource if we choose it to be. Building a healthcare system only takes the will to help each other and some investment of education and money.

These people think that their money will save them from a pandemic. Just take a look at what happened in West Africa with Ebola. The lack of a healthcare system allowed that virus to get out of control. Avian flu is a bigger threat because it is always reinventing it's self.

I have friends from other countries that I interact with on the internet and they read this stuff and think this country has gone insane. This article is on the same level as Mein Kampf reasoning. We should call it what it is, Fascism. Only it is directed to the poor and people of color.