A Pledge to America

Discussion in 'Politics' started by JackFlash, Sep 23, 2010.

  1. JackFlash

    JackFlash Senior Member

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    Or more accurately stated "Contract with America II."

    Didn't that last one culminate in two wars and a Depression, at least I was depressed about it.

    This plan will have lots of appeal for the TeaBaggers, it has no real goals to confuse them, other than repeal the Health Care Bill and keep taxes low for the rich. TeaBaggers seem to like empty and deceptive rhetoric that doesn't tax their brains; and, this "Pledge" is about half pictures that cuts down on reading time, another great feature for TeaBaggers.

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  2. TheMadcapSyd

    TheMadcapSyd Titanic's captain, yo!

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    The graphs they released with are hilarious, for example:
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    yet look at the numbers on the axis, this is what it actually looks like on a 0-100% axis:
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    Part of their plan is to cut $100 billion from entitlement programs and to free up money to further boost pentagon spending to further speed up ballistic missile defense systems.
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    Except, the federal budget minus war spending actually looks like this:
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  3. machinist

    machinist Banned Lifetime Supporter

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    deceiving graphs ... i like em
     
  4. machinist

    machinist Banned Lifetime Supporter

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    deceiving graphs aren't incorrect they are deceiving.. they can make a graph however they want. if a teabag ape can even tell what that graph is then they are doing pretty well. u read the information, the visual cues such as one bar drastically higher than the other really doesn't mean much to somebody who is more than 4 generations away from neanderthal. marketers love to use that stuff on advertisements that you just see real quick. the pie graph is just numbers x 1 million versus percent.. once again the tea bag ape is too stupid to comprehend the percentages, but they can more easily see that 12 is way less than 236...
     
  5. Individual

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    They should have titled it "Change you can believe in", and instead of just 21 pages it should have been around 2700 pages, and then they could have said you need to elect us to see what's in it. Then when asked questions of its content they could easily have responded, I haven't read it and it would take a team of lawyers to explain it to me.

    Government, both Democrat and Republican party led, have long had a contract out on Americans. It's time some ordinary, responsible, citizens began replacing career politicians and work toward making the U.S. solvent and a place where opportunity exists without excessive government regulation.
     
  6. gsavage77

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    Amen, brother.

    (Ohh, oops, if you're a female, please excuse. heehee)

    Anyways, that's what the tea party is about. Getting these fat lazy politicians who have no idea what the real world is like and kicking them out on there asses. Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Geithner and I don't know how many more have never had a real job. Oh, Well, I think Obama worked at a Pizza place in Hawaii. That's about it. Anyways, they have no idea how economics works. They just know that if they promise entitlements people like Velma Ward will vote for them. And then no matter how bad it gets they will still believe because they drank the Kool-Aid.

    Obama=fail

    Keynes=fail
     
  7. JackFlash

    JackFlash Senior Member

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    OK, please explain in detail just one of the Tea Party policies that will make America a better place. All you've done here is sling insults and sound bytes, that doesn't run a nation.

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