tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post5070961287758807062..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: Destroying AmericaDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-20766386983130782152011-07-29T07:57:42.151-07:002011-07-29T07:57:42.151-07:00My story is a lot like Ann's. I gave up on the...My story is a lot like Ann's. I gave up on the Republicans in the 80s. I generally voted Dem after that, but have registered as independent since. I cannot stand the rhetoric from either side, but really am worried the Dems have sold out.motherameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381575553733390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-12404867606524033972011-07-28T16:21:34.147-07:002011-07-28T16:21:34.147-07:00Here's a spot of good news: defying prediction...Here's a spot of good news: defying predictions, the (first US) IKEA plant in *Virginia* voted to unionize!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-9303568281826095772011-07-27T13:41:54.173-07:002011-07-27T13:41:54.173-07:0030 or 40 years ago, you could count on the mainstr...30 or 40 years ago, you could count on the mainstream news reporting organizations (Big 3 networks, major newspapers, national news magazines) to report "That's the way it is" (in Walter Cronkite's famous tagline. And, as we all know "Reality has a liberal bias."<br /><br />But now, no matter how many people rally in the street, 40% of the population or so are going to hear about it as "Muslims, welfare cheats, overpaid/unneeded bureacrats, homosexshuls, and illegal aliens {and *sotto voce* N-words} are Taking OUR Jobs and OUR Money via THEIR Taxes!" from FOX.<br /><br />The indoctrination and DE-education of the American people via FOX is the new roadblock here. <br /><br />Yeah, as w/ the homophobes, I think "Generation FOX" will eventually die out . . . but will their even BE a USA "with liberty and justice for all" anymore by then?JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-85616908472934386032011-07-27T09:22:26.155-07:002011-07-27T09:22:26.155-07:00Another reason at least for me is paralyzed grief ...Another reason at least for me is paralyzed grief over what has become of of both parties. I used to be a Republican and left over over the crazy religious influence - and now the Dems -- losing all in trying to be "reasonable" in the face of the demonic.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.com