tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post4352980373674665448..comments2023-09-27T11:13:44.435-04:00Comments on The Polygon: The White Man's American DreamPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-31070922864150633072012-08-30T20:40:27.585-04:002012-08-30T20:40:27.585-04:00I especially liked how Ann said, "I love YOU ...I especially liked how Ann said, "I love YOU women!" It pretty much proved your point, Crank. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-12960650548923861752012-08-30T16:18:10.119-04:002012-08-30T16:18:10.119-04:00Kind of like "The White Man's Unburden&qu...Kind of like "The White Man's Unburden"?Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-28211607284269754862012-08-30T13:34:45.621-04:002012-08-30T13:34:45.621-04:00Great post Patricia. Your title is apt because to ...Great post Patricia. Your title is apt because to Republicans the story of America is only that of the brave white man (sometimes wife in tow) crafting America out of the wilderness.<br /><br />It's the history of Mormonism as well. And this is just an aside, but Mormons and other 19th century Americans came upon the great mounds built by Native Americans and could not believe the "savages" could have constructed them thousands of years before the white man's arrival, to say nothing of the massive technological cultured cities of Meso-America.<br /><br />So, a belief was promulgated that a greeat race of Man (the mound builders) had done it. Coming from Atlantis or earlier Europeans or the lost tribe of Israel who were then wiped out by "Indians". This became justification for the genocidal massacres committed.<br /><br />So, now 90% of the Republican party is white. They don't see any American experience except through their own eyes. And as history has taught them every advance comes at the expense of others.<br /><br />so, to halt progressivism (which VP Paul Ryan and Glenn Beck both agree is a "cancer") it's necessary to roll back all gains in healthcare, social security, women's rights, civil right's voting rights to pre-20th century mytho-historical ideal were the White Man was unburdened and Free.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-18070057344174383572012-08-29T21:48:17.529-04:002012-08-29T21:48:17.529-04:00You people — I mean YOU PEOPLE – don't under...You people — I mean YOU PEOPLE – don't understand. What the Republicans are doing is restoring freedom. They're all for freedom. The freedom to starve to death. The freedom to die in the gutter. The freedom to take your cancer to the emergency room after it explodes out of your skull. The freedom to live in a refrigerator box, so long, of course, as the box isn't in some unsightly public place.<br /><br />I'm writing this while listening with one ear to Mike Huckabee. Did I hear him say Barack Obama is the fault of the press? <br /><br />Excuse me, I gotta go vomit.<br /><br />Yours crankily,<br />The New York Crank<br /><br />The New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-4375999817387846122012-08-29T12:17:56.452-04:002012-08-29T12:17:56.452-04:00Just so you know, I already looked into teaching o...Just so you know, I already looked into teaching overseas. I spent some time in South America. May head back. At least I know I'll be headed for a Banana Republic, instead of staying and pretending I'm not living in one.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-57012221140559081982012-08-29T10:56:07.353-04:002012-08-29T10:56:07.353-04:00I came in from shooting a middle school volleyball...I came in from shooting a middle school volleyball game and an elementary school football game last night, and didn't have time to watch Frothy Boy's speech, BUT I did turn it up loud enough for me to hear it in the office as I processed photos. Had to laugh out loud a couple of times at the hypocrisy. Then, the little tidbit about his dear daughter and their heroic decision to embrace her despite the handicaps sent me outside to spit.<br /><br /> These assholes ignore the reality of everyday Americans, because they have no idea what kind of troubles they deal with every day. It's sooooo easy to say "Folks should stay married!" or "Women shouldn't get pregnant until baby daddy has put a ring on her finger!" as if THAT's all that's wrong in their lives. We should just require all spawners to marry, that would solve EVERYTHING!<br /><br /> There's a physical limit to how often a liberal, open-minded, intelligent adult can facepalm himself listening to conservatives before he's killed enough brain cells to join their ranks.<br /><br /> I'm through trying to reason with or explain away their ignorance. It's got to be hereditary. They've crawled out of the shallow end of a stagnant gene pool, and deserve sympathy (and free government health care).<br /><br /> Where do we move if these trolls take over?squatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-71260939185478148092012-08-29T08:00:33.261-04:002012-08-29T08:00:33.261-04:00It was really hard to watch the whole thing. Espec...It was really hard to watch the whole thing. Especially the token Hispanic woman and African American that spoke. I can't believe there were any women there. That kind of stupidity is really hard to take. Guess their livin' the dream!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-63946620660088833042012-08-29T00:03:23.504-04:002012-08-29T00:03:23.504-04:00Oh, and I forgot to add: I may be white and male,...Oh, and I forgot to add: I may be white and male, but this isn't my dream. This is my nightmare. Just sayin'Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938379025774754317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-17984116460427559582012-08-28T23:28:20.292-04:002012-08-28T23:28:20.292-04:00Yes, sing it out! This is so much shit in the win...Yes, sing it out! This is so much shit in the wind I can't stand it. I need a place to hunker down until it all blows over (except it won't). Has everyone just gone crazy? I'm going to quit my Yahoo email account because I'm sick of their sucking up to the GOP. Where to go? I don't have an answer, except maybe just off the grid completely. Is that possible?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938379025774754317noreply@blogger.com