On Feb 5, 11:18 am, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > You know, I know this is an old "story" that's been posted a few times > and maybe there's already been some good debate over it, but I can't > help but notice that Studio's response was to simply dismiss it as > nonsense and then proceed to joke about it.
Well, you know, I like comedy as much or more than anyone. I'm sure you've heard the old saying; "part of what makes comedy funny, is that there's some truth in it". But the other part of the equation is that part of what makes comedy funny is that it can be based in absurdity. And to me, it's funny, but at the same time, it's absurd. I feel sorry for those Americans that actually base their political beliefs on the absurdity part because it's just perpetuating ignorance and false hopes into reality. > The truth of the matter is > I think this story is precisely why bigger government and increasing > of social programs hurts the economy and the country. What hurt the country wasn't social programs...at least not in the way you think of them. What hurt the country was unchecked military spending, rabid paranoid patriotism, huge amounts of money being transferred out of the country, social engineering that is biased towards defense and security (which produce nothing of material value), and unregulated pay schemes to the richest of the rich. But leave it to Conservative Republicans to blame it all on the weakest Americans, because they don't believe the rich have enough or that there can ever be enough security for the rich. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
