03-19-2019, 10:40 AM
It amazes me how infantile folks that promote the current Republican ideology are. My god, not a one is capable of intelligent thought, let alone actual reasoning. Fear of the old communists version of socialism is a scare tactic being used by sites like Breitbart and Infowars in order to manipulate weak minded individuals that are unable to think for themselves. The entire idea has nothing to do with reality. Just fear mongering, of which, it seem, a good one third of the American public are susceptible to. It is sad.
I see it as a result of our (America's) reduction in the value of education. For more than 50 years our national educational budget has gone down while the military budget has gone up. This entire conversation is a reflection of the results of the dumbing down of American society. It will ultimately be the undoing of, the destruction of, all we hold dear, including mother nature herself.
Rob is right, Hawaii is a great place to watch it all from, especially when we consider the alternatives. But, OMG, it would have been so easy to avoid, except for that silly little thing called freedom. Freedom to be an idiot, to lie, to harm the environment, to take without regard. To be greedy. All those special ways Republicans exercise their freedom.
I see it as a result of our (America's) reduction in the value of education. For more than 50 years our national educational budget has gone down while the military budget has gone up. This entire conversation is a reflection of the results of the dumbing down of American society. It will ultimately be the undoing of, the destruction of, all we hold dear, including mother nature herself.
Rob is right, Hawaii is a great place to watch it all from, especially when we consider the alternatives. But, OMG, it would have been so easy to avoid, except for that silly little thing called freedom. Freedom to be an idiot, to lie, to harm the environment, to take without regard. To be greedy. All those special ways Republicans exercise their freedom.