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Take back the nation (Barf)
Madison Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal ^
| 01/01/04
| Dave Zweifel
Posted on 01/01/2004 9:41:08 AM PST by Holly_P
My wish for 2004 is that Americans take back their country.
For that to happen, we've got to look deeper - much deeper - than the war in Iraq. If we can believe the polls, all too many of us are mesmerized by this war that was started, first of all, under false pretenses and now threatens to consume our energy and our money for a long time to come.
Meanwhile, we've unleashed a new hate America campaign around the world that has increased, not lessened, the terror threat we all now face.
But that's water over the dam.
What we can't allow to happen, though, is to let that war on the other side of the world mask what is happening to us right here at home. The right wing in this country has cleverly taken control of our federal government and, while our attention continues to be diverted by Iraq, is using its new-found power to make profound changes in the land.
Environmental controls are being loosened. The gap between the rich and poor has been widened. Our children and their children are being saddled with unconscionable debt. A woman's right to control her own body is being threatened. Corporate power has been strengthened while the plight of the American working men and women has been worsened as those corporations move their jobs overseas.
The road to privatizing Medicare has been started. Social Security is next. Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are dismissed.
And all that will pale next to what will happen if these same forces are given four more years to also take control of America's judiciary, the one branch of government that still exhibits some balance.
Therefore, nothing is more important than in 2004 the people rise up and take back control of the government that was established for them, not the rich and powerful.
Dave Zweifel is editor of The Capital Times.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lefties
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This typical liberal makes a lot of points here and like all liberals he is dead wrong on every single one of them.
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:41:08 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Holly_P
The road to privatizing Medicare has been started. Social Security is next. Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are dismissed.
God forbid that our children learn about reading and math in school, and learn about life not in the classroom but from their parents and from living!
To: Holly_P
Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are dismissed. Learning the "three r's" instead of being indoctrinated in liberal thinking?
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:45:50 AM PST
by
socal_parrot
(It NEVER rains in Southern California on New Year's Day!)
To: Holly_P
Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are communist indoctrination is dismissed. I like this version better. And I love a good liberal whine. :)
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:48:24 AM PST
by
LibKill
("Two crossed, dead, Frenchmen emblazoned on a mound of dead Frenchmen.")
To: LibKill
And I love a good liberal whine. I should look at it that way too, instead of letting it make me sick.
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:50:45 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Holly_P
Therefore, nothing is more important than in 2004 the people rise up and take back control of the government that was established for them, not the rich and powerful.
Typical liberal, thinks government was established FOR the people, not BY them.
I didn't know we were so clever, but I kind of like it,
next stop the judiciary!
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:51:40 AM PST
by
tet68
To: Holly_P; Lazamataz; Howlin; NYC Republican; rdb3; mhking
"The road to privatizing Medicare has been started. Social Security is next. Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are dismissed. ...
Dave Zweifel is editor of The Capital Times."
He says this like it's a bad thing...
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:53:01 AM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Holly_P
the right wing has cleverly taken over the government...................
Duuuuuuuuh, I guess republicans are clever enough to know how to mark their ballots.
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:53:31 AM PST
by
breakem
To: Holly_P
Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are dismissed. If only this were true!
He forgot to mention that they fail the math and reading tests they take.
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:55:41 AM PST
by
Alouette
(Proud parent of an IDF recruit!)
To: Holly_P
Holly,
You always find the most liberal of liberals. Excellent job! We all must keep in mind that Madison Wis. is the land of The Ultraliberal University of Wisconsin.
Happy New Year
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:56:09 AM PST
by
MizRiz9
To: breakem
I guess republicans are clever enough to know how to mark their ballots. Devilishly good strategery on our part!
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:56:56 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Holly_P
Hey, guess what? It was never your country to begin with.
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:57:56 AM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS! http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.html)
To: Holly_P
I thoroughly agree that we need to "take back America." This fool, and his fellow travelers in the Dean campaign are, however, the people we need to take our nation back from.
Presumably, this brass-plated moron is a college student. That's one more proof, if any be needed, that American "higher" education is in deep dodo.
If you want to play a small but critical role in fighting these ignoramuses, click below. Please.
Congressman Billybob
Click here to stick a thumb in the eye of CFR, "Hugh & Series, Critical & Pulled by JimRob."
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:59:15 AM PST
by
Congressman Billybob
(www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)
To: MizRiz9
I am going to try to learn to laugh at these libs, instead of letting them tie my stomach in knots.
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posted on
01/01/2004 9:59:34 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Southack
"The right wing in this country has cleverly taken control of our federal government..." Cleverly? Conservatives, clever? Gee, I thought we were right-wing extremist, uneducated rednecks. Stubborn and obstinate, yes. But clever?
Or is the act of getting more votes than the leftists just considered "clever", by default?
Does Zweifel consider a liberal who wins at the ballot box "clever", I wonder...
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posted on
01/01/2004 10:01:38 AM PST
by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: Congressman Billybob
Presumably, this brass-plated moron is a college student. I am a college student. This guy is the editor of the newspaper.
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posted on
01/01/2004 10:01:46 AM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Congressman Billybob
Correction: It's worse than I thought. This fool is a newspaper editor, not a college student. One more proof, if any be needed, that we need to take back the American press, while we are in the process of taking back our country.
LOL
John / Billybob
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posted on
01/01/2004 10:01:58 AM PST
by
Congressman Billybob
(www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)
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To: Holly_P
Having seen your posts, you are more intelligent and educated as a college student than this "gentleman" is as a newspaper editor.
Billybob
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posted on
01/01/2004 10:03:29 AM PST
by
Congressman Billybob
(www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)
To: Holly_P
This sounds like it was written by an overly emotional liberal woman.
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