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A Lost Civilization
New York Times ^ | December 8, 2012 | MAUREEN DOWD

Posted on 12/10/2012 7:44:36 AM PST by Seizethecarp

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To: The Toll

For the most part I’m sure you are right. Which is not to say that at some point in history - for example the “I have a dream” speech - there may have been those that believed the words for a few moments in time. Or not. I’m not sure - I wasn’t there and none of us can reliably see into others’ hearts.

But as things have turned out - at the end of 2012 - you are clearly correct. It’s all about race, favored groups, stigmatized groups and robbing peter to pay paul. That is what our politics has devolved into.

But it may or may not have started out that way. I’m not smart enough to know for certain.


41 posted on 12/10/2012 9:25:09 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Seizethecarp
Dowd also predicts the following:

“But history will no doubt record that withering Republicans were finally wiped from the earth in 2016 when the relentless (and rested) Conquistadora Hillary marched in, General Bill on a horse behind her, and finished them off.”

Dowd is assuming that there will be elections in 2016. I am not. The Hildabeast looks like death warmed over now; just think how hideous she will look in 2016.

42 posted on 12/10/2012 9:28:20 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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America's reset will be particularly harsh. In previous eras, bastard children were at risk of starvation, and few babies born of indigent, illiterate moms survived. As a result, 99% of young ladies learned to cross their legs, out of mortal fear of being an unwed mom.

We have reversed the "moral hazard" lessons of civilization, and we now pay the stupidest to breed the most. We have allowed the creation of entire generations of incapable useless unemployables. Millions cannot even work at McDonalds: they don't have the verbal or math skills, God help us.

So the return to Dickensian reality will be very harsh. Never before has there been such a bumper crop of moochers and parasites. When nobody is around to feed them, to give them EBT cards and make sure the stores are full, what will become of them?

The reset is going to be a bitch all around, but especially those with no brains, no skills, and no work ethic.


43 posted on 12/10/2012 1:07:10 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Mr. Know It All

You have disproved nothing. You have conveniently overlooked a very important part of my assertion, that of volunteerism. The Government “taxpayer” could not produce enough revenue to pay volunteers for their work, even at 5.00 per hour. Before you answer you should look at the question and consider it in it’s totality and not just the part you wish to adress.


44 posted on 02/22/2013 6:56:44 AM PST by greyfox (If I were a Democrat I'd be pushing for the fairness doctrine too.)
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Fine. You still have no data to support your speculation.


45 posted on 02/22/2013 7:51:32 AM PST by Mr. Know It All
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