Lunchpail Republicans . . .

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by BigV

Please continue your discussion friends, I'm enjoying the conversation.

Wait! What? Discussion in the POLITICS forum? I'm gone for a few days and behind my back, you guys start having DISCUSSIONS? Where's UG when we need him?

Seriously, I liked Classic's video of Napolitano's questions or rant or whatever you want to call it. He raises some good points that are of interest no matter which side of the class war fox holes we're taking cover in.

What if both parties just want power and have young people fight wars just to enhance that power?

There's no "what if" for me on this one. Beyond a doubt Republicans and Democrats are locked in a fierce struggle for power to the the detriment of the nation and its people. We've had a Congress that has done almost nothing other than fight for turf for almost two years now. Our president seems incapable of the leadership needed to get Congress out of this deadlock. If anything, he is just slowly caving in to conservative demands - if "caving in" is really what he's doing rather than pandering.

Democrats are people, too. Cut them, they bleed. Dangle PAC money from billionaires at them and they'll snap for it as quickly as their fellow predators in the Republican party.

We now have a system where less than 1% of Americans participate in the military. This makes it easy to isolate soldiers and their families while asking them to make incredible - and often unneeded - sacrifices for the "sake of their country." But what better ploy for a president than to have a small war always going on somewhere - especially when the impact on the people of this country is so insignificant? All sorts of atrocities against our rights have been carried out in the name of America's "War on Terror." Politicians take away our constitutional rights, giving themselves ever more power, and our response is to mindlessly chant "USA! USA! USA!" and put a "Support Our Troops" bumper sticker on our cars.

Support our troops? Let's get real. Support our politicians.