and no one should need it, when it comes down to parties.
The Republicans and the Democrats, and the Libertarians and all the other parties in America, should not be spewing hatred, PERIOD.
If our own country cannot stand united over freedoms that were given to us 200 years ago, how the hell can we try to spread our so called Democracy to other countries?
If we have to stand divided between two parties all the time, here in the US, how can we have the nerve to talk to other countries about peace and fair play?
Isn't it time we, as Americans, simply unite and be Americans?
We are always going to be divided. Different people have different ideas of just how much freedom their neighbor deserves.
and no one should need it, when it comes down to parties.
The Republicans and the Democrats, and the Libertarians and all the other parties in America, should not be spewing hatred, PERIOD.
If our own country cannot stand united over freedoms that were given to us 200 years ago, how the hell can we try to spread our so called Democracy to other countries?
If we have to stand divided between two parties all the time, here in the US, how can we have the nerve to talk to other countries about peace and fair play?
Isn't it time we, as Americans, simply unite and be Americans?
uhh...yeah
what's insane is that those of us polarized in the electorate, are passionate, and concerned about reality, while those polarized in government are passionate about their own political power. I don't see the public as polarized as we're made out to be.
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
true, but it just seems odd quoting someone who had so much hatred...like quoting hitler or pol pot...the word kkk kinda biases things
wasn't he a slave trader??
In 1869, Forrest, disagreeing with its increasingly violent tactics, ordered the Klan to disband, stating that it was "being perverted from its original honorable and patriotic purposes, becoming injurious instead of subservient to the public peace." Many of its groups in other parts of the country ignored the order and continued to function. Subsequently, Forrest distanced himself from the KKK.
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
what's insane is that those of us polarized in the electorate, are passionate, and concerned about reality, while those polarized in government are passionate about their own political power. I don't see the public as polarized as we're made out to be.
Because I'm not polarized at all about any of this "Republicans today said THIS about blah" and "Democrats today said THAT about bleh".
We're a country that's swiftly being taken as being idiotic, round the globe.
Who the fuck cares who said what anymore? Just get us to where we have our pride back, thank you. And get us to where we can give to other countries who are in need - and WANT - of our help and interference.
We're a country that's swiftly being taken as being idiotic, round the globe.
something i'm not very concerned about, i don't like the idea of setting policy to be liked. i'm more about doing what's right, and when it comes down to pandering...that's probably not doing what's right.
speaking of which...gotta hand it to the French this week
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
something i'm not very concerned about, i don't like the idea of setting policy to be liked. i'm more about doing what's right, and when it comes down to pandering...that's probably not doing what's right.
speaking of which...gotta hand it to the French this week
I'm concerned with being thought of as a country that has a brain.
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
and we (used to) have a lot of great ideas about true democracy.
And our kids and their kids, and the kids in other countries, deserve to know what true democracy could have been like.
Because reason should rule this planet, and for a little while longer, it might have a chance.
don't be so doom and gloom. look at the entire history of the planet. there's never been a better chance we are so prosperous that we are inventing our own demons. damn, our grandparents are probably pissing on us
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So if a Texas republican can quote a KKK founder and get away with it, can Bush quote Hitler and get away with it?
I personally would love to hear Bush talk about "Retaining the essential and forgetting the non-essential." Of course that would require Bush to have a bit of knowledge on history. Which, in turn, would require that he could read. So...never mind.
OH WAIT...he was reading when the planes flew into the buildings of the companies he short-sold...reading to elementary kids...now I remember. How could I have forgot.
EDIT: I read the wikipedia entry on Poe. I like him. Creative sentencing for the win! Who would have thunk there was a smart, innovative republican?
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We are always going to be divided. Different people have different ideas of just how much freedom their neighbor deserves.
uhh...yeah
what's insane is that those of us polarized in the electorate, are passionate, and concerned about reality, while those polarized in government are passionate about their own political power. I don't see the public as polarized as we're made out to be.
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
true, but it just seems odd quoting someone who had so much hatred...like quoting hitler or pol pot...the word kkk kinda biases things
wasn't he a slave trader??
In 1869, Forrest, disagreeing with its increasingly violent tactics, ordered the Klan to disband, stating that it was "being perverted from its original honorable and patriotic purposes, becoming injurious instead of subservient to the public peace." Many of its groups in other parts of the country ignored the order and continued to function. Subsequently, Forrest distanced himself from the KKK.
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Because I'm not polarized at all about any of this "Republicans today said THIS about blah" and "Democrats today said THAT about bleh".
We're a country that's swiftly being taken as being idiotic, round the globe.
Who the fuck cares who said what anymore? Just get us to where we have our pride back, thank you. And get us to where we can give to other countries who are in need - and WANT - of our help and interference.
Is that so much to ask?
something i'm not very concerned about, i don't like the idea of setting policy to be liked. i'm more about doing what's right, and when it comes down to pandering...that's probably not doing what's right.
speaking of which...gotta hand it to the French this week
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
I'm concerned with being thought of as a country that has a brain.
why do you care what other people think?
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
I think Rush Limbaugh is an asshole and anyone who admires him is an asshole as well. Care what I think?
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
And our kids and their kids, and the kids in other countries, deserve to know what true democracy could have been like.
Because reason should rule this planet, and for a little while longer, it might have a chance.
don't be so doom and gloom. look at the entire history of the planet. there's never been a better chance
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Sweet dreams, phawk.
So if a Texas republican can quote a KKK founder and get away with it, can Bush quote Hitler and get away with it?
I personally would love to hear Bush talk about "Retaining the essential and forgetting the non-essential." Of course that would require Bush to have a bit of knowledge on history. Which, in turn, would require that he could read. So...never mind.
OH WAIT...he was reading when the planes flew into the buildings of the companies he short-sold...reading to elementary kids...now I remember. How could I have forgot.
EDIT: I read the wikipedia entry on Poe. I like him. Creative sentencing for the win! Who would have thunk there was a smart, innovative republican?