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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 04:29 PM
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The war on America. Because having a government enables the scammers.
http://www.counterpunch.org/monkerud10062010.html

Republicans would prevent the unemployed from receiving Medicaid; prevent treatment, screening or compensation for Americans who assisted during the 9/11 attacks on the WTC; eliminate extensions of unemployment insurance; allow the oil industry to write their own rules for oil exploration and clean up; open all off shore areas to oil wells; and stop funding state governments to stimulate the economy.

Senate and House Republicans recently voted to prevent bills from reaching the floor, or took positions, that would: bar homosexuals from the nation's military; allow the ash from burning 136 million tons of coal to be dumped into the nation's waterways; ignore greenhouse gases and the build up of CO2 in the atmosphere, fire tens of thousands of government employee; and drastically cut welfare, food stamps, health care for children and other government programs to aid the poor.

Long-term goals of the GOP include eliminating unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws, Social Security and Medicare, most government regulations, consumer protection laws, and federal aid to education, along with many other government programs they consider detrimental to corporate-business control of the country. Republicans that are even more radical want to make Christianity the state religion, declare war on Islam, assign the death sentence for performing an abortion, and bomb and invade Iran.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 04:49 PM
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1. What a nice bunch they are...NOT!
Wish people paid enough attention to what their real agenda is: consolidating money and power for themselves and their rich friends/donors.
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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 05:06 PM
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2. A-Men! nt
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