The last week is THE ARGUMENT against Republicanism.....

[Bennyboy]

Union thugs saving lives. Saving a city. CITIZENS helping out and gathering together and using information to help with the investigations.

The fact the guy who lost his legs and then identified the terrorist, ahving to hold a bake sale to pay for it is also a great argument against their policies on health care. How many of those hurt will also now be bankrupt due to the higher medical costs, no insurance, is certainly a case against for profit Healthcare.

Then there is Texas. The republican mantra of de regulate and strangle the Gov't killed 15 people. No inspections since 85. Illegal storage of explosive chemicals. Corner cut,a nd a town wiped off the map. And the Rick Perry, who hates government is asking for federal dollars to rebuild the town.

I've been trying to do this to people when discussing the weeks events. And they are all going yeah you are right...... I think eyes are opening.

[jollyreaper2112]

1. There will always be fresh idiots

WWII should have been the argument against authoritarians and cults of personality.

We may well see fervor cool for a time. I would be grateful for that. But every new generation brings fresh dunces to believe in stupid shit.

[MOTRDemocrat]

2. Yep. It's an argument against quite a lot of ideologies, in my opinion. nt

[Bennyboy]

3. Everyone needs to post this everywhere they can.

[Bennyboy]

4. help a hero fund.....

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, Jeff Bauman’s image was seared into the American consciousness. An extremely graphic photo of Bauman being escorted in a wheelchair with most of his legs blown off quickly went viral. Bauman’s stock rose even further after reports surfaced that he had looked into the eyes of one of the bombing suspects minutes before the explosion, and that the moment he awoke from emergency care, he gave law enforcement critical information that substantially narrowed their field of suspects. But while police continue to scour the streets for at-large suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 27-year-old Bauman is scouring the internet for donations to help pay for his outsized medical bills.


http://www.nationofchange.org/boston-bombing-hero-who-identified-suspect-resorts-online-fundraising-pay-his-medical-bills-13664703

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Isn't every week an argument against republicanism? - n/t

Assuming you are a human being, that is!

[Zax2me]

6. You are right, but it won't be 'seen' that way. All the hoping bombers were white screwed it up.

All the ill-advised 'hoping' that the bombers would be white American home grown bombers. And they turned out to be Islamic Jihadists.
Game over right there - you lose the audience.
Again, you are right, but by hoping for home grown white bombers it leads to the incorrect assumption that the left is the radical side for jihadists.

[Kablooie]

7. The problem is that the people who need to hear this ...

always put their fingers in their ears and go "La...la...la" whenever evidence is presented that conflicts with their current world view.

There is no way to ever get them to accept reality as valid.

[DallasNE]

8. The Case Against The Libertarian Concept Of Government

Could not be more compelling. It is why our Founding Fathers had a change of heart when they developed the Constitution creating a strong central government but with protections to prevent that strong central government from having dictatorial control with a Bill Of Rights for ordinary citizens.

[davidn3600]

10. BUT.....

If libertarians had their way, we wouldnt be engaged in so many overseas adventures pissing off most of the world.

[DallasNE]

11. Ah, The Stopped Clock Argument

Pretty weak.

The case for going to war in Afghanistan was compelling. The case for going to war in Iraq was non-existent.

[ErikJ]

9. And could citizen Militias have saved the city?

Which is what the 2nd Amendment is based on. Boston which didnt have a police force until 1837 was served by volunteer Nightwatch and and militias for daytime emergencies.