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riqster

(13,986 posts)
Fri May 10, 2013, 02:34 PM May 2013

You Can’t Move Forward if You Insist on Standing Still

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/you-cant-move-forward-if-you-insist-on-standing-still/

Snip:"When this writer was a wee lad, America went to the moon. Yes, we did that. We did brave things, bold things, things that mattered to the world, things that were investments in our future.

Nowadays, America is being ruined by a load of greedy, cowardly, short-sighted poltroons. We couldn’t do an Apollo today, folks. We can’t even keep our roads paved properly or our bridges up in the air. We can’t even keep Grandma fed or Junior safe in his school. America is stuck."

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You Can’t Move Forward if You Insist on Standing Still (Original Post) riqster May 2013 OP
K/R DJ13 May 2013 #1
K&R redqueen May 2013 #2
K & R. Blunt and cranky nails it again. freshwest May 2013 #3
Avarice will get us all killed off. Rex May 2013 #4
A deadly sin, indeed. nt riqster May 2013 #5
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