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cali

(114,904 posts)
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 09:05 AM Jan 2016

The Gospel of Reality.



We will never get single payer and we shouldn't even have it as a goal. So sayeth Hillary, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, and the Washington Post. That's reality: Lump it.

We need fracking. So sayeth Hillary and the energy industry. It's a bridge. That's reality. Lump it.

We need the TPP, TISA and the TTIP. So President Obama sayeth, so Hillary once and future sayeth. That's reality. Lump it.

We will not raise taxes (except maybe a little bit on the uber wealthy. So sayeth Hillary and Nancy Pelosi. That's reality: Lump it.

We will not raise the Social Security Cap. So sayeth Hillary. That's reality: Lump it.

We will consider raising the eligibility age for Social Security for people not in "labor intensive jobs". So sayeth Hillary. That's reality: Lump it.

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The Gospel of Reality. (Original Post) cali Jan 2016 OP
Instead of lumping it, let's dump it. LWolf Jan 2016 #1
The Second Gospel of Reality. VulgarPoet Jan 2016 #2
The government/establishment in this country has gone crazy newfie11 Jan 2016 #3
The need for a political revolution is more evident than ever. Broward Jan 2016 #4

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
1. Instead of lumping it, let's dump it.
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 09:07 AM
Jan 2016

Reality is what we make of it, and we don't have to settle for lumps of shit.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
2. The Second Gospel of Reality.
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 09:13 AM
Jan 2016

We need to fight. Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, everybody but Israel and Saudi Arabia are our enemies, and they need to be dragged kicking and screaming into Democracy for their sake. That's reality; lump it.

Pharmaceutical companies need to be able to gouge you for prices, because we got ours; fuck you. That's reality; lump it.

TPP, TISA, TTIP, and SOPA need to become the standard of communication, because corporations need extraterritoriality, and we need to know our dissenters. That's reality; lump it.

The status quo will be preserved. So sayeth the campaign donations. That's reality; lump it.

Net Neutrality standards need to be repealed, because if three companies can't control all speech on the internet the way six companies control all speech on TV, there may be dissenters we don't know about. That's reality; lump it.

Decryption needs to be an enforceable standard, never mind the fact that it compromises the security of America at large, because bawwww scurry terrorists and child molesters. After all, your phone's metadata along with every phone call and text message you've ever sent has been stored by the NSA-- why not let China have a peek too? Or Russia? Or any one of the people we've always been at war with, because as you good, establishment-fearing democrats know, Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia, like we've always been at war with Russia.

This is your reality. Nothing can be done to change it. Assimilate or die. That's reality. Lump it.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)
3. The government/establishment in this country has gone crazy
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 09:17 AM
Jan 2016

Peace out😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah like that would happen!

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