What the H has happened to this country since 2001?

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/

Should spending cuts be required to offset any increase in emergency funds for FEMA?
This is not a scientific poll
No 53% 51916 Yes 47% 46789 Total votes: 98705


We have turned into the most greedy, hateful, stupid, and ugly society on the planet (IMHO) .

[TwilightGardener]

1. Republicans and their wealthy funders have convinced ordinary Americans

to accept that their slice of the pie will get smaller and smaller. 47% of people accept this. Edit to add: call it "freedom" from government interference from FEMA and it would probably top 50%.

[RKP5637]

3. You make some excellent posts IMO! n/t

[TwilightGardener]

4. Why thank you!

[EFerrari]

16. Actually, the polls show that ordinary Americans don't buy that.

They want the wealthy to pay their share.

What you are repeating is a media meme, not what Americans want.

[RKP5637]

2. The country is sadly sick. I don't know if countries are rated on

mental health, but I would say the US is approaching being psychotic.

[Lasher]

5. Don't let that destroy your faith in human nature.

Like it says, it's not a scientific poll. The numbers have been rigged.

[leveymg]

6. The GOP flock to CNN "Quick Vote" polls - they're not scientific. They're just fluff and filler

to make CNN seem interactive and to give viewers a false sense of empowerment.

No wonder mindless Repugs continue to plug away at it.

[unblock]

7. can you imagine the awakening if the republican media were turned off for a few months?

it's the incesant brainwashing.

[hifiguy]

8. The tsunami of Repuke propaganda

has been very effective in brainwashing the low-information (translation: not very bright) masses that corporations and the top 2% are oppressed and that everyone else has too much money, freedom, etc, etc. Mass stupidization, to coin a neologism.

[NNN0LHI]

9. More like since 1981

This definitely didn't begin in 2001.

At least for me it didn't.

Don

[EFerrari]

11. You said it, Don. n/t

[Lorien]

15. Exactly what Reagan intended when he ended the Fairness Doctrine. nt

[RagAss]

10. We have earned the coming horror.

[MrDiaz]

12. it is disgraceful from

both sides, because I remember a time when texas wasn't getting any help for the wildfires and drought and many on DU were laughing about it and saying that we deserve it.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Lets see the DU link to that

Otherwise I am calling bullshit.

Don

[spanone]

13. eight years of cheney presidency

[B Calm]

17. The rich bastards who sent our manufacturing jobs overseas needed a tax cut

[eShirl]

18. shortsighted, "penny wise and pound (or dollar) foolish," etc

[Autumn]

19. The fucking supreme court is what happened to

this country. And beck and limpballs and faux snooze. Oh and add the blue dogs to that.