Founded by Geniuses; Run by Idiots

[Phatscotty]

1. If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

2. If you have to get your parents permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check or check out a library book, but not to vote… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

4. If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

5. If, in our largest city, you can buy "two" 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

6. If an 80-year-old woman and 3 yr old child can be stripped searched by the TSA, but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

7. If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

8. If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is cute, but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

9. If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested homes… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

10. If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

11. If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor buys iPhones, TVs and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

12. If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more safe according to the government… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

[john9blue]

yeah but... one of the geniuses had sex with his slave!

who cares what they think anyway?

[warmonger1981]

Most people think geniuses are stupid and the stupid genius. Most people are just content to do what they are told or what to think. Mindless drones.

[ooge]

1. If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

2. If you have to get your parents permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check or check out a library book, but not to vote… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

4. If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

5. If, in our largest city, you can buy "two" 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

6. If an 80-year-old woman and 3 yr old child can be stripped searched by the TSA, but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

7. If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

8. If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is cute, but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

9. If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested homes… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

10. If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

11. If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor buys iPhones, TVs and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

12. If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more safe according to the government… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

Extreme right wing radio listening talking points Blather

[ooge]

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you get arrested for driving under the influence but not for accidentally shooting and killing your son.you live in a country run by conservatives

[Phatscotty]

Oogey, which one is the best example of "Extreme right wing radio listening talking points Blather"?

Let's talk about it

[ooge]

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check or check out a library book, but not to vote… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you live in a Democracy and you think the best way to decide elections is to have the fewest amount of people or "acceptable" people to vote as possible....You are a conservative

[oVo]

If you believe all that blather is fact you may be a "genius"
living in a the confederacy of dunces..

[Phatscotty]

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check or check out a library book, but not to vote… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you live in a Democracy and you think the best way to decide elections is to have the fewest amount of people or "acceptable" people to vote as possible....You are a conservative

Would you mind elaborating?

[ooge]

Oogey, which one is the best example of "Extreme right wing radio listening talking points Blather"?

Let's talk about it

Bud this is a dangerous area to discuss. I will add that I am an elections inspector in the state of New York.The Attempts at voter fraud country wide are negligible.what ID is supposedly try to prevent is in person voter fraud.Tell me how many people have to be involved with in person voter fraud to affect a general election? Think about it.How do you get that many people organized? How do they keep quiet about participating in this fraud,someone Always talks. And lastly The people who work the elections work the same districts,When we see people come into vote we recognize A lot of them.If someone comes in saying they are "John Doe" Chances are we remember that "John Doe" past away a few months ago

[Phatscotty]

Oogey, which one is the best example of "Extreme right wing radio listening talking points Blather"?

Let's talk about it

Bud this is a dangerous area to discuss. I will add that I am an elections inspector in the state of New York.The Attempts at voter fraud country wide are negligible.what ID is supposedly try to prevent is in person voter fraud.Tell me how many people have to be involved with in person voter fraud to affect a general election? Think about it.How do you get that many people organized? How do they keep quiet about participating in this fraud,someone Always talks. And lastly The people who work the elections work the same districts,When we see people come into vote we recognize A lot of them.If someone comes in saying they are "John Doe" Chances are we remember that "John Doe" past away a few months ago

Can I see your source for the negligible claim? Also, will you admit up front that voter fraud is extremely difficult to detect, much less prosecute? As well as when a state has been decided by 8% points, will you admit up front that most if not all of any cases of voter fraud are dropped in those areas? And if you would be so kind as to offer an opinion on the issue of REPUBLICANS! stealing the 2004 election for Bush?

and btw, the results have been in on this one for a while.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=177949&hilit=voter+i.d.

[ooge]

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more safe according to the government… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

This one hurts the most for me personally,knowing when laws were overturned in the early years of the Bush administration.What the eventual outcome would be.Virginia Tech,Newtown...The Virginia Tech Shooter was not A US citizen.The NRA used there influence to say everyone In America should be Able To buy Guns.They were successful in Making this legal.Those of us on the extreme Left at the time Said "what..are the NRA arguing for the rights of Usama Bin Laden to buy A gun in the US?"....One thing we Should Agree on Not A USA citizen NO gun rights.

[ooge]

Oogey, which one is the best example of "Extreme right wing radio listening talking points Blather"?

Let's talk about it

Bud this is a dangerous area to discuss. I will add that I am an elections inspector in the state of New York.The Attempts at voter fraud country wide are negligible.what ID is supposedly try to prevent is in person voter fraud.Tell me how many people have to be involved with in person voter fraud to affect a general election? Think about it.How do you get that many people organized? How do they keep quiet about participating in this fraud,someone Always talks. And lastly The people who work the elections work the same districts,When we see people come into vote we recognize A lot of them.If someone comes in saying they are "John Doe" Chances are we remember that "John Doe" past away a few months ago

Can I see your source for the negligible claim? Also, will you admit up front that voter fraud is extremely difficult to detect, much less prosecute? As well as when a state has been decided by 8% points, will you admit up front that most if not all of any cases of voter fraud are dropped in those areas? And if you would be so kind as to offer an opinion on the issue of REPUBLICANS! stealing the 2004 election for Bush?

and btw, the results have been in on this one for a while.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=177949&hilit=voter+i.d.

lots of questions to answer http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plu ... _blog.html lets start here

[Ray Rider]

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check or check out a library book, but not to vote… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you live in a Democracy and you think the best way to decide elections is to have the fewest amount of people or "acceptable" people to vote as possible....You are a conservative

Meh, we Canadians are required to show voter ID to vote and we have a higher turnout that you guys down south. Maybe if you followed our example more people would vote! jk Seriously though, I don't see why it's such a big deal to you down there to have reasonable precautions against voter fraud.

[Phatscotty]

Oogey, which one is the best example of "Extreme right wing radio listening talking points Blather"?

Let's talk about it

Bud this is a dangerous area to discuss. I will add that I am an elections inspector in the state of New York.The Attempts at voter fraud country wide are negligible.what ID is supposedly try to prevent is in person voter fraud.Tell me how many people have to be involved with in person voter fraud to affect a general election? Think about it.How do you get that many people organized? How do they keep quiet about participating in this fraud,someone Always talks. And lastly The people who work the elections work the same districts,When we see people come into vote we recognize A lot of them.If someone comes in saying they are "John Doe" Chances are we remember that "John Doe" past away a few months ago

Can I see your source for the negligible claim? Also, will you admit up front that voter fraud is extremely difficult to detect, much less prosecute? As well as when a state has been decided by 8% points, will you admit up front that most if not all of any cases of voter fraud are dropped in those areas? And if you would be so kind as to offer an opinion on the issue of REPUBLICANS! stealing the 2004 election for Bush?

and btw, the results have been in on this one for a while.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=177949&hilit=voter+i.d.

lots of questions to answer http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plu ... _blog.html lets start here

That's interesting, I wonder if it's politically motivated? all democrats fall in line to say it's not a problem (since they have the most to gain) and all republicans say it is a problem (they have the most to lose) Of course, the roles are reversed in other areas where political machines have been in power for 50 years (maryland republicans dont want voter ID, democrats do) and operate on graft openly (Chicago/state of Illinois). There are plenty of instances in our history where voter fraud consumed entire towns, with brothers of the governor who were sheriff, father/son attorney general/governor combos. Just wondering when all that supposedly ended.

Also, I think a state that boasts so openly that they don't have voter fraud is likely to mean they aren't spending money looking for it, which means anyone who wants to commit voter fraud could do it and is much more likely to get away with it. And I gotta ask you one thing, and I'll appeal to your bias on this one. Imagine Obama is running a tight race, and a bunch of hardcore racist Republicans are looking for blood and will try to beat Obama in the election at all costs. Why is it you trust all those racists to follow the rules? Why do you give them, or humans in general, for that matter, such a huge benefit of the doubt? Humans love to cheat, I'm sure you are aware. If someone wanted to cheat and vote twice in Pennsylvania, granted from what I read in your link.....what would stop them from cheating? Or are all men angels?

[chang50]

Given that we are talking about the USA here,in cases where the OP does not specify we can safely assume this,can I ask one question?By what criteria can it be said the USA was founded by geniuses,and if this is so,how did so many geniuses come to be concentrated in one place at the same time?

[ooge]

will you admit up front that voter fraud is extremely difficult to detect, much less prosecute? As well as when a state has been decided by 8% points, will you admit up front that most if not all of any cases of voter fraud are dropped in those areas. How many people Have to be in on the Fraud? it would never stay quiet.This being a pet issue of republicans They would prosecute. and scream from the rooftops If they found widespread cases of voter fraud. On the other hand If your party was defeated badly in an election The way to delegitimize the president and spoil the waters of his beginning presidency is to claim voter fraud.This is were I differ from conservatives the most. If you lose you lost,Your Ideas were rejected. To continue to fight immediately after the election is bad for the country and un American. Bush stealing the election in Ohio? The left using the same delegitimizing tactic....Your poll? do a poll on the death tax people will say "what you get taxed for dieing?" instead of calling it the "death tax" and call it by its true name "the inheritance tax" And explain we have this because The country does not believe in royalty witch is what would happen after several generations of a wealthy family.

[ooge]

There are plenty of instances in our history where voter fraud consumed entire towns, with brothers of the governor who were sheriff, father/son attorney general/governor combos. Just wondering when all that supposedly ended. Now thats a good question. if I were to guess I would say the voting rights act passed by LBJ fixed A lot of this. This of course resulted in the democrats eventually losing all the South as a voting block.The question about Racists stealing elections.They have tried but the voting rights act has stopped them.ThE voting rights act is in front of the supreme court now..The conservatives on the court will use judisal activasim and make it unconstitutional.

[ooge]

Given that we are talking about the USA here,in cases where the OP does not specify we can safely assume this,can I ask one question?By what criteria can it be said the USA was founded by geniuses,and if this is so,how did so many geniuses come to be concentrated in one place at the same time?

Americans some times have a inflated view of ourselves...lol

[ooge]

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check or check out a library book, but not to vote… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you live in a Democracy and you think the best way to decide elections is to have the fewest amount of people or "acceptable" people to vote as possible....You are a conservative

Meh, we Canadians are required to show voter ID to vote and we have a higher turnout that you guys down south. Maybe if you followed our example more people would vote! jk Seriously though, I don't see why it's such a big deal to you down there to have reasonable precautions against voter fraud.

Was there a time in Canadian history were one group of Canadians was trying to keep another group of Canadians from voting.This happened in the US. Laws were passed to try and make sure it does not happen again.That are now 40 years later going to be called unconstitutional.I like Canada I refer to it as Our more civilized neighbors to the North..Bob and Doug McKenzie Rule!

[BigBallinStalin]

will you admit up front that voter fraud is extremely difficult to detect, much less prosecute? As well as when a state has been decided by 8% points, will you admit up front that most if not all of any cases of voter fraud are dropped in those areas. How many people Have to be in on the Fraud? it would never stay quiet.This being a pet issue of republicans They would prosecute. and scream from the rooftops If they found widespread cases of voter fraud. On the other hand If your party was defeated badly in an election The way to delegitimize the president and spoil the waters of his beginning presidency is to claim voter fraud.This is were I differ from conservatives the most. If you lose you lost,Your Ideas were rejected. To continue to fight immediately after the election is bad for the country and un American. Bush stealing the election in Ohio? The left using the same delegitimizing tactic....Your poll? do a poll on the death tax people will say "what you get taxed for dieing?" instead of calling it the "death tax" and call it by its true name "the inheritance tax" And explain we have this because The country does not believe in royalty witch is what would happen after several generations of a wealthy family.

Can't one submit votes on behalf of an organization?

(I'm mostly in agreement with you ITT; just askin').

[ooge]

will you admit up front that voter fraud is extremely difficult to detect, much less prosecute? As well as when a state has been decided by 8% points, will you admit up front that most if not all of any cases of voter fraud are dropped in those areas. How many people Have to be in on the Fraud? it would never stay quiet.This being a pet issue of republicans They would prosecute. and scream from the rooftops If they found widespread cases of voter fraud. On the other hand If your party was defeated badly in an election The way to delegitimize the president and spoil the waters of his beginning presidency is to claim voter fraud.This is were I differ from conservatives the most. If you lose you lost,Your Ideas were rejected. To continue to fight immediately after the election is bad for the country and un American. Bush stealing the election in Ohio? The left using the same delegitimizing tactic....Your poll? do a poll on the death tax people will say "what you get taxed for dieing?" instead of calling it the "death tax" and call it by its true name "the inheritance tax" And explain we have this because The country does not believe in royalty witch is what would happen after several generations of a wealthy family.

Can't one submit votes on behalf of an organization?

(I'm mostly in agreement with you ITT; just askin').

Are you talking about voting for a corporation to run the country? or corporations having the ability to vote,with their voting power weighed by how much they are worth?....give it time it will happen.

[chang50]

Given that we are talking about the USA here,in cases where the OP does not specify we can safely assume this,can I ask one question?By what criteria can it be said the USA was founded by geniuses,and if this is so,how did so many geniuses come to be concentrated in one place at the same time?

Americans some times have a inflated view of ourselves...lol

Good to see some like you have a sense of irony and self-deprecation!

[ooge]

5. If, in our largest city, you can buy "two" 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

I have to agree with this one.Bloomberg was a democrat then a republican and now he is a Independent. He may be the only politician in US history to take all the bad things about both parties and govern that way.

[Haggis_McMutton]

yeah but... one of the geniuses had sex with his slave!

who cares what they think anyway?

see, if one of the liberals had made a straw man as obvious as this you'd be jumping down their throat about the atheist liberal cult or whatever else.

btw, is it just me, or do none of scotty's propositions say anything at all about the founders? They only discuss current discrepancies, I don't see a single statement in that list supporting the idea that "the country was founded by geniuses".