Charitable Contributions In Relation To Ideology

**atheotes** · 03-27-2008, 20:24

When they mention 'charity' do they include the money given to churches/religious organisations (albeit for charity purposes) or only contributions made directly to charities. This might be an important consideration as i believe, more money might be used for actual charity when it is given directly than through a religious organisation.

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**Goofball** · 03-27-2008, 20:44

As it seems we're in a red state/blue state contest of moral superiority here, I thought I'd post this little gem about red state two-facedness when it comes to morality. I have cleaned up the language considerably from the anonymous poster's original, to make it .Org acceptable.

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Screw the South. Screw 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. Fighting for the right to keep slaves--yeah, those are states we want to keep. And now what do we get? We're the Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?
'Cause we founded this country, buttholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that crap about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment? Who do you think those wig-wearing, lacy-shirt-sporting revolutionaries were? They were fricking blue-staters, butthead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fricking monuments are up here in our backyard?
No, No. Get the hell out. We're not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those fricking stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for fricking blue states. Get it? We started this crap, so don't get all uppity about how real you are, you Johnny-come-lately "Oooooh, I've been a state for almost a hundred years" prickheads. Piss off.
Arrogant? You wanna talk to us Northeasterners about arrogance? Maybe I wouldn't be so arrogant if I wasn't paying for your bridges, chump. All those federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane, you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it; it's a shithole," we said, but you had to have your fricking orange juice.
The next moron who says, "It's your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their butt kicked. Nine of the 10 states that get the most federal dollars and pay the least... can you guess? That's right, moron, they're red states. And 8 of the 10 states that receive the least and pay the most? It's too easy. They're blue states. It's not your money, losers, it's our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: Buy your own lousy stop signs, butthead.
Let's talk about those values for a minute. You and your Southern values can bite my arse because the blue states got the values over you Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate, you marriage-hyping losers? Can you guess? It's Massachusetts, the center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that's right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the nation. Think that's just some aberration? How about this: Nine of the 10 lowest divorce rates are blue states, butthead, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to guess? Ten out of 10 are red, we're-so-fricking-moral states.
But two guys making out is going to ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you're ruining it pretty well on your own, you morons. Oh, but that's okay because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? 'Cause we get to hear about it every year at election time. Yes, we're fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you're towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that's a workable formula. Maybe us Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous morons? No, you're too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the Northeast Liberal Elite.
Well this gravy train is over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leeching, Confederate-flag-waving, holier- than-thou, hypocritical crap and shove it where the sun don’t shine.
And no, you can't have your convention in New York next time. Piss off.

**ICantSpellDawg** · 03-27-2008, 20:56

Originally Posted by Goofball

As it seems we're in a red state/blue state contest of moral superiority here, I thought I'd post this little gem about red state two-facedness when it comes to morality. I have cleaned up the language considerably from the anonymous poster's original, to make it .Org acceptable.

Uncharitable AND Vitriolic? Serious combination. Well played.