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    Default Re: US Federal Government Shutdown

    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Yes, clearly, I could not possibly get through my day without all of that Federal, State, and County largesse I use. How very perceptive. Hmm, you know, there was another propaganda movement that depicted its opponents as sub-human parasites ...


    Spoken like someone who really, really needs a hug. And maybe a little lie-down.
    You missed my point. You treat the government like a protector rather than a parasite. I get it. I'm not part of the tea party, BTW, I just hate government. I've never gone to a rally, I've never parotted their lines. Dont take what I say as what the tea party thinks. I'm barely an American. I hold a passport and pay taxes because it is better than having my pay docked, but I couldn't care less about this country. I like quite a few things that we are about, guns, equal rights, individual sovereignty, rejection of authority, etc.but I am not your countryman. The patriotism of the teaparty is my least favorite thing about it. The US is just a bloated bureaucratic artifact. The idea is what is important, not the flag or the government. It is the rejection of the lives of others being imposed on you.

    I'm just having fun, blowing off steam. I like to play sides for the underdog, but I don't care what happens.
    Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 10-04-2013 at 01:56.
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