You know what really grinds my gears??

I consider myself more of an atheist but I agree with what you're saying. The tough part though, is that a lot of the US constitution was written with religion in mind. Well, not in mind, but on the foundations and principles of religion. And for a long time, it worked. I'm not religious at all, but it offends me that we're removing the pledge of allegiance from schools because it contains the word God.

America has just lost its way.

I would propose three things that I think could start a snowball effect to change this country dramatically and put us back on the right track.

1: Term limits. Senators and Congressmen and women could only hold their seats for 2-3 years max. Career politics must end.
2: Legalize and regulate marijuana. The US government could be out of debt in 5 years if they allowed it to be sold legally. The revenue would be threw the roof. It should also removed those jailed for minor offenses related to possession of the drug. Free up more prisons and ease the taxpayer wallet.
3: Get corporations the fuck out of government. They're all in each other's pockets and it's sickening. If you told the commissioner of the FDA that you'd give him a million bucks, but that he'd have to turn a blind eye to a new organically modified food that will definitely kill hundreds of people. He'd take it. Corp and Gov don't mix. When they do, we're where we are now.

Oh and lastly, get rid of this fucking Obama moron. Those who voted him in are part of the problem.

 

the whole government and corporation is a product of our own humanity. many people are corrupt mainly because they use the government to better themselves not others. The gov could do a fantastic job of doing things if the damn bureaucracy and red tape wasn't overwhelming.
And i'm catholic and i believe in the whole separation of church and state, but again the problem is that many of the senators and congressmen come from states that are super protestant so they have to reflect those wishes of the people and overdo every thing for their electorate

 

its not like the NSA will stop looking at your stuff just because you realized that they were doing it.
I thought the same thing about the last election luckly i wasn't old enough to vote in that shitty ass election two years ago i hope that in two years we will have decent runners

 

The lesser of two evils is still... you guessed it, evil.

Obama = Bush = Clinton = Bush, and so on, right down the line since about the 30's. The one Shining light we had was JFK, and while he himself was far from perfect, he was enough of a threat to eliminate. These days, you dont even get on the ballot unless you're willing to do the bidding of the real power in this country. Everything Phaedo said above about the red vrs blue shit is nothing more then a soap opera designed to distract from the REAL issues. For over a decade now we have been trading freedom for 'safety'. And while as of yet we have not seen much noticeable differences in our day to day lives, all the pieces are being fit into place. And once the global elite that stands in the shadow and directs the soap opera puts the last piece into place, we will wake one day to find that the freedom is gone, and odds are even open revolt will be too little too late.

 

Obama is a moron and a liar. He's lied on countless key issues to Americans because he thinks we're morons. Obamacare lies. Benghazi lies. Debt ceiling lies. His refusal to negotiate with republicans. His horrible and moronic handling of the Syria situation which ended up making Putin look like a god send. I do understand that all presidents have bad, but Obama is a total fucking queefer bro. He's a slick talker and a nice suit and that's what sold people on voting for him. Bush had more of a heart than Obama and didn't trample all over our constitution. Clinton was a sex fiend and also lied to the public but his efforts in the economic sector did fantastic things for our bottom line and our debt. Reagan was another great president. There are really good presidents who come along no matter what sort of corporate ties are strangling our political system. No matter the money, the bribery, the wars, the controversy. Obama is not one of them. He's a loser.

Surely you don't think our country would be in the same situation if someone like Paul or Christie were voted into office?

 

sometimes I re-read the shit I say and (even though I mean it) I realize how batshit crazy I sound

 

Thats because you are crazy. But then again, who isn't?

 

going a bit off topic, but this is hands down the best thing I've ever seen on JFK's death... and it all points to Bush. I watched it on NetFlix, not youtube, and on YT it's broken into parts, but in the full movie, about halfway through is where they start dropping the real bombs that point to Bush. The first half is interesting as well, but is really just laying the ground work that sets up the second half.