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[MiniRacer26]

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al:


We have stuck together since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

Here is a model separation agreement:
--Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

--We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them.
--You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.
--Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military.
--We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and biodiesel.
--You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, Whoopi and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all four of them.

--We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street.
--You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens.
--We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.
--We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood .

--You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.
--You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

--We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.
--You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McLaine. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.

--We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Volt and Leaf you can find.
--You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors.
--We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right.
--We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."
--I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or"We Are the World".

--We'll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

--Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.

Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely,
John J. Wall
Law Student and an American

P.S. Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, & Jane Fonda with you.

P.S.S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our country.

[Don Nerone]

o yea thats what im talking about!!

Don62

[bubba]

I am surprised it didn't end with a yeehaw.

Can you also keep foxnews? And romney? Oreilly?

I guess the right realized they screwed up their debt ceiling public image and needed something to fire up the base..have at it boys..

[RandyS]

How about this!

Mr. President, I'm responsible — tax me.

OK, I'm a Republican and a supporter of the tea party movement, and I'll be the first to publicly declare I'm responsible for our current $15 trillion debt and willing to pay more in taxes right now. I ask our leaders to immediately impose a 10 percent surtax on my federal income tax until the debt is completely paid off.

Oh, there is one condition: I'll accept this severe punishment only if everyone who's responsible does the same.

First, if you are one of the 535 members of any party who have been in the House or Senate since our budget surplus in the late 1990s turned into a deficit, you're responsible.

If you voted for any incumbent of any party in either the House or the Senate, as I did, since our budget surplus turned into a deficit, you're responsible.

If you supported President Bush's call for a Department of Homeland Security, as I did, which simply turned into a giant money-sucking new bureaucracy that hasn't improved our "homeland" security one iota and instead has "federalized" thousands of employees who were previously part of the private sector and now can't be fired for being incompetent, you're responsible.

If you supported the concept of war with Iraq to remove a dictator without insisting on a repayment plan by the oil-rich nation to reimburse us for the $1 trillion cost of this ongoing nightmare, as I did, you're responsible.

If you support the prohibition of drilling for oil in our country's vast resource-rich reserves so we keep importing billions of barrels from nations out to destroy us, you're responsible.

If you supported the abject failure of a concept of introducing "democracy" to Iraq and Afghanistan so they would emulate the freedoms exercised in this nation, as I did, you're responsible.

If you supported any of President's George Bush's appointments of Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernake or Henry Paulson — the trifecta largely responsible for the nation's housing bubble, banking crisis and TARP bailout — as I did, you're responsible.

If you didn't vociferously object to Bush's expansion of the Medicare program, as I didn't, an expansion now costing more than $55 billion per year, without any concept of negotiations for drug pricing or means-testing, you're responsible.

If you supported the expansion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan guarantees through a legislative process largely sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank, you're responsible.

If you're a supporter of ACORN, which was the principal entity involved in the lobbying and pressuring of elected officials to pass legislation allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to basically allow "liar-loans" to proliferate, leading to the nation's current economic crisis, you're responsible.

If you applied for a home loan during the "bubble years" and lied on your application about anything related to income, use or employment, you're responsible.

If you voted for the re-election of Rep. Charlie Rangel, the former chief overseer of our government's taxing authority, after it was revealed he failed to disclose income and thus failed to pay a significant amount of personal income taxes, you're responsible.

If you benefited from any congressional earmarks used in your district, whether it's driving over a bridge, going to a clinic, playing in a park or simply sitting on a bench, you're responsible.

If you pay no federal income tax and receive public support of any kind, you're responsible.

Finally, if you're not registered to vote, or simply failed to vote, in any election, you're responsible.

If you fall in any of these categories, you have to take your punishment by accepting an immediate 10 percent surtax on your federal income tax. If you pay none, you have to take a 10 percent cut in your public-support funds — whether Medicaid, welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit or any other item.

You're exempt if you currently serve, or have previously served, in the military, since we already owe you a debt that cannot ever be paid.

I only ask our president to negotiate this deal with the House and the Senate with three caveats.

First, every dollar taken in surtax is used to pay off the debt and for no other purpose. Second, impose real cuts to federal expenditures, including entitlement growth, to bring our fiscal house in order over the next 20 years. And support the passage of a balanced budget amendment that will secure the fiscal greatness of our nation for the next 250 years or more.

Agree to these three things, Mr. President, and you're welcome to increase my tax payment by 10 percent right now. Oh, and one more thing: You too have to take personal responsibility for our current deficit and this debt.

[pitcrew]

Hey that's cool, but I guess all us Obama Lovers will take the Bill of Rights with us. Obviously you "Freedom Loving" anti-everything types won't be needing it anymore...

[dd38]

Billy, I never realized you tilted to the left!!! Thought you liked racing?

[bubba]

Mr. President, I'm responsible — tax me.

OK, I'm a Republican and a supporter of the tea party movement, and I'll be the first to publicly declare I'm responsible for our current $15 trillion debt and willing to pay more in taxes right now. I ask our leaders to immediately impose a 10 percent surtax on my federal income tax until the debt is completely paid off.

Oh, there is one condition: I'll accept this severe punishment only if everyone who's responsible does the same.

First, if you are one of the 535 members of any party who have been in the House or Senate since our budget surplus in the late 1990s turned into a deficit, you're responsible.

If you voted for any incumbent of any party in either the House or the Senate, as I did, since our budget surplus turned into a deficit, you're responsible.

If you supported President Bush's call for a Department of Homeland Security, as I did, which simply turned into a giant money-sucking new bureaucracy that hasn't improved our "homeland" security one iota and instead has "federalized" thousands of employees who were previously part of the private sector and now can't be fired for being incompetent, you're responsible.

If you supported the concept of war with Iraq to remove a dictator without insisting on a repayment plan by the oil-rich nation to reimburse us for the $1 trillion cost of this ongoing nightmare, as I did, you're responsible.

If you support the prohibition of drilling for oil in our country's vast resource-rich reserves so we keep importing billions of barrels from nations out to destroy us, you're responsible.

If you supported the abject failure of a concept of introducing "democracy" to Iraq and Afghanistan so they would emulate the freedoms exercised in this nation, as I did, you're responsible.

If you supported any of President's George Bush's appointments of Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernake or Henry Paulson — the trifecta largely responsible for the nation's housing bubble, banking crisis and TARP bailout — as I did, you're responsible.

If you didn't vociferously object to Bush's expansion of the Medicare program, as I didn't, an expansion now costing more than $55 billion per year, without any concept of negotiations for drug pricing or means-testing, you're responsible.

If you supported the expansion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan guarantees through a legislative process largely sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank, you're responsible.

If you're a supporter of ACORN, which was the principal entity involved in the lobbying and pressuring of elected officials to pass legislation allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to basically allow "liar-loans" to proliferate, leading to the nation's current economic crisis, you're responsible.

If you applied for a home loan during the "bubble years" and lied on your application about anything related to income, use or employment, you're responsible.

If you voted for the re-election of Rep. Charlie Rangel, the former chief overseer of our government's taxing authority, after it was revealed he failed to disclose income and thus failed to pay a significant amount of personal income taxes, you're responsible.

If you benefited from any congressional earmarks used in your district, whether it's driving over a bridge, going to a clinic, playing in a park or simply sitting on a bench, you're responsible.

If you pay no federal income tax and receive public support of any kind, you're responsible.

Finally, if you're not registered to vote, or simply failed to vote, in any election, you're responsible.

If you fall in any of these categories, you have to take your punishment by accepting an immediate 10 percent surtax on your federal income tax. If you pay none, you have to take a 10 percent cut in your public-support funds — whether Medicaid, welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit or any other item.

You're exempt if you currently serve, or have previously served, in the military, since we already owe you a debt that cannot ever be paid.

I only ask our president to negotiate this deal with the House and the Senate with three caveats.

First, every dollar taken in surtax is used to pay off the debt and for no other purpose. Second, impose real cuts to federal expenditures, including entitlement growth, to bring our fiscal house in order over the next 20 years. And support the passage of a balanced budget amendment that will secure the fiscal greatness of our nation for the next 250 years or more.

Agree to these three things, Mr. President, and you're welcome to increase my tax payment by 10 percent right now. Oh, and one more thing: You too have to take personal responsibility for our current deficit and this debt.

That I agree with..there is crap laying all around this predicament on both sides of the aisle - like when i walk into my kids room and they are fighting over who started it - I could give a rats behind about who started it - stop it and put the damn room back together!

[AB195]

only--

Only the wealthiest of Americans get off better than do almost anywhere in the world. World travellers, if there are any on this-here Board, take note.

The Grand Plan is they tinkle back down the wealth, but as we can clearly see that isn't happening, and hasn't been for years and years. Sitting on the sidlines with enourmous wealth, and not doing a thing.......to create jobs. Why should they? Lot's to gain on poverty, or an impoverished people.

All they're doing is shedding jobs, cutting social services, at a time when MOST people need them, cutting pension and benefit contributions, slashing wages, cutting the amount of credit they loan out, ruining the retirements of those middle class, and elderly folks who have vested in 401(k)s. by moving money to commodities and away fom stocks, and paying a lesser-effective rate then middle class. The middle class is almost gone now.

At a time when everyone is being asked to contribute, it is the wealthiest who are getting off scot-free--while the poorest of our society are being shit on, on every turn, on EVERY turn.(there are "some" flaws in that one). But nontheless.................

It's sad, and runs contrary to what our nation was founded upon. It makes no sense that a debt ceiling rule can be approved with only cuts being offered to pay for it. Paying hard by the middle class. The middle class is almost the thing of the past.

Additional revenues must be generated, and not by red-light runners on camera, but by that the most of the revenue should come from the wealthiest of any modern day society, the BIG BOYS-------the fat cats----and they are out there watching our society melt away.

We are a society, a good one, always have been, and should always strive to be a that way.