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clydefrand

(4,325 posts) Thu Jul 3, 2014, 06:51 AM Jul 2014

Is it just me, or did the SCOUS just

put the finishing touches to the complete downfall of our country. I'm beginning to be glad I'm at the age where I won't live to see all of the real horror.

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Is it just me, or did the SCOUS just (Original Post) clydefrand Jul 2014 OP

Nothing says Freedumb™ on the 4th of July like ... GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #1

Yup. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #10

You Know I Have That Same Thought..... global1 Jul 2014 #2

Told my husband the exact same thing yesterday, and he had the nerve to ask "Why?" n/t woodsprite Jul 2014 #3

Here's how to get the youth engaged The Wizard Jul 2014 #6

Too late. They 'know' it's all 'Obama's fault.' freshwest Jul 2014 #11

The gutting of the establishment clause is a real issue Gothmog Jul 2014 #4

No, there is quite a bit more they have to do rurallib Jul 2014 #5

No they didn't. What they did was awful, but it's only a step along the path el_bryanto Jul 2014 #7

Got me thinking how 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' , toby jo Jul 2014 #8

They are literalists. They only see the word 'men' and say it excludes women, period. freshwest Jul 2014 #12

The seeds of chaos have been sown in the Middle Eastern nations Enthusiast Jul 2014 #9

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

1. Nothing says Freedumb™ on the 4th of July like ...

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 07:04 AM

Jul 2014

Boomers.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

10. Yup.

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 09:55 AM

Jul 2014

I must agree.

global1

(25,253 posts)

2. You Know I Have That Same Thought.....

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 07:06 AM

Jul 2014

that's why I've been urging everybody that I know to get the youth engaged in this Nov election. As I see it - it will be one of the most important in our lifetime. People my age (a senior) have children and grandchildren that will be around long after I'm gone and they will have to live with this mess unless they get engaged and use their votes to turn things around. Unfortunately - the generations behind me don't seem too interested or they have just given up and resigned themselves to the fact that they are screwed. How sad......

woodsprite

(11,916 posts)

3. Told my husband the exact same thing yesterday, and he had the nerve to ask "Why?" n/t

Reply to global1 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 07:35 AM

Jul 2014

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)

6. Here's how to get the youth engaged

Reply to global1 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:40 AM

Jul 2014

Tell them the Republican agenda for the Internet includes a curtailment of texting and listening to music on their I-Phones. Violators will have their hand held devices confiscated.
The threat of gun control gets the fringe loonies out to the polls.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

11. Too late. They 'know' it's all 'Obama's fault.'

Reply to The Wizard (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 10:10 PM

Jul 2014

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)

4. The gutting of the establishment clause is a real issue

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:27 AM

Jul 2014

The SCOTUS has in effect gutted the establishment clause by stating that some religious views are worthy of protection and other views are not worthy of protection.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

5. No, there is quite a bit more they have to do

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:39 AM

Jul 2014

but they have definitely turned a corner in even pretending to care one whit about citizens. They have gotten over the pretense that they cared about reality also so they can impose their belief system on America.

From here on it will be much easier for them. Public outrage I think will steel their resolve to make America Christian and right wing. I look for them to take more cases whittling away at health care, voting, women's rights, race issues. I think they are on a mission to restore America to its pre-New Deal glory.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

7. No they didn't. What they did was awful, but it's only a step along the path

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:42 AM

Jul 2014

It could lead to the downfall of our country - but it could also be an outlier - a particularly awful decision by the Supreme Court, but not much more than that.

Like Dredd Scott or Plessy vs. Furgeson - both were cases that were decided completely wrongly - but as society evolved, both were nullified.

Bryant

toby jo

(1,269 posts)

8. Got me thinking how 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' ,

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 09:34 AM

Jul 2014

said to be one of the greatest sentences in the english language, is so much more profoundly spiritual than anything the bible has to offer.

They are codifying hatred with that book, and we are fighting for freedom with that sentence.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

12. They are literalists. They only see the word 'men' and say it excludes women, period.

Reply to toby jo (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 10:12 PM

Jul 2014

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

9. The seeds of chaos have been sown in the Middle Eastern nations

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 09:53 AM

Jul 2014

and the United States among others. WTF!

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