Does the outrage in Ukraine make Amerikans look like lazy punks?

Here is an election that was very close, I'm not commenting on who I would support, and the group that's getting the shaft is pushing back about as hard as possible minus full scale rebellion. The opposition candidate himself, not webheads, is calling for a strike.

We've had two times in the last 4 years when election fraud has been the story of the day yet other than a few fringe "leaders", and groups, we've pretty much gone back to grazing.

And that's the way the media plans it.

The bushgoons have plans, no doubt, to take over our Country for good and Americans can't be bothered to rebel.

we looked like pansies anyway.

So I've edited the title...Plus they're awfully pretty flowers....

very hardy flowers. There were some planted in pots outside in Denver(where I was in 1990)and after a heavy spring snow ..the pansies were still there in full bloom..surprised the heck out of me:)

The reason the Ukranians are angry is that their democracy is new, and the people who created it from scratch are seeing its potential downfall. They have a lot at stake. We're too far removed from our own revolution. We (the royal we) have no personal stake in things anymore.

I don't know if I would be as charitable in my characterizations of the Imperial Subjects of Amerika.

And we cannot claim any special immunity, for we are not in the streets.

Our leaders failed us and cowered, after they had done nothing but that for four years and more.

But We the People, now the Imperial Subjects of Amerika, failed ourselves.

Then it's lights out for a very long time.

They are too far removed and it's not current history. IIRC, Murkans are among the historically illiterate.

Like a revolution is so 18th century and a civil war is so 19th century. And that "civlilized" (that is WASBAC)people don't protest or go to war, unless it's to beat up on some folks who aren't WASBAC, hence Iraq and Afghanistan.

*WASBAC = White Anglo-Saxon Born Again Christian

who said this?

You can only fight for so long... That's what happens when you don't have the media questioning what's going on and you don't have the people paying attention that's what happens. They can only beat their heads against the wall for so long.

n/t

While I can't speak for Ukrainians I did live in Poland for about 5 years and whether you believe it or not they were far from brainwashed automatons.

Fact is, due to recent elections/etcetera, I'd say that your average Amerikan is as much a brainwashed automaton than just about anyone.

We're number #1! Yeppers...

I just sit here looking at the reports on CNN about what is happening in Ukraine and seeing the protests and the statements from the US about not recognizing the validity of the election and then I can't help but shake my head and wonder what the hell is going on here in our country that so many clueless idiots don't see that the exact thing has happened here - Yet where is the outrage? Why aren't there mass strikes? Where are the mass protests?

I went to DisneyWorld yesterday with my family while visiting here in Florida....As I walked around the "facade" of a "happy world" I couldn't help but think that it represented all the same things that our country stands for and how the majority of Americans live their lives....they eat their corn syrup/sugar filled, grease fried processed snacks while they become gargantuan obese Zombies spending money on mass marketed consumer goods, filling their empty minds with reality shows and faux news. Is it any wonder why there aren't protests?

nt.

...and it's a nice, quiet, uneventful life, too.
Until Thanksgiving.

It's not crazy to be confused. TPTB own 99% of everything, including the media. We have little recourse in courts due to many judges being part of the problem. Much of our confusion stems from the fact that everything is so disparate: election fraud in various precincts across the country, corrupt politicians like Delay apparently able to intimidate other pols, crazy RW Armageddon gov't., etc. Knowing where to begin is a problem. To repeat an expression, it's like trying to nail jello to the wall.

but they won't. Don't want to upset the Rethugs you know.

:puke:

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Wow...wow...

...starting at the very top. Dems were ready to rumble in 2000...until Gore's DLC team (Lieberman & Co) advised him that it wouldn't 'look good'. But that didn't stop the Bushies from getting their thugs into the streets to 'shut down' the recount.

In 2004 you had Kerry concede the very next morning. How can you fight when the 'main event' is cancelled?

It all comes down to this: either the Dem leadership has been paid off or they're just not very good leaders.

...500 channels of Satellite Teeee-Veeee...

That's what happen when most of Americans get comfortable with "good enough" or what they spin as "good enough" compared to other countries.

However, at the rate little man is destroying our country the idea of "good enough" will fade before summer and people will begin to see what we already see happening. :nopity:

The fourth day of protests.
We are as strong as ever.
I am currently gathering money and medical supplies for those staying in the streets permanently. It is getting quite cold in Ukraine (-8 C)so we are organizing warm clothes and boots for those active protesters.
I am along with my colleagues go to the central square to protest too.
You will probably see me in the pictures, who knows?

it does my heart good to see that somewhere, at least SOMEWHERE, people still believe in Liberty.

Unlike Imperial Amerika.

Their outrage is formidable and they are making themselves heard around the world.