Oh dear

[Political Waves]

My stress level went up when I read the article below -- there are a lot of people out there without a context, without a vision, without a clue and they're desperately seeking comfort in an anxious and confusing time. Perry, who has the easy charm of their homegrown bible thumper and part-time used car salesman, offers it here.

These are soothing words and Perry is slicker than snot. This is a Fundy band-aid seeking a boo-boo ... and sure to find it. A powerful and targeted message -- as was his message on Israel -- Perry's no fool. This is Not Good.

To offset this chilling piece, you'll find a fun one below it -- enjoy!

Jude



Rick Perry Asks GOP Voters To Pray For Him -- And Obama -- Ahead Of Florida Debate
HuffPo
9/22/11
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/rick-perry-orlando-pray-debate_n_976977.html

ORLANDO -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry asked a ballroom full of enthusiastic Republican activists and voters Thursday to pray for him and give him their vote, but also said they should pray that God shows President Obama that he is misguided.

The supplication he told them to offer up for the president was that God would "open his eyes" -- and came after he had lambasted Obama for presiding over a "nanny-state."

"As a governor who's made a great deal of decisions with consequences over the years, I couldn't have done so without being driven to my knees on many occasions. As I campaign for president, I not only ask you for your vote and your support, I ask you for your prayers,"

Perry said. "I ask you to pray for our country. I ask you to pray for our president, to give him wisdom, to open his eyes."

Perry was speaking to a "Faith and Freedom" rally a few hours before an important debate between him and the other Republican presidential candidates here. And his call to pray for Obama came after he ran through a list of the administration's policies and criticized them.

"Last month the Obama administration, they had the audacity to call food stamps a stimulus," Perry said. "Food stamps are a symptom of the problem, Mr. President, they're not the solution. And the problem is too many Americans can't find work today because of this administration's big government policies."

"The problem with the liberals is they think there is a government answer to every problem, and they think Washington knows best, even when the Constitution is very clear about what belongs to the states," Perry said.

He then criticized Obama's "Race to the Top" program, which rewarded a few state school systems for reform innovations with millions in grant money. Perry did not see this as creating competition among school systems to improve performance, and pointed out that the money being awarded came out of the taxpayer's pocket to begin with.

"It is wrong for the federal government to take over local schools," he said, calling for the states to have more decision-making power in education.

Moments after his call for voters to pray that Obama be shown the error of his policies, however, Perry said that God is not on the side of any political party.

"And I ask for the prayers for the health and the healing of a country that will transcend party politics, as does our creator, whose purposes and ways cannot be coopted by any political party," Perry said. He then quoted former President Abraham Lincoln: "My concern is not whether God is on my side. My greatest concern is to be on God's side." The crowd of a few thousand rose and cheered. ++


100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Repulblican
Stephen D. Foster Jr., Addicting Info
August 11, 2011
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/08/11/100-things-you-can-say-to-irritate-a-republican/

Conservatives are so easy to anger these days. Even the most insignificant statement can set off their tempers. If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following:

1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.

2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free.

3. Joseph McCarthy was an un-American, witch hunting sissy.

4. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were traitors.

5. The South lost the Civil War, get over it.

6. The Founding Fathers were liberals.

7. Fascism is a right-wing trait.

8. Sarah Palinz is an ugly cow (said to conservative males).

9. The Earth is round.

10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President.

11. Reagan legalized abortion as Governor of California.

12. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.

13. Ronald Reagan supported gun control.

14. Global warming is real.

15. Republicans hate illegal immigrants, unless they need their lawns mowed or their houses cleaned.

16. The military is a government-run institution, so why do Republicans approve the defense budget?

17. The Cold War is over and the Soviet Union no longer exists.

18. Paying taxes is patriotic.

19. Republicans: Peddling the same failed economic policies since 1880.

20. The Republican Party began as a liberal party.

21. The Presidents’ full name is Barack Hussein Obama and he was born in the United States of America.

22. George W. Bushz held hands with the King of Saudi Arabia.

23. President Obamaz saved the American auto industry, while Republicans wanted to destroy it.

24. Hate is not a Christian virtue.

25. Jesus was a liberal.

26. Republicans spend MORE money than Democrats.

27. Tea parties are for little girls.

28. Public schools educate all children; private schools are for indoctrinating children.

29. The Constitution is the law, NOT the Bible.

30. Sharia law doesn’t exist in America.

31. The President is NOT a Muslim.

32. Corporations are NOT people. People are people.

33. Fox News isn’t real news, it’s just a racist, sexist, hateful, right-wing propaganda machine.

34. The Federal Reserve was a Republican idea.

35. Women are equal citizens who deserve equal rights.

36. Women control their own bodies.

37. Abortion is a relevant medical procedure, just ask Rick Santorumz.

38. Please use spell check.

39. It’s “pundit”, not “pundint”.

40. Social Security is solvent through 2038.

41. Health care is a right, not a product.

42. Roe v. Wade was a bipartisan ruling made by a conservative leaning Supreme Court.

43. G.O.P also stands for Gross Old Perverts.

44. The donkey shouldn’t be the Democratic mascot because Republicans are the real jackasses.

45. Barack Obamaz ordered the killing of Osama Bin Ladenz. It took him two and half years to do what Bush couldn’t do in eight.

46. Waterboarding IS torture.

47. 9/11 happened on George W. Bush’s watch, therefore he did NOT keep America safe.

48. Republicans invaded Iraq for oil, so Iraq should be allowed to invade Texas to get it back.

49. Separation of church and state is in the Constitution, it’s called the First Amendment.

50. Muslims are protected by the Constitution, just as much as Christians.

51. Barack Obama is the first African-American President, get over it.

52. The Oval Office is NOT a “whites only” office.

53. America is a nation of immigrants, therefore we are all anchor babies.

54. The white race isn’t disappearing, it’s evolving.

55. God is a particle.

56. Evolution is real.

57. The Earth is 4.54 billion years old, not 6,000.

58. The Founding Fathers did not free the slaves.

59. The Revolution was NOT fought over slavery.

60. Paul Revere warned the Americans, NOT the British.

61. Federal law trumps state law.

62. The Civil War was about slavery, NOT state’s rights.

63. Corporations care more about profits than they do about people.

64. Getting out of a recession requires government spending.

65. Glenn Beckz is a nut-job.

66. Republicans: Paranoid since 1932.

67. Republicans don’t want to pay for your birth control, but they want you to pay for their Viagra.

68. Republicans actually NEED Viagra.

69. Fox News is owned by an Australian and has a Saudi prince as an investor.

70. Republicans complain about immigrants taking American jobs, then freely give American jobs to foreigners overseas.

71. Republicans hate communism, so why do they refer to themselves as red states?

72. Labor unions built this country.

73. Republicans hold America hostage as a political strategy; the temper tantrum throwing kind of political strategy.

74. Jesus was a Jew, not a Christian.

75. When Republicans see black, they attack.

76. Inside every Republican is a Klansman or a Nazi waiting to bloom.

77. Republicans only care about children BEFORE they are born.

78. Republicans are hypocrites, they’re just too stupid to know it.

79. The Christian-Right boycotts movies that have violence, and then promotes guns and insurrection.

80. I think therefore I am NOT a Republican.

81. Republicans that oppose gay marriage are most likely in the closet themselves.

82. Churches should stay out of politics, or be taxed.

83. People are too poor to vote Republican.

84. Democrats think for themselves, Republicans form think tanks to do it for them.

85. Republicans hate education because they couldn’t hack it in school.

86. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins and Republicans wallow in it.

87. A little socialism on the Left is better than a little fascism on the Right.

88. The current corporate tax rate is the lowest in 60 years, so stop whining about it being too high.

89. Republicans: Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Lesbian sex.

90. Republicans: Terrorizing the American people since 1981.

91. Republicans have their own terrorists, just look up Timothy McVeighz.

92. Republicans love outsourcing, just ask the Chinese Communists.

93. The Republican answer to the oil spill was to apologize to BP, a foreign oil company.

94. Democrats will be working hard to bring jobs to Americans, while the Republicans tea bag each other in the middle of the aisles.

95. Voter disenfranchisement is immoral and un-American, that’s why Republicans do it.

96. Republicans would let your house burn down unless you pay them to put it out.

97. Democrats want to take care of the sick. Republicans take their credit cards and then deny them medical attention.

98. Republicans say teachers are union thugs, then proceed to rape and mug the entire middle class on behalf of corporations.

99. Republicans think rape isn’t a crime, but miscarriages are.

100. Republicans are idiots and arguing with them is a waste of time!

Bottom line? If you want to anger a conservative, tell them the truth. ++

Edited By: Alexis Atherton


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