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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Here's a a good Captain America quote that is relevant today:
He told you that Americans were the greatest people — that America could be refined like silver, could have the impurities hammered out of it, and shine more brightly!
He went on about how precious America was — how you needed to make sure it remained great!
And he told you anything was justified to preserve that great treasure, that pearl of great price that is America!
Well, I say America is nothing!! Without its ideals — its commitment to the freedom of all men, America is a piece of trash!
A nation is nothing! A flag is a piece of cloth!
I fought Adolf Hitler not because America was great, but because it was fragile! I knew that liberty could be snuffed out here as in Nazi Germany! As a people, we were no different than them! When I returned, I saw that you nearly did turn American into nothing!
And the only reason you’re not less then nothing — — is that it’s still possible for you to bring freedom back to America!
Jesus tapdancing Christ, could they get any more slimy, cowardly and misogynist short of physically morphing into Jabba the Hutt.
They even removed the language requiring men to actually pay support for the kids they'd be forcing women to keep, making it even more transparent.
We're on Day 25. Just for reference.
edited 13th Feb '17 5:02:25 PM by Pseudopartition
@Beary Scary Yeah, Chris Evans is really stand up guy. He's also expressed political ambitions before as a Democrat some day in the future. His uncle is in the House of Representatives as the representative of Massachusetts' 7th congressional district to.
edited 13th Feb '17 5:13:45 PM by MadSkillz
Keep fighting the fight, Chris! Prove you're worthy of carrying the Shield!
Senators launch Bi-Partisan effort to speed up deployment of Self Driving Cars
. This is definitely a thing I can get behind.
The New York Daily News called for a boycott of The LEGO Batman Movie due to now Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin being an executive-producer of the movie,
and it failed massively.
According the Maddow Show I'm watching right now, employees are protesting Puzder for such things as employees being required to pay ten cents an hour for the privilege of wearing a Hardee's uniform. Good Lord.
Little too late, and not going to work because I bet hardly anyone read that article before giving into the joy of Lego Batman.
David Shulkin, Trump's pick for Veterans Affairs Sec, passes Senate with all 100 Votes
.
So I can only assume that David Shulkin is an absolutely fantastic and qualified person.
Shut up and take my vote.
I don't even care who the other guy is. The GOP can send out whatever troglodyte they think is best, that's great, but my vote is going to Captain Goddamned America.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Micheal Flynn just resigned.
EDIT: It's so hot off the presses I don't even have an article to show you.
edited 13th Feb '17 7:58:07 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Like, it's on the news if you don't want to just take my word for it.
edited 13th Feb '17 8:01:17 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Huh. I need to tempt fate more often.
Ahem.
"Trump resigning in disgust after realizing how hard this job truly is and, in a last-ditch middle finger to the GOP, signing an Executive Order to immediately pass the Presidency to Hillary Clinton? Pfft. I'll believe that when I see it."
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.If it's true, then Flynn knows he's in some serious trouble, and the White House may know it too.
So, I guess the question now is, how often have Important Administration Allies left over Major Offenses in US History in the first month on the job?! Presidential Administrations are a weak point in my studies of US History and Politics.

Get ready for DIY abortions as these "hosts" try to cut the parasites from their bodies because someone who's immune to the parasite decided said parasite was more important than a currently living breathing human.
edited 13th Feb '17 4:47:48 PM by PhiSat
Oissu!