I am an American conservative shithead

(another good one)

"This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water utility.

After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

I watched this while eating my breakfast of U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

At the appropriate time, as regulated by the U.S. Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.

On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the U.S. Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.

After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and Fire Marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.

And then I log on to the internet -- which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration -- and post on Freerepublic.com and Fox News forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right."

http://www.americablog.com/2009/08/i-am-american-conservative-shithead.html

I think the most striking point to make in this debate is that left wingers protest to stop killing people (i.e. in Iraq), whereas right wingers protest to not help people (i.e. universal healthcare). There is clearly something very selfish and uncompassionate about these people.

FootlessBird wrote:

ukchris wrote:

...There is clearly something very selfish and uncompassionate about these people.

Even now, my mother looks so uncomfortable when she finds out that someone is a Republican, as if they came from the moon or something.

Maybe we can send them there?

ukchris wrote:

FootlessBird wrote:

ukchris wrote:

...There is clearly something very selfish and uncompassionate about these people.

Even now, my mother looks so uncomfortable when she finds out that someone is a Republican, as if they came from the moon or something.

Maybe we can send them there?

Don't tempt me!!!

I like the article, it makes a good point....

Sapphire5000 wrote:

I like the article, it makes a good point....

Yup. So long as we define government as elected representatives of ourselves acting in our best interests, then it makes sense to share the cost of these fundamental services. It is an advancement of civilisation and humanity as far as I'm concerned. The dog eat dog mentality of Fork and Ron belongs in the stone age. Unfortunately "government" comes with too many negative connotations, for some reasons I totally agree with. I thought it was pretty shocking how Ron justified insurance companies' existence just because they employ people. That is not even a conservative argument! These people are nuts.