Here's a fun fact, if people who made 250k, 500k, 2 million, 5 million, twenty million, paid their taxes at a similar rate to the guy who makes 50k, you wouldn't be paying so much out of pocket.

 

Don't be mad at the people getting $800/month for free, get mad at the people who made 5 million this year and paid almost nothing in taxes. The same ones that own your media and make them tell you it's about "mooches" you wanna see who's suckin the feet dry, look up, not down.

 

I hope you had your mask on when you typed that.

 

After the election I took the flag down altogether for a few days. I'm not sure there is an America anymore. As least not one worth belonging to.

 

I took it down a few days before the election. And by that I mean Sandy took it down for me and I haven't figured out how to restring the pole w/out getting the FD to plop their ladder truck in my driveway.

It comes from both ends. There are those at the top who don't pay their fair share and those at the bottom who just take. It's left to the middle class to make up the shortfall.

 

Exactly! I've already defriended a few people who blatantly love Obama because they sit at home, smoke w33d all day an live off of unemployment and free healthcare clinics/services funded by the government and some sort of welfare money card for food. DISGUSTS ME.

I don't know anyone wealthy elite, but I will tell you after looking over me and misses income for a year and all the taxes we pay between income, property, sales and other taxes - I can't believe we end up with so little of our hard earned money and can't save- all to pay for people like my ex friends who know exactly what they are doing. SICKENING.

But there are people like my aunt who can't find work and has been looking for over a year and even with a Bach degree, her age and experience seem to play against her. So sad

 

Makes me angry at the end of the day though how screwed up this country is. Yes we are in distress.

When exactly do you think we fell into grave distress after changing the founders original design? Was it when we let people other than land owning white men vote? Was it when we decided black people shouldn't be enslaved anymore?

 

Thats a stupid response at what point did race get entered into the mix.. OH i seeeee if we have a black president and protest accordingly that's racist.

 

Seems to me your reply is one of the reasons people might fly flags upside down.

 

He's not a racist .... Maybe he's a realist.

I do take some issue with it. Primarily an inherent hypocrisy. Years ago, politically motivated music groups like Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, and System of a Down would use the imagery of the upside down flag. Quickly, it was pounced upon by establishment that this represented a disrespect of the flag and a deep seated hatred of the country.

 

But, now, it is okay to use that imagery because it fits into some fantasy about the downfall of the union.

 

There is no distress call. We will survive Barack Obama, just as we survived George Bush.

 

You may not agree, and that's fine. And you may be making a statement, and i get that. I just thing it is horseshit. Just my opinion.

 

This is the beauty of America... We can have the freedom to protest. My opinion on the flag being flown upside down in pointless.

 

and yes we will survive and yes some people do feel we are in distress. Class Warfare, Physical / Verbal attacks on people with opposing views, Talk of 2nd amendment being outdated, Spending ourselves into bankruptcy. I'm pretty distressed

This is the beauty of America... We can have the freedom to protest. My opinion on the flag being flown upside down in pointless.

 

and yes we will survive and yes some people do feel we are in distress. Class Warfare, Physical / Verbal attacks on people with opposing views, Talk of 2nd amendment being outdated, Spending ourselves into bankruptcy. I'm pretty distressed

 

I appreciate that. I'm merely pointing out what I perceive to be hypocrisy from my youth in that there is a double standard applied both ways. Dissent is patriotic, until you don't like the dissent. Then you're a traitor. But, now that I'm dissenting....I'm a patriot.

 

I refuse to label someone who I don't agree with as bent on the destruction of this country. They're just wrong. And, I make my case to them so that there are more of me than there are of them. That's how you win.

 

What I said is just my opinion and everyone is free to express their displeasure or distress as they see fit. But, I'm allowed to label it as defeatist, silliness and treachery if I wish.

I appreciate that. I'm merely pointing out what I perceive to be hypocrisy from my youth in that there is a double standard applied both ways. Dissent is patriotic, until you don't like the dissent. Then you're a traitor. But, now that I'm dissenting....I'm a patriot.

 

I refuse to label someone who I don't agree with as bent on the destruction of this country. They're just wrong. And, I make my case to them so that there are more of me than there are of them. That's how you win.

 

What I said is just my opinion and everyone is free to express their displeasure or distress as they see fit. But, I'm allowed to label it as defeatist, silliness and treachery if I wish.

 

Agree thats why we are different then any other nation.. We can have differences without fear.

We can have differences without fear.

 

We can. But, do we?

In most situations i would think we do.. But those situations are being less frequent.

Damn. They are a lot more serious things to worry about in our lives than someone's avatar.

Its more a political protest than anything. Let's be real.

 

I think its disrespectful to the flag and those who died for it but do as you'd like. They gave their lives to protect your freedoms as well, just be honest about it.

Damn. They are a lot more serious things to worry about in our lives than someone's avatar.

 

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