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The Blue Flower

(6,374 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 05:31 PM Jan 2012

Lining up to dive over a cliff [View all]

I've been watching the clown show from the perspective of someone who sees the fundamentalists fundamentally selling their souls in service to the lust for power of a Newt called Gingrich. After our national adventure in murder, mayhem, torture, and greed thanks to the last "christian" administration, I didn't believe it was possible for these folks to compromise their values any further. But now, because of the righteous, insane hypocrisy of a Newt called Gingrich, the macro has shifted to the micro, so that accountability for harm done to loved ones is something to be shunned if it gets in the way.

In a life of over 60 years, what I've seen time after time with no exception is that operating from destructive impulses ultimately brings about self-destruction. You can't abandon your values and expect a good outcome. "What profits it a man to sell his soul and gain the world?" These hateful, power-hungry fools are falling in line to be led off a spiritual cliff. What are they going to hide behind once they've destroyed all of their values? It's like burning the village to save it. Idiots.

I hope this makes sense.

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Lining up to dive over a cliff [View all] The Blue Flower Jan 2012 OP
Clown show is right. kimmerspixelated Jan 2012 #1
The ultimate reality show The Blue Flower Jan 2012 #2
I feel the same way. Flying Dream Blues Jan 2012 #3
So very much agree Delphinus Jan 2012 #4
Check out James Carville's memo to the GOP Sienna86 Jan 2012 #5
Oh, that's funny! icymist Jan 2012 #11
It's the glorification of ignorance that gets me MorningGlow Jan 2012 #6
This! So very much this. Saokymo Jan 2012 #7
"In an age of information, ignorance is a sin." The Blue Flower Jan 2012 #8
What all three of you said. :) n/t OneGrassRoot Jan 2012 #9
The Republican Clown Show Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #10
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