20 Really Bad Ideas That Are Almost Too Stupid To Believe

[Lumi]

20 Really Bad Ideas That Are Almost Too Stupid To Believe



What in the world is happening to America? It seems like all we get out of politicians at the federal, state and local levels is a steady stream of really bad ideas. Even when our government officials appear to have the best of intentions things still turn out badly. "What were they thinking" is a phrase that is being uttered by millions of Americans on a daily basis. Sadly, instead of focusing on real problems and real solutions, the mainstream media loves to focus on the latest scandal. Last month everyone wanted to talk about Anthony Weiner. This month everyone wants to talk about Casey Anthony. Next month it will be somebody else. There is a never ending stream of scandals for the mainstream media to latch on to, but what is America going to look like if we do not start addressing our real problems? The United States has become a cesspool of corruption, greed, debt and depravity. Everywhere you look there are signs of decline, and yet all our leaders come up with are more really bad ideas. Time is running out on this nation, and with each passing day there seems to be fewer reasons to be optimistic about the future.
Most Americans that are actively engaged in politics believe that either the Democrats or the Republicans are the answer. But sadly, that is just not the case. When the Republicans have been in power they have been a total mess. When the Democrats have been in power they have been a complete train wreck. Both political parties have lied to us and have deceived us over and over. The mainstream media would have us believe that George W. Bush and Barack Obama are from "opposite ends of the political spectrum", but when you closely examine the policies that they have implemented they are almost identical.
No matter who we vote into office we always seem to get the same results.
It is almost as if this nation is under some sort of a curse.
Sadly, our leaders only seem to get stupider and stupider.
The following are 20 really bad ideas that are almost too stupid to believe....
#1 Who in the Obama administration decided that it would be a good idea to put thousands of guns into the hands of Mexican drug gangs?
#2 Who decided that it would be a good idea for the financial future of the U.S. government to be decided in a back room by "intellectual heavyweights" such as Barack Obama, John Boehner, Harry Reid and Joe Biden?
#3 Who decided that it would be a good idea to try to put a woman living in Oak Creek, Michigan in jail for 93 days for growing a garden in her front yard?
#4 Who decided that it would be a good idea to introduce legislation in Congress that would ask American workers to voluntarily pay more taxes in order to help reduce the national debt?
#5 Who decided that it would be a good idea to put an ingredient derived from human hair into our bread?
#6 Who decided that it would be a good idea to pump so much sugar and so many chemicals into our food? Now it has come out that the global rate of diabetes has doubled over the past three decades.
#7 Who decided that it would be a good idea for the FDA to try to ban large numbers of nutritional supplements?
#8 Who decided that it would be a good idea to grant the Pentagon hundreds of thousands of waivers from a "Buy American" law that was designed to protect American jobs?
#9 Who decided that it would be a good idea to sell off our highways, water treatment plants, libraries, parking meters, airports and power plants to foreigners?
#10 Who decided that it would be a good idea for Rick Perry to make a run for the White House in 2012? Is he really the "great hope" of the Republican party? If so, how sad is that?
#11 Who decided that Obamacare was a good idea for America? The U.S. health care system is already falling to pieces and the bureaucratic nightmare that the Obama administration has unleashed is only going to make things worse.
#12 Who decided that it would be a good idea to get hundreds of young women to sign a pledge that includes the following promise?....
"If I get pregnant and discover that my unborn child has a defect that will cause him or her a short life of unbearable pain, I will have an abortion."
#13 Who decided that it would be a good idea for the U.S. to spend more than 7 times as much as any other nation in the world on the military and yet slash our strategic nuclear arsenal down to less than 10% of Cold War levels?
#14 Who decided that it should become fashionable to trash the U.S. Constitution?
#15 Who decided that it would be a good idea to put the Federal Reserve in charge of our money supply?
#16 Who decided that it should be the policy of the United Nations "to accelerate fertility decline in the least developed countries"?
#17 Who decided that it would be a good idea to allow our scientists to create "spider-goats" and other really weird genetically-modified creatures?
#18 Who decided that it would be a good idea to arrest people that are trying to feed the homeless?
#19 Who decided that it would be a good idea for TSA officials to start digging around in the hair of women travelers?
#20 Who decided that it would be a good idea for the United States government to run up a national debt that has surpassed 14 trillion dollars and that is expanding at a rate of $40,000 per second?
A small minority of our politicians are actually trying to do the right thing. A small minority of our business leaders are trying to play the game honestly and fairly. Unfortunately, those efforts are being swamped by the corruption, depravity and greed of everyone else.
America is in deep trouble. At a time when we are in desperate need of real solutions, all we seem to be offered are really bad ideas.
So what do all of you think about the list above? Please feel free to leave a comment with your opinion below....

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[Sportsaholic]

So where are you moving to :shrug:

 

[LetsMakeMoney]

 

[Lumi]

your less than thought out replies is tells me that you know more about the frivilous things in the news than the things that really matter.

Which is why I post articles like this :0008

 

[Duff Miver]

So where are you moving to :shrug:

sportsaholic has got it right.

You post one stupid rant after another about how bad things are in the USA.

Get the fuck out.

 

[Sportsaholic]

your less than thought out replies is tells me that you know more about the frivilous things in the news than the things that really matter.

Which is why I post articles like this :0008

So glad you could help the both of us, carry on Soldier...:0003

 

[Lumi]

I didn't know you had the balls to venture away from the politics room Sally?

Now maybe the entie forum can find out how much of a dooooosh bag you are.

I willl buy you a ticket to the Palm Springs Airport and you can try and force me out sweet heart.

 

[Lumi]

1)

US government openly admits arming Mexican drug gangs with 30,000 firearms - but why?



Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032934_ATF_illegal_firearms.html#ixzz1S7AraOID

Can those who attack me and defend Barry, tell me why this is a good idea?

How many US Border Patrol Agents, US and Mexican Citizens have died from this brilliant plan?

Instead of researching this, it is much easier to go after me. :nono:

This Soldier will continue to DRIVE ON ! ​

 

[Lumi]

#14 Who decided that it should become fashionable to trash the U.S. Constitution?

What our Declaration really said

By E.J. Dionne Jr., Published: July 3

Our nation confronts a challenge this Fourth of July that we face but rarely: We are at odds over the meaning of our history and why, to quote our Declaration of Independence, ?governments are instituted.?

Only divisions this deep can explain why we are taking risks with our country?s future that we?re usually wise enough to avoid. Arguments over how much government should tax and spend are the very stuff of democracy?s give-and-take.

Now, the debate is shadowed by worries that if a willful faction does not get what it wants, it might bring the nation to default.

This is, well, crazy. It makes sense only if politicians believe ? or have convinced themselves ? that they are fighting over matters of principle so profound that any means to defeat their opponents is defensible.

We are closer to that point than we think, and our friends in the Tea Party have offered a helpful clue by naming their movement in honor of the 1773 revolt against tea taxes on that momentous night in Boston Harbor.

Whether they intend it or not, their name suggests they believe that the current elected government in Washington is as illegitimate as was a distant, unelected monarchy. It implies something fundamentally wrong with taxes themselves or, at the least, that current levels of taxation (the lowest in decades) are dangerously oppressive. And it hints that methods outside the normal political channels are justified in confronting such oppression.

We need to recognize the deep flaws in this vision of our present and our past. A reading of the Declaration of Independence makes clear that our forebears were not revolting against taxes as such ? and most certainly not against government as such.

In the long list of ?abuses and usurpations? the Declaration documents, taxes don?t come up until the 17th item, and that item is neither a complaint about tax rates nor an objection to the idea of taxation. Our Founders remonstrated against the British crown ?for imposing taxes on us without our consent.? They were concerned about ?consent,? i.e. popular rule, not taxes.
The very first item on their list condemned the king because he ?refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.? Note that the signers wanted to pass laws, not repeal them, and they began by speaking of ?the public good,? not about individuals or ?the private sector.? They knew that it takes public action ? including effective and responsive government ? to secure ?life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.?

Their second grievance reinforced the first, accusing the king of having ?forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance.? Again, our forebears wanted to enact laws; they were not anti-government zealots.

Abuses three through nine also referred in some way to how laws were passed or justice was administered. The document doesn?t really get to anything that looks like Big Government oppression (?He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance?) until grievance No. 10.

This misunderstanding of our founding document is paralleled by a misunderstanding of our Constitution. ?The federal government was created by the states to be an agent for the states, not the other way around,? Gov. Rick Perry of Texas said recently.

No, our Constitution begins with the words ?We the People? not ?We the States.? The Constitution?s Preamble speaks of promoting ?a more perfect Union,? ?Justice,? ?the common defense,? ?the general Welfare? and ?the Blessings of Liberty.? These were national goals.
I know states? rights advocates revere the 10th Amendment. But when the word ?states? appears in the Constitution, it typically is part of a compound word, ?United States,? or refers to how the states and their people will be represented in the national government. We learned it in elementary school: The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation to create a stronger federal government, not a weak confederate government. Perry?s view was rejected in 1787 and again in 1865.

We praise our Founders annually for revolting against royal rule and for creating an exceptionally durable system of self-government. We can wreck that system if we forget our Founders? purpose of creating a representative form of national authority robust enough to secure the public good. It is still perfectly capable of doing that. But if we pretend we are living in Boston in 1773, we will draw all the wrong conclusions and make some remarkably foolish choices.


Funny, no disgusting thing is that there are those who know more about the Casey Anthony Trial or the Emmy Nominations and not about how assholes like E.J. Dionne view The Declaration and other Founding Documents. :facepalm:

 

[gardenweasel]

this would have lasted an awful lot longer in general if you`d demeaned bush or insulted republicans/conservatives "only"(in that scenario, the only way it gets bumped is if i comment)....

/for future reference...:0008....carry on,dog soldier...

 

[Skulnik]

:SIB

 

[Lumi]

this would have lasted an awful lot longer in general if you`d demeaned bush or insulted republicans/conservatives "only"(in that scenario, the only way it gets bumped is if i comment)....

/for future reference...:0008....carry on,dog soldier...

You can't fix stupid

 

[Duff Miver]

You can't fix stupid

And here he is -

 

[ssd]

Thanks for the post, Lumi but unfortunately, most here know more about American Idol and Octo-mom than what is occurring in the nation's capital. And, they want it that way.

Americans have become complacent.


For me, I'll be moving to Costa Rica before the sh*t gets really bad.

Call me a conspiracy theorists or nutjob.....here's an interesting read and if you can not see the parallels, well, I can not help you.

http://hotbedinfo.com/2011/06/top-10-similarities-between-the-fall-of-rome-and-the-fall-of-america/

 

[Lumi]

Thanks for the post, Lumi but unfortunately, most here know more about American Idol and Octo-mom than what is occurring in the nation's capital. And, they want it that way.

Americans have become complacent.


For me, I'll be moving to Costa Rica before the sh*t gets really bad.

Call me a conspiracy theorists or nutjob.....here's an interesting read and if you can not see the parallels, well, I can not help you.

http://hotbedinfo.com/2011/06/top-10-similarities-between-the-fall-of-rome-and-the-fall-of-america/

I will wait for Duff to respond, he is the smartest man in the room.