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American Heroes
If your an American Hero and you email me, I'll put you right here.
#5
Here's another email from our good freind Freedom Fighter. Enjoy it, he's got more balls and insight than you, he actually articulated his ideas into writing....and you didn't. Bitch.
M.R.
#3
This American Hero Email comes from a Freedom Fighter from the Heartland. And now because i like the ring of it he shall be deemed...Freedom Fighter from henceforth. I can feel the anticipation seething through your veins, so i hold you back no further. Go now, enjoy, our first....rebuttle....
M.R.
I have a very short response to the Herring's view on Global Warming. It is true that many organizations with reliable scientist are all in a consensus that global warming is real. OK so big deal the entire world has warmed half of a degree Celsius in one hundred years. Has it occurred to anyone but I (and Matt of Matts Republic) that it is quite possible that this is just an environmental phase... Oh wait yes it has.
Many other reliable scientists believe that this is just another phase that the earth goes through, kind of like back in the 70's when the earth was cooling, crazy how much 30 years makes on the liberal mind. But here is the real kicker, WHY ARE WE ALL FREAKING OUT?!?! it is just a consensus of scientist. Much like when every scientific mind agreed that the World was flat, or that the all planets revolved around the Earth instead of the Sun. Much like these scientific unanimous agreements, I am sure we will all see that science has a learning curve and right now we are at the bottom of the curve.
Freedom Fighter
Are you as Smart As Freedom Fighter? Show me, Email Mattsrepublic.com with your bleeding liberal pussiness or you Strong Conservative Values.
#2
And now something completely different, the musings of Herodotus. No he's not the Herodotus you might be thinking of, so go ahead and zip up your pants. Yeah, I mean you...perve.
M.R.
Get out the vote?
I find the political election seasons extremely depressing. The so called greatest country in the world has had presidential elections every four years ever since 1789 when George Washington was elected unanimously to the office. Early voting was far from perfect, as only white male citizens could participate, but strides over the years have allowed other races and women the right to vote. The right to vote. Elections effect us all and we citizens of the United States are given the honor of voting, the responsibility of voting, the RIGHT to vote... so where is everybody on election day?
The Numbers say it all
Let's look at some numbers shall we? Take the 2000 election for example, one of the most heated Presidential races in our country's history. Due to census information it can be seen that there were at least 186 million citizens of the United States that were of voting age. 186,000,000 people COULD have voted. Want to guess how many did? 111 million. 111,000,000 people VOTED. Using basic math skills we can then calculate that there were 75 million people that DID NOT vote in an election that left many Democrats grumbling about the unfair nature of the electoral college, whose votes George Bush gained a majority of beating Al Gore 271 to 266. I certainly hope that none of the people complaining about Bush being in the White House for the past 8 years were among the 75 million people that decided it wasn't worth their time to get out of their house and cast a ballot...
Another problem we see in this election was that out of the 186 million people that could have voted only 130 million of them were registered. Again, breaking out the calculators it means that 56 million citizens 18 or older did not even bother to register. It also shows another statistic, as it means that out of the 130 million that were registered, 86 percent of that group voted. Some people say that's pretty good, I say that it still isn't 100.
So, you too cool to vote?
Referring back to the same set of statistics I used for the previous section, I will attempt to analyze some of the moronic minds we have in this country and why people don't want to exercise their right to vote.
The top reason that non-voters gave to this poll was that they were;
Too busy (20.9%)
Illness or emergency (14.8)
Not Interested (12.2)
Out of Town (10.2)
Other Reason (10.2)
Didn't like candidates (7.7)
Refused, don't know (7.5)
Registration problems (6.9)
Forgot (4.0)
Inconvenient (2.6)
Transportation problems (2.4)
Bad Weather (0.6)
Out of all these reasons, if illness and emergency are really getting in the way, that seems pretty legit. As for the other reasons however:
Too Busy: Make time. If you aren't going to be busy to bitch about who's in office for the next four years then you should take a half hour out of the day to get your ass to a voting booth.
Not Interested: These people piss me off. You are interested in living in this country aren't you? If you aren't going to be interested in the politics that affects you (whether you want to believe it or not) then just do us all a favor and move to France.
Out of town: Don't even try to give me this crap excuse. You know how sometimes you get to know about an event ahead of time so you can fix your schedule up so that you can participate in said event? Yeah see the Presidential election is something you can know when it's going to happen years ahead of time. Give me a 2020 calendar and I'll mark it for you so you aren't out joy riding around San Francisco when the future of our country is being decided.
Other Reason: This choice is for those cowards that don't want to be chewed out by people like me for choosing one of the other reasons.
Didn't like the candidates: No? Really? Was it on a personal level or did you really not like their platforms? You could at least go to the poll and write in a name of someone you do like. Jeff Gordon maybe? Write in someone that doesn't exist even, like Superman. Just go to the polls, maybe you'll change your mind on the way...
Refused, don't know: What does this mean? You don't know if you refused or you refused because you don't know? You thought you were sending a message to people by refusing to vote? Well you did. You're a moron. Good job.
Registration problems: Hmm, I guess maybe our registration process needs to be looked at then? I don't know what kind of problems could be faced so I won't attack these people just yet. All I know is that it took me five minutes to register.
Forgot: What hole do these people live in? They somehow avoided being exposed to all forms of media coverage of the presidential campaigns, and all human contact in the span of a couple months before election day? Then around Veteran's Day they said, "Oh geez, the election is over already? Shucks." These people didn't forget, they're idiots.
Inconvenient: Wow I don't even know how to channel my enormous rage at this reason into typeable words that don't break any barriers of human social interaction. They are going to rationalize not participating in one of the greatest democracies the world has ever seen because it was inconvenient? Oh geez, we're sorry fellow Americans, Tuesday doesn't work for you? How about Saturday, that work? These people should probably be put into the category of Too Busy cause it's practically the same thing. People too busy to get themselves to an election both and be responsible civic-minded citizens no matter what it takes.
Transportation problems: Call a friend, neighbor, loved one. Get on a bicycle, skateboard, whatever. Walk, have someone carry you if you can't. Get to the polls.
Weather: If a tornado/hurricane is not bearing down on you, go vote. If the weather isn't at 20 below zero, go vote. A little rain or snow should not keep you from doing one of the most important duties that you owe your country to do.
I saw a short interview with a random person on the news and this yahoo was asked if he was voting. He said no. They asked why. He said "Oh politicians are all the same. They promise you this and this and when they get elected they don't deliver." This is what made me want to write this little rant. He probably just doesn't even care to find out anything about the candidates and uses this highly clichéd line to be able to say something on TV...
To summarize this section in case you didn't want to read the entire thing, there are very few reasons to not get out and vote and definitely not enough reasons to cover the millions of people that didn't vote in the 2000 election.
Conclusion:
I would like to thank Mattsrepublic.com for allowing me the forum by which to express my thoughts. I would also like to ask all who read this to get out their and vote. Really look at the candidates and what they stand for. Don't let your friends or family decide things for you, but really look for what you want in someone that will lead our great country. Vote by your principles and ideals, vote by your heart, but most importantly, vote.
Thank you,
Herodotus
#5
Here's another email from our good freind Freedom Fighter. Enjoy it, he's got more balls and insight than you, he actually articulated his ideas into writing....and you didn't. Bitch.
M.R.
In theory it would be nice for all people have health insurance. But welcome to a little place I like to call REALITY. In this crazy place not only is it impractical but irresponsible to have nationalized health care. And here is why. You think that the amount taken out of you paychecks right now is a lot wait until you have to pay for health care for the whole country. Already I can hear it "but they said free health care" ha! Look here is the REAL DEAL nothing is free money has to come from somewhere (unless you have a money printing press then you can just make more but we all see how well that's helped out the economy). What about the Rich people you say? Well since the top TEN PERCENT of the wealthy people in America already pay for 80 PERCENT of the total taxes why the hell not take more of the money that they spent their whole lives earning you greedy, lazy bastards. So what should we do? Here it is plain and simple.
You take a free market approach to health care. You go up to the nice Health Insurance provider and you say "I make X amount of dollars per year what can I do with that?" Then the lovely Insurance salesman would pull out a chart with procedures and prices and let you pick out the ones you would like to pay for with your income. So you can pick and choose what you would like your insurance to cover for you. If something should arise that is not covered by your insurance well then I guess you can go to Cuba where they have such amazing Health Care that hundreds of people a day try to get to Florida. Or you could try Canada where people die waiting in lines for organs. It's your choice but no where in this world of REALITY does anything ever come free.
#4
This American Hero Email comes from a Beast of a Man who knows what he wants and damned if he isn't going to get it. So buckle up, for THE BEAST.
M.R.
I would like to add to your baseball commentary. First of all why the fuck are tax dollars being put to use to find out if baseball stars have taken steroids? Of course they did, have you seen some of the guys? But shit does that mean that football, soccer, and ever other athlete have tried to enhance their chances of winning? Hell yes they did and they would all do it again if they knew they could get away with it!
But not to rant and rave here, my point remains why are tax dollars being used to look in to this? It is a major league problem not the United States Congress. The little time they do actually spend in Washington D.C. should not be looking over whether or not this has occurred, it should be used for taking action, getting Iraq figured out, and for Pete sake doing something with all the problems there are with in the socioeconomical system we have in this country. When you spend time and money on the people who already have both, you take away what little there is for the people that are in need of both. So screw the steroid scandal because yes it happened, can you do much about it now, who knows. Worry and deal with the problems at hand, isn't that why we voted them into office in the first place?The Beast#3
This American Hero Email comes from a Freedom Fighter from the Heartland. And now because i like the ring of it he shall be deemed...Freedom Fighter from henceforth. I can feel the anticipation seething through your veins, so i hold you back no further. Go now, enjoy, our first....rebuttle....
M.R.
I have a very short response to the Herring's view on Global Warming. It is true that many organizations with reliable scientist are all in a consensus that global warming is real. OK so big deal the entire world has warmed half of a degree Celsius in one hundred years. Has it occurred to anyone but I (and Matt of Matts Republic) that it is quite possible that this is just an environmental phase... Oh wait yes it has.
Many other reliable scientists believe that this is just another phase that the earth goes through, kind of like back in the 70's when the earth was cooling, crazy how much 30 years makes on the liberal mind. But here is the real kicker, WHY ARE WE ALL FREAKING OUT?!?! it is just a consensus of scientist. Much like when every scientific mind agreed that the World was flat, or that the all planets revolved around the Earth instead of the Sun. Much like these scientific unanimous agreements, I am sure we will all see that science has a learning curve and right now we are at the bottom of the curve.
Freedom Fighter
Are you as Smart As Freedom Fighter? Show me, Email Mattsrepublic.com with your bleeding liberal pussiness or you Strong Conservative Values.
#2
And now something completely different, the musings of Herodotus. No he's not the Herodotus you might be thinking of, so go ahead and zip up your pants. Yeah, I mean you...perve.
M.R.
Get out the vote?
I find the political election seasons extremely depressing. The so called greatest country in the world has had presidential elections every four years ever since 1789 when George Washington was elected unanimously to the office. Early voting was far from perfect, as only white male citizens could participate, but strides over the years have allowed other races and women the right to vote. The right to vote. Elections effect us all and we citizens of the United States are given the honor of voting, the responsibility of voting, the RIGHT to vote... so where is everybody on election day?
The Numbers say it all
Let's look at some numbers shall we? Take the 2000 election for example, one of the most heated Presidential races in our country's history. Due to census information it can be seen that there were at least 186 million citizens of the United States that were of voting age. 186,000,000 people COULD have voted. Want to guess how many did? 111 million. 111,000,000 people VOTED. Using basic math skills we can then calculate that there were 75 million people that DID NOT vote in an election that left many Democrats grumbling about the unfair nature of the electoral college, whose votes George Bush gained a majority of beating Al Gore 271 to 266. I certainly hope that none of the people complaining about Bush being in the White House for the past 8 years were among the 75 million people that decided it wasn't worth their time to get out of their house and cast a ballot...
Another problem we see in this election was that out of the 186 million people that could have voted only 130 million of them were registered. Again, breaking out the calculators it means that 56 million citizens 18 or older did not even bother to register. It also shows another statistic, as it means that out of the 130 million that were registered, 86 percent of that group voted. Some people say that's pretty good, I say that it still isn't 100.
So, you too cool to vote?
Referring back to the same set of statistics I used for the previous section, I will attempt to analyze some of the moronic minds we have in this country and why people don't want to exercise their right to vote.
The top reason that non-voters gave to this poll was that they were;
Too busy (20.9%)
Illness or emergency (14.8)
Not Interested (12.2)
Out of Town (10.2)
Other Reason (10.2)
Didn't like candidates (7.7)
Refused, don't know (7.5)
Registration problems (6.9)
Forgot (4.0)
Inconvenient (2.6)
Transportation problems (2.4)
Bad Weather (0.6)
Out of all these reasons, if illness and emergency are really getting in the way, that seems pretty legit. As for the other reasons however:
Too Busy: Make time. If you aren't going to be busy to bitch about who's in office for the next four years then you should take a half hour out of the day to get your ass to a voting booth.
Not Interested: These people piss me off. You are interested in living in this country aren't you? If you aren't going to be interested in the politics that affects you (whether you want to believe it or not) then just do us all a favor and move to France.
Out of town: Don't even try to give me this crap excuse. You know how sometimes you get to know about an event ahead of time so you can fix your schedule up so that you can participate in said event? Yeah see the Presidential election is something you can know when it's going to happen years ahead of time. Give me a 2020 calendar and I'll mark it for you so you aren't out joy riding around San Francisco when the future of our country is being decided.
Other Reason: This choice is for those cowards that don't want to be chewed out by people like me for choosing one of the other reasons.
Didn't like the candidates: No? Really? Was it on a personal level or did you really not like their platforms? You could at least go to the poll and write in a name of someone you do like. Jeff Gordon maybe? Write in someone that doesn't exist even, like Superman. Just go to the polls, maybe you'll change your mind on the way...
Refused, don't know: What does this mean? You don't know if you refused or you refused because you don't know? You thought you were sending a message to people by refusing to vote? Well you did. You're a moron. Good job.
Registration problems: Hmm, I guess maybe our registration process needs to be looked at then? I don't know what kind of problems could be faced so I won't attack these people just yet. All I know is that it took me five minutes to register.
Forgot: What hole do these people live in? They somehow avoided being exposed to all forms of media coverage of the presidential campaigns, and all human contact in the span of a couple months before election day? Then around Veteran's Day they said, "Oh geez, the election is over already? Shucks." These people didn't forget, they're idiots.
Inconvenient: Wow I don't even know how to channel my enormous rage at this reason into typeable words that don't break any barriers of human social interaction. They are going to rationalize not participating in one of the greatest democracies the world has ever seen because it was inconvenient? Oh geez, we're sorry fellow Americans, Tuesday doesn't work for you? How about Saturday, that work? These people should probably be put into the category of Too Busy cause it's practically the same thing. People too busy to get themselves to an election both and be responsible civic-minded citizens no matter what it takes.
Transportation problems: Call a friend, neighbor, loved one. Get on a bicycle, skateboard, whatever. Walk, have someone carry you if you can't. Get to the polls.
Weather: If a tornado/hurricane is not bearing down on you, go vote. If the weather isn't at 20 below zero, go vote. A little rain or snow should not keep you from doing one of the most important duties that you owe your country to do.
I saw a short interview with a random person on the news and this yahoo was asked if he was voting. He said no. They asked why. He said "Oh politicians are all the same. They promise you this and this and when they get elected they don't deliver." This is what made me want to write this little rant. He probably just doesn't even care to find out anything about the candidates and uses this highly clichéd line to be able to say something on TV...
To summarize this section in case you didn't want to read the entire thing, there are very few reasons to not get out and vote and definitely not enough reasons to cover the millions of people that didn't vote in the 2000 election.
Conclusion:
I would like to thank Mattsrepublic.com for allowing me the forum by which to express my thoughts. I would also like to ask all who read this to get out their and vote. Really look at the candidates and what they stand for. Don't let your friends or family decide things for you, but really look for what you want in someone that will lead our great country. Vote by your principles and ideals, vote by your heart, but most importantly, vote.
Thank you,
Herodotus
This one comes from a great American Hero. We'll call him Kev to protect him from Pedophiles and Scientologists on the Internet. You can never be too careful, theirs always some one willing to rape you.
"22 Ways To Be A Good Democrat"
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by documented cyclical changes in the Earth’s climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUVs.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but homosexual is natural.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can’t teach fourth graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
9. You have to believe that hunters don’t care about nature, but activists who have never been outside San Francisco do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make “The Passion of the Christ” for financial gain only.
12. You have to believe that the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.
16. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.
17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn’t worked anywhere it’s been tried is because the right people haven’t been in charge.
18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belong in the White House.
19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
20. You have to believe that illegal Democrat Party funding by the Chinese government is somehow in the best interest to the United States.
21. You have to believe that this message is part of a vast, right-wing conspiracy.
22. You have to believe that it’s okay to give Federal workers the day off on Christmas Day but it’s not okay to say ‘Merry Christmas.’
