uniteordie:

To everyone so outraged about Trayvon Martin, please meet Abdul al-Awlaki. Notice his birth certificate, he’s an American, born in Colorado.

Abdul was a 16 year old American citizen that was murdered on orders of our very own President. His crime? That his father was a suspected Al Qaida member.

Unlike the Trayvon Martin situation there is no grey area here. This teenager was specifically targeted and killed because of his religious and ethnic background and who his family was.

He committed no crime, he was guilty of nothing yet he was murdered by a drone strike.

WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU PEOPLE WHEN THIS TEENAGER WAS MURDERED?

WHERE WERE YOU PEOPLE WHEN THE SAME PRESIDENT WHO SCORED POLITICAL POINTS COMMENTING ON ONE TEENAGERS DEATH ORDERED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER AMERICAN TEEN?

You look foolish. You look uniformed, you look ignorant because you are. In one situation we have what appears to be an extremely unfortunate, tragic mistake and we have Congressmen on the house floor wearing hoodies and thousands protesting and screaming for justice.

On the other hand you have a child who was intentionally targeted and assassinated on the orders of the President yet you turn a blind eye. This country makes my stomach turn.

THANK YOU. What’s really disgusting is most of the MSM stories only cover his father’s assassination, completely ignoring his murder a few days later, which also happened to kill several of his friends, while they ate lunch (not that anyone cares, I guess).

Look at him. He was just a goofy adolescent boy. And that’s why it is virtually impossible to find a damn picture of him in the main stream media. Obama didn’t kill a terrorist; he killed a CHILD.

Differentiation: Not Just For Products

distractedbyshinyobjects:

I’m 28. My parents’ corporate employer covered me until I was 25 even without the mandate to do so. I went from that to my own employer-provided coverage, had a year of nothing when I left that job, and now I’m on my husband’s employer-provided insurance. All of those had no problem covering everything needed or that I can imagine needing. Not that they were perfect, but I’m healthy so I don’t have big complaints.

But I’m still in favor of Obamacare. Because not everyone is as lucky as I am, and I’m not heartless enough to want them to suffer as a result. We live in too wealthy of a country for people to die and go broke because of stupid health stuff.

I love Obamacare.

That’s called differentiation. You could also call it a perk. You don’t, however, call it ‘luck’.

Treating benevolence as ‘luck’ rather than individual agency is precisely the problem I have with the left. It’s as if no good deed could possibly be the product of choice; only the faceless entity of the government, with its numerous regulations can help people, because apparently there’s something evil lurking within the human soul—no bureaucracy—which makes us selfish to the exclusion of all others’ interests (except, apparently, in the context of the government).

neightkelly:

theantistatist:

Ron Paul would obliterate that war mongering statist in a debate.

Any question on foreign or economic policy would result in endless amounts of tears. Joyous tears.

YES.

(Source: http://www.weloveronpaul.com)

thedorseyshawexperience:

YEP.

Pathos.
Pathos.
Ethos?
Pathos.

Fantastic marketing, really.

barackobama:

One of our favorite POTUS quotes. What’s yours?

No, that’s faith. And faith in this presidency is totally and completely blind.

satans-advocate:

LOLOLOL

The first April Fool’s prank I’ve ever enjoyed.

(Source: http://www.facebook.com/mises.institute)

A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama’s plan for a “Buffett rule” tax on the wealthy would rake in just $31 billion over the next 11 years, according to an estimate by Congress’ official tax analysts obtained by The Associated Press. That figure would be a drop in the bucket of the over $7 trillion in federal budget deficits projected during that period. It is also miniscule compared to the many hundreds of billions it would cost to repeal the alternative minimum tax, which Obama’s budget last month said he would replace with the Buffett rule tax.

Report: Just $31b From Buffett Rule Tax on Rich – ABC News

I eagerly await the administration’s sensible and thoughtful revision to their plan, which is likely to come never.

(via jeffmiller)

This isn’t about reducing the deficit guys. It’s about fairness and equality.

(via evilteabagger)

And exploiting the poor math skills we have been so graciously endowed by the benevolent government!

evilteabagger:

We need to explain to people that Obama is nothing but Bush’s third term. Their foreign and domestic policies have no real difference. Even from a progressive standpoint, the Obama administration has been an epic failure. We need to explain to people that this man was not qualified to be president and should not be granted another four years. He has expanded the scope of and created new powers that the executive branch may now wield in the future.

If you have a post critical of Obama tag it Obama 2012 or any other way you think will get it to the right eyes. Show tumblr that he is not the rock star with all the “swag.” Instead, open their eyes and show them what he really is, a corporatist warmonger that could not care less about your precious civil liberties.

statistsgonnastate asked: “When you believe in peace for the sake of peace, we’ll talk. Until then, let’s not bullshit each other.” Please offer proof that Libertarians do not care about peace. Please recognize that isolationism and non-interventionism are not the same thing. Please offer proof that when/if we ever get out of this war Libertarians will stop caring about peace. If you cannot do these things, then I suggest you revise your blanket statement against Libertarians. Thank you.

evilteabagger:

mohandasgandhi:

anticapitalist:

squashed:

If you would prefer a more qualified statement, let me offer the following:

Having interracted extensively with a broad swath of libertarians I have observed a haste to condemn U.S. actions and involvement coupled by a lack of knowledge or interest in anybody else involved in the conflict. This leads to statements like “We need to leave Afghanistan so its people can live in peace.” The libertarian making this suggestion seemed wholly unaware of both the prolonged internal struggle that won’t end the moment the U.S. leaves and serious controversy within Afghanistan regarding whether, when, and how the U.S. should leave.

Most tellingly, my post criticizing libertarians for appropriating the banner of pacifism drew outraged responses from libertarians who 1) accused me of hypocrisy, and 2) demanded that I “prove” that there weren’t any libertarians who cared about peace beyond the narrow scope of isolationism. Critically, neither of these moves suggests that I’m wrong in my point—and this is one where it would be extremely easy to prove me wrong … if I’m actually wrong. You could show me the fruits of libertarian peacemaking efforts. You could point to the generous libertarians willing to make sacrifices to pave the way for peace. Really, you could point out anything libertarians do besides call for immediate and unilateral withdrawal, consequences to others be damned. Show me the libertarians working to heal rifts between warring factions or to rebuild war ravaged countries. If it’s happening on any scale, this should be easy to find, shouldn’t it?

What are you going to do for peace? Yes, withdraw from Afghanistan, slash military spending, etc.. But then what? Are libertarians willing to affirmatively promote peace? Or are they just tired of seeing tax money spent on things they don’t like?

squashed is slowly becoming one of my favorite blogs.

Granted, my whole internet existence is me fighting with libertarians.

Something I would love to see: A libertarian who calls for U.S. withdrawal in the Middle East and is actually well-versed in regional politics/issues. It would make my day. I’m not implying there’s a reason for the United States to maintain a presence in the Middle East, I just want to hear a libertarian make a well-informed argument not based in the isolationist principles.

Why does the burden of proof fall on the non-interventionists? You tell us we need to have a reason to not interfere in the internal affairs of any (not just the Middle East) region? Why don’t you give us a reason to intervene? If we have a problem with American lives and resources being used to commit acts of violence against a foreign people that somehow makes us uninformed?

What about 9/11? I think that’s a pretty good reason not to be over there. What about the dozens of terrorists that were recruited a few weeks ago when that soldier went off the wall? What about the hundreds of thousands of innocent lives? You notice we didn’t have an issue with the Middle East until we started messing around over there.

I really can’t wrap my head around how much the left has to contort their worldview in order to remain consistent. War is the central piece of both parties now guys. We can’t abandon the Democratic party just because they’ve turned their back on their anti-war principles. We have to disparage the lowly isolationist rubes who don’t want to spend another dollar or commit another life to these unconstitutional and unjustified conflicts.

I already spend too much time on this damn site, so I’m not going to say much.

Not that I care for the ad hominem, strawman, etc leftist BS, but I’d like to say that I can’t tell what y’all are doing to promote peace, either. I mentored inner-city at-risk middle school girls for two years and have fostered and rehomed 40+ dogs who would otherwise have been killed by the city. I spend a lot of time trying to do right by my fellow human beings and other living things and educating people about constructive charities they can contribute to which actually help alleviate suffering and poverty, rather than perpetuate it.

And I would wager that I know quite a lot more about the intricacies of economic development efforts and the failures of SAPs in West Africa than most leftists know about the entirety of the Middle East. Come at me, Bro.