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Why Americans should NOT vote Republican.


2012 Republican Party of Texas Report of Platform Committee (pdf)

Here are just a few snippets, but there are more gems in there.

Note: Page numbers listed here are pdf page numbers, not document page numbers, so you can find them easily in the pdf and see for yourselves that I'm not making this !@#$ up.

Page 18:

UN Treaty on the Rights of the Child - We unequivocally oppose the United States Senate’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.


Translation: We want the right to abuse our children!


Foster Care - We support eliminating bureaucratic prohibitions on corporal discipline and home schooling in foster homes.


See?

Page 20:

Controversial Theories – We support objective teaching and equal treatment of all sides of scientific theories. We believe theories such as life origins and environmental change should be taught as challengeable scientific theories subject to change as new data is produced. Teachers and students should be able to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these theories openly and without fear of retribution or discrimination of any kind.


This is already the case. Any scientific theory is subject to change if new data proves it wrong. However, the Republican Party would like to include non-scientific hypotheses and teach them as theories.


Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.


Translation: We don't want our citizens to have critical thinking skills. We want them to be mindless drones so they'll believe anything we tell them.


Page 21:

Sex Education – We recognize parental responsibility and authority regarding sex education. We believe that parents must be given an opportunity to review the material prior to giving their consent. We oppose any sex education other than abstinence until marriage.


First, they contradicted themselves in this short little paragraph. Refusing to teach children about the reproductive system and STDs isn't recognizing parental authority of those parents who want their children to know this stuff and make smart decisions.

Second, you can't call it sex education if all you're doing is telling kids not to have sex. What "material" would the parents be reviewing here? A piece of paper the size of a fortune cookie slip that says, "Don't have sex until marriage"?

Third, the teenage pregnancy rates are higher among populations where abstinence-only is "taught". If you inform them of the risks and teach them how to be careful, they will be able to make smarter decisions now and in the future.


Page 22:

U.S. Department of Education – Since education is not an enumerated power of the federal government, we believe the Department of Education (DOE) should be abolished.


Again, we want to keep our citizens stupid.


Judeo-Christian Nation – As America is a nation under God founded on Judeo-Christian principles, we affirm the constitutional right of all individuals to worship in the religion of their choice.


As America is a secular nation founded on secular principals, individuals already have the right to worship in the religion of their choice. What the Republican Party wants to do is rule by Judeo-Christian principals, which would turn us into a theocracy. Not only would this remove a lot of religious rights for non-Christians, but with so many contradictory interpretations of the Bible, it would remove the rights of many Christians, too.


Voter Rights Act – We urge that the Voter Rights Act of 1965 codified and updated in 1973 be repealed and not reauthorized.


Translation: We don't wont no !@#$ votin', cuz dey'd all vote fer demmacrats.

(Note: For anyone who doesn't have their personal profanity filter disabled, I posted the N-word there).


Then there are some nice contradictions in there, like this:


Page 16:

Pornography - We encourage the enforcement of laws regarding all forms of pornography, because pornography is detrimental to the fabric of society.


Page 23:

Internet Access - We support a free and open internet -- free from intrusion, censorship, or control by government or private entities. Due to the inherent benefit of anonymity, the anonymity of users is not to be compromised for any reason, unless consented by the user; or by court order. We also oppose any mandates by the government to collect and retain records of our internet activity.


Where do you think most people get their pornography these days? emoticon

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I have to admit....since the day I was 18 and was able to vote in my first election for President. (Ronald Reagan, BTW and I'm 54 now.)...THIS YEAR is the FIRST YEAR I have not wanted to even vote. I dislike BOTH......and their Values! emoticon
As Sam and Dean would say in Supernatural..."Dude, we are so screwed!" emoticon

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I was too young to vote when Reagan was elected, but I would have voted for him in our mock election at school if I hadn't stayed home sick that day. Would I have voted for him for real if I had been old enough at the time? I honestly don't know, but I probably would have.

The fact is, the Republican party just isn't what it used to be. From what I've read, Republicans used to stand for liberty (think Abe Lincoln) while Democrats were the oppressive ones, but those roles seem to have reversed at some point. Now, the Republican party is overrun by delusional idiots, bigots, and greedy corporations (and getting worse every year), while the Democrats are the ones advocating for personal liberties, like marriage equality and upholding our first amendment rights. Unfortunately, Democrats seem to have little to no backbone, which makes it pretty hard to get anything good accomplished when the radical right votes against everything just because we have a Democrat as president. We would certainly be no better off with Romney, though, as it seems pretty clear that he would just be another Dubya, and !@#$ up this country (and probably the whole world economy) even more.

It's good to have a balance of power. It would be good to have a nice balance of conservatives and progressives, but instead of merely being conservative, the Republicans are doing their damndest to take us back to the bronze age and keep us stupid so we'll follow like blind sheep. What we need to do right now is vote 90% or more of our Republicans out of office (there are a few good Republicans who oppose the majority of their party), allow some progress to be made, and hope someone better comes forth in the near future to take the place of those crazies on the right, whether under the banner of "Republican" or some other party.

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I have no quarrel with anything you say......I agree that the Republicans have changed......way more than I like. emoticon

But I also believe we need to vote out 90% of the Democrats as well. Spineless, mindless, lets give away our Country thinkers....how the hell we gonna pay for all this !@#$..... emoticon

Our whole governmental system needs a good overhaul or at least a damned good "attitude adjustment!" emoticon

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Unfortunately, we can't vote 90% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats out of office. Well, we could if a third party got the majority of the votes in 90% of the races, but that just isn't likely to happen this year, so we have to work with what we have.

I don't understand what you mean about giving our country away. Clinton was good for our economy. Bush spent 8 years destroying our economy, and it's going to take more than 8 years to fix that, but we're better off now than we were 4 years ago.

Obama wants to create jobs for Americans, and has made some progress in that area.

Romney caters to whatever corporations will give him the most money, and doesn't care how many jobs are outsourced.

Obama wants to make health care accessible to everyone.

Romney isn't concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net, but he also wants to take that safety net away.

Obama is an advocate for individual rights, and separation of church and state.

Romney wants to turn America into a theocracy, outlawing things like gay marriage and Planned Parenthood, based on his religious beliefs.


Q: I’m just wondering where you would suggest that the millions of women who receive their health services, such as mammograms, and HPV vaccines go?

ROMNEY: Well, they could go wherever they’d like to go — this is a free society. But here is what I say, which is the federal government should not tax these people to pay for Planned Parenthood. There are a lot of things that we have in our society that we may like, that we might not like, but that government should not be paying for.



Sure, it's a free country ... for those who have plenty of money. Where are the poor people supposed to go for health care? Should we let them all die from treatable illnesses just because they can't pay for the checkups and treatment? Should we take away their access to affordable birth control, so they're more likely to have children they can't afford to raise, and then collect even more tax money to feed and clothe those children, or let the children starve?

Obama isn't perfect. Guantanamo is still up and running, and the Affordable Care Act still needs work, but I think he has done a pretty good job overall so far, despite having the Republicans fighting him every step of the way.

You may not like Obama for whatever reason, but do you really want to risk letting Romney into the Whitehouse?

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No argument out of me on the evils of Mitt...I personally can not stand his egotistical, looking down his nose, arrogant ass attitude. At least THAT is what I get from him....


I'm only worried about how we are supposed to PAY for all the programs that have been put in place in the last 2 years.

We need to STOP bailing out other COUNTRIES....and bail our own butts out of debt, and use that money to take care of ALL our citizens.

Not leaning one way or another...like I said. I'm not even planning on voting, can't stand either choice! emoticon

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I don't have all the answers, but maybe we need to start looking at Europe.

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Maybe....but Europe is a big place and many places there need bailed out too... emoticon

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I did a search for the cost of living in various countries, and all I could find were breakdowns of things like rent, utilities, food, etc. Then I did a search for quality of living, but could only find a list of countries without a breakdown of cost, and they included things we can't control like the weather in their results. Finally, I searched for the happiest countries, and came across this:

The Happiest Countries in the World
Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:18 am


For the second year in a row, 24/7 Wall St. examined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s report on life satisfaction in the developed world. Economic prosperity, health and a strong social support network continue to correspond highly with happiness. Once again, the United States fails to make the top 10 happiest nations in the world, while countries like Australia, Israel and all of the Scandinavian nations do.


Page 2 is where they start listing those countries, and they rate things like employment rate, life satisfaction, life expectancy, and disposable income.

Just looking at that list, I think Norway would be a good country to look at:

2. Norway
> Life satisfaction score: 7.6
> Employment rate: 75% (tied, 3rd highest)
> Self-reported good health: 80% (8th highest)
> Employees working long hours: 2.66% (5th lowest)
> Disposable income: $30,465 (3rd highest)
> Educational attainment: 81% (tied-15th highest)
> Life expectancy:81.2 (10th highest)

Of all the nations examined in the OECD’s report, Norway is among the most financially secure. Of working-age adults, 75% are employed — the third-best rate. Also, the average household disposable income is $30,645, the third highest among OECD nations. Norway also significantly outspends almost all other surveyed nations on health care, allocating $5,003 per person per year. This is well above the average for OECD nations of $3,060 per person per year. Norway also has one of the healthiest populations, with a life expectancy of 81.2 years and 80% claiming to be in “good” or “very good” health. Showcasing its economic strength, Norway is able to provide quality public health and education services while maintaining a budget surplus of 162.5% of GDP and an AAA rating from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.



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