Republicans made the Culture of Greed/Selfishness/Arrogance

[opihimoimoi]

go Mainstream, acceptable, like its normal. Reagan started it all, to be Rich by Nefarious means was not only OK but admired.

The Bush guys and their Masters have fine tuned this into a nightmare. Bush is a Pub Scam pure and simple, just look at the evidence of one continuous fuck up since Inaug Day.

If Greed/selfishness/arrogance in a small village is not good, why should it be for a Nation?

[seabeyond]

1. if you want to know when family values

went to the dumpers. the decade of the 80's that was who,........oh ya reagan the me me me generation

[opihimoimoi]

3. How Ironic the Pubs label themselves for Family Values..... NOT

These guys are a bunch of con artists scamming America

[KharmaTrain]

2. Greed Keeps You Looking Away...

...From what the others are doing since you're so absorbed on "what's in it for me". You don't care how they get it, just as long is they do...and then you're job is either to get more than they do or take it away. It's a very myopic world.

I guess it's easier to sleep at night when you have no concerns other than for yourself. So shallow, so dangerous.

Cheers!

[opihimoimoi]

4. Yup, very shallow indeed. And they do sleep well. Prolly 3 pillows each

and satin sheets too to match the trophy wife.

[T Bone]

14. Liberals like Satin Pillow Cases too

We just don't wear them over our heads !

[opihimoimoi]

24. LOL

[Joanne98]

5. The Rayguns brought back greed. They called it glamour.

After she bought the dishes that were so expensive it shocked everybody. They started saying they were bringing back glamour to the Whitehouse. They'd make a big deal about getting real dressed up and jumping in a limosine. The press hailed it. When we get our country back I want to seize the property of all the Reagan/Bush Republicans. Just to make them want to kill themselves. It's all they care about.

[opihimoimoi]

6. Materialism Gone Wild ..... So Contagious...its Ebolaesque

Its Infected too many Americans, mostly in the Pub Ranks.

The "Mine Syndrome" is it?

[Cleita]

9. Remember when Nancy would borrow a designer dress to

wear to a WH function and then keep it? I guess stealing is okay when you are the First Lady and have to look good.

[opihimoimoi]

15. A cheap woman who married into money

she never once impressed me.

[salvorhardin]

7. John Stossel (sp?)

Anybody remember that ABC "news" special with John Stossel on greed where the conclusion was "greed is good." IIRC, he took a social-darwinistic approach and lionized people like Michael Milkin.

[opihimoimoi]

8. Perhaps Pub PsyOps in play. Making Greed not only acceptable but Desirable

as in a virtue. Pathetic and Sad.

[durutti]

10. It's a product of capitalism itself.

As I see it, the base of a society is its economic system. That system determines the forms that all other aspects of society (law, religon, culture, etc.) take. These other aspects can then to some degree take on lives of their own, reinforcing the ideology that keeps the system in place.

In the case of the U.S. -- well, we were founded on Calvinism, which is a product of capitalist society in a very direct way. Thus, we have a great deal of reinforcement of the dominant ideology. There's historically been a divide between Marx's view of this issue and Weber's view; personally, I don't see them as mutually exclusive, but rather complimenting one another.

I know of no other country in which public assistance to the poor is so thoroughly despised.

[opihimoimoi]

12. The War on Poverty was a hoax? Words only? No Beef for the boys near the

tracks>?

You would think we could entertain the notion of Change, like we can and should do better? Just cause started out one way don we we should stay that way, otherwise we still be riding the horse and buckboards.

[durutti]

17. The purpose of the war on poverty...

The purpose of the War on Poverty (like that of the New Deal) was to pacify civil unrest.

[opihimoimoi]

21. All talk, no walk....... Tokenism at its best.

[Dark]

11. It's terrible listening to the neo-cons.

The stupidity is astounding.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Rule 103.7 Never listen to NeoCons for longer than 3 minutes.

They will con you.

[salvorhardin]

16. or cause cerebral hemorrhaging (n/t)

[opihimoimoi]

19. LOL, oh yeah, will cause brain theft

neoCons are almost like the JWs, those Witless fellows who knock on your doors to wake you from your naps and sell you Awake and Watchtower.

[Skittles]

18. imagine how much easier life would be

if all you cared about was you and yours. Imagine the limited world you would live if you just didn't care about anything that did not affect you or were simply unable to see the long term consequences of the shit you supported. That is the life of a republican.

[opihimoimoi]

20. Very myopic and selfcentered indeed.

So much for the Compassionate Conservative..... NOT..

[Tellurian]

22. Pubs like networking in groups,

then help each other get ahead in business, banking and job tenure.

If you belong to one of their organizations, you're in. They will fire someone to hire YOU even though you may not be as qualified, because more importantly, you are a loyalist.

[opihimoimoi]

23. Together we rule, divided we ......suffer.

[Brewman_Jax]

25. Not only that

They've made the poor/minorities/marginalized responsible for their own misfortunes the scapegoats for all social wrongs.

All "those people" have to do is get a job/get married/go to the "right" church and their lives will be alright. Really!

[Killarney]

26. They talk about "family values"

when their number one priority and number one valued thing is their MONEY, not their families. Not people.

They have no morals.

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Their Morals are Oral!

People with morals don't murder for votes or money like this War pResident does! Iraqi children have a right to life too!