The Great "Hold the Republicans Responsible" Thread - PLAY ALONG!

[MrScorpio]

Some time ago told you guys that I started a new exercise to hold the goddamned Republicans responsible for ANYTHING bad that's happening in the world.

It's not a blame game. I feel that if the rat-fuckers will spare no lie, hypocrisy, underhanded deed or any level of malfeasance to steal the White House and other public offices, they must want such great power a whole hell of a lot

And as you Spider-Man fans know, that with great power comes great responsibility.

I intend to hold them to it.

So, in honor of the of the great unraveling to come, let's play the responsibility game.

The rules are simple, you guys identify one of the world's problems and I will find any way to link to those goddamned, rat-fucking republicans.

Easy, right?

LET'S PLAY!!

[Vincardog]

1. 5 million more people below poverty level in the USA since the start of

aWoL's reign of terra

[MrScorpio]

5. Easy

Those goddamned Repubicans have, since the Reagan era, used the tax code to shift the burden from the rich to the poor. And used the same tax code to undermind the manufacturing base, export labor and lightened the taxes on speculative income.

The Clinton era only slowed down what Bush's continuation of Reagan's regressive policies.

Those rat-fuckers really did it to us this time

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Medical Marijuana

laws are being argued before SCOTUS now.

[MrScorpio]

7. The Goddamned Republicans are in the pockets of Big Pharma

Which can't profit from MM. That and the fact that they are willing to do anything to continue their failed War on Drugs. Which is in fact a War on Poor People.

MM is a only way that the people can fight their war on the 'erb.

[Vincardog]

3. Teenage abortion rate highest in history

[MrScorpio]

9. This a direct result of their war on human sexuality

All done with the greatest of puritanical zeal.

They have a failed logic which dictates that giving the kids the truth about sexuality and the ability for them to make informed choices, you are in giving them carte blanc to fuck around.

Withhold the means and access to protection and you are withholding permission.

One only had to look at Europe to see that early sex education and easy access to contraception if the correct course for holding down the teen pregnancy rate.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. What makes you think they actually want to

reduce teen pregnancy rates? They just want to make sure the kids don't GET AWAY WITH fucking with no penalties. They want to be able to point fingers. They also have military forces that need implverished & desperate recruits.

[bettyellen]

12. and employers who wanna pay shit salary + no health benefits......

for that you need poor prople to have lots of babies.

[bettyellen]

13. next they'll ban Barry White!

because it's all about the love.
and they cannot handle that!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[CornField]

24. Abortion -- not just among teens -- can be linked to the economy

That's the nasty little truth the neo-cons don't want the evangelicals and fundamentalists to know. Under the Clinton administration, abortion was declining. It began to rise during the first year of the Bush administration -- directly as a result of the economy, job loss, and uncertain times.

Women who don't believe they have the ability to care for a child, will be more apt to consider abortion. Women who are already having a difficult time feeding the family they have currently will be more apt to consider abortion. Women who are uncertain about the future are more apt to consider abortion. Women who cannot fathom how to dig themselves out of economic hell holes when adequate and affordable child care cannot be found are more apt to consider abortion. Women who are already having a difficult time filling their car with gasoline, paying their rent and buying groceries are more apt to consider abortion.

[MrScorpio]

25. You got it!

Great answer

[djeseru]

4. Record bankruptcies & forclosures.

Outsourcing, um...what else? Oh yeah - Iraq.

Edited for NOT reading the rules: There's just so many, it was hard to stick with just one...does the record bankruptcies & foreclosures have anything to do with the answer to post #1?

[MrScorpio]

11. A few reasons

Outsourcing is part of it.

It's all part of the Republican's war on the middle class.

Reduction of the manufacturing base, easy credit schemes, the shift to a permanent war economy and regressive taxes.

Everything is weighted against the little guy, because the Goodamn Republicans have shifted the advantages to their base; the Rich.

[the Princess]

6. CRAMPS............................

Go for it Mr. S.

[MrScorpio]

14. It's all part of the Republican's war on Women's Health

If the Goddamned Republican's friends in Big Pharma actually found a way to cure menstrual cramps, it would be one more step to allow women full equality in our society.

But the Republicans are still doing their damndest to keep women down, because they know that women's health issues are human rights issues.

It's all part of the rat-fuckers plan to maintain their hegemony.

[the Princess]

17. Good answer

Works for me!

[Liberal_Andy]

8. Civil Rights federal prosecutions WAY down last 3 years

1999 - 159
2003 - 84

Constant number of reported violations past five years. (12,000)

[MrScorpio]

15. They're a bunch of fucking racists

I can't put it any simpler than that.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. The year old frozen turkey in my garage fridge

...if not for Repubs, I wouldn't have saved it thinking that I might have to eat it!!!!

[MrScorpio]

18. Fucking A!

If the Republicans didn't mishandle the economy, we might have had a lot more confidence in it.

And you would have felt no need to save that turkey.

[Arkana]

19. There are too few chocolate-frosted donuts

You'll have a job with that one.

[MrScorpio]

21. Oh, yee of little faith

The Goddamned Republicans mishandling to our economy has put the dollar into a tail-spin.

That, in turn, has increased the price of importing chocolate and caused a reduction in the chocolate supply.

The answer is that you need to find another flavor on donut to pig out on.

[Arkana]

26. In the words of Baby Stewie of "Family Guy":

"DAMN YOU!"

[salin]

29. Joe Jackson's "Big World' album

wasn't released on cd and is all but impossible to find...

(it was released in the mideighties, ircc)

[salin]

31. oops... meant to post the question under the 1st post... a q for MrS

[MrScorpio]

33. Reagan's Revenge

>>Press reaction to these two aspects of the album tended to overshadow consideration of the material, which ranged from politically charged rockers like "Right or Wrong," a direct challenge to the Reagan administration, to heartfelt ballads like "Home Town," a reflection on memory and loss. Jackson undertook another extensive tour lasting from May to December (one he reported enjoying much more than the last one), and the album spent six months in the charts, but only peaked in the Top 40.<<

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/jackson_joe/bio.jhtml

[salin]

34. You are good at this!

and there that to which you refer is probably what adds to the appeal of these tracks all these years later. Also a biting tune in honor of the nuveau riche ugly americans in song "Jet Set" - set to a cacaphonous melody... absolutely classic.

[bettyellen]

20. no dancing in NYC bars....

pretty soon, no Barry either......

[MrScorpio]

22. The Goddamned Republicans have always hated dancing

Some misguided biblical something or rather.

Republicans have always hated good dance music... They think that's its either too gay or too black.

Also, they think that dancing can lead to unprotected sex.

[bettyellen]

23. and because they have no soul..........

[Politicub]

27. Traffic sucks even more --- hmmm... I wonder why that is??

[MrScorpio]

28. Isn't it obvious?

It's because the Goddamned Republicans have always fought against municipal mass transit projects.

They are in deep with big oil which, in turn is dependent on the automobile industry.

Plus, they know that cars are necessary of allow the affluent to reside in suburbia where they can use them to consolidate their political base.

It's all part of their plan

[frictionlessO]

30. okay MrScorp please oh please lay it on thick and heavy for us

Pagan types...

Why do they seek to abolish a Pagan agenda that doesnt exist (we are not an organized religion)n and please correlate that with Shrubs disregard fpr Pagans in the military.

[MrScorpio]

32. I'll make it simple

Goddamned Republicanism is the antithesis of everything Pagan.

Pagans strive for peace - Goddamned Republicans strive for war

Pagans strive for harmony with nature - Goddamned Republicans strive to pave it over

Pagans strive for justice- Goddamned Republicans strive for "Just us"

Pagans strive for the sanctity of humanity - Goddamned Republicans strive for the sanctity of cheap labor

Pagans strive for the freedom to love - Goddamned Republicans strive for the freedom of love for money

Pagans strive for truth - Goddamned Republicans strive to fill their churches with Kool-Aid drinkers

[bicentennial_baby]

35. Hey you

Just popping in to say hello

[MrScorpio]

36. Hey, Sugar Pie

See U on the other side!!

[bicentennial_baby]

37. Indeed

I look forward to our next encounter...

[salin]

38. recipes that call for cottage cheese

yuck! Ruins most everything...

[MrScorpio]

39. Republicans have no taste

And that just proves it

[bunk76]

40. The Hockey Lockout!

):

[MrScorpio]

41. Most of the owners are card carrying Republicans

It's their way to damage the Player's union!

[CO Liberal]

42. They Ran Out of Half & Hald at the Loaf 'n Jug This Morning!!!

It's the Republican's fault that I had to use the French Vanilla flavored stuff in my hazelnut coffee.

Or as they'd call it, "Freedom Vanilla".

:-)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

43. Hey MrScorpio

I was just wondering where you were.

Get this--just as I was drifting off last night, I dreamed I was in a desert, barefoot and this BIG ASS scorpion came up and stung me on the top of my left foot.

I woke up, panting and then thought "Hey, that reminds me....where's MrScorpio been?"

Isn't that WEIRD??? You have some kinda magnetism, guy.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

44. Ooooo this is fun!

ok how about BAD FUCKING COFFEE? I'll have more to come!

[MrScorpio]

46. Goddamn Republicans love bad fucking coffee

They think that if you drink the good stuff, you must be one of those French-loving, brie eating, Birkenstock-wearing, fou-fou, America hating elitist-types.

Remember that this is the land of the Big Mac, not the "Royale Avec Frommage".

To them, bad fucking coffee is a rite of American fucking heritage.

Dammit, I miss Europe

[Beer Snob-50]

45. my local radio station just played rocking around the xmas tree!!

it's a republican plot to melt our minds and make us subserviant to that great president, gwb.