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Low collective IQ results in Dem legislature
Seth Stern
Issue date: 2/17/09 Section: Opinion
I had a revelation this weekend while reading columns and articles from publications around the nation. It occurred to me that the population of the U.S. overall is the dumbest group of people on Earth.
Now, I of course don't mean this about the individual people of the U.S.; most of the people I know are thoughtful, intelligent and somewhat-well-spoken. I mean this as a generalized observation of the group as a whole.
You may be asking yourself, "Where does he get off?" Think about it. The voters of the U.S. spent six of the last eight years witnessing the utter destruction wrought by a president with a compliant legislature of the same party.
I certainly don't blame the population of the U.S. for demonstrating their distaste for George W. Bush last November. To vote in a rubber stamp legislature along with President Barack Obama is further proof that the U.S. voters, as a whole, are a few IQ points short of Forrest Gump-like intellect.
Take a look back through time: Democrats passed the assault weapons ban and paid the price the next election.
Ronald Reagan said in his inauguration address, "Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." He then proceeded to ask the legislature to pass a law to increase the statutory limit of the federal deficit to over $1 trillion for the first time.
Republicans and Democrats combined for the single best example of legislative stupidity, the USA PATRIOT Act.
Today we have a rubber stamp legislature, a Republican minority with zero credibility and a nation of people who think the government will solve their problems. Evidence of this lies in a 70 percent approval rating for a man who pushed through a bill to borrow more money -- with a deficit -- to spark an economy suffering because of government interference, while cutting taxes, discounting the entire Republican party as also-ran whiners and lavishing in the glory of being more than a mere mortal.
Now, I of course don't mean this about the individual people of the U.S.; most of the people I know are thoughtful, intelligent and somewhat-well-spoken. I mean this as a generalized observation of the group as a whole.
You may be asking yourself, "Where does he get off?" Think about it. The voters of the U.S. spent six of the last eight years witnessing the utter destruction wrought by a president with a compliant legislature of the same party.
I certainly don't blame the population of the U.S. for demonstrating their distaste for George W. Bush last November. To vote in a rubber stamp legislature along with President Barack Obama is further proof that the U.S. voters, as a whole, are a few IQ points short of Forrest Gump-like intellect.
Take a look back through time: Democrats passed the assault weapons ban and paid the price the next election.
Ronald Reagan said in his inauguration address, "Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." He then proceeded to ask the legislature to pass a law to increase the statutory limit of the federal deficit to over $1 trillion for the first time.
Republicans and Democrats combined for the single best example of legislative stupidity, the USA PATRIOT Act.
Today we have a rubber stamp legislature, a Republican minority with zero credibility and a nation of people who think the government will solve their problems. Evidence of this lies in a 70 percent approval rating for a man who pushed through a bill to borrow more money -- with a deficit -- to spark an economy suffering because of government interference, while cutting taxes, discounting the entire Republican party as also-ran whiners and lavishing in the glory of being more than a mere mortal.
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Mark
posted 2/17/09 @ 2:39 AM MST
A helpful reminder, in heady times like these:
http://hasobamatakenawayourgunsyet.com/
jimmy
posted 2/17/09 @ 7:56 AM MST
Same moron different column!
Low IQ results observed for Seth Stern.... go on Seth keep pretending everyone else is stupid. Only an idiot would set up an argument like you. (Continued…)
Jeff
posted 2/17/09 @ 10:17 AM MST
*Applause*
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