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''We'' Really Built This
August 22, 2012
[font size=4]Cognitive Dissonance[/font]
election:
The theme for the Republican National Convention is We Built This! which aims to underline the GOPs counterpoint to an Obama vagary of pronoun usage last month, where he said the following:
Ironically, this years We Built This! RNC is being held in The Tampa Bay Times Forum arena, which was built in 1996 with 62% government funds.
- Jason
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[font size=4]Cognitive Dissonance[/font]
election:
The theme for the Republican National Convention is We Built This! which aims to underline the GOPs counterpoint to an Obama vagary of pronoun usage last month, where he said the following:
- If youve been successful, you didnt get there on your own. You didnt get there on your own. Im always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If youve got a business you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didnt get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
Ironically, this years We Built This! RNC is being held in The Tampa Bay Times Forum arena, which was built in 1996 with 62% government funds.
- Jason
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- Most convention centers, sports stadiums and arenas (touting the 'jerbs' it'll create) are built with government money. Which makes owners like Jerry Jones and Bud Adams the oldest and richest ''Welfare Queens'' in the country.
I know, I should have warned those of you who were eating. Sorry......
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''We'' Really Built This (Original Post)
DeSwiss
Aug 2012
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xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)1. The irony will not
be acknowledged.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)2. And not only that....
...they better not socialize ''My Medicare'' either, dangit!!!!
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)3. That is mind numbing!
n/t