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A Malcopian? How do they handle the cognitive dissonance?

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)03:13, 18 September 2012

By being selective in what has gone to hell in a handbasket/is getting better all the time. For example: Crime is worse, the goverment intrudes into our lives, Obama's going to take our guns, the traditional family is breaking down, but the market can solve all these enviormental problems (provided they weren't made up to begin with), people are lving longer, healthcare is better, and isn't modern technology funktastic!

ТyBother me03:22, 18 September 2012

Sounds suspiciously like Newt Gingrich.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)03:30, 18 September 2012

Heh. Down here The GOP is often depicted as a pro-science party because the left is built up as a hard green new age flake vegan strawman who wants to go commune with the gators and will prmptly become a snack. Or as banning new techology to protect mosquito spawning areas. Didn't hear much Newt stuff where I'm at, except carping about his personal life.

ТyBother me03:35, 18 September 2012

Indeed, Rachel Carson killed more people than Hitler, didn'tcha know?

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)03:40, 18 September 2012

Pretty much. Global Warming, Ozone hole, Endangered species act, etc. are all just there to stop business from growing and allow the goverment to have more power. "People in Africa are dying because the greens won't let them have electrcity" and all that rubbish.

ТyBother me14:00, 18 September 2012
 
 
 
 
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