Still waiting for the king's Golden Age of America

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  1. Georgina Rudkus

    Georgina Rudkus Senior Member

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    If Senator William Proxmire was still alive today, he would call it "the golden fleece age of America."
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    If Bill were in politics today he would look much too conservative for the current leftists.
     
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    he probably takes credit for inventing a/c
     
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    It’s funny to read some comments about indigenous tribes conquering each other as an equal to, and excuse, for race based conquests, slaughters, and enslavements by European caucasians.
     
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    Yes, because all the douchebags living today are perfectly within their rights to tell people from 500 years ago that they were living their lives all wrong.
    Just like 500 years from now, people will be looking back at us and thinking, what a bunch of dumb fks.

    Get a grip, reality is not all rainbows and unicorns.
     
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    I’m not the one who needs to get a grip on reality. I want the slave history and other atrocities to be remembered as reality.
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Many (most) Americans don't sit around waiting for the next "golden age."

    Interesting related topic in "The Dispatch" and a RARE tip o' the hat from a Never Trumper......

     
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    We are in the "King's golden age of America".

    Aren't the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
    No bid contract for any cronies that had donated to his campaign - then blaming incompetence, vandals, or "it's someone else fault" - and continuing to add to the bill....
    A majority in both house, senate, and the supreme court in your back pocket.
    You get to make more than a billion dollar in a year, still claim to be too poor to pay a $5 million dollar judgement against you. Also claiming your too poor or want a discount for the second defamation judgement of $83 million.
    When you royally screw something up; just walk away from it; like a child - and let someone else clean up the mess.
    Basically not taking responsibility for anything. This is where you claim to have dementia, so you can wake up the next morning and repeat the same mistakes again, with a clear consensus.
    You can even buy your way out of prison or just know someone that can whisper into the correct ear.

    How is this NOT a Golden Age for someone with money, influence, and/or connections?????

    YMMV