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Government Cheese Trumps Foreign Affairs

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Submitted by Dave (Canada), Aug 21, 2013 at 21:13

About half of all Americans receive some form of government benefit, and the number is growing. To his credit, Obama recognized the need for universal health care, and, despite Obamacare's glaring faults, many people appreciate the gesture. Add in changing demographics which favor the Democrats and we have a country increasingly made up of dependents and takers, not movers and shakers. Even among Republicans there's been a resurgence of isolationism favoring Rand Paul.

The Middle East is important, but it's also nasty. It's far preferable to just stay home, watch TV and wait for your check.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1The biggest enemy of Islamists? It is turning out to be cameras of smart phones! [290 words]dhimmi no moreSep 10, 2013 14:09209564
2Doomed if you do, doomed , if you don't [1016 words]Stonewall JacksonAug 31, 2013 10:18209343
1Doubling down on my first comment [1181 words]Stonewall JacksonSep 1, 2013 12:39209343
4More disaster in US diplomacy in Egypt [153 words]dhimmi no moreAug 30, 2013 13:22209326
2What do Egyptians think about the link between the MB and the US? [126 words]dhimmi no moreAug 27, 2013 07:43209236
2Why the US can't respond [166 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Stephen PraibinAug 25, 2013 21:49209214
1Response to Praibin [161 words]Bryan SchmickAug 27, 2013 02:10209214
4Obama uses common sense [133 words]Lars NielsenAug 25, 2013 04:23209203
1oil [18 words]Bryan SchmickAug 27, 2013 02:12209203
2Exposing terrorists in Egypt [113 words]dhimmi no moreAug 24, 2013 10:38209196
4I disagree: he courts Muslim... [79 words]JuliaAug 23, 2013 17:16209186
Anther View [154 words]Gunther SchiffAug 22, 2013 15:56209172
1Looking Behind the Facade of the Current American Foreign Policy [510 words]M. ToveyAug 22, 2013 15:35209171
Repeating mistakes [98 words]David W. LincolnAug 22, 2013 12:19209166
4Do we have to ask why? [57 words]Arnold A. PutnamAug 22, 2013 10:42209163
2I DISAGREE [102 words]Joseph MamelakAug 22, 2013 10:41209162
misperception and vanity [237 words]mythAug 22, 2013 05:54209158
Stop - No Admittance [345 words]SentinelAug 22, 2013 02:26209156
4The United States of America is a Republic NOT a democracy, more specifically, a constitutional federal republic [482 words]NuritGAug 22, 2013 01:29209155
greater credence given to previous poster because they assume incompetence instead of unpatriotic ill will [21 words]Richard AAug 24, 2013 01:59209155
Minority report [46 words]JFKARAug 26, 2013 11:15209155
2The Emperor Has No Clothes [117 words]Mark LevickAug 21, 2013 23:50209152
Government Cheese Trumps Foreign Affairs [96 words]DaveAug 21, 2013 21:13209151
6Is Obama inept? [997 words]ReliapunditAug 21, 2013 20:30209149
8More disasters for our foreign policy [244 words]dhimmi no moreAug 21, 2013 18:43209145
2The US lost its prestige in Egypt and therefore the Middle East [198 words]dhimmi no moreAug 21, 2013 15:46209139

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