The landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act was back by 82% of Republicans in Congress while only 62 % of Democrats supported the measure. Opposition to the bill was led by Robert Byrd… Democrat! These other well know Senators also voted against the bill: Albert Gore Sr., William Fulbright, Richard Russell, and James Eastland–all Democrats! Two other well know historical figures were prominent in the segregation movement: George Wallace and Orval Faubus, both tried to block black students from attending “white” schools, both were Democrats. It is also interesting to note that both Faubus and Fulbright were counted as mentors by… anyone? William J. Clinton, who I believe was also a Democrat.
Now that you have been spanked at who was truly for civil rights, lets take a look at the smaller government claim.
Beginning with Woodrow Wilson, government had to grow bureaucracies like chancres, in order to accomodate his “League of Nations” stupid idea., but it was under FDR that the bureaucracies grew like a festering sore, which WWII slowed, and finally put a temporary stop to- Under Kennedy and then Johnson, The Peace Corps, and the “Great Society” began, and like the virus they are, have mutated into Amerikacorps, and other entitlement organizations.
Republicans are smarter than that.

DAR
Those dollars in your pocket?

IOU’s.

I wish I had a stack of $1000 bills going 151 miles in the air.

That’s what SS has.

D.

DAR
What’s embarrassing? No, my comment about embarrassing was regarding you lying, all the time. You should be ashamed of your behavior.

My parents belonged to a religion that caused me to be raised in a manner that was completely non-political. For instance, when the national anthem was played in Canada I was not allowed to stand for it. So I am about as non-patriotic as it gets. I don’t have much use for tribalism.

But I do like truth, getting the facts straight, and I don’t like fools, the voluntarily ignorant and liars. That’s why we are not likely to ever get along well.

Regarding Canada being “embarrassed,” (this is going to sound patriotic but…) I was doing a little snooping around and stumbled upon this little tidbit I had forgotten about. Guess which country has the coveted position of having the won “highest quality of life” more than any other country on the planet?

D.
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“Most years attaining the highest Human Development Index (HDI), 10 out of 19 years
Field: Quality of life 2009″

Answer: Canada

List of statistically superlative countries.

So I don’t think they have too much to be embarrassed about.

“…a standard means of measuring human development—a concept that, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), refers to the process of widening the options of persons, giving them greater opportunities for education, *health care,* income, employment, etc. The HDI attempts to measure a country’s development.”

LINK

I don’t trust either party to handle the problems.

No Darrel, there is NO money in the bank. If we had money tucked away we would not be borrowing from China. There is no money to pay for Social Security, it was spent on other things instead of being put away. If they put it away insolvency would not be an issue. If they let us invest our own money (at least as an option) we would not have a problem.

Yes, we spend more on our military than a lot of others. Might explain why they always call us when they need something. Might also explain why no one has invaded us and tried to take over.

I point out again, the military is Constitutional. Social programs are not. And more is spent here on social programs than on the military.

I was thinking a stack of 100 dollar bills when I wrote this. A stack of 100 doallar bills would reach about 678 miles high. Fun can be dyslexia.

DAR
Actually, about half are considered urgent and done immediately.

As for the non-urgent cases, they are as I carefully referenced from an extensive study:

“The median wait time for surgery is four weeks with 82.2% waiting less than 3 months.” LINK

BLK: if they do not deny you completely.>>

DAR
Another advantage of the Canadian system. If your doctor says you need it, you get it. No exceptions because there are no insurance companies to haggle with (about 1 in 5 insurance claims are denied in the US).

Why do you find it useful to tell such obvious lies? I can’t imagine it impresses anyone, and it’s kind of embarrassing.

D.

DAR
Not even close. Four inches is a million dollars. A trillion is a stack only 358 feet high. You’re off by about 11,300x.

I prefer this example. Put $1 bills end to end. Then a trillion dollars goes from the earth to a little past the sun (90+ million miles).

D.