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What has Damaged America the Most?

What has Damaged America the Most?


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there's the single best answer to the question
the dems created a mindset that existence is an entitlement to others' wealth
All in the name of gaining and retaining political power.
 
Corporate Elite
Hawks / US Pro-War
Religious

Pro war? You mean actually being the last nation to stand up and fight evil? Like coming to the aid of Muslims during our last wars... going back to the Balkans, a war we didn't want to get into, but one the Europeans begged us to enter? You mean Clinton wagging his finger at the terrorists and telling them he would hunt 'em down, and then did nothing was good policy? OK, if you say so. The Neville Chamberlain School of dealing with evil is the way to go?

Religious? I didn't realize the US was committing terror acts by the hour as the Muslims have. They've only committed 16,000+ terror attacks since 911.
TheReligionofPeace - About the List of Islamic Terror Attacks

Let's see. How has religion damaged America? Faith, having a set of morals to live up to, charity, philanthropy, and of course our founding documents are based on Christian beliefs... Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... that's it... our whole foundation is damaged due to religion!

This one I'd like you to define and defend: Corporate elite. Please tap out your reasoning.

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The Federal Reserve is #1. It is the heart of the hydra. The rest are just the heads.

You seem to have the wrong idea about the Fed Reserve. Reserve means just that... funds when the government needs them. Where they get them is another story...

ricksfolly
 
The Neville Chamberlain School of dealing with evil is the way to go?
Chamberlain?
There are good number of liberals Googling him right now...
 
Pro war? You mean actually being the last nation to stand up and fight evil? Like coming to the aid of Muslims during our last wars... going back to the Balkans, a war we didn't want to get into, but one the Europeans begged us to enter? You mean Clinton wagging his finger at the terrorists and telling them he would hunt 'em down, and then did nothing was good policy? OK, if you say so. The Neville Chamberlain School of dealing with evil is the way to go?

Worthy of Hannity style propaganda. But this logic is a problem because it gets us involved militarily where we do not belong. We are not the world's police, nor was the US government ever given the power to be. Our military is a defensive military to protect our sovereignty. I mean, if we wanna talk evil, Africa has well more than its fair share; yet we do nothing. Don't sit there and pretend this is solely a fight against evil; it's also a fight for resources.
 
Not Being Able To Somehow Acquire Canada
The Two-Party System
The New Deal
Social Security
The Election Of George W. Bush
The Election Of Barack Obama
 
Worthy of Hannity style propaganda. But this logic is a problem because it gets us involved militarily where we do not belong. We are not the world's police, nor was the US government ever given the power to be. Our military is a defensive military to protect our sovereignty. I mean, if we wanna talk evil, Africa has well more than its fair share; yet we do nothing. Don't sit there and pretend this is solely a fight against evil; it's also a fight for resources.

Hate to break the bad news to you... we are the defacto world police and have been for more than a half century... by default.

We should and do pick our battles when it is in our national interest, and we even do it to protect western civilization on the whole.

Yes there is a lot of corruption and evil in places like Africa and we fund these excursions too through the UN. We can't do everything, we have let the rest of the world show us how feeble and incompetent they and their beloved UN are... and they do.

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America's unending effort to police the world which simultaniously bankrupts us, causes our troops to die, and makes ememies.
 
All in the name of gaining and retaining political power.

This is somewhat exaggerated. It would be an odd ball case if a welfare recipient enjoyed a pool and hot tub or a high-definition television, with the possible exception of unemployment benefits.

However, the actions of any political party are calculated to gain and retain political power. Public relations are the ascendant concern, with any observance of principle taking place only to the extent it is concurrent with the goal of increasing and retaining political power.
 
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Pro war? You mean actually being the last nation to stand up and fight evil? Like coming to the aid of Muslims during our last wars... going back to the Balkans, a war we didn't want to get into, but one the Europeans begged us to enter? You mean Clinton wagging his finger at the terrorists and telling them he would hunt 'em down, and then did nothing was good policy? OK, if you say so. The Neville Chamberlain School of dealing with evil is the way to go?.
I always love it when conservatives bring up Neville Chamberlain's name, because he was a conservative. Look it up. :mrgreen:
 
America's unending effort to police the world which simultaniously bankrupts us, causes our troops to die, and makes ememies.

Japanese, Russians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Poles, Slovaks, Czechs, Hungarians, Romanians, Croatians, Serbs, Albanians... Germans... all enemies at one time, now friends, and of course there are Asian countries that we fought that are friendly.

You must think appeasing Islamic terrorists is the way to go? Clinton tried that. Didn't work. Things got measurably worse. Know why? The morons feed off of weakness. They thrive when we portray it. THAT gets more people killed over the long haul.

Look how well pacifism worked for Neville Chamberlain.

I always love it when conservatives bring up Neville Chamberlain's name, because he was a conservative. Look it up. :mrgreen:
I don't care what side of the isle he was on... his philosophy was dead wrong to a sickening extent, and has been adopted by the left... and his philosophy is dead wrong today. Ask Carter and Clinton how well it worked for us?

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You only needed one choice in the poll - Special Interests

Special interests are the biggest danger to this country and have been for a very, very long time. Our government has long moved away from "serving the people" to serving money, power and corruption. Serving the will of the people doesn't pay very much. Serving big oil, religious interests, abortion (pro or con), global warming fanaticism and other groups with an agenda to push is what has corrupted our system more than anything you have listed in your poll. Are the other choices damaging America- of course they are, but if you remove special interests from the equation (some of which are listed in your choices), America has a much less corrupt government that might actually serve the people.
 
I don't care what side of the isle he was on... his philosophy was dead wrong to a sickening extent, and has been adopted by the left... and his philosophy is dead wrong today. Ask Carter and Clinton how well it worked for us?

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Actulally, it was President Bush's war in Iraq that hasn't done well for us. He declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, May 1, 2003 and there are still problems there. And he wasn't a threat.

 
America's unending effort to police the world which simultaniously bankrupts us, causes our troops to die, and makes ememies.

If America didnt at least attempt to police the world you can expect chaos.Who is gonna do so otherwise the UN?
 
Japanese, Russians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Poles, Slovaks, Czechs, Hungarians, Romanians, Croatians, Serbs, Albanians... Germans... all enemies at one time, now friends, and of course there are Asian countries that we fought that are friendly.

You must think appeasing Islamic terrorists is the way to go? Clinton tried that. Didn't work. Things got measurably worse. Know why? The morons feed off of weakness. They thrive when we portray it. THAT gets more people killed over the long haul.



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Appeasement =/= not invading their countries
 
We're in between plots atm--had some time to kill. No reason really. Don't be concerned.

my black helicopter and my skull and bones handshake secrets were recently purchased by you guys
 
I always love it when conservatives bring up Neville Chamberlain's name, because he was a conservative. Look it up. :mrgreen:

conservative and liberal have very little meaning save for current usage in a current political system

its like american liberals (aka statist parasitic collectivists) claiming they have a kindred spirit with the founding fathers and people like Locke and Rousseau who were "liberals" a couple or more centuries ago
 
Hate to break the bad news to you... we are the defacto world police and have been for more than a half century... by default.
Yes. There was just one thing that kept Stalin from lobbing artillery at the UK from across the channel: Our willingness to use force to stop him.

We should and do pick our battles when it is in our national interest, and we even do it to protect western civilization on the whole.
Because... well... the continuation - indeed, the expansion - of western civilization is in our natiuonal interest

We can't do everything, we have let the rest of the world show us how feeble and incompetent they and their beloved UN are... and they do.
The United States, her resources and her willingess to use them in defense of liberty is the last, best hope for freedom in the world.
If we should give these things up, that hope is lost, and the world will plunge into a new dark age.
 
However, the actions of any political party are calculated to gain and retain political power
Like.... the war in Iraq?
3 years after its start, the GOP lost virtually of its political power. The Republicans - specifically, GWB - went into the war knowing that was a severe political risk in doing so; he and the GPOP took that risk because it was the right thing to do.

When have the Dems ever done such a thing?
 
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America's unending effort to police the world which simultaniously bankrupts us....
This is silly. The amount we spend on 'policing the world; - defined however you might want to define it - is paltry compared to what is REALLY bankrupting us -- entitlements.

causes our troops to die
That's what happens in war. :shrug:
That troops might die in a war that must be fought is not a sound argument against that war.

and makes ememies.
In the last 235 years or so, doing what we do now, we've made far more friends than enemies.
 
The two party system. The constant squabbling between political parties, the trying to slam legislation down the throats of the other side when in power, the almost complete inability to truly work together towards worth goals, the fact that so many people vote strictly on party and not platform, all of these things are symptoms of the two-party system (and in a larger sense, political parties altogether), and are incredibly damaging to our country.
 
Like.... the war in Iraq?
3 years after its start, the GOP lost virtually of its political power. The Republicans - specifically, GWB - went into the war knowing that was a severe political risk in doing so; he and the GPOP took that risk because it was the right thing to do.

When have the Dems ever done such a thing?

Um, maybe the recent healthcare bill? Whether you agree with it or not, it's a perfect example of a political party doing something they feel is right regardless of its popularity.
 
Actulally, it was President Bush's war in Iraq that hasn't done well for us. He declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, May 1, 2003 and there are still problems there. And he wasn't a threat.



We have a rid the world of Saddam.
He cannot reconstitute his weapons programs.
We do not have to fear him teaming up with terrorists.
They have a democracy with a Constitution where people can vote for their representatives... a FIRST among Muslim nations.

So, I'd say you are wrong.
Is it perfect? No. But neither is the US, and we are becoming more unperfect as each day passes.

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We are going away from what the people that fought WWII wanted us to be. They fought for us and every day we let them down.
 
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