Is the Union really as strong as our presidents tell us?

The more I learn, the more it seems that this country is a collection of 50 states, loosely united, not really a nation. It's getting scary out there.

1. Most of the southern states are still fighting the Civil War.  At the very least they are bitter as hell about losing that war.
2. Blacks are still angry as hell about slavery, and refuse to move forward and help themselves.
3. Whites are angry at Blacks (for being angry at Whites), and at Mexicans being allowed into the country.
4. Mexicans are angry because they're already here and don't want to be sent back.
5.  Democrats are mad at Republicans because they hate freedom.
6.  Republicans are mad at Democrats because they hate freedom.
7. Everyone is mad at Muslims because some of them are terrorists.
8. Everyone hates the Jews but say they love them.

Does anyone like anyone anymore??

I think some of those are being quite dramatic

I'll take this as your complete approval of the 2nd Amendment. Woot!

I like Travis.

I don't like wolverines

The world is topsy turvy when Travis is the most rational person on the board.

Rocinante wrote:The world is topsy turvy when Travis is the most rational person on the board.

:)

I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

Please get working on the pasties

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

Like in front of you living wise? Living in 2016 and not 1916?

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

Like in front of you living wise? Living in 2016 and not 1916?

LOL. Tell me how I'm living in 1916? Please be specific on those areas of my life I need to work on to catch up with enlightened 2016 you.

The Pantry wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

Please get working on the pasties

I think we're looking at September, I can have them whipped into shape before Opening Day of 1917.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

Like in front of you living wise? Living in 2016 and not 1916?

Okay...we get your hate of anyone older than you

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

And the Dutch.

The Union is dead. Confederacy 4EVR.

Rocinante wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:I love nearly everyone, the only people I can't stomach are those that consider themselves superior to me.

And the Dutch.

Welll.....and the Irish.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I think some of those are being quite dramatic

Really? Which ones?

9. Michiganders hate Ohioans just for being from across an imaginary border. Ohioans return the love.

10. The state of Alabama is divided over a silly football game.

11. Texans hate anyone that's not from Texas. Heck, they're not even sure if they want to be in this "union" thingy.

12. Our politicians threaten each other regularly, and call it "healthy disagreement".

Just seems like the unions is held together pretty loosely. I don't know if it was always this way, but it sure is these days.

Every instance in which you use the word "hate" in that post is being dramatic.

I thought this post was going to be about some auto union...

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Every instance in which you use the word "hate" in that post is being dramatic.

Disagree. Well...maybe a couple, but not every! There's a lot of hate out there these days.

I'm tellin' ya, the world seemed like a safer place back when The USSR and nuclear war were our only threats. We got shit going on everywhere now, inside our borders and out! Trump can build a wall to keep the Mexicans out but what's he gonna do about the problems inside the wall??

Vlad wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Every instance in which you use the word "hate" in that post is being dramatic.

Disagree. Well...maybe a couple, but not every! There's a lot of hate out there these days.

I'm tellin' ya, the world seemed like a safer place back when The USSR and nuclear war were our only threats.  We got shit going on everywhere now, inside our borders and out!  Trump can build a wall to keep the Mexicans out but what's he gonna do about the problems inside the wall??

You already seem pissed Hillary is gonna lose months from now

InTenSity wrote:That's all good. Until an outside force attacks the U.S.and everyone unites against them. Then stupid fucking laws are put in place to restrict freedoms in the name of patriotism. So, the U.S. Might be a dysfunctional family, but it unites against a common enemy.

Yeah like fuckin Mormons.

Vlad wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Every instance in which you use the word "hate" in that post is being dramatic.

Disagree. Well...maybe a couple, but not every! There's a lot of hate out there these days.

I'm tellin' ya, the world seemed like a safer place back when The USSR and nuclear war were our only threats. We got shit going on everywhere now, inside our borders and out! Trump can build a wall to keep the Mexicans out but what's he gonna do about the problems inside the wall??

Nah, it's like intensity said about uniting. Do people from Michigan actually HATE people from Ohio? They may say they do, but no, they don't. This isn't Israel versus Palestine. It's a football rivalry as much as anything else. It's not hatred. Same with Texas. Or pretty Much any other inside the us "fight" you'll name.

Vlad wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Every instance in which you use the word "hate" in that post is being dramatic.

Disagree. Well...maybe a couple, but not every! There's a lot of hate out there these days.

I'm tellin' ya, the world seemed like a safer place back when The USSR and nuclear war were our only threats. We got shit going on everywhere now, inside our borders and out! Trump can build a wall to keep the Mexicans out but what's he gonna do about the problems inside the wall??

Yup, back in the Cold War days it was all harmony internally in the US.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Vlad wrote:

Disagree. Well...maybe a couple, but not every! There's a lot of hate out there these days.

I'm tellin' ya, the world seemed like a safer place back when The USSR and nuclear war were our only threats. We got shit going on everywhere now, inside our borders and out! Trump can build a wall to keep the Mexicans out but what's he gonna do about the problems inside the wall??

Yup, back in the Cold War days it was all harmony internally in the US.

I've said this before but we have a poster on the swill who is a relative of Joe McCarthy.