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1. Denny NNWofLA says:

   Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

   And most of all- Only in this great American vacuum of fairness and balance we find Betty once again blame-shifting and making false equivalencies.

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2. Lee Jenkinson says:

   Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

   Unfortunately Betty Arenson only tells at most half of the story and considers that satisfactory. Cherry picking specific “facts” out of any kind of context is disingenuous at best, and simply lies at worst. All done with a nasty, mean spirited streak.
   Nice.
   Perhaps the lowest 50% of the tax payers only pay “2.7%” because their wages are so far below the poverty level? (I understand, that from your “good Christian” perspective, it’s probably all their own fault for being poor, stupid and probably Mexican).

   When exactly does an “opinion” piece become simply propaganda for the Right? “Tell the “big lie” enough and people will eventually believe it.” (Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister for Adolph Hitler).

   Here are some examples of your cherry picking and sophistry;

   As for oil versus Nike; you may not be aware of this Betty, but oil is currently necessary for the continued security of the nation, and pretty much all of us use some form of oil based transport to get to work. I am not aware that Nikes are a national security asset, so comparing oil to Nike is just….. well bizarre, to say the least.
   Last time I checked, you appear to be a white female, so how exactly do you “know” what it’s like to be black in America? So we had a black president…..that went down well with the Tea Party and Congress who suddenly realized that we had a deficit the day he was inaugurated, and on that basis, refused to work with him for the next. eight. years!
   Perhaps you think it’s fair that many individuals and corporations (legally considered to be individuals)pay no federal income tax at all, while earning billions (G.E. for instance) while we peons get to pay every year. I’m sure you believe that’s all our fault too, right?
   I am not aware that people a hundred years (1916, four years before women got the right to vote) ago were required to show ID to vote, so why now? Oh, right! It’s to restrict poor minorities from voting for Democrats….got it!
   The reality is that there are eleven million or so illegal immigrants in this country. The vast majority of whom work really hard to make ends meet at jobs you and I would never work at.
   Please tell me how you plan on deporting them?
   And how much it will cost in up front costs and the subsequent impact their loss will have on the economy?
   Again, I must assume that you are not a Muslim, so you would have no idea of the tens of thousands of Muslims who go to work every day in the U.S. and mind their own business, who fear those who lump them in with the terrorists who have hijacked their religion for their own insane ends, you know, like the Westboro Baptist church did? But do we condemn all of Christianity for the sins of the few? No, we don’t. And, for the record, the Sikh religion is not Islamic, so please don’t kill them, because that DOES show just how stupid some Americans really are.

   When all is said and done, what Betty is actually saying, stripped of all sophistry, innuendo and quotes lifted from Fox news, Breitbart and Rush Limbaugh, is that white heterosexual conservative Christians don’t like not being able to marginalize and control anyone who isn’t a white heterosexual conservative Christian any more, and will do just about anything to obstruct and reject that trend. Kind of sad for people who believe in a man who consorted with thieves, prostitutes and tax collectors and preached unconditional love for all humankind……….(not just the white heterosexual conservative Christian ones).

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   • Denny NNWofLA says:

     Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

     Lee, that was correct on all counts. Thank you,it should be required reading. Unfortunately this column, minus replies, is a fact-free zone, like Betty.

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3. millie bonazzoli says:

   Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

   Give me back Jack Kemp’s Republican party! The Confederate Wing (former Dixiecrats) are rebels who want to destroy the Union, it’s 1861 again! It’s my way. no compromise, or it’s war! Look, there is always a new generation, 1950 was only good for white men, not women and minorities.
   We need birth control, in 1970 some states did have free choice, others did not.People move from state to state, we need national women’s choice. Not everyone is Christian, the founding fathers were deists, Jesus wasn’t mentioned, just God, many were Masons. The U.S. is a philosophy not a nationality, a meritocracy
   for hard work. 3 ears of corn on the door meant there was good harvest, food for the poor. Food stamps is now the 3 ears of corn. When people are fed and sheltered, can find a job to do, all is well. If not, then not.

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4. Allets Zerep says:

   Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

   Only in America, could this pointless diatribe get published. Betty, did you forget to take your meds again?

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   • Nadiya Littlewarrior says:

     Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

     ??

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5. Nadiya Littlewarrior says:

   Friday, Oct 7, 2016 at

   What a bunch of bunk……….

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6. Julie Keim Hannant says:

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