The Irony Of Our Government

[007]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

 

[occupied]

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

 

[007]

It doesn't mean deflection.

 

[dblack]

 

[DriftingSand]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

Please, please, please stop using common sense. Causing a progressive to think is cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of their "feelings." Now get back in line and accept our flawed, Socialist system without question.

 

[occupied]

It doesn't mean deflection.

Even if true your examples are inconsistencies, not irony. Irony is like an earthquake proof building being the only building in town to fall down in an earthquake or a fire safety expert catching their house on fire.

 

[editec]

No he's right...there's irony in saying one thing and doing another.

 

[DriftingSand]

It doesn't mean deflection.

Even if true your examples are inconsistencies, not irony. Irony is like an earthquake proof building being the only building in town to fall down in an earthquake or a fire safety expert catching their house on fire.

Nope! The OP's examples are perfectly ironic:

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. Adjective: ironic or ironical.

irony - definition and examples - figures of speech

 

[MaxGrit]

I do not think . . . you think . . .

Irony.

 

[Ame®icano]

No he's right...there's irony in saying one thing and doing another.

 

[AntiParty]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

Please, please, please stop using common sense. Causing a progressive to think is cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of their "feelings." Now get back in line and accept our flawed, Socialist system without question.

It's clear you don't know what socialism is. Research it please.

 

[AntiParty]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

1) Do not profile anyone is the general rule. Not just muslims. How would you like it if someone was profiling you. Maybe the IRS profiling the Tea Party wasn't in your area.
2) Very complex. Ask why we are out of jobs. NAFTA created the biggest outsourcing "sucking noise" (as coined by Ross Perot) that this Nation has ever seen. The Left, who sponsored the bill tried to answer with the Anti-Outsourcing Act of 2010 which ended tax breaks for outsourcing but gave tax breaks for keeping jobs local was voted down by all Republicans, "the party of no". Basically, Social Security doesn't have to run out if there is a smart fix. Stop being bias and stupid EVERYONE and we can get smarter as a nation.
3) 76% of SNAP households included a child, an elderly person, or a disabled person. SNAP eligibility is limited to households with gross income of no more than 130% of the federal poverty guideline, but the majority of households have income well below the maximum: 83% of SNAP households have gross income at or below 100% of the poverty guideline ($19,530 for a family of 3 in 2013), and these households receive about 91% of all benefits. 61% of SNAP households have gross income at or below 75% of the poverty guideline ($14,648 for a family of 3 in 2013). I HAVE PERSONALLY saw people abusing this system. I have also personally saw people that have needed this system to feed their children. So what is the fix here party people? Fix it or nix it?

 

[007]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

1) Do not profile anyone is the general rule. Not just muslims. How would you like it if someone was profiling you. Maybe the IRS profiling the Tea Party wasn't in your area.

First of all, #1 says nothing of profiling anyone. Second, you blew past the obvious stated factual content of post #1 as if it said something entirely different. May I suggest some remedial reading comprehension.

2) Very complex. Ask why we are out of jobs. NAFTA created the biggest outsourcing "sucking noise" (as coined by Ross Perot) that this Nation has ever seen. The Left, who sponsored the bill tried to answer with the Anti-Outsourcing Act of 2010 which ended tax breaks for outsourcing but gave tax breaks for keeping jobs local was voted down by all Republicans, "the party of no". Basically, Social Security doesn't have to run out if there is a smart fix. Stop being bias and stupid EVERYONE and we can get smarter as a nation.

No, not very complex in the slightest. A complete generation of people have paid into SS their entire life, only to see it given away to the likes of illegal aliens, all while watching it go broke. In contrast, the freebies for people that haven't lifted a fucking finger to earn them never seem to run out.

3) 76% of SNAP households included a child, an elderly person, or a disabled person. SNAP eligibility is limited to households with gross income of no more than 130% of the federal poverty guideline, but the majority of households have income well below the maximum: 83% of SNAP households have gross income at or below 100% of the poverty guideline ($19,530 for a family of 3 in 2013), and these households receive about 91% of all benefits. 61% of SNAP households have gross income at or below 75% of the poverty guideline ($14,648 for a family of 3 in 2013). I HAVE PERSONALLY saw people abusing this system. I have also personally saw people that have needed this system to feed their children. So what is the fix here party people? Fix it or nix it?

You can discuss the why's all day long, fact of the matter remains, the irony is that are millions and millions more people that have grown dependent on welfare and hand outs, and now see this as a way of life, just as was pointed out would happen if you fed the animals. They lose the ambition to go out and earn their own food. However, this is EXACTLY what the democraps want. They want people enslaved to hand outs so they keep voting for dems so long as the dems keep promising them the hand outs will keep coming. Problem with that is the tit is going to run dry. This is unsustainable.

 

[007]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

Please, please, please stop using common sense. Causing a progressive to think is cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of their "feelings." Now get back in line and accept our flawed, Socialist system without question.

It's clear you don't know what socialism is. Research it please.

It's clear you don't either.

Practice what you preach.

 

[Two Thumbs]

It doesn't mean deflection.

Even if true your examples are inconsistencies, not irony. Irony is like an earthquake proof building being the only building in town to fall down in an earthquake or a fire safety expert catching their house on fire.

correct, but the op is more about hypocrisy and subtle irony.

 

[Two Thumbs]

I need a photo id;
when I drive
want to buy a gin
to get a license to hunt or fhish
to get married

but it's racist to have one when we vote

 

[Crystalclear]

1. No group should be judged because of a few lunatics.

2. Agree, but it is easier to privatize SS than welfare.

3. You're right about the food stamps, but you forget something. What about the severely disabled who cannot earn their own living? Should they just die of hunger? That sounds like a third world scenario, doesn't it?

 

[peach174]

Three statements tell you a lot about the Irony of our government and our culture:

1. DO NOT judge ALL MUSLIMS by the actions of a few lunatics, but ostracize ALL GUN OWNERS by the actions of a few lunatics. HUH!

2. SOCIAL SECURITY (a program for those who worked for it) is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about WELFARE (for those who don't work) running out of money? HUH!

3. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to distribute this year the greatest amount of FOOD STAMPS ever --- to 48 million people, as of the most recent figures available in 2014. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US. Department of the Interior, asks us "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS." The policy's reasoning "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not be able to take care of themselves." HUH!

Thus Ends Today's Lesson On Irony

Please, please, please stop using common sense. Causing a progressive to think is cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of their "feelings." Now get back in line and accept our flawed, Socialist system without question.

It's clear you don't know what socialism is. Research it please.

I think you are the one who needs to research what socialism is.


Many forms of socialist theory hold that human behavior is largely shaped by the social environment. In particular, socialism holds that social mores, values, cultural traits and economic practices are social creations and not the result of an immutable natural law.The object of their critique is thus not human avarice or human consciousness, but the material conditions and man-made social systems (i.e.: the economic structure of society) that gives rise to observed social problems and inefficiencies.
This theory is all about Government Control over the masses and never really solves the Social Problems. It just leads to more problems and keeps everyone in a vicious circle which never gets solved.
Thus Government handouts and Government control.
Big Government telling us what we can an can not do.

This is totally opposite of the form of Government we are suppose to be, which is Natural Law and limited Federal Government.

Natural Law
Freedom of the individual, not the social collective.

Natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze human nature — both social and personal — and deduce binding rules of moral behavior from it.
Natural law is a view that certain rights or values are inherent in or universally cognizable by virtue of human reason or human nature.

This is why we have half of the nation using feelings and are controlled by feelings and the other half of the nation using reasoning and common sense.

Progressives in both Parties are Socialists and they don't believe in Natural Law.

 

[Ame®icano]

1) Do not profile anyone is the general rule.

Great idea! Lets do random checks, like they do with random bag checks on NY subway. After all, we're all equal and in that spirit, lets grope nannies and babies on airport check points. What, we're already doing that? OK then, how about firefighters spray water on random houses or free random prostate exam or even better, ER to treat medical emergency cases randomly. Randomness is a new way to avoid bias. Think about it, we could have randomly give chemotherapy to heart attack patients, they will be more sensitized to the ordeals of cancer patients. Imagine courts award you child support for someone else's kids, randomly. Just don't ever profile anyone...

 

[AntiParty]

Please, please, please stop using common sense. Causing a progressive to think is cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of their "feelings." Now get back in line and accept our flawed, Socialist system without question.

It's clear you don't know what socialism is. Research it please.

I think you are the one who needs to research what socialism is.


Many forms of socialist theory hold that human behavior is largely shaped by the social environment. In particular, socialism holds that social mores, values, cultural traits and economic practices are social creations and not the result of an immutable natural law.The object of their critique is thus not human avarice or human consciousness, but the material conditions and man-made social systems (i.e.: the economic structure of society) that gives rise to observed social problems and inefficiencies.
This theory is all about Government Control over the masses and never really solves the Social Problems. It just leads to more problems and keeps everyone in a vicious circle which never gets solved.
Thus Government handouts and Government control.
Big Government telling us what we can an can not do.

This is totally opposite of the form of Government we are suppose to be, which is Natural Law and limited Federal Government.

Natural Law
Freedom of the individual, not the social collective.

Natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze human nature — both social and personal — and deduce binding rules of moral behavior from it.
Natural law is a view that certain rights or values are inherent in or universally cognizable by virtue of human reason or human nature.

This is why we have half of the nation using feelings and are controlled by feelings and the other half of the nation using reasoning and common sense.

Progressives in both Parties are Socialists and they don't believe in Natural Law.

You are basically saying the same thing I said except you are still sure that Welfare is part of Socialism. Yes, the Government owns Industry in Socialism. And the people vote for what job pays what amount. That's basically it man. Welfare is something entirely different. Maybe this video will help you.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shD8ZHqP_6k]What is Socialism, really? - YouTube[/ame]