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Originally Posted by ree-Xi
No, I'm not. Google some of the terms and you will find a bunch of references from people and grass-roots organizations who honestly believe that these programs are socialist.
From what I have found, many of the people are ultra-conservative and frequently fundamentalist in their religion. For example, there is a movement to home school to protect children from "government-mandated curriculum".
Some examples of home-grown efforts:
- 1 Million Strong against our SOCIALIST Fire Departments
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=111256528714&topic=9024#!/group.php?gid=111256528714
- Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge (excerpt):
"I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:- Social Security
- Medicare/Medicaid
- State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
- Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
- US Postal Service
- Roads and Highways
- Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
- The US Railway System
- Public Subways and Metro Systems
- Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
- Rest Areas on Highways
- Sidewalks
- All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)
- Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
- Public and State Universities and Colleges
- Public Primary and Secondary Schools (click link for more!!)
http://www.b12partners.net/wp/2009/0...purity-pledge/
- Freerepublic.com - "Over 300,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic since inception in 1996 and our forum is read daily by over one hundred thousand freedom loving citizens and patriots from all around the country, and all around the world. We're currently delivering over thirty million pageviews per month to over one million visitors"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2295624/posts
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Check this one out...LOLz
http://slrc.sitemirror.us/site/purpose.php
especially the 3rd statement
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