18 Signs That America Is Rotting - GoFuckYourself.com

2012 · 09-02-2010, 01:03 PM

Good afternoon.

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1 - Due to extreme budget cuts, school systems across the United States are requiring their students to bring more supplies with them than ever this year. In Moody, Alabama elementary school students are being told to bring paper towels, garbage bags and liquid soap with them to school. At Pauoa Elementary School in Honolulu, Hawaii all students are being required to show up with a four-pack of toilet paper.

2 - According to the American Association of School Administrators, 48 percent of all U.S. school districts are reporting budget cuts of 10 percent or less for the upcoming school year, and 30 percent of all U.S. school districts are reporting cuts of 11 to 25 percent.

3 - In Chicago, drastic budget cuts could result in an average class size of 37 students.

4 - The governor of Hawaii has completely shut down that state's schools on Fridays - moving teachers and students to a four day week.

5 - According to the Federal Highway Administration, approximately a third of America's major roadways are already in substandard condition.

6 - All over the United States, asphalt roads are being ground up and are being replaced with gravel because it is cheaper to maintain. The state of South Dakota has transformed over 100 miles of asphalt road into gravel over the past year, and 38 out of the 83 counties in the state of Michigan have now turned some of their asphalt roads into gravel roads.

7 - According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 25 percent of America's nearly 600,000 bridges need significant repairs or are burdened with more traffic than they were designed to carry.

8 - In a desperate attempt to save money, the city of Colorado Springs turned off a third of its streetlights and put its police helicopters up for auction.

9 - The state of Arizona has eliminated funding for full-day kindergarten and has shut down a number of state parks.

10 - Over the past year, approximately 100 of New York's state parks and historic sites have had to cut services and reduce hours.

11 - In Georgia, the county of Clayton recently eliminated its entire public bus system in order to save 8 million dollars.

12 - Elsewhere in Georgia, 30,000 people recently turned out to pick up only 13,000 applications for government-subsidized housing. A near-riot ensued and 62 people were left injured. The amazing thing is that all of this commotion was just to get on a waiting list. There are no aid vouchers even available at this time.

13- In the city of Philadelphia, rolling fire station "brown outs" recently cost a 12 year old autistic boy named Frank Marasco his life.

14- Oakland, California Police Chief Anthony Batts says that due to severe budget cuts there are a number of crimes that his department will simply not be able to respond to any longer. The crimes that the Oakland police will no longer be responding to include grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity theft and vandalism.

15- The sheriff's department in Ashtabula County, Ohio has been slashed from 112 to 49 deputies, and there is now just one vehicle remaining to patrol all 720 square miles of the county.

16 - Of 315 municipalities the New Jersey State Policemen's union recently canvassed, more than half indicated that they were planning to lay off police officers.

17 - Not that the criminals are doing that much better. Things have gotten so bad in Camden, New Jersey that not even the drug dealers are spending their money anymore.

18 - Almost everyone knows someone who has been severely impacted by this economic downturn. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey has found that 81 percent of American adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job.

wild schtuff, wacky crazy stuff here

http://english.pravda.ru/business/fi...ica_rotting-0/

BFT3K · 09-02-2010, 01:12 PM

Don't worry, the GOP and the Tea Baggers will sort all of this out soon!

Ace of Spades · 09-02-2010, 01:15 PM

Yet sells of ipads and smartphones are thru the roof, so I guess you better pick which side of the economic line you want to be on.

SallyRand · 09-02-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 2012

Good afternoon.

wild schtuff, wacky crazy stuff here

http://english.pravda.ru/business/fi...ica_rotting-0/

OhmiGAAWWWDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone else who reads Pravda! When I was in the military it was required for us to read it daily and the habit never went away!

Sally.

2012 · 09-02-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ace of Spades

Yet sells of ipads and smartphones are thru the roof, so I guess you better pick which side of the economic line you want to be on.

dyna mo · 09-02-2010, 01:44 PM

is that nick nolte?

Bryan G · 09-02-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

is that nick nolte?

2012 · 09-02-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SallyRand

OhmiGAAWWWDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone else who reads Pravda! When I was in the military it was required for us to read it daily and the habit never went away!

Sally.

OMG

http://english.aljazeera.net
http://www.bbc.co.uk

2012 · 09-02-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BFT3K

Don't worry, the GOP and the Tea Baggers will sort all of this out soon!

I think they're waiting for this guy

2012 · 09-02-2010, 02:12 PM

xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 02:20 PM

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_...133951&catid=3

SallyRand · 09-02-2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 2012

OMG

http://english.aljazeera.net
http://www.bbc.co.uk

Yeah, those also!

Sally.

xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 02:23 PM

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...l-fascinations

tiger · 09-02-2010, 02:26 PM

Pretty fucked up list of things going on with this country. All these people that claim to be patriotic should be upset about these things but you won't ever hear them mention stuff like schools and roads when you can bash immigrants and gays.

Topbuxom Lea · 09-02-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 2012

I think they're waiting for this guy

Pics Traffic · 09-02-2010, 02:29 PM

Where is Vendzilla?

xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 02:33 PM

Why are you pointing fingers at the Bible belt? California, Nevada and Michigan are not part of it.

http://tinyurl.com/nx33rh

xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 02:37 PM

Hawaii, Illinois, New York, New Jersey...

xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 02:40 PM

http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys.../98123-moon-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys...a_meteorite-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys...ien_monster-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/album/ufo-1584/
http://english.pravda.ru/society/ano...9551-aliens-0/

baddog · 09-02-2010, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by xmas13

Why are you pointing fingers at the Bible belt? California, Nevada and Michigan are not part of it.

http://tinyurl.com/nx33rh

I did a search and you are the first one that mentioned the word bible. What did I miss?

xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

I did a search and you are the first one that mentioned the word bible. What did I miss?

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showpo...68&postcount=9

kane · 09-02-2010, 03:33 PM

That is a pretty messed up list, but one thing I don't see is why people are shocked by number 14. I now live in a small town where the police will respond to any and all calls, but when I lived in Portland I had my car broken into and the police just called me and took a report over the phone. I know a couple of Portland cops and they tell me they basically only respond to robberies if there is a chance the robber is still present or if a lot of valuables were taken and they only respond to car wrecks if there was an injury or someone reports a drunk driver involved. The rest of that stuff they just do it by phone.

A friend of mine that used to live in Portland had his car stolen 3 different times and never actually saw a cop. They would always find the car and he could go pick it up, but everything was done via the phone. The last time it was stolen he got it back and the entire back seat and trunk were full of mail. Clearly whoever took it was using it to steal mail and identities. He called the police to ask if they needed the mail and they told him to they didn't want it. He called the post office and they didn't want it either. nobody cared to get these people their mail so my buddy went through it and tried getting stuff that looked important to the owner of it.

2012 · 09-02-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by xmas13

Why are you pointing fingers at the Bible belt? California, Nevada and Michigan are not part of it.

http://tinyurl.com/nx33rh

Jesus is nationwide.

2012 · 09-02-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by xmas13

http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys.../98123-moon-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys...a_meteorite-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys...ien_monster-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/album/ufo-1584/
http://english.pravda.ru/society/ano...9551-aliens-0/

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08...-in-lil-wayne/

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xmas13 · 09-02-2010, 04:05 PM

2012 · 09-02-2010, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by xmas13

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm

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Z · 09-02-2010, 05:04 PM

But the economy's growing, there are opportunities everywhere and the $$ is flowing in PANAMA!!

cambaby · 09-02-2010, 05:09 PM

Go Team Obama!

DaddyHalbucks · 09-02-2010, 05:28 PM

Please look on the bright side: ACORN got a boatload of public money, the unions got ownership of GM, Bill and Hillary Clinton became multi-millionaires, Nancy Pelosi earmarked funds to benefit her husbands business, Al Gore bought an $8.8 million mansion in Montecito, we are trillions of dollars in debt, and bailout money went to tons of Obama's friends.

Not doing so well yourself?

What are you, some kind of racist?

DaddyHalbucks · 09-02-2010, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xmas13

Hawaii, Illinois, New York, New Jersey...

Michigan, Rhode Island, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Oregon, California...

Some of these are rust belt states, some are "progressive" states --all are glorious blue states!

FAIL.

2012 · 09-02-2010, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

we are trillions of dollars in debt, and bailout money went to tons of Obama's friends.

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-24/p..._s=PM:POLITICS

BFT3K · 09-02-2010, 06:53 PM

Remember TANG?

RyuLion · 09-02-2010, 07:23 PM

Doom is inevitable.

NikKay · 09-03-2010, 05:19 AM

And to think we once had a president who wouldn't buy a new rug for the White House because the country couldn't provide every soldier with basic necessities, and he felt it would send the wrong message to the American people about what was important.

Our government is a clusterfuck and noone cares.

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BFT3K Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Narnia Posts: 10,764	Don't worry, the GOP and the Tea Baggers will sort all of this out soon!

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xmas13 Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GFY Posts: 5,176	Why are you pointing fingers at the Bible belt? California, Nevada and Michigan are not part of it. http://tinyurl.com/nx33rh

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xmas13 Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GFY Posts: 5,176	Hawaii, Illinois, New York, New Jersey...

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kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	That is a pretty messed up list, but one thing I don't see is why people are shocked by number 14. I now live in a small town where the police will respond to any and all calls, but when I lived in Portland I had my car broken into and the police just called me and took a report over the phone. I know a couple of Portland cops and they tell me they basically only respond to robberies if there is a chance the robber is still present or if a lot of valuables were taken and they only respond to car wrecks if there was an injury or someone reports a drunk driver involved. The rest of that stuff they just do it by phone. A friend of mine that used to live in Portland had his car stolen 3 different times and never actually saw a cop. They would always find the car and he could go pick it up, but everything was done via the phone. The last time it was stolen he got it back and the entire back seat and trunk were full of mail. Clearly whoever took it was using it to steal mail and identities. He called the police to ask if they needed the mail and they told him to they didn't want it. He called the post office and they didn't want it either. nobody cared to get these people their mail so my buddy went through it and tried getting stuff that looked important to the owner of it.

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Z Vidi Vici Veni Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 6,308	But the economy's growing, there are opportunities everywhere and the $$ is flowing in PANAMA!!

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