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Whaaat: AOC Says It’s ‘Physically Impossible’ To Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps | |
~kpm~
 User ID: 75950402  United States02/07/2020 07:38 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On Thursday, far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), speaking literally about a common expression on hard work, said it was “physically impossible” for people to pull themselves up by their own “bootstraps” or “shoelaces.” “This idea of a bootstrap,” started AOC. “You know this idea, this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke.” “Because, it’s a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap, by your shoelaces,” she continued. “It’s physically impossible!”  ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
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| ~kpm~
(OP) User ID: 75950402 United States02/07/2020 07:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AOC was roundly mocked for the comments, not just for the bizarre literal take, but for the anti-American sentiment, which is disproven every day in America. “Long gone are the days when, say, a lower-middle class, outer-borough bartender could ascend to the commanding heights of America’s ruling elite,” The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay said “In other news, cats don’t actually have people’s tongues, nor do pots have the ability to call kettles black,” joked Ben Shapiro. Lauren Chen posted: “Not sure what’s funnier: >AOC taking metaphors literally >AOC, a former bartender who is now a congressman, dismissing the idea of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps.”  [link to www.dailywire.com (secure)] ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
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(OP) User ID: 75950402 United States02/07/2020 07:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended comments she made about the "bootstrap" meritocracy by invoking Martin Luther King Jr. "I see that the right is worked up that we pointed out the myth of bootstrapping when 60% of the wealth in this country is *inherited.*," the New York Democrat wrote. "But hey, if you think I’m hopelessly dumb, try listening to MLK talk about 'bootstrapping' & the racial wealth gap, too." In the clip she posted, King criticized the treatment of blacks by the government, saying the government failed to give African Americans their due. King said that many blacks had no "economic base" by which to pull themselves up. [link to www.washingtonexaminer.com (secure)] ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
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ScrumpTheTexan
Forum Administrator 02/07/2020 07:52 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s not, however, physically impossible to put at least parts of your foot in your mouth... and she certainly seems to love the taste of her toes. I am a Christian. Christian does not equal doormat or pushover "I Have Sworn upon the Altar of God... Eternal Hostility against every form of Tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson, Sep. 23, 1800  The Election of Donald John Trump: [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] For previous Newsletters, click 'Scrump's News Letters' @ [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
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| ~kpm~
(OP) User ID: 75950402 United States02/07/2020 07:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s not, however, physically impossible to put at least parts of your foot in your mouth... and she certainly seems to love the taste of her toes. Quoting: ScrumpTheTexan Thanks for the pin Scrump, thought we needed a good laugh after the last few years of hell Hallelujah ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78256846 United States02/07/2020 08:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | she is right technically. it is physically impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, literally. In that regard, she is 100 percent correct. I think she was using a double entendre to draw attention to an issue, a literary device. She is one shrewd young lady. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 54237771 United States02/07/2020 08:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s not, however, physically impossible to put at least parts of your foot in your mouth... and she certainly seems to love the taste of her toes. Quoting: ScrumpTheTexan For some reason I went straight to the kitchen and tossed away the brazil nutz. Took a small sip of bourbon...feelin a liddle betta now. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 54237771 United States02/07/2020 08:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | she is right technically. it is physically impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, literally. In that regard, she is 100 percent correct. I think she was using a double entendre to draw attention to an issue, a literary device. She is one shrewd young lady. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78256846 "Perspectives from the Basement." Is it real or just satire?? A modern day Ripleys Believe it or NOT. |
| KuvaszLove
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| Fist in the Box
User ID: 73594667 United States02/07/2020 08:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | she is right technically. it is physically impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, literally. In that regard, she is 100 percent correct. I think she was using a double entendre to draw attention to an issue, a literary device. She is one shrewd young lady. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78256846  |
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| Deplorable Mary
User ID: 78221300 United States02/07/2020 08:24 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On Thursday, far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), speaking literally about a common expression on hard work, said it was “physically impossible” for people to pull themselves up by their own “bootstraps” or “shoelaces.” Quoting: ~kpm~ “This idea of a bootstrap,” started AOC. “You know this idea, this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke.” “Because, it’s a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap, by your shoelaces,” she continued. “It’s physically impossible!” So now I am envisioning her pulling on her shoe laces trying to pick her self up... |
| BRIEF
User ID: 39607259 United States02/07/2020 08:26 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Then she doesn't know physics...people hang themselves with shoestrings, imagine what could be lifted with quality leather bootstraps! I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78397952 United States02/07/2020 08:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | she is right technically. it is physically impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, literally. In that regard, she is 100 percent correct. I think she was using a double entendre to draw attention to an issue, a literary device. She is one shrewd young lady. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78256846 :trump13: Spin spin spin. That's what they do. |
| WHEEZY
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78397952 United States02/07/2020 08:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Metaphor definition is - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57375507 United States02/07/2020 08:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “Not sure what’s funnier: >AOC taking metaphors literally >AOC, a former bartender who is now a congressman, dismissing the idea of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps.” :Tyrant AOC: [link to www.dailywire.com (secure)] Almost as funny as a failed busines tycoon and reality TV star claiming he invented the word "caravan". |
| ~kpm~
(OP) User ID: 75950402 United States02/07/2020 08:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | she is right technically. it is physically impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, literally. In that regard, she is 100 percent correct. I think she was using a double entendre to draw attention to an issue, a literary device. She is one shrewd young lady. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78256846 She’s not using a double entendre by any stretch of the imagination.....  She was taking swipe at a military vet who delivered a speech before congress on how he overcame poverty and was critical of big government Of course she wants to disregard the bootstraps notion of self-reliance as an attainable goal, she wants people reliant on government handouts so they keep voting for socialist . Last Edited by ~kpm~ on 02/07/2020 08:35 AM ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
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| BRIEF
User ID: 39607259 United States02/07/2020 08:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hey AOC, it's called a metaphor. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78397952 Metaphor definition is - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language. From simply tossing my bootstraps over a branch or any slender fixed object, I could easily pull myself up, literally, with my bootstraps... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |
| Forever.the.Student
User ID: 77873489 United States02/07/2020 08:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You can lead a horse to water... but you can't make him drink. You can lead a man to knowledge... but you can't make him think !  "Things are more like they are right now than they ever have been." - Dwight D. Eisenhower In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing - Mark Twain it's all mental masturbation. Seeing through the game isn't winning the game ! "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Henry David Thoreau |
