but private enterprise has a history of being destructive, conniving, and in worst case scenarios, even cons demand that govt. intervene to fix the problems: for example, the Great Depression and Great Recession...

delta1 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAN9OwmMiW8

MACS wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAN9OwmMiW8

MACS wrote:

I don't think I've heard of this news network. Are they balanced or is it a Republican outlet? Serious question.

CelticBomber wrote:

OK, avoiding all the off topic bickering and getting back to dear Greta. She apologized today for saying that we need to put politicians up against a wall. She claims she didn't know what she was saying at the time. I personally feel she's being fed scripts from her handlers and has no idea what she is saying most of the time.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

OK, avoiding all the off topic bickering and getting back to dear Greta. She apologized today for saying that we need to put politicians up against a wall. She claims she didn't know what she was saying at the time. I personally feel she's being fed scripts from her handlers and has no idea what she is saying most of the time.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

I don't know, her explanation was that it's a literal translation from a swedish idiom. There's apparently a swedish idiom which translated literally means "put them up against a wall" with the connotation of meaning "hold them accountable". The same way we have sayings like "hold their feet to the fire" or "rub your nutsack against their face until they finally are willing to stick their tongue out"...

Now, unfortunately, I cannot get past the noise in the searches right now to see whether this is a common phrase, but it passes an initial sniff test. Seems likely this literally was just a direct translation error, and she is speaking from her own words.

victor809 wrote:

Don't listen to the lynch mob...

tailgater wrote:

That's it tail. Cling to ignorance.

victor809 wrote:

I went to Sweden before and currently live in America's "Swedish Village" so by rule of proximity I'm pretty sure I get final say here...

I'm no fan of Angry Little Debbie, but my Svedish sources have confirmed that "to put someone's back on a wall" is the Swedish equivalent of our "nailing someone down" on something...

Just as the latter is not a reference to crucifixion, the former is not an allusion to assassination... So y'all gotta find another reason to dogpile on this poor little aspbergers child....

She recently slandered a German railway line, I'd start there...

opelmanta1900 wrote: