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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Always making friends.
I follow Jamie Dupree on Facebook. This has been the biggest threat to my health since I quit smoking.
The vast majority of respondents to his posts appear to be Conservative or Republican, but the few that are Liberal are SO Liberal that it staggers the imagination. I have rarely in my life encountered people with an utter incapacity to accept a reasonable logical argument to any point they may have. More often than not these 'conversations' end with my being called any number of names, 'racist' most recently, or I get "What would Jesus do?" These are responses to arguments made by me that I should get to keep the money I earn for me and mine, and then maybe I will be charitable to what people or causes I choose. Arguments that I should not have to fund government programs that facilitate a lifestyle of entitlement for an entire segment of the population that feels they have a right to my money to pay utility bills and buy food, while spending whatever cash they can get on shoes and nails and cell phones and flat screens and cigarettes and handbags and Sean Jean for their 3 toddlers. Racist, right?
I have most recently argued that Altruism should be a choice. To this I got a reply of 'What would Jesus have to say or do about that?" I replied that Jesus is conspicuously absent, isn't he? To that, I received, " Okay, keep your money," and something to the extent of how dare he "suggest that we help each other." This was the end of this. A snotty little look-down-my-nose at you snipe. No argument as to why the government should be able to tax me to give to someone else...
There really is nothing other than blind party-line allegiance at work most of the time. And with a zeal that is truly frightening. Idealism, plain and simple. No logic, no reason, no room for admission of imperfection of thought, no room for Capitalism, no room for independence, no willingness to admit that there is a large portion of the population that is truly abusive of the system that Liberals are so desperate to build and grow...I am willing to admit that the way we are doing things leaves a lot of gaps for people to fall through, but I cannot get one concession that people for the most part make their own beds. Not one. Because it's easier to call me a racist.
The vast majority of respondents to his posts appear to be Conservative or Republican, but the few that are Liberal are SO Liberal that it staggers the imagination. I have rarely in my life encountered people with an utter incapacity to accept a reasonable logical argument to any point they may have. More often than not these 'conversations' end with my being called any number of names, 'racist' most recently, or I get "What would Jesus do?" These are responses to arguments made by me that I should get to keep the money I earn for me and mine, and then maybe I will be charitable to what people or causes I choose. Arguments that I should not have to fund government programs that facilitate a lifestyle of entitlement for an entire segment of the population that feels they have a right to my money to pay utility bills and buy food, while spending whatever cash they can get on shoes and nails and cell phones and flat screens and cigarettes and handbags and Sean Jean for their 3 toddlers. Racist, right?
I have most recently argued that Altruism should be a choice. To this I got a reply of 'What would Jesus have to say or do about that?" I replied that Jesus is conspicuously absent, isn't he? To that, I received, " Okay, keep your money," and something to the extent of how dare he "suggest that we help each other." This was the end of this. A snotty little look-down-my-nose at you snipe. No argument as to why the government should be able to tax me to give to someone else...
There really is nothing other than blind party-line allegiance at work most of the time. And with a zeal that is truly frightening. Idealism, plain and simple. No logic, no reason, no room for admission of imperfection of thought, no room for Capitalism, no room for independence, no willingness to admit that there is a large portion of the population that is truly abusive of the system that Liberals are so desperate to build and grow...I am willing to admit that the way we are doing things leaves a lot of gaps for people to fall through, but I cannot get one concession that people for the most part make their own beds. Not one. Because it's easier to call me a racist.
Monday, January 10, 2011
In the crosshairs?
Have to wonder now how far speech against the government or any one administration will be allowed to go. Where this mass-murdering fruit bat in Tuscon is legally allowed to say anything he wants, perhaps it would have been prudent to keep a sharper eye on him based on the things he was publishing about himself. The flip side of that thought is who decides whom and what is threatening versus whom and what is free speech. That has always been the problem, hasn't it?
Where I think of this blog as a self-indulgent rant against a government that has run amok with my tax dollars, there are some that would see my comments as hate-filled, vitriolic, racist, right-wing rhetoric and that I could inspire or commit violence because of it. This is, of course, absurd, but not out of the realm of possibility. Where I feel that I make legitimate points about the abuses of the government and those that voted in the current administration, I have been accused of all of the things previously mentioned by those that cannot argue with anything other than name-calling: hate-filled, vitriolic, racist, right-wing, etc. They have no argument to back up the financial abuses of this current administration, they have no answer for the Republican election in November, and now are using the murders and attempted murders in Tuscon in much the same way as they use the word 'racist'.
I have seen comments that go so far as to call the murders 'social justice' and 'a logical response' to desperation and loss of hope! It is absolutely outrageous! To have that mindset is baffling to me. These people who are calling out the Right for their 'hate-speech' can go right on their merry way making statements that justify the actions of this kid! Condoning it, if you will. If the Congresswoman had been a Republican, no doubt the Libs would have made arguments that she had asked for or deserved it for promoting the right-wing agenda and trying to repeal 'Health Care'.
I do firmly believe that Right or Left, politicians are flip sides of the same coin. They draw a paycheck from our taxes far disproportionate to the amount of work that they do, and some of them do it for a lifetime while engaging in morally and/or fiscally questionable behaviors to keep as much of that money as they can. We are relegated more often than not to voting for the lesser of 2 evils. I tend to vote Republican because they promise to let me keep more of the money that I earn. This rarely happens. Independents and Libertarians just do not have the money or the numbers to get into office themselves, but only serve to weight one of the 2 major parties. However, it has become all too evident that the Left, Liberals, Democrats, whatever they call themselves, are frighteningly disconnected from what is reality for the rest of us.
It is imperative that we get these people out of power, AND NOT BY SHOOTING THEM, mind you! Last time I checked, we were a free voting society that has the power to seat and unseat officials with our votes, our words, our minds. Only when a government threatens the freedoms and safety of its own people with force is force a 'logical' response by the People.
Where I think of this blog as a self-indulgent rant against a government that has run amok with my tax dollars, there are some that would see my comments as hate-filled, vitriolic, racist, right-wing rhetoric and that I could inspire or commit violence because of it. This is, of course, absurd, but not out of the realm of possibility. Where I feel that I make legitimate points about the abuses of the government and those that voted in the current administration, I have been accused of all of the things previously mentioned by those that cannot argue with anything other than name-calling: hate-filled, vitriolic, racist, right-wing, etc. They have no argument to back up the financial abuses of this current administration, they have no answer for the Republican election in November, and now are using the murders and attempted murders in Tuscon in much the same way as they use the word 'racist'.
I have seen comments that go so far as to call the murders 'social justice' and 'a logical response' to desperation and loss of hope! It is absolutely outrageous! To have that mindset is baffling to me. These people who are calling out the Right for their 'hate-speech' can go right on their merry way making statements that justify the actions of this kid! Condoning it, if you will. If the Congresswoman had been a Republican, no doubt the Libs would have made arguments that she had asked for or deserved it for promoting the right-wing agenda and trying to repeal 'Health Care'.
I do firmly believe that Right or Left, politicians are flip sides of the same coin. They draw a paycheck from our taxes far disproportionate to the amount of work that they do, and some of them do it for a lifetime while engaging in morally and/or fiscally questionable behaviors to keep as much of that money as they can. We are relegated more often than not to voting for the lesser of 2 evils. I tend to vote Republican because they promise to let me keep more of the money that I earn. This rarely happens. Independents and Libertarians just do not have the money or the numbers to get into office themselves, but only serve to weight one of the 2 major parties. However, it has become all too evident that the Left, Liberals, Democrats, whatever they call themselves, are frighteningly disconnected from what is reality for the rest of us.
It is imperative that we get these people out of power, AND NOT BY SHOOTING THEM, mind you! Last time I checked, we were a free voting society that has the power to seat and unseat officials with our votes, our words, our minds. Only when a government threatens the freedoms and safety of its own people with force is force a 'logical' response by the People.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Just an aside.
I did not see most of this film. I missed the beginning, and I lasted about 30 minutes before I felt an overwhelming urge to to pluck my eyes out with forks and drive very sharp No.2 pencils into my ears. I knew when I chose this movie from the guide that I was probably not going to last, but I held out hope that there was going to be some sort of objectivity in the presentation. (There may have been some, and I just didn't make it that far.) However, the portion of the movie that I could tolerate was simply a camera crew following a group of Uber-Liberal Hollywood actors who were apparently pimping Obama prior to and at the DNC in Denver in '08.
Poliwood is the name of the film.
To be fair I must give credit to one of the actresses. Anne Hathaway, during the time I watched, was the only one who seemed to NOT have a preset opinion that she had an overwhelming need to voice. She appeared to be objective and very thoughtful about. her political statements overall. I will simply assume by her presence among the Uber-libs that she does have a decidedly Liberal bent in her politics, but I will give utmost respect with regard to her voice, lack thereof, and her composure.
The rest that chose to speak, frequently and loudly and very visibly, were idealistic, self-absorbed, obnoxious, and condescending. Everything that one associates with Hollywood personalities.
So. If you have two hours to kill and a penchant for self-abuse, check this out and see how long YOU last.
Poliwood is the name of the film.
To be fair I must give credit to one of the actresses. Anne Hathaway, during the time I watched, was the only one who seemed to NOT have a preset opinion that she had an overwhelming need to voice. She appeared to be objective and very thoughtful about. her political statements overall. I will simply assume by her presence among the Uber-libs that she does have a decidedly Liberal bent in her politics, but I will give utmost respect with regard to her voice, lack thereof, and her composure.
The rest that chose to speak, frequently and loudly and very visibly, were idealistic, self-absorbed, obnoxious, and condescending. Everything that one associates with Hollywood personalities.
So. If you have two hours to kill and a penchant for self-abuse, check this out and see how long YOU last.
And...Back to business as usual...Again...
Forty-eight hours in, and I am feeling all of the potential for this Congress circling the drain. Realistically, nothing was going to get done anyway, what with Obama and his .50 cal veto pen locked and loaded. Now we are seeing what is probably the tip of the iceberg of Republican "yeah, but(s).
I desperately want to be wrong. I really do, because we need "Change We Can Believe In" (rim shot, thank you!) For anyone that is actually paying attention, and especially for those of us that have in desperation pinned all of our immediate hopes for the future on this House, failure of this House is going to be devastating. When I say 'failure' I do not mean failure to produce, because nothing will come from this session of Congress, I mean failure to keep promises. So far, they have done nothing but break promises and flub. Transparency? Fail. Budget cuts? Moderate fail. (They did vote successfully to cut the Congressional budget by 5%). Simply reading the document that our entire way of government is supposed to be based on? Flub. Voting without being sworn in? Super fail.
I think that the Speaker should hold a whip and not a gavel. After all, he is the face of this Session, the voice of the Republican party, and the 'champion' (if you will) of the People. To see his party fall flat on its face out of the gate has to be disheartening to him as it is to us.
I desperately want to be wrong. I really do, because we need "Change We Can Believe In" (rim shot, thank you!) For anyone that is actually paying attention, and especially for those of us that have in desperation pinned all of our immediate hopes for the future on this House, failure of this House is going to be devastating. When I say 'failure' I do not mean failure to produce, because nothing will come from this session of Congress, I mean failure to keep promises. So far, they have done nothing but break promises and flub. Transparency? Fail. Budget cuts? Moderate fail. (They did vote successfully to cut the Congressional budget by 5%). Simply reading the document that our entire way of government is supposed to be based on? Flub. Voting without being sworn in? Super fail.
I think that the Speaker should hold a whip and not a gavel. After all, he is the face of this Session, the voice of the Republican party, and the 'champion' (if you will) of the People. To see his party fall flat on its face out of the gate has to be disheartening to him as it is to us.
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