When I started to write this post that's the subject that came to mind. Then I thought, oh wait, people are going to think that's racist. Then I said, fuck it, it's what I would have written if the guy was white so I'm going to leave it. So you can take it any way you want. There are enough words like gay we can't use anymore because of the damn PC police. But I'm tired of the liberals trying to tell us what we can say and can't, both in and outside the school system.
It does no good to be a pessimist. Remember these words by one of our greatest leaders Let Them Go Their Way Since our last meeting we have been through a disastrous election. It is easy for us to be discouraged, as pundits hail that election as a repudiation of our philosophy and even as a mandate of some kind or other. But the significance of the election was not registered by those who voted, but by those who stayed home. If there was anything like a mandate it will be found among almost two-thirds of the citizens who refused to participate. Bitter as it is to accept the results of the November election, we should have reason for some optimism. For many years now we have preached ?the gospel,? in opposition to the philosophy of so-called liberalism which was, in truth, a call to collectivism.... The mandate of 1972 still exists. The people of America have been confused and disturbed by events since that election, but they hold an unchanged philosophy. Our task is to make them see that what we represent is identical to their own hopes and dreams of what America can and should be. If there are questions as to whether the principles of conservatism hold up in practice, we have the answers to them. Where conservative principles have been tried, they have worked.... ...In these eight years just passed, we returned to the people in rebates, tax reductions and bridge toll reductions $5.7 billion. All of this is contrary to the will of those who deplore conservatism and profess to be liberals, yet all of it is pleasing to its citizenry. Make no mistake, the leadership of the Democratic party is still out of step with the majority of Americans.... ...This is no time to repeat the shopworn panaceas of the New Deal, the Fair Deal and the Great Society. John Kenneth Galbraith, who, in my opinion, is living proof that economics is an inexact science, has written a new book. It is called ?Economics and the Public Purpose.? In it, he asserts that market arrangements in our economy have given us inadequate housing, terrible mass transit, poor health care and a host of other miseries. And then, for the first time to my knowledge, he advances socialism as the answer to our problems. Shorn of all side issues and extraneous matter, the problem underlying all others is the worldwide contest for the hearts and minds of mankind. Do we find the answers to human misery in freedom as it is known, or do we sink into the deadly dullness of the Socialist ant heap? Those who suggest that the latter is some kind of solution are, I think, open to challenge. Let?s have no more theorizing when actual comparison is possible. There is in the world a great nation, larger than ours in territory and populated with 250 million capable people. It is rich in resources and has had more than 50 uninterrupted years to practice socialism without opposition. We could match them, but it would take a little doing on our part. We?d have to cut our paychecks back by 75 percent; move 60 million workers back to the farm; abandon two-thirds of our steel-making capacity; destroy 40 million television sets; tear up 14 of every 15 miles of highway; junk 19 of every 20 automobiles; tear up two-thirds of our railroad track; knock down 70 percent of our houses; and rip out nine out of every 10 telephones. Then, all we have to do is find a capitalist country to sell us wheat on credit to keep us from starving! We did not seek world leadership; it was thrust upon us. It has been our destiny almost from the first moment this land was settled. If we fail to keep our rendezvous with destiny or, as John Winthrop said in 1630, ?Deal falsely with our God,? we shall be made ?a story and byword throughout the world.? Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness. I don ?t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, ?We must broaden the base of our party??when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents. It was a feeling that there was not a sufficient difference now between the parties that kept a majority of the voters away from the polls. When have we ever advocated a closed-door policy? Who has ever been barred from participating? Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?... ...Let us include a permanent limit on the percentage of the people?s earnings government can take without their consent. Let our banner proclaim a genuine tax reform that will begin by simplifying the income tax so that workers can compute their obligation without having to employ legal help. And let it provide indexing?adjusting the brackets to the cost of living?so that an increase in salary merely to keep pace with inflation does not move the taxpayer into a surtax bracket. Failure to provide this means an increase in government?s share and would make the worker worse off than he was before he got the raise. Let our banner proclaim our belief in a free market as the greatest provider for the people. Let us also call for an end to the nit-picking, the harassment and over-regulation of business and industry which restricts expansion and our ability to compete in world markets. Let us explore ways to ward off socialism, not by increasing government?s coercive power, but by increasing participation by the people in the ownership of our industrial machine. Our banner must recognize the responsibility of government to protect the law-abiding, holding those who commit misdeeds personally accountable. And we must make it plain to international adventurers that our love of peace stops short of ?peace at any price.? We will maintain whatever level of strength is necessary to preserve our free way of life. A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way. -Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA) Conservative Political Action Conference Washington, DC March 1, 1975
When Abram Elam intercepted the ball and ran it back, when Thomas Jones ran it in for a score and when Revis got the interception did you post that it was the blackest day for the Jets. What a bunch of racist, homophobic ignorant bullsh*t And I voted for Reagan, Pataki and Giuliani so I'm not a liberal.
you're right, that is a bad question. the better question is how does the socialized healthcare system work in those countries, and it doesn't work well. we don't need government run healthcare, and I can't fathom why anyone would want it unless they simply want to depend on the government. what's next, should the government also provide us cars to get to work and clothes to look professional, both pretty important necessities to navigate in today's society. of course not. what we need is government oversight of the healthcare industry to ensure prices are being kept at an affordable level and consumers aren't being gouged.
And it wouldn't even be close to the blackest day in Buffalo's history. (Wide right, Music City Miracle?)
No, as I said earlier it works quite well here. As was pointed out though, we don't spend much on defense.
Wow if this isn't one of the most disgusting posts ever in the history of thie website..... if this country is so freaking bad then move. I'm sure Saudi Arabia and Yemen would be appropriate places for one so closed minded. While your at do you want women to start walking around in burkas and stoning the ones who get raped?
Kurt,criminals will get their weapons. Most gun crimes are commited with illegal arms. Taking away my right to legally defend myself from a home invasion is unfair
*bookmarks thread* Some grade A crow will be eaten about three years from now when the dow is over 15,000.
I'm glad that somebody who actually understands how it works is chiming in of course the Barack is going to steal my money crowd will ignore it and continue to spew their hate and misinformation..... BTW I wonder why the Aussies spend less in defense? Is it because they keep out of other people's affairs?
You know I love you RT, but ... Let me ask you a question. I'm assuming you have no problem with polygamy. Is that an accurate statement?
If you're not intelligent enough to have a civil conversation on a topic that should be of concern to all, just stay out of the thread.
Well, that's exactly what people want. They want government to essentially run their lives so they can take no responsibility for it. :wink: I didn't go into detail about this, but think about it. 90M people don't pay any taxes and yet these people are voting to tell me how to spend my money. In other words I should go out there, bust my butt and pay huge taxes so that they can sit on their asses and reap the benefits, contributing nothing to the pool. It's total garbage if you think about it.
I can have a civil conversation the issue is your post is racist, homphobic and among all else ignorant. You are certainly entitled to your opinion but I'm also entitled to mine. You may be right, all the things you predict may happen but there is a good chance none of them happen. If you are living in such fear then you should leave the country, there are plenty of nations in the world that believe in the same things you do but most of them are in the desert so you better take plenty of tanning lotion.
