Paul;
One of the best comments I have read in a long time!
I fear that Washington is awash with the latter – on both sides of the aisle! While we bicker amongst ourselves, they hide, like so many rats, and stir up subjects and topics to deflect those who try to seek the truth.
Sadly, most of the press, the institution that we relied upon for so long to stir up many of these investigations, has died. They two, have sold out to either side of the debate.
I addressed a response to another individual and you jumped in and instantly judged me – ignoring my argument. You seem to care only about the content of character when it refers to someone with whom you agree.
The allusion to the “final solution” is hateful, unfounded, and just plain mean and evil.
Vegas Lib
I believe my argument was succinct and respectful. Your suppositions were personal and did not address the argument.
You might find it interesting that my wife and family lived on the border of Mexico in humble circumstances for a few years where we had an active ministry to indigent Mexicans. I do know a little (BTW, I’m an old white guy who is bilingual in Spanish).
I think that it’s unfair to judge the love I might have for a people without knowing me. I have often found out that it is disruptive, arrogant, and sometimes hurtful to answer an argument with personal attacks.
Danielle;
I can appreciate your concern but I don’t think that you are being objective.
These people, the overwhelming majority are Mexicans, entered the country illegally. We have ways for people to become citizens and many follow those procedures to become citizens every day. We are not alone. Other developed countries have procedures just like ours (most are more restrictive; in fact, Mexico’s immigration laws are stricter than ours) What makes Mexicans so incapable?
Are they stupid? Are they just bums? Are they unable to function and need others to take care of them? Can’t they learn another language? To anyone who says that, I say they are wrong. Mexico had a flourishing culture when our country was in it’s infancy. They are a proud and capable people who should not be sold short.
However, lax enforcement and social giveaways have made the illegal alien soft and lazy. Danielle, we have allowed them to have free education for their children while we fight tight budgets. We have given them free medical and we struggle over increasing health costs. They have disproportionately burdened our law enforcement system while we try to find money to support our police forces. Their contributions are minimal.
Besides, we don’t even give them credit for having the capacity to learn a our language. (Danielle, try living in any other country in the world, including Mexico, and see if they give you a voting ballot in English. ) It’s sad what we do to them.
We have developed programs that support rich businessman who take advantage of cheap labor. Consider this; if we say that they do the jobs that nobody else will do, you are left with two obvious consequences:
1. We relegate them to dead, end, second class, employment.
2. We allow business to keep wages low and maximize their profits. Perhaps it’s time we paid more for vegetables so more people could make a reasonable living. (That’s better than increased taxes to support people who shouldn’t be in the country, isn’t it?)
Let’s use the house analogy. I think it’s a bad analogy but I’ll try to make it work. (However, let’s use the analogy of our children, who are grown.)
We had four children and when they became adults, over 18, there were some rules. They followed those rules because it was my house. They were free to leave at any time but when they did, they didn’t enjoy all the privileges of their brothers and sisters who lived there. When they came back, they followed the rules again. They were expected to have jobs, pay rent (kids in school got a pass), and do chores. They did things the “family way,” not their way.
Further, I that the Bible said, “trials produce endurance…” and Confucius said, “that which does not kill me makes me stronger,” and I have learned from experience; giving someone everything does not help them.
I know that this is a bad problem. However, the basis of this nation is that people come here, gave up their national identity for a corporate identity, and e pluribus unum.
Our failure to enforce immigration law hurts everybody, including the immigrant. The cheapest thing to do would be to send them back. The best thing for them, in the long run, would be to send them back. Rights are not earned by crossing a river. To do so cheapens the sacrifices, struggles, and contributions of the immigrants that went before them.
Alan,
Do you have a position or are you just negative?
So then, you think we should spend more money to stimulate the economy? (Never mind that every economist from this country and Europe has asserted you can’t spend your way out of a recession.) That would be a good idea if it worked, but the promises of our administration that unemployment would stop at 8% if we spent this money and the economy would start to come around just haven’t worked out.
They were wrong! So now you think we should continue to throw ore money down a rathole? If the GM executives made decisions like our boys in Washington we would all be saying, “They deserve to go bankrupt and we ought to fire the executives who made the decisions.”
Now, have you considered for one second what an illegal alien costs us? There goes your high cost of health care – people who take from the system and don’t put anything in. How about free education for their children? How about the free social programs?
Alan, consider what they cost us. Sending them back would be cheaper. Then let’s send them back – they’re ILLEGAL (Unless laws and all that other crap doesn’t mean anything to you.)
How about scumbag of the day.
That would be you and Hanity and all the other scum-bags who would enjoy nothing more than to watch democrats and republicans engaged in vicious attacks against each other.
That would improve your political and economic capital and then you don’t have to do the investigative journalism that has, in the past, brought under scrutiny the scalawags, liars, thieves, and other bums who try to run our congress and white house.
You are a sad excuse for an journalist. You’re just like the rest, another political hack.
Eric;
You just don’t know the facts.
The Congress and Senate has a health plan that is beyond belief. There are benefits that would be so expensive to purchase… Where would they get such a system?
We pay for it.
Same for the retirement. It’s not social security.
We pay for that as well.
Eric, Republican and Democrat congressman are playing us for fools.
No, Rocky
Simple?
You can’t just make stuff up and then attack anyone who disagrees with you as being stupid. How is it that so many come to the US for health care? How is it that this miserable country sends health care around the world. Why do so many doctors come from other countries to study in America?
certainly, you don’t think it’s just the schools/
Exactly what part of the constitution or declaration of independence do you read, “The right to health care.” It’s now my responsibility to pay for everyone? Is this a country or a country club?
Where does the money for all these systems comes from some magic bean. It will come from us. So now what, we pay for the most inefficient system in the world? It was the administration who told us Social Security would be good; then is was Medicare, then Medicaid. Not one, not one of these elected officials use this system.
They got their own system that we pay for…
Why are you so willing to listen to the reprobates who saddle us with all these expensive systems that don’t work?
Let’s see, how about you try another four articles about the greatest demon of the universe, sarah palin. Maybe you can talk about her clothes, or her family, or her guns, her experience, her misstatements of the past.
She’s quitting but unfortunately for us, 70% of the congressman (republicans and democrats) who are making a mockery of representative government, are still in office. Do you cover them? No; you’re too busy creating partisan hatefulness at the expense of helpful investigative journalism.
You are part of the problem in America. You are part of the media that has become a joke! Investigative journalism – right!
Why don’t you go after the crooks who are destroying us. Afraid some of them might be democrats? Trust me, they are (and republicans as well).
So then, this is your deal. “Let’s attack a governor that we hate.”
The country is awash in congressional sloth and debilitating debt. Democrats and republicans sign bills without reading them, vote themselves incredible benefits and perks..
If and when the country goes down the crapper, we will have ourselves to blame.
Yeah, let’s all get Sarah Palin. That’s productive and responsible.
There is plenty of oil, gas, coal, etc. within our own borders. We are the only country in the world that enforces strict environmental controls over oil companies.
If they drill for oil in the Sudan or the middle east or any other place in the earth, nobody will care if the oil company spills oil, pollutes the local environment or their money is used to finance terrorists, violence on their citizens, drug cartels… It seems that if we are truly concerned about the world, rather than just our own backyard, we would want oil companies to explore here rather than any place else in the world.
It’d not like we are ready to build 300 farms for the production of electricity by wind. It’s not like we want to give up asphalt, plastic, Gore Tex, chemicals, or so many other things that come from oil.
How about Nuclear electric generation. Is that only to be used by Europe, Iran, or North Korea??
You know, I’m guessing that maybe if we took care of our own part of the world; safely use Nuclear energy, carefully drill for the oil we have, use all the money we are spending to develop and promote alternatives…
Sir;
At some point, there needs to be a leader who is willing to stop the vicious behavior, minimize the effects of pointless political squabbling, or stop the fire of hatefulness. It doesn’t appear to be Alan who, like so many of the other pundits (who increase their notoriety and financial success by just such behavior) fan disagreements into bitterness.
I have decided that so much as it depends on me, I will try to be at peace with all people. I might not agree with you politically, but I will try, as God gives me grace (Oh, that’s my superpower) to try and work with those who want to arrive at a good decision for America.
I believe that listening to two or three sides and agreeing on the major points while compromising on the minor will make us great. We are on the same side because selfish politicians (we’re full of them!) use our fighting to distract us from the real enemy – them.
While we fight amongst each other, our Congress (Republicans and Democrats) and the administration (I don’t think it would make a difference who was President) are spending the country right down the toilet. We are printing money and enslaving the population to a debt burden that will last for decades and could destroy our very foundation.
There’s only one way to pay for all the stuff for which even our President says, “We don’t have the money.” That’s increased taxes. We should all be concerned – together.
I think our founding fathers called this, “taxation without representation.”
No, I am not a bigot.
Like you, I have first hand, front line experience over 25 years and to suggest that homosexuality or females in units does not create problems is to live with your head in the sand.
Want me to make my argument?
Read all the responses here and ask yourself these two questions;
“Does any of this discussion go on in the military?”
“Is this topic distracting?”
Poorly informed? I think not. Perhaps you have never led troops in combat.
You have no clue what the purpose of the US Military is?
It is not to extend some sexual parameter. It’s not to satisfy some need you might have for social justice. The job of the military is to go places and destroy things and kill people, as efficiently and quickly as possible and better than the military force they may face.
There is a reason why other major military services do not use woman in primary combat roles. There is a reason why other militaries have nothing to do with homosexuals in combat organizations.
(Hey, here’s a dirty little secret for all you who know nothing of the state of our military; The use of females on front line US Navy ships is a complete disaster! Unfortunately, if anybody speaks out about it, they are accused of not being politically correct.)
This idea of sexual freedom in combat forces is absolutely ludicrous. It decreases combat efficiency and discipline, destroys moral, and decreases efficiency.
Let’s get over this silliness. we are talking about the ability of our country to defend itself.
Alan;
I guess you’re not happy till you can make people angry at each other. Perhaps, that’s the way you make money. You pit one party against the other even though you are perfectly aware that both parties have more than their share of arrogant, self-effacing, petty name-callers. With articles like this, all you do is lower the bar of public discourse by allowing jerks like Inhofe to set the tone of discussion.
I’m certain you know many of these men are self serving, pompous life-time, career politicians who have stopped serving the country long ago and now, are so out of touch with their original calling of political service and representation, they are not worth the time of day. They crowd both sides of the aisle and they should be put out.
Until the members of the media, like you, allow partisan politics to be subservient to the higher good of, “we the people,” we are doomed to have to fight to regain decency and respectability in the government.
I just wish we could get to some higher ground. Sir, I believe you are a better person than that and if you don’t lead in this venture, who will, Hannity? I don’t think so.
There are so many eaten up with rage that they have lost touch with reality. The notion that there is one party for, “Equality and social justice and the other only serves to hamper such goals” just flies in the face of reality.
It was Republicans who led the charge in the south for racial and equality in the 50’s and 60’s and it was this same party that allowed the administration to spy on its citizenry in the 2000’s. It was the Democrat’s who led the charge for a nation to help it’s economically disadvantaged and disenfranchised and the same party who reneged on campaign promises to stop the spying on their citizens.
To place the term “evil” on one party (regardless of the party) because they disagree with you is, at the very best, childish and counterproductive to intelligent dialogue and cooperative problem solving with the nations best’s interests at heart.
So, you can all say hateful, smart-ass, remarks that cuts a man undergoing terrible life problems. I suppose you might use as justification what ignorant republicans said about fallen democrats.
It was wrong when the hate monger republicans said it, I only wish some liberals had the maturity to “change” and break the destructive cycle.
Is there a party of change?
I think not. At least in this country.
Let’s set a few things straight…
Liberal pundits like Alan make a buck by stirring the pot like Conservative pundits Linbaugh and O’Reilly (one of their classics was taking the Presidents comments about Iran’s “Supreme Leader” out of context.) So then, if we try to take the “hate” out of it, perhaps it becomes a bit clearer.
I don’t think that all liberals are out to destroy the country. That logic is just silly. Further, I don’t believe all liberals want to change the USA into a socialist or communist country. The liberal, like the conservative, brings good and bad ideas.
Additionally, this is a country that is supposed to allow freedom of speech and the free flow of opinions in the marketplace of ideas. One should not be excluded from the table simply because they formulate their worldview from a Christian, Moslem, Jewish, or Atheistic perspective.
If there is only one party or one voice, where is the diversity? Where is the majority working to form a synthesis of ideals that brings greatness? How do we arrive at a place where the sum is greater than the individual parts? How do we get to the point where we can resolve to put aside our parochial desires for the common good fulfilling the notion of e pluribus unum.
Now, this lady feels strongly about her Christian values. Further, she believe that they are foundational to an understanding of order that is beneficial to the nation’s health. This doesn’t make her any more evil, hateful, or judgmental, than a person who brings opposing views.
Our choice is to engage in the details of her argument or exclude her from the debate because we don’t like what she says.
I would suggest that exclusionary talk and personal attacks are the real “hate speech.” Thoughtfully and reasonably engage what she says, but stay away from the cheap, brown shirt tactics of the likes of Alan (Wingnuts) and O’Reilly (Pinheads and Patriots).
I am a conservative and I agree with you. The science suggests that the earth is going through a warming cycle. However none of them can prove that it’s caused by greenhouse gasses. Certainly, it’s a possibility, it’s just not a certainty.
My concern is that the US seems to be the only country willing to bite the bullet on this issue when it’s very clear that nations like Russia, China, India, and others care so little for the environment.
Indeed, it is in our best interests and the worlds environment if we develop our own oil and gas interests. We drill safer, use oil products better, and our governmental agencies can watch over oil companies to make sure the environment is protected.
If we don’t do that, then the world will get oil from nations who don’t give a twit about the environment. Therefore, the drive should be to use the great resources in an environmentally responsible way.
Guido!
Shut up! Us conservative males often think like that but we don’t say it in public – it’s against the rules :-)
Really, you folks are right; when you make a series of bad decisions there are consequences. I can empathize with Ms Chapur because I don’t like the consequences to my bad decisions, but she needs to face the music.
BTW, Um Cara, I am working on a “deflection” piece that Barack took AF One to Area 51 and had sex with extra-terrestrials. I just made it up, but the Democrat and Republican jackasses in congress can assemble a congressional investigation and deflect people from looking into their slovenly conduct. Think it’ll work?
I’m telling you that the people I have talked to about the health care systems in their countries, are not that impressed with them. The systems have serious problems, the most prevalent being the rationing of health care.
I don’t believe there is an unbiased test that can accurately determine, “the best health care system.” My suggestion is that the system we have is pretty good. Certainly, there are problems, but the notion of the government taking the system over, as James posits, flies in the face of reason!
When James says, “One payer, tax funded,” where do people think the money will come from? One payer is us – tax funded is us! We will pay for it one way or another. However, try to name one government system – just one, that works efficiently. After all, the government who told us that Medicare and Medicaid were answers to problems, now tells us that they are crap?
So, now we should turn more control over to them and give them another trillion dollars for “Medicaid II – The Sequel”? How does that make sense? These are the guys who brought is social security – not Democrats or Republicans – government Idiotcans (they come from both parties)
Ma’am, this old fart believes that giving any more money or power to the folks in Washington who have proven time and time again that they make incompetent, inefficient, costly, and non responsive systems… well, I will fight that to the end.
Again, it’s not a democrat or republican thing; it’s an anti government thing.
How Much Has Alaska Really Spent On Ethics Investigations?
July 8th, 2009 at 11:35 amPaul;
One of the best comments I have read in a long time!
I fear that Washington is awash with the latter – on both sides of the aisle! While we bicker amongst ourselves, they hide, like so many rats, and stir up subjects and topics to deflect those who try to seek the truth.
Sadly, most of the press, the institution that we relied upon for so long to stir up many of these investigations, has died. They two, have sold out to either side of the debate.
Joe The Plumber On Illegal Immigrants: "Get Them The Hell Out Of Our Damn Country"
July 7th, 2009 at 7:15 pmI addressed a response to another individual and you jumped in and instantly judged me – ignoring my argument. You seem to care only about the content of character when it refers to someone with whom you agree.
The allusion to the “final solution” is hateful, unfounded, and just plain mean and evil.
I make arguments.
You make personal attacks.
Joe The Plumber On Illegal Immigrants: "Get Them The Hell Out Of Our Damn Country"
July 7th, 2009 at 12:45 pmVegas Lib
I believe my argument was succinct and respectful. Your suppositions were personal and did not address the argument.
You might find it interesting that my wife and family lived on the border of Mexico in humble circumstances for a few years where we had an active ministry to indigent Mexicans. I do know a little (BTW, I’m an old white guy who is bilingual in Spanish).
I think that it’s unfair to judge the love I might have for a people without knowing me. I have often found out that it is disruptive, arrogant, and sometimes hurtful to answer an argument with personal attacks.
You might consider that.
Joe The Plumber On Illegal Immigrants: "Get Them The Hell Out Of Our Damn Country"
July 7th, 2009 at 12:00 pmDanielle;
I can appreciate your concern but I don’t think that you are being objective.
These people, the overwhelming majority are Mexicans, entered the country illegally. We have ways for people to become citizens and many follow those procedures to become citizens every day. We are not alone. Other developed countries have procedures just like ours (most are more restrictive; in fact, Mexico’s immigration laws are stricter than ours) What makes Mexicans so incapable?
Are they stupid? Are they just bums? Are they unable to function and need others to take care of them? Can’t they learn another language? To anyone who says that, I say they are wrong. Mexico had a flourishing culture when our country was in it’s infancy. They are a proud and capable people who should not be sold short.
However, lax enforcement and social giveaways have made the illegal alien soft and lazy. Danielle, we have allowed them to have free education for their children while we fight tight budgets. We have given them free medical and we struggle over increasing health costs. They have disproportionately burdened our law enforcement system while we try to find money to support our police forces. Their contributions are minimal.
Besides, we don’t even give them credit for having the capacity to learn a our language. (Danielle, try living in any other country in the world, including Mexico, and see if they give you a voting ballot in English. ) It’s sad what we do to them.
We have developed programs that support rich businessman who take advantage of cheap labor. Consider this; if we say that they do the jobs that nobody else will do, you are left with two obvious consequences:
1. We relegate them to dead, end, second class, employment.
2. We allow business to keep wages low and maximize their profits. Perhaps it’s time we paid more for vegetables so more people could make a reasonable living. (That’s better than increased taxes to support people who shouldn’t be in the country, isn’t it?)
Let’s use the house analogy. I think it’s a bad analogy but I’ll try to make it work. (However, let’s use the analogy of our children, who are grown.)
We had four children and when they became adults, over 18, there were some rules. They followed those rules because it was my house. They were free to leave at any time but when they did, they didn’t enjoy all the privileges of their brothers and sisters who lived there. When they came back, they followed the rules again. They were expected to have jobs, pay rent (kids in school got a pass), and do chores. They did things the “family way,” not their way.
Further, I that the Bible said, “trials produce endurance…” and Confucius said, “that which does not kill me makes me stronger,” and I have learned from experience; giving someone everything does not help them.
I know that this is a bad problem. However, the basis of this nation is that people come here, gave up their national identity for a corporate identity, and e pluribus unum.
Our failure to enforce immigration law hurts everybody, including the immigrant. The cheapest thing to do would be to send them back. The best thing for them, in the long run, would be to send them back. Rights are not earned by crossing a river. To do so cheapens the sacrifices, struggles, and contributions of the immigrants that went before them.
I hope that makes sense.
Joe The Plumber On Illegal Immigrants: "Get Them The Hell Out Of Our Damn Country"
July 7th, 2009 at 11:24 amAlan,
Do you have a position or are you just negative?
So then, you think we should spend more money to stimulate the economy? (Never mind that every economist from this country and Europe has asserted you can’t spend your way out of a recession.) That would be a good idea if it worked, but the promises of our administration that unemployment would stop at 8% if we spent this money and the economy would start to come around just haven’t worked out.
They were wrong! So now you think we should continue to throw ore money down a rathole? If the GM executives made decisions like our boys in Washington we would all be saying, “They deserve to go bankrupt and we ought to fire the executives who made the decisions.”
Now, have you considered for one second what an illegal alien costs us? There goes your high cost of health care – people who take from the system and don’t put anything in. How about free education for their children? How about the free social programs?
Alan, consider what they cost us. Sending them back would be cheaper. Then let’s send them back – they’re ILLEGAL (Unless laws and all that other crap doesn’t mean anything to you.)
GW Bush: Happiness Is Saddam's Gun
July 6th, 2009 at 11:56 pmEric;
Is there anything at all that you would fight over?
I say that because you seem pretty silent about the troop build-up in Afghanistan?
GW Bush: Happiness Is Saddam's Gun
July 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pmAlan;
Another POS, self-serving article.
good job!
Alaska Gov-To-Be Says Legal Bills Led To Resignation
July 6th, 2009 at 12:03 pmAlan;
… still a yellow shirt journalist, I see.
Sen. Chuck Grassley's Health Care Plan: Get A Gov't. Job
July 5th, 2009 at 8:21 pmAmen, kiddo.
You definately, “get it.”
I’ll vote for you!!
Wingnut Of The Day: Erick Erickson
July 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pmAlan,
Wingnut?
How about scumbag of the day.
That would be you and Hanity and all the other scum-bags who would enjoy nothing more than to watch democrats and republicans engaged in vicious attacks against each other.
That would improve your political and economic capital and then you don’t have to do the investigative journalism that has, in the past, brought under scrutiny the scalawags, liars, thieves, and other bums who try to run our congress and white house.
You are a sad excuse for an journalist. You’re just like the rest, another political hack.
Sen. Chuck Grassley's Health Care Plan: Get A Gov't. Job
July 5th, 2009 at 7:17 pmEric;
You just don’t know the facts.
The Congress and Senate has a health plan that is beyond belief. There are benefits that would be so expensive to purchase… Where would they get such a system?
We pay for it.
Same for the retirement. It’s not social security.
We pay for that as well.
Eric, Republican and Democrat congressman are playing us for fools.
Sen. Chuck Grassley's Health Care Plan: Get A Gov't. Job
July 5th, 2009 at 7:10 pmNo, Rocky
Simple?
You can’t just make stuff up and then attack anyone who disagrees with you as being stupid. How is it that so many come to the US for health care? How is it that this miserable country sends health care around the world. Why do so many doctors come from other countries to study in America?
certainly, you don’t think it’s just the schools/
Exactly what part of the constitution or declaration of independence do you read, “The right to health care.” It’s now my responsibility to pay for everyone? Is this a country or a country club?
Where does the money for all these systems comes from some magic bean. It will come from us. So now what, we pay for the most inefficient system in the world? It was the administration who told us Social Security would be good; then is was Medicare, then Medicaid. Not one, not one of these elected officials use this system.
They got their own system that we pay for…
Why are you so willing to listen to the reprobates who saddle us with all these expensive systems that don’t work?
Palin's Announcement: The Annotated Version
July 5th, 2009 at 1:48 amAlan;
You got butkiss!
Let’s see, how about you try another four articles about the greatest demon of the universe, sarah palin. Maybe you can talk about her clothes, or her family, or her guns, her experience, her misstatements of the past.
She’s quitting but unfortunately for us, 70% of the congressman (republicans and democrats) who are making a mockery of representative government, are still in office. Do you cover them? No; you’re too busy creating partisan hatefulness at the expense of helpful investigative journalism.
You are part of the problem in America. You are part of the media that has become a joke! Investigative journalism – right!
Why don’t you go after the crooks who are destroying us. Afraid some of them might be democrats? Trust me, they are (and republicans as well).
Palin's Announcement: The Annotated Version
July 5th, 2009 at 1:05 amThis is pathetic,
So then, this is your deal. “Let’s attack a governor that we hate.”
The country is awash in congressional sloth and debilitating debt. Democrats and republicans sign bills without reading them, vote themselves incredible benefits and perks..
If and when the country goes down the crapper, we will have ourselves to blame.
Yeah, let’s all get Sarah Palin. That’s productive and responsible.
Will Democrats Who Care About The Planet Be Thrown Out Of Office?
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 pmI don’t get it.
There is plenty of oil, gas, coal, etc. within our own borders. We are the only country in the world that enforces strict environmental controls over oil companies.
If they drill for oil in the Sudan or the middle east or any other place in the earth, nobody will care if the oil company spills oil, pollutes the local environment or their money is used to finance terrorists, violence on their citizens, drug cartels… It seems that if we are truly concerned about the world, rather than just our own backyard, we would want oil companies to explore here rather than any place else in the world.
It’d not like we are ready to build 300 farms for the production of electricity by wind. It’s not like we want to give up asphalt, plastic, Gore Tex, chemicals, or so many other things that come from oil.
How about Nuclear electric generation. Is that only to be used by Europe, Iran, or North Korea??
You know, I’m guessing that maybe if we took care of our own part of the world; safely use Nuclear energy, carefully drill for the oil we have, use all the money we are spending to develop and promote alternatives…
Why is that so hard?
GOP Senator Welcomes Franken By Calling Him "The Clown From Minnesota"
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 amSir;
At some point, there needs to be a leader who is willing to stop the vicious behavior, minimize the effects of pointless political squabbling, or stop the fire of hatefulness. It doesn’t appear to be Alan who, like so many of the other pundits (who increase their notoriety and financial success by just such behavior) fan disagreements into bitterness.
I have decided that so much as it depends on me, I will try to be at peace with all people. I might not agree with you politically, but I will try, as God gives me grace (Oh, that’s my superpower) to try and work with those who want to arrive at a good decision for America.
I believe that listening to two or three sides and agreeing on the major points while compromising on the minor will make us great. We are on the same side because selfish politicians (we’re full of them!) use our fighting to distract us from the real enemy – them.
While we fight amongst each other, our Congress (Republicans and Democrats) and the administration (I don’t think it would make a difference who was President) are spending the country right down the toilet. We are printing money and enslaving the population to a debt burden that will last for decades and could destroy our very foundation.
There’s only one way to pay for all the stuff for which even our President says, “We don’t have the money.” That’s increased taxes. We should all be concerned – together.
I think our founding fathers called this, “taxation without representation.”
Military Board Votes To Suspend Gay Arabic-Speaking Officer
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 amNo, I am not a bigot.
Like you, I have first hand, front line experience over 25 years and to suggest that homosexuality or females in units does not create problems is to live with your head in the sand.
Want me to make my argument?
Read all the responses here and ask yourself these two questions;
“Does any of this discussion go on in the military?”
“Is this topic distracting?”
Poorly informed? I think not. Perhaps you have never led troops in combat.
Military Board Votes To Suspend Gay Arabic-Speaking Officer
July 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pmNone of you get it.
You have no clue what the purpose of the US Military is?
It is not to extend some sexual parameter. It’s not to satisfy some need you might have for social justice. The job of the military is to go places and destroy things and kill people, as efficiently and quickly as possible and better than the military force they may face.
There is a reason why other major military services do not use woman in primary combat roles. There is a reason why other militaries have nothing to do with homosexuals in combat organizations.
(Hey, here’s a dirty little secret for all you who know nothing of the state of our military; The use of females on front line US Navy ships is a complete disaster! Unfortunately, if anybody speaks out about it, they are accused of not being politically correct.)
This idea of sexual freedom in combat forces is absolutely ludicrous. It decreases combat efficiency and discipline, destroys moral, and decreases efficiency.
Let’s get over this silliness. we are talking about the ability of our country to defend itself.
GOP Senator Welcomes Franken By Calling Him "The Clown From Minnesota"
July 1st, 2009 at 11:06 pmAlan;
I guess you’re not happy till you can make people angry at each other. Perhaps, that’s the way you make money. You pit one party against the other even though you are perfectly aware that both parties have more than their share of arrogant, self-effacing, petty name-callers. With articles like this, all you do is lower the bar of public discourse by allowing jerks like Inhofe to set the tone of discussion.
I’m certain you know many of these men are self serving, pompous life-time, career politicians who have stopped serving the country long ago and now, are so out of touch with their original calling of political service and representation, they are not worth the time of day. They crowd both sides of the aisle and they should be put out.
Until the members of the media, like you, allow partisan politics to be subservient to the higher good of, “we the people,” we are doomed to have to fight to regain decency and respectability in the government.
I just wish we could get to some higher ground. Sir, I believe you are a better person than that and if you don’t lead in this venture, who will, Hannity? I don’t think so.
Good News: Sanford Will "Try To Fall Back In Love" With Wife
July 1st, 2009 at 10:38 amEric,
There are so many eaten up with rage that they have lost touch with reality. The notion that there is one party for, “Equality and social justice and the other only serves to hamper such goals” just flies in the face of reality.
It was Republicans who led the charge in the south for racial and equality in the 50’s and 60’s and it was this same party that allowed the administration to spy on its citizenry in the 2000’s. It was the Democrat’s who led the charge for a nation to help it’s economically disadvantaged and disenfranchised and the same party who reneged on campaign promises to stop the spying on their citizens.
To place the term “evil” on one party (regardless of the party) because they disagree with you is, at the very best, childish and counterproductive to intelligent dialogue and cooperative problem solving with the nations best’s interests at heart.
Good News: Sanford Will "Try To Fall Back In Love" With Wife
July 1st, 2009 at 12:23 amNice;
So, you can all say hateful, smart-ass, remarks that cuts a man undergoing terrible life problems. I suppose you might use as justification what ignorant republicans said about fallen democrats.
It was wrong when the hate monger republicans said it, I only wish some liberals had the maturity to “change” and break the destructive cycle.
Is there a party of change?
I think not. At least in this country.
Wingnut Of the Day: Sally Kern
June 30th, 2009 at 1:38 pmLet’s set a few things straight…
Liberal pundits like Alan make a buck by stirring the pot like Conservative pundits Linbaugh and O’Reilly (one of their classics was taking the Presidents comments about Iran’s “Supreme Leader” out of context.) So then, if we try to take the “hate” out of it, perhaps it becomes a bit clearer.
I don’t think that all liberals are out to destroy the country. That logic is just silly. Further, I don’t believe all liberals want to change the USA into a socialist or communist country. The liberal, like the conservative, brings good and bad ideas.
Additionally, this is a country that is supposed to allow freedom of speech and the free flow of opinions in the marketplace of ideas. One should not be excluded from the table simply because they formulate their worldview from a Christian, Moslem, Jewish, or Atheistic perspective.
If there is only one party or one voice, where is the diversity? Where is the majority working to form a synthesis of ideals that brings greatness? How do we arrive at a place where the sum is greater than the individual parts? How do we get to the point where we can resolve to put aside our parochial desires for the common good fulfilling the notion of e pluribus unum.
Now, this lady feels strongly about her Christian values. Further, she believe that they are foundational to an understanding of order that is beneficial to the nation’s health. This doesn’t make her any more evil, hateful, or judgmental, than a person who brings opposing views.
Our choice is to engage in the details of her argument or exclude her from the debate because we don’t like what she says.
I would suggest that exclusionary talk and personal attacks are the real “hate speech.” Thoughtfully and reasonably engage what she says, but stay away from the cheap, brown shirt tactics of the likes of Alan (Wingnuts) and O’Reilly (Pinheads and Patriots).
Paul Krugman: Treason Against The Planet
June 29th, 2009 at 7:03 pmEric;
I am a conservative and I agree with you. The science suggests that the earth is going through a warming cycle. However none of them can prove that it’s caused by greenhouse gasses. Certainly, it’s a possibility, it’s just not a certainty.
My concern is that the US seems to be the only country willing to bite the bullet on this issue when it’s very clear that nations like Russia, China, India, and others care so little for the environment.
Indeed, it is in our best interests and the worlds environment if we develop our own oil and gas interests. We drill safer, use oil products better, and our governmental agencies can watch over oil companies to make sure the environment is protected.
If we don’t do that, then the world will get oil from nations who don’t give a twit about the environment. Therefore, the drive should be to use the great resources in an environmentally responsible way.
No?
Maria Belen Chapur Speaks
June 29th, 2009 at 9:28 amGuido!
Shut up! Us conservative males often think like that but we don’t say it in public – it’s against the rules :-)
Really, you folks are right; when you make a series of bad decisions there are consequences. I can empathize with Ms Chapur because I don’t like the consequences to my bad decisions, but she needs to face the music.
BTW, Um Cara, I am working on a “deflection” piece that Barack took AF One to Area 51 and had sex with extra-terrestrials. I just made it up, but the Democrat and Republican jackasses in congress can assemble a congressional investigation and deflect people from looking into their slovenly conduct. Think it’ll work?
Michael Jackson's Daily Cocktail: Can't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
June 28th, 2009 at 12:41 amDanielle,
I’m telling you that the people I have talked to about the health care systems in their countries, are not that impressed with them. The systems have serious problems, the most prevalent being the rationing of health care.
I don’t believe there is an unbiased test that can accurately determine, “the best health care system.” My suggestion is that the system we have is pretty good. Certainly, there are problems, but the notion of the government taking the system over, as James posits, flies in the face of reason!
When James says, “One payer, tax funded,” where do people think the money will come from? One payer is us – tax funded is us! We will pay for it one way or another. However, try to name one government system – just one, that works efficiently. After all, the government who told us that Medicare and Medicaid were answers to problems, now tells us that they are crap?
So, now we should turn more control over to them and give them another trillion dollars for “Medicaid II – The Sequel”? How does that make sense? These are the guys who brought is social security – not Democrats or Republicans – government Idiotcans (they come from both parties)
Ma’am, this old fart believes that giving any more money or power to the folks in Washington who have proven time and time again that they make incompetent, inefficient, costly, and non responsive systems… well, I will fight that to the end.
Again, it’s not a democrat or republican thing; it’s an anti government thing.
Thanks for listening.