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07-25-2008, 02:51 PM #61
It is amusing, for lack of a better word, that when liberals indulge in "name calling" it is acceptable, yet there seems to be a problem when conservatives do it. In the post I quote above, you lambast me for name calling and use "neo-con" as a pejorative! In fact, I was not rationalizing name calling or even remotely attempting to defend the alledged "name calling." By using such terms as Cabernet Communists, I was employing a literary device known as hyperbole for a specific reason. For further reading on it and other literary devices, Google it.
Modern liberals, as defined by their core set of beliefs, advocate a massive expansion of the federal government and substantial reduction of freedoms. The Social Security Administration is, by any definition, enormous. Tell me, with it on the cusp of insolvency, has the Federal government done a good job preparing for the baby boomer generation's retirement? Would you visit that sort of disaster on our healthcare system? Or would you prefer that healthcare emulate Amtrack? Continually bankrupt and expensive, providing a service few need and most would rather avoid? As for infringing on individuals rights...that I cannot eat foie gras in Chicago or pack heat in Massachusetts is the result of liberal democrat activism.
I will agree that classic liberalism is a rare beast in America these days. Which is lamentable, for it has much to recommend it. Consider this: while many make inaccurate comparisons between JFK and Obama, the simple truth is that JFK has far more in common with Ronald Reagan than he does with Obama.Last edited by ProfessorChaos!; 07-25-2008 at 02:57 PM.
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07-25-2008, 03:16 PM #62
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07-25-2008, 03:30 PM #63
Am I to belive that there is no fundamental difference between the two parties!
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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07-25-2008, 03:39 PM #64
I don't think there's a strong correlation between the two major parties and liberal / conservative principles. Maybe there was in the past, I'm too young to know firsthand
Which Congressmen and/or women are working to reduce the size of the federal government? I don't think there are many even though the fed continues to spend far more than it receives right in the face of a giant national deficitFind me on SRP's official chat in ##srp on Freenode. Link is at top of SRP's homepage
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07-25-2008, 03:39 PM #65
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07-25-2008, 03:41 PM #66
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Thanked: 21Well, push comes to shove, Dems want to see abortion remain legal because they believe that's how it should be, and Republican power mongers want to see abortion remain legal so that it remains an election issue that they can use to get the vote from the Christian right. I guess you can take abortion off that short list.
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07-25-2008, 03:43 PM #67
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Thanked: 21Hey, I just realized that if we can keep this thread open for another two or three weeks, we might well be the last group on Earth that expresses any curiosity at all about what George W. Bush thinks.
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07-25-2008, 04:13 PM #68
Are you telling me that the Dems do not use it as a political football? They both use it as a political football, kicking that football back and forth is what keeps us too busy to watch them! As long as you and I are at each others throats ( quite self righteously-check your qoute)their world is good, they can do whatever they want while we are too busy calling each other names. While we are spitting in each others faces, they take turns every four years kicking our stupid a$$e$!
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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07-25-2008, 04:21 PM #69
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07-25-2008, 04:36 PM #70
As in many other places with many other things, the government has no business telling us what we can do to or put in our bodies. It is not a political issue, but a personal decision. Those who have co-opted it for political gain have done us and our country a disservice.