Wolves in Conservative Clothing
by Seth MitchellWhy is it that when liberals want to advocate their ideas before the American public, they suddenly take on conservative language and become completely disingenuous about their intentions? Democrats always claim to have the better ideas when it comes to leading America forward, and yet, their refusal to sell their ideas for what they are, big-government liberalism, shows that they may believe Americans think otherwise.
Whether it is Barack Obama promising to cut 95% of Americans’ taxes, instead of admitting that he wants be expand the government’s role in redistributing wealth, or the Democrats’ support of the misnomer Employee Free Choice Act, which removes an employee’s right to a secret ballot in union elections, liberals always disguise their leftist agendas with conservative talking points. I will happily support the Democrats the day they actually advocate meaningful tax reform, and support workers’ rights over the monopoly of overgrown unions.
Most recently, Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings have displayed this pattern of liberals hiding their true political leanings from the American public. Much has been said about Sotomayor’s disingenuous attempt to sweep her “wise latina” comments under the rug. All of this is in an effort by Sotomayor, and her Democratic supporters to relabel her as mainstream rather than an individual who relishes in identity politics.
Sotomayor has also been attempting to claim that her judicial philosophy is more in line with strict constructionists than is actually so. During testimony, Sotomayor was quick to say that “[judges] apply law to facts. We do not apply feelings to facts.” Her statements seem to be at odds with the man who appointed her, as President Obama explicitly stated that he believed that the “quality of empathy…[is] an essential ingredient” for a Supreme Court Justice. Of course, now that she is selling her qualifications to the American public, judicial empathy is shoved right out the door. As Senator Graham said in reflection of her testimony, “I think I’m listening to Judge Roberts.”
While much of the breakdown of political discourse in our nation has been accurately blamed on the back-biting between both parties, the left’s continual misrepresentation of their own values is also a culprit, as it makes it impossible for conservatives to engage them on a meaningful level. In this case, instead of having a legitimate and important discussion about whether originalism or legal realism is a better judicial philosophy, Republicans are left to try and play gotcha, while the Democrats snicker about Perry Mason.
The silver lining in this is that Americans don’t seem to be buying the liberal line on Sotomayor completely (although polls have begun to turn in her favor). They also seem to be very wary of the so-called public “choice” being created to compete with private health insurance. While Democrats continue to label their agenda as conservative or mainstream, Americans are waking up and realizing that their reforms are anything but. Hopefully, Americans will spot the wolves among us before any more of our freedoms are picked off.
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There's more than one way to skin a wolf.
I have sent numerous Email to the White House and I constantly get a response from the White House and I must admit I kind of laugh when the first few lines read this way…
Thank you for your message. On behalf of President Obama, we appreciate hearing from you. The President has promised the most transparent administration in history, and we're committed to listening to and responding to you.
The transparent line always gets me…. there was a wee bit of transparency at first now, the Messiah is just lying to us and does it with a glint in his eye and a smile on his face….. ALWAYS IN CAMPAIGN MODE and I am sick and tired of hearing there agenda…… NO TAX HIKES AND SO ON….. this is the change we can believe in….. constantly lying to us….
You have to know conservative language and "rules" of law to be able to break with them and rule on feelings. I'm clearly convinced that she is saying what the public wants to hear from her, but once she is appointed, it's gloves off. Remember when the phrase actions speak louder than words actually meant something. LOOK AT HER RECORD!!!
Obama is becoming more transparent with every passing day. People are becoming more aware of his broken promises, lies and faux mainstream disguises. Also, people are learning to watch what Obama and the Democrats do and ignore what they say. This is the change I had hoped for. The 2010 election is just around the corner and I think Obama and the Democrats are in for a change they didn't hope for.
"and support workers’ rights over the monopoly of overgrown unions. "
A devastatingly unanswerable proclimation. However, only 12 percent of the American workforce is unionized, so it sounds more like uninformed whining.
What's surprised me so much about this administration is how it absolutely has no interest in what we as Americans think. I thought they'd at least pretend. And as far as any tax pledges, forget about it, all of our taxes are going up and up and up. For someone who started out completely cynical as I did, they've shocked even me.
Who said 12% isn't overgrown?
Liberal pols lie about to the American public about their true feelings and intentions because if they did not there would be an angry mob with pitchforks and torches in front of their offices shortly after they spoke, or, better yet, angry Tea Party protesters without the rural accoutrements but possessing digital cameras and Twitter accounts. This is why liberals who get elected and behave as liberals are one-termers who surface every 30 years or so.
… and this is where the real change will come from. All he needs is one more seat and he evens the field. Another one and he cracks the court. You think you've see activism now? It's far reaching and long lasting and nothing but writing a new Constitution, will be impossible to stop. Can you imagine what that would look like after the kooks, special interests and nanny statists get ahold of it. 1) The right to bear carbon tax credits. 2) The right to throw you in jail if you smoke, drink, breathe, fart, and on and on. Indeed, this is the real threat.
Recently, Democrat advocates have become a little more out front about admitting what they want to do. That was because they felt unstoppable and could throw some red meat to the netroots on the left. Now, as the popularity seems to be dropping like a rock, they will start to disassemble once again.
I prefer theraputic massage and a session in the sauna. Strips off all the dead skin.
Why does that picture look like they are just about to bust a gut laughing…they really must believe they have everyone fooled.
That's what kills me. Who gets a promotion when 60% of what they do is flat out wrong??
As for the racism part, consider who picked her….
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=076_1248168842
Only 12% because the unions have succeeded in destroying so many of the jobs that they claimed to protect. Keep reading, the unions DENY secret ballots in voting, why is that? It wouldn't be an intinidation tactic, would it? Also the fact that unions give contributions to politicians and pac's without letting the workers have ANY say as to where THEIR union dues are going. No wonder the unions only represent 12% of the workforce, if indeed this fact is true, you need to cite sources for your claim. It's also no wonder the unions have become so trivialized in this day and age. They represent NO ONE except the union bosses themselves.
Unfortunately, a ''wise" latino woman will get a raise, even if 60% of her job record is flatout wrong, excellent point bob and hank.
Just by putting "only" in front of 12% doesn't make it not overgrown. What percent is overgrown?
Seth, when I read the title of your piece, I thought you were going to come out swinging at liberal Republicans who profess to worship in the house of conservatism. Frankly, the only honest politician anymore is the liberal Democrat. At least, they tell you they're going to screw you. We get McCain sneaking illegals across the border, Bush writing billion dollar checks and more recently Graham falling in love with a Sotomayor. These and many more are the wolves in conservative clothing and are the reason the GOP is crippled.
Don't forget the smug liberal habit of saying, "I just have this old-fashioned notion that…" when they're about to tell some revisionist whopper about our traditions and institutions.
wow! you hit that one right on the head. Why is the left so intellectually dishonest if they believe in what they are doing?
Rodney: "I'm clearly convinced that she is saying what the public wants to hear from her…."
No, she is saying — just like Obama — what the liberals wants the public to think. What they think is clearly against the grain of most the people of America. However, that never stops them from saying the MAJORITY of the people want this, that, or you fill in the blanks — even if it isn't true.
Liberalism is a form of mental disease.
I want my country back!
Why is the left so intellectually dishonest if they believe in what they are doing?
The Left believes in one primary thing, POWER, POWER, POWER over all!….They will say and do anything to grasp power and once they have enough power they will make sure everyone else bends to their will. It is that simple. If you do not believe this, you do not know the history of Communism. Absolute power was used by Stlin, Hitler & Mao in the 20th C. to murder 100s of millions of their own citizens. Goggle DEMOCIDE and you will have some idea what is store for you if you live in any country that has become Communist.
You're right that only 12% of the American workforced is unionized…and, most of that 12% represent government jobs. And, government unions take away jobs from small business owners. For example, I know of a city who pays a union to water plants, cut grass, and clear the roads during the winter. All things that need to be done. I also know that the union wants 7% pay increases every year (fortunately it doesn't usually get that amount–"only" about 2-4%), and its members "call off" from work excessively, but the city, by law, can't fire them (at least without realistically facing a lawsuit). Now, the city could hire a contractor to do the job for signifcantly less money (ahem…small business owner)…but it can't because by law it has to negotiate with this union. And, unlike a private company, the city can't just get up and go to India. THIS is why unions are monopolies and overgrown in this country–they're given excessive powers and protections that just don't allow for competition. Taxpayers (and in the private sector, consumers) are left footing the bill for unions' gross incompetence and greed.
In the interest of "fairnessness:"
Over a century ago, one could say that workers had to unite against bad management. It's true that there were companies that only paid their workers with company dollars that could only be used to rent company houses and buy groceries at a company store that overcharged. As a result, (rightly or wrongly–I'm in the latter camp) the government stepped in and gave a tremendous amount of power to unions. BUT, today, we have unions who own golf courses and pools (country clubs), unions who negotiate for their members' "right" not to work on their birthday, and unions who focus more on political campaigns for leftist causes than for workers' "rights" (because–face it–working conditions are not bad today). Unions became greedy when they were given all this power, and they have forced the manufacturing jobs out of this country because of their greed. Every time I hear about how high executive pay is, I just think about those union golf courses—and I just hope that the executives live in the USA.
Liberalism flourishes in the shadows, expose them to light and they scurry for the safety and comfort of the lie. Obfuscation is considered high art in Washington DC, …especially on the left, the challenge is to understand the difference, and make them pay, throw the bums out in 2010.
Ultimately, I guess I'm just saying that unions have outlived their purpose. And, I'll even be willing to admit that they contributed to the improvement of working conditions in America, but they ultimately overstepped the line between advocating for decent working conditions to advocating for unsustainable (economically speaking) working conditions.
bahiabob —
Hopefully, Obama and his Czars and the Democrats get the change they weren't expecting.
BTW, according to http://dictionary.reference.com,
The definition of a Czar is:
– an emperor or king
– an autocratic ruler or leader.
(Dictionary.com Unabridged; Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.)
Czar is the most common form in American usage and the one nearly always employed in the extended senses "any tyrant" or informally, "one in authority."
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.)
The term czar is sometimes applied generally to a powerful leader or to a government administrator with wide-ranging powers.
(The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition; Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
My question is “What do you call the tyrant ruler of all the Czars? Messiah, The One, His Majesty, or just Obama?”
bahiabob —
Hopefully, Obama and his Czars and the Democrats get the change they weren't expecting.
BTW, according to http://dictionary.reference.com,
The definition of a Czar is:
– an emperor or king
– an autocratic ruler or leader.
(Dictionary.com Unabridged; Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.)
Czar is the most common form in American usage and the one nearly always employed in the extended senses "any tyrant" or informally, "one in authority."
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.)
The term czar is sometimes applied generally to a powerful leader or to a government administrator with wide-ranging powers.
(The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition; Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
My question is “What do you call the tyrant ruler of all the Czars? Messiah, The One, His Majesty, or just Obama?”
I think we just call this lying and dispense with the wonder. The POTUS can't simply come out and ask for reparations. He has to ease into it.
A short, but extremely important article. True conservatives believe in personal responsibility, which includes rational thinking and speaking truthfully. Time after time we keep expecting that from the opposition. Our opponents however, believe in situational ethics and moral relativity. This allows them to justify any action, or make any promise in order to gain power, where they are then free to carry out their agendas, for after all, its for the greater good. Conservatives need to look in the mirror, and address this situation. We are fighting with one hand behind our backs. People much smarter then I need to derive a strategy, until then we will be fighting at a great disadvantage. Hopefully articles like this will start the conversation.
and blame bush, cheney, rumsfeld, the mulberry bush, christmas trees, etc. SAD
Senator Graham should pay more attention to a person's actions than her words: "As Senator Graham said in reflection of her testimony, “I think I’m listening to Judge Roberts.” Is Senator Graham delusional?
Senator Graham should pay more attention to a person's actions than her words: "As Senator Graham said in reflection of her testimony, 'I think I’m listening to Judge Roberts.'” Is Senator Graham delusional?
no matter their blather – liberals know that the USA is conservative
And liberals know that they can con a large part of the America population with liberals lies
Unfortunately, the liberals have gotten the support of the part of the population that should not be allowed to vote.
Why are we so shocked? It's obvious that BO associated with some radical liberals prior to the election and also some pretty shady characters in Chicago. It's also oblivious that Sotomayor is a racist. What bothers me is if you disagree with BO and Sotomayor your still referred to as racist. I'm white and I don't buy the idea that I am a racist. But I can tell you I don't believe in expanding the government’s role in our lives, redistributing the wealth or special privilege to any given minority.
I don't believe in expanding the government’s role in our lives, redistributing the wealth or special privilege to any given minority.
All the same, that does make you a racist by the Left's definition.
Paul_D
– continued
Didn't Obama give at least 40% or more stock in GM to the union workers? And didn't Obama in fact screw the GM stock holders? And while the unions got part of the company, the GM Dealership owners got screwed out of millions of dollars when they were put out of business!
Sounds like you are just another troll, pimping for Obama.
am i wrong or isn't it classic body language that when we smile with a closed mouth we are hiding something? show us your teeth dadgum it. ~sigh~
StanH: "Liberalism flourishes in the shadows, expose them to light and they scurry for the safety and comfort of the lie."
Great thought. That makes liberals an evolved form of cockroaches.
Sotomayor reminds me of professor Umbridge from Harry Potter. Dressed up in a solid pink outfit surrounded by three dozen kittens and all the while fighting to stifle a cackle that would surely curl your hair. Think about it. The majority of the pictures I see of Sotomayor looks as though she's got a dirty little secret that she's just bursting at the seams to gloat about. Interestingly enough, in the picture Seth used for this article, Obama has a similar grin. Don't ask me why but I can't seem to fight off the feeling that they must really think we are stupid enough to believe they are being honest and/or forthright.
Viola!
Exceptionally good point. Democrats watch poll numbers with the same laser-like focus of a hypochondriac taking his temperature. Now that BHO's poll numbers are down a bit (particularly on key issues like health care) the Dems will be "tacking toward the center." At the same time they will be giving sub rosa assurances to the Daily Kos crowd that they don't mean it and are still with them.
To be brutally honest, Judge Sotomayor's confirmation is a done deal. The GOP will not want to risk alienating the Latino community and the "Blue Dog" Democrats don't want to risk having ACORN, People for the American Way, Daily Kos, La Raza and all the other pit bulls on their cases by voting "no." If the Republican members of the Senate had any grapes (boy, am I dreaming!) they would abstain as a group from the confirmaiton vote. As for the rest, Democrats are indeed adept and clothing their agenda with pseudo-conservative talking points. Of course they can only carry on this misdirection because the lap-dog Washington press corps and other elements of the MSM lets them get away with it.
In fairness to Sen Graham he probably knows that if he goes for the jugular in his questionning of Judge Sotomayor then his "mean-spiritedness" will be the lead news on every network and in every newspaper in the U.S. (Nobody feels sorry for themselves like a Democrat.) We all remember Dem senators asking questions of Bork (naturally), Thomas (obviously), Roberts and Alito that were demeaning, insulting and completely political. These were characterized in the press as merely "tough and hard-hitting." Graham isn't exactly a Rock of Gibraltar but you have to feel for the guy.
jshub, I hear you. But, yet, I think that's what's wrong with many Republican politicians. They're too afraid of angering Democrats that they forget about their principles. I don't think he should behave mean-spiritedly, but why can't he say what most people believe: The lady says one thing and does another. Is this the kind of behavior we want in a Supreme Court justice?
jshub, I hear you. But, yet, I think that's what's wrong with many Republican politicians. They're so afraid of angering Democrats that they forget about their principles. I don't think he should behave mean-spiritedly, but why can't he say what most people believe: The lady says one thing and does another. Is this the kind of behavior we want in a Supreme Court justice?
Please, name one conservative in public office who not only "believes" in personal responsibility, but actually practices it. You've got a collection of liars, adulterers, quitter, vow-breakers and thieves — all of whom are quite eloquent at explaining why everyone else is morally corrupt as they sneak out of the country on stolen tax money to have sex with their mistresses.
No, you're wrong.
If you want to defeat liberals, why don't you actually try to understand how they think? As long as you're battling these moronic straw men that exist only to make you feel good, you will lose every time.
Let's see, what exactly can you tell from this picture? Oh, right, they both have dark skin. No wonder they look evil to the denizens of Big Hollywood!
If you have not read the written answers to the oral questions during the hearings, you need to. She actually changed her answer on whether or not she would consider foreign laws to make decisions.
Ummmmm, I could have sworn I saw her lips moving and says she wouldn't do that.
Wake up America. We're being conned by the biggest con man in our lifetimes and he's already written his legacy and he isn't going to let you people whinning about freedom to get in his way.
Senator Graham obviously didn't go back and read the written answers to the oral questions. Imagine that. She lied during the hearing when she said she wouldn't consider foreign laws in deciding a case. She makes it perfectly clear in the written response turned in after the hearing that she would indeed consider what everyone else is doing to make a decision. They are all liars.
Liberty, well said! I have said the same thing for years. At the tender age of 17, I was lucky enough to have to make copies of a Union Contract when I worked a gal friday job at my mom's place of employment. I was absolutely STUNNED to see that, in fact, these guys got off for their birthday. How nice that must be! How important that is for your work environment! How very European!
Yes, Liberty, they were useful a long time ago and I appreciate the 40 hour work week and such, but they have gotten greedy as most people do. Power corrupts and Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely.
The same thing has happened to the Democrats and the Republicans. No one speaks for WE THE PEOPLE anymore. That is the thing that many Americans have to understand – we are ALL going to get screwed, some just later than others. But the result will be the same.
He said during the Presidential debate that the solution to the energy crisis was conservation. "Conservation" means America pays more for energy so it will use less. He told you he saw no difference between his Grandmother's fear of black criminality (which is factual) versus Jeremiah Wright's insane (and personally profitibable) ranting. I He said his plan was to fundamentally "Change" America, now he is doing it. If his boyhood association with Marxists(Frank Davis), his college association with Marxists("I fit right in with the Marxist Professors"), his association with a Marxist (Liberation Theology) Church, His Marxist political associations (Bill Ayers), his Marxist voting record as a Senator(to the left of Bernie Saunders), and the Che Guevara poster's on the walls of his campaign Headquarters, didn't clue you in, then you weren't paying attention.
It's pretty obvious Sotomayor will say anything to get nominated. Let's look at her record of 60% overturned decisions by higher courts during her last tenure as a federal judge. Also, her decisions are based in 'feelings' and racial bias, not constitutional law. The firefighter case was ample proof she is at least racially biased. Her actions speak much louder than her words, to anyone who is objective about the facts. Mainstream she is not. I think that is the focal point. I don't think that Sotomayor's dismal record merits her appointment to the Supreme Court. Also, for a Latino, she isn't too wise.
Sad to say, but the truth is more than likely a foreign concept to most politicians. On the Left they have elevated this to an art form and when called on their lies (or whatever you wish to call what spills out of their mouths) their only response is to resort to that well known 'politics of destruction" that they so easily accuse others of. On the Right the politicans at least on occasion have the decency to admit to some fudging of the truth and at least they do not get as foul-mouthed or mean spirited as the Left.
Of course you're right and I am certainly not defending Sen. Graham. It's just that the wiggle-rooom afforded to conservatives in these things is about the size of a bath toy while that given to the Left is the size of an aircraft carrier. Remember when John Bolton was nominated as U.N. ambassador several years back? The questionning he got from the Senate Dems was ludicrous. He was asked silly questions about his relations with his staff and "whether he had put his hands on his hips in a threateing manner." Hardly any of the doyens of the MSM said a word. If memory serves the Senate Dems filibustered Bolton and wouldn't let his confirmation go to a vote. (He was appointed by President Bush but had to resign when the Dems won the Senate in 2006.) I wish the GOP had the cahonies to play that kind of game..
We need to enjoy our new form of Government we have today. So far they are just talking with little implemented action. In the future if they pass some of the legislation they are proposing life will be much different.
Think of it in the terms of sports:
The government now wants to be on the team and make sure everyone plays fair. At the same time they also want to be the umpire and make sure the game is fair for everyone.
We should know the score the day before the game is played. That will be the new form of entertainment.
Cajones. You're absolutely right, Jshub. Funny, but we were talking about this very topic over at Commentarama today. You should come join the discussion. I think you'd like it.
http://commentarama.blogspot.com/
The monopoly is by industry. If you want to drive a hostler (a type of semi tractor trailer made for only moving containers off and on Roll on / Roll off vessel in San Juan you must join the Teamster's Union. Only you can't. There is a waiting list and the Union bosses receive bribes of to 10 grand in order to allow a new member into the rank and file. These guys also make six figures due to the fact that companies cannot afford to have the port trade in San Jaun shut down. There is a guy who worked as an undersea photographer for Jacques Couseau who worked as a Hoslter driver becasue it paid substantially more money. This is a monopoly. In answer to this monopoly the open water port of the Grand Bahamas was dredged to take away jobs from Pureto Rico (American Jobs).. Just trying to "inform" you.
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Has it occurred to you that by "overgrown" he might have been referring to the bloated bureaucracy such unions now have, squeezing the workers in dues and lining their own pockets (or paying off their political supporters)? Now, I have nothing against unions per se, I think workers have every right to get together and bargain for better wages and working conditions, if they wish. I also believe workers have (or should have) the right to opt out of such associations if they choose, and that employers have (or should have) the right to say no to their employees' demands. Now doesn't that sound like a reasonable and informed position?
P.S. Anyone else have trouble on the Health Care forum? I tried it and couldn't post anything. Just wondering.
Hm, for a transparent and responsive administration that sounds a lot like an answering machine to me. You know, up to now I really believed that, as much as I hated his politics and his arrogance, Obama was a gifted and engaging speaker, and in some ways he is. But lately, listening to his continual news conferences I keep hearing nothing but a bunch of generalities, not to mention that insufferable "Let me be clear…let me be clear…let me be clear," over and over again! Do you think he begins every other sentence that way? I'm just glad I've never had to be next to him at a restaurant: "And what would you like to drink sir, tea or coffee?" "Let me be clear…"
You have a very good point when you criticize Republicans posing as conservatives and then acting differently, but when you say "the only honest politician anymore is the liberal Democrat" you've completely lost me………and anyone else who's been paying attention for the last few decades.
It's the farting that gets me — there should be a law against it. All that methane gas put into the air is bad for humans and other living things.
Is he a new breed of RINO or did he just catch the RINO Flu? With his actions of late, I'm beginning to wonder.
And Yes! He does seem like he is delusional.
Paul_D •
"and support workers’ rights over the monopoly of overgrown unions. "
A devastatingly unanswerable proclimation. However, only 12 percent of the American workforce is unionized, so it sounds more like uninformed whining.
Reply to Paul_D —
–“GM’s restructuring plan would lower its debt by $44bn to an estimated $23bn, leaving the government and a healthcare trust managed by the United Auto Workers union with 89 per cent of the equity.” (US to take majority GM stake – Updated: April 28 2009 00:08) <a href=”http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5326d50-332a-11de-9316…” target=”_blank”>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5326d50-332a-11de-9316…
–“Mr. Obama will effectively use taxpayers as that investor, with the federal government getting slightly more than a 55 percent stake in the company in exchange for forgiving $10 billion in the automaker’s outstanding federal loans. The United Automobile Workers’ retiree trust would have just under 40 percent of the stock, under the G.M. plan.” (Chryslers Fall May Help Administration Reshape GM – Published: May 2, 2009) <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/business/03auto…” target=”_blank”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/business/03auto…
–continued–
Thanks Jake. In that case your most likey right and we are all racist regardless of our race. At least you could have said that I’m not an arrogant snobbish narrow minded racist like a lot of the liberals.
Orwell had a word for this: DOUBLETHINK.
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this is somewhat accurate but doesnt deal with the root of the problem, which is why are people desirous of becoming alteredd. I am familiar with teen drug programs and it is very common for these teens to begin drinking because they are now being tested. It is too bad because the brain can not sustain alcohol abuse especially beginning at such an early age.
That's your response? More mudslinging instead of rational discussion? Really, those statements are so general that I think you just described a substantial number of politicians from both sides of the aisle. Do you really want to discuss the meaning of the word "is"? Try googling Pelosi and tuna. or air force contract. Honestly, I've never heard a statement as cynical as Rahm's "never waste a good crises". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_uVkgHA1r0 or Reich's take on gov'mt help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxuUj6vFa4 Those alone should have been grounds for them to be run out of town. However, since you asked, I have never heard anything bad about John Boener, you know the guy who desperately tried to stop the bankster bailouts, or Jim DeMint. Ron Paul is one of the most sincere pols in Washington, but he is ridiculed and dismissed, yet he choses to go on. And I could go on and on listing those who are honestly trying to save our country.
Here's where I get the number.
Thanx for the info. However, that being said, I still stand by the rest of my comments. There was a time when union membership was significantly higher, the unions are far less popular today and have become marginalized, due ,in part, to the reasons stated in my post and stated here by other commenters. It is , indeed, a sad "state of the union" (pun intended) , thanx once again for the info and comments.
Yes, if you Google Pelosi's name you'll find links to a lot of right-wing smears, all of which have been proven to be lies.
You mean shes NOT a Marxist Pig? Dang…coulda fooled me!
But, you do allow me to expand on an important point. A declaration of "values" is not a declaration of perfection, that in itself would be shameless pride. It is a stated goal to strive toward. A journey if you will, not a destination. All people are flawed and make mistakes. But with defined values acting as a guide, people can realize their mistakes and take corrective action, improving not only their lives, but society in general. Once you take the moral relativity road, all goals and boundries can be discarded with just the right circumstance, or crises as Rahm put it. There is always an excuse. Read some of Lenin's or Goebbel's treatese on that subject. The result is an ever declining social system, ultimately requiring (justifing) greater and greater levels of government oppression to maintain control. Now of course I'm talking about honest mistakes, not pathelogical conditions. Those who have a pattern of deciept should be held accountable. But, a major tenet of values is that of forgiveness. By forgetting this, conservatives allow the libs to destroy anyone even for an honest mistake. There simply is no need.
I believe the gifted and engaging speaker you mention is actually his teleprompter, or the TOTUS. By the way, when he speaks without the TOTUS his IQ drops by about 100 points, his most spoken "words" being "um" and "err".
Right on TC, the change we got was to be constantly lied to and browbeaten. Oh, longing for the "good ole days" of the Bush administration!
"Also, her decisions are based in 'feelings' and racial bias, not constitutional law."
This is one reason men didn't want to let women vote. Good job, Sotomayor, proving their point for them.
Why don't you detail for the rest of us here at BH exactly what about my post led you to believe it had ANYTHING to do with the color of their skin?
Perhaps you should give more thought to your posts. Comments such as yours only support what many here have been saying all along. If anyone dares to criticize a person "of color" , except maybe another person of color, they are automatically accused of racism. Believe it or not, it's for this very reason that it remains a divisive issue. If we cannot be critical of people regardless of their race then race will still remain a sore spot for those that are led to believe they have been slighted because of it.
It's like the child whose parents go "awwww" every time the child falls down. If done too often the child will use falling down as a means to get attention. Schoolyard bullies employ a similar tactic by teasing children and embarrassing them into submission. Only when they are called out or teased in return do they find reason to reconsider their words and actions. You who play the race card are nothing more than schoolyard bullies and in my opinion are more like spoiled children starved for attention. You've come here to fall down for us hoping we will go "awwww" but, you see, the race card is played out. It's no longer the ace in the hole it once was. If you want our attention you better pick your ass up off the floor, brush yourself off, and talk plainly or you better damn well be bleeding because the days of "poor baby" are gone. It's time to grow up.
O'despot and the fat sweaty blob…are they smiling because they just took your guns away from you?
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