Boehner & The Limits of Crazy

[Red Oak]

RO may be a closet Democrat. He hates Lincoln.

A Southern Democrat

[GFB]

As Liberalism moved farther and farther to the left over the last 40 years, those that used to be "Centrist"..(wanted to win wars..knew what marriage was, respected life, obeyed the Constitution, despised Socialism, believed welfare and other government largesse were despicable and unAmerican, loved their country as it was founded)..were left dangling on the far right.

That's what extremism is now..what was formerly known as "Centrist."

[planosteve]

Wow! That really elevates the fallacy of "hasty generalization" to a whole new level.

[mayhem]

As Liberalism moved farther and farther to the left over the last 40 years, those that used to be "Centrist"..

(wanted to win wars.. --- ...did not want to go to war but, when we did, wanted to fight the right wars. Something we've had a problem with since the Korean police action.


knew what marriage was, didn't figure it was anyone's business who wanted to live with a beloved for the rest of their natural lives ... again: they knew that this, while troubling to some, was no one else's business.(

respected life, while knowing how complicated and painful life decisions for women and their 'others,' chose to leave many of women's painful life decisions more or less up to them.

obeyed the Constitution, we all obey the constitution ... some of us realize things are different now from what they were in the 1790's and we struggle to accommodate change which comes whether we like it or not.

despised Socialism, realized that some of us (the elderly for example) could not have a meaningful life if not given a boost and most of us thought of that as helping those who could not help themselves thru no fault of their own.

believed welfare and other government largesse were despicable and unAmerican, knew without a doubt that a great nation cares for much more than a third world country ...

loved their country as it was founded).. loved and knew that their country was born with a sense of neighbors looking out for their neighbors in times of crisis

were left dangling on the far right.

not sure what the hell that means ...
but to many of us, if not most of us, we think this great nation ... through its elected leaders ... works as well as possible for the Common Good. If you don't like that, do what I was told at the time of the police action in Vietnam: ELECT NEW LEADERS AND GIVE THEM YOU STRONGEST SUPPORT!!!

IF YOU DON'T, don't complain about the situation ... by definition of representative democracy we are purty much on the tracks most of us have chosen (well ... within certain limits.

It's a representative democracy ... nobody gets their every heart's desires. GET OVER YOURSELVES and allow the nation to grow as best it can.

I don't hold out for much but staying this course is honorable and, perhaps, necessary.

That's what extremism is now..what was formerly known as "Centrist." No, that isn't extremism.

[mayhem]

My comments in the above note are in a different color but not enough color to be distinctive.

Sorry ... I'm late for outa town and I don't have time to fix it.

Skip it be don't be fooled.

We can't be a great nation without searching for the Common Good.

[John In Austin]

The common good. Karl Marx would be proud. Individual liberty is what made America great.

[millergrovesue]

My comments in the above note are in a different color but not enough color to be distinctive.

Sorry ... I'm late for outa town and I don't have time to fix it.

Skip it be don't be fooled.

We can't be a great nation without searching for the Common Good.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GFB]

The common good. Karl Marx would be proud. Individual liberty is what made America great.

When liberals start talking about "common good".. time to run like hell.

[BillB]

The road to hell is paved with the common good. Ask the 100,000,000 souls that dies under Stalin and Mao.

[RaisinCain]

There is no "extreme right" in this country. There are a handful of constitutional conservatives in congress (maybe 30 or 40 of them in all), and everybody else in congress is part of the Left. The Demcrat party is the hard core whack job extreme Left, and that is who is working feverishly to destroy America.

+100%

[RaisinCain]

My comments in the above note are in a different color but not enough color to be distinctive.

Sorry ... I'm late for outa town and I don't have time to fix it.

Skip it be don't be fooled.

We can't be a great nation without searching for the Common Good.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those of you that want it, there is plenty of "common good" in Russia, China, N Korea, Cuba, Venezula, etc. Bon Voyage!

[millergrovesue]

To my thinking common good is caring about your fellow human and assisting to that end. Again, that's what God put us on this Earth for. What is wrong with compassion? I wonder if any of you people who seem so full of hatred are Christians. If you are I'd seriously like to know how you justify your position.

[GFB]

To my thinking common good is caring about your fellow human and assisting to that end. Again, that's what God put us on this Earth for. What is wrong with compassion? I wonder if any of you people who seem so full of hatred are Christians. If you are I'd seriously like to know how you justify your position.

"Common good" is not compassion..it's a political tactic.

If you are compassionate, you will engage in that behavior your own way in your own time.

[millergrovesue]

"Common good" is not compassion..it's a political tactic.

If you are compassionate, you will engage in that behavior your own way in your own time.

Semantics.

[planosteve]

To my thinking common good is caring about your fellow human and assisting to that end. Again, that's what God put us on this Earth for. What is wrong with compassion? I wonder if any of you people who seem so full of hatred are Christians. If you are I'd seriously like to know how you justify your position.

"Common good" is not compassion..it's a political tactic.

If you are compassionate, you will engage in that behavior your own way in your own time.

As a libertarian I believe in everyone pursuing their own self interest as long as they do not advocate useing force on anyone else. Sometimes referred to as "enlightened self interest". That will result the the most good for the most people and avoids the guesswork of determining what the "common good" is.

[GFB]

That's called Capitalism..

[planosteve]

That's called Capitalism..

I don't care for the term. It's really not objective and was invented by a communist to explain a system that he didn't understand. I don't believe he had ever been in a capitalist country. The beauty of "enlightened self interest" is it eliminates the govt. from the picture except as a protector against aggression.

[planosteve]

That's called Capitalism..

I don't care for the term. It's really not objective and was invented by a communist to explain a system that he didn't understand. I don't believe he had ever been in a capitalist country. The beauty of "enlightened self interest" is it eliminates the govt. from the picture except as a protector against aggression.

[ralph]

To my thinking common good is caring about your fellow human and assisting to that end. Again, that's what God put us on this Earth for. What is wrong with compassion? I wonder if any of you people who seem so full of hatred are Christians. If you are I'd seriously like to know how you justify your position.

"Common good" is not compassion..it's a political tactic.

If you are compassionate, you will engage in that behavior your own way in your own time.

right on well said !!

[Mark]

I love it when the Lefties wrap themselves in Jesus and the Bible. Jesus preached about charity...

Once again, BIG GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS ARE NOT CHARITY!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus never said anything about confiscating wealth at the tip of the Roman spear for the purpose of giving to the needy.

And finally, the Leftists in this nation are horrible givers. This can be found when the Leftist politicians make their declarations. They are very free spending with other people's money, but the biggest tightwads in the world with their own. In other words, they are HYPOCRITES.

But we all know that every Leftist position begins with hypocrisy.