Man, I didn't really want to hear what some of ya'all had to say on a
lot of this. I feel like a pollster trying to sift through this email
thread madness. It was better when I didn't know some of the insanity
that we call diverse opinions on this list. It makes me want to work
with some and not with others based solely on opinions, and not
character, which is a bad initial reaction to have, in my not so humble
opinion.
Hill, Greg wrote:
I'm a Conservative. Most often, I agree with conservative
Republicans. Bush is not a conservative. He spends like a drunken
sailor. He tramples the constitution (patriot act). He disregards
our federal laws by rewarding (rather than punishing) those who have
come here illegally. He is not a conservative.
In that regard, neither is his father, nor was Reagan, nor Nixon. Hell,
what Republican president has actually upheld those values? Just look
at our national deficit trends and you'll see that while Republicans
claim to be against big government and wasteful spending, they are the
worse offenders when it comes to reality.
They all had Demo congressional types to deal with, which was at lest a
40 year period, also being a bit a stranglehold on the American
pocketbook. Neither party can clearly call itself the party of small
government right now (both have rung up most of the 56 trillion dollar
debt by paying for earmarks and social programs we cannot afford,
including medicare and SS, which is jsut a way to buy votes of older
people). Reagan was one of the best Presidents overall, ranking with
other of my favorites from the past (JKF, Washington, etc). But none of
these have been close to being perfect. After some research for a
project I'm working on, the worst two presidents we have had in the past
100 or so years are: - Clinton ... because he did his "dirty work"
primarily out of self-centered power-grabbing needs, and Carter ...
because he was just an idiot in so many ways. Between the two of them
they politicized our freedoms and rights, weakened many citizens to make
a few stronger, as well as the near gutting of defense and intelligence
capabilities of our national law enforcement and military. So if you
want to talk political trash, there is some for you to munch on :)
But before we go too far. I don't trust Bush as far as I can throw him,
which is probably only 9.27 inches at this point. But he was better of
the two crappy choices we had in 2000 and 2004, which doesn't say much
except who won the deluxe business cards and body guard services that
come with the title. I put him in as number 4 so far on that list of
worst Presidents, slightly better than Nixon.
If this debate were happening in say 1964, I'd be a democrat. Most of my
family was and very staunch at that. Now, the same ones are mostly
Republican or Independent. But the Democrat idears and platforms have
been hijacked, especially the last 35 years or so, by fabian-like
socialists, and others with similar intentions, with a bunch of
bleeding-hearts in tow that don't seem to bother to look up fact, and
spout off comments found in the news bites of that entertainment medium
disguised as news. Except for fringe demo groups, demos all sound like
parrots and are the party of victims and whiners more consistently than
not. This is why there has been an exodus of frustrated people that
actually believe in the potential of this country (close to what it was
intended originally) from the democratic party to other parties such as
libertarian, republican, independents and a few others. I am not saying
all have left, but in Utah, I find it interesting that most of those
that call themselves democrats are sure to be of another political
flavor outside of the state, if they paid attention to their surroundings.
Democrats have the most to gain by continuing to allow voter fraud.
The EFF is chaired by prominent democrats. It doesn't take much to
connect the dots. I wouldn't care if the Republican party started
playing kissy face with the illegal alien population (oh wait! they
have!) and were going to get all the votes. Voter fraud shouldn't be
allowed. Trivial measures could be put in place to largely solve this
problem -- just show the poll dude some ID. No big deal.
Thus far, the voter fraud has been tied predominately to Republicans.
There was fraud in Florida in 2000 to get Bush elected, and again in
Ohio in 2004 to get him re-elected. So, if the Democrats continue to
allow it, we'll get another Republican in office. How does that benefit
them, exactly?
This is gretly speculative information from what I can tell at this
point, based mainly on what one will find in the media reporting
tactics. There is so much more going on in this area (mostly demo), and
if you did your homework, you'd know this. One organization comes to
mind with recent troubles in this area and on a wide scale (which was
conveniently minimized): ACORN. So before you use hearsay or
controversial talking points to defend your position, you should look in
your own back yard full of junk before you point out the few pieces of
trash in your neighbor's yard. (meaning clean your own yard and not your
neighbor's first).
With that said. I wish the democrat party had more substance. It would
make for a great political system with a balance based in sanity (or I
should say the American version of it). But right now, they can only
offer socialized regrets in the packages of Hilary "please not this crap
again" Clinton and Obama "The Amazing Hot Air Balloon ride that is
enjoyable, but still ends up just being a ride under a bag of hot air".
It would be great if it was the party full of those folks instilled
with the core values upon which or founding fathers started this great
experiment with and not those "ideas" full of want in proving Mother
Russia should have worked ... and they are making a another attempt to
try this mess out on us at this time using such front organizations as
the ACLU, ACORN, and Open Societies to soften the blow on the public via
incremental changes that are not noticeable in and of themselves unless
you link the dots and follow the money trails.
If we each clean up our act, others must and will follow. That will
inspire other Americans (and those that love this country) to excel and
to band together "like many sticks" to form a strong "beam" to support
that which must be borne. But right now, we are disbanding into tribal
goo. As it stands now, and even on this list, people are willing to to
divide asunder in cooperative fashion into various groups (donkeys,
elephants, etc) and point their weapons of choice at each other, not
unlike the civil war, but only more civilized and sophisticated weapons
using words, inaccuracies, name calling, belittling, and even in some
caseslander/libel in an attempt to force their point of view on others
(or some will buy up a bunch of mainstream bandwidth to make it seem
like the truth in the form of news).
Wake up fellers. You are my friends, even if I do not know you well.
You are all being dupped. Do your homework. Att his time, trust only
half of what you see and ZERO of what you hear about when it comes to
who is best or what is best when it comes to fixing the problems of our
great nation. You will recognize it when it happens or when you see it
without pre-selected filters, hopefully sooner than later. Trust your
"instincts", not your emotions, because most of the time they will be
right. Then, when you think you have found the right solution and you
don't see eye to eye with someone else, don't poke theirs out to prove
they can't see your solution.
Mister Ed
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