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“In 2009 and in 2010, the miraculous happened. The Tea Party came out of nowhere, a bunch of amateurs and novices stood up and basically took back the House. And that brought the agenda of the Left to a grinding, screeching halt, to stop them cold-stone dead. Because I said, the Tea Party saved America. If they had not done that, the entire agenda of the Left would be in now: Card check, cap and trade, green jobs, Obamacare would be locked in. Ten, twelve, twenty million illegals would be voting in this election. Conservatives would be done.”
Republicans are so quick to point out that the very future of the United States depends upon what happens in the next two elections, yet seem to be oblivious of the fact that the fortunes of the party will be the same as the country.
Are they thinking about that when they are openly declaring war on conservatives? Does the party consider this when they decide who gets party support, resources, promotion, and leadership roles? Does it cross the average republican's mind when they are voting in the primaries? Wouldn't reminding them of such things be a great job for the party going into an election?
Their solution so far has been to tell us to sit down, shut up, and vote for whomever we put forward, because our future hangs in the balance. They have basically said yeah, you don't get anything you want, but live with it.
It's obvious to see what will happen should the republicans lay an egg over the next two elections, but before anyone goes blaming conservatives for not falling in line for the next liberal republican candidate, maybe someone will explain how it is so much more selfish of conservatives to vote their principles win or lose, than it is for the party to refuse to nominate a conservative at all costs.
That is what we have had for the last two presidential cycles, and everyone knows how that ends. Yet, when you hear the party pundits, and the party leadership, it's pretty much "anything but a conservative." Crap I read an article the other day about resurrecting Romney for another humiliating defeat. At this point, shouldn't they be all but begging Cruz, Walker, and Paul to run, and threatening to skewer anyone else who even thinks about it?
Troy, that is a total mischaracterization of what I have posted here.
Where I have disagreed with several here is that I have vehemently protested that abandoning the republican party would only increase the speed of the leftist slide of America. I have never said that the republican party is pure and does not need to be changed.
The other thing I have disagreed with several here is that libertarian is NOT conservative. That definitely gets some people upset, but it is still true. The libertarian platform more closely aligns with the democrats on about everything except fiscal matters and too much regulation.
We are like a deer on it's death run that's been shot through the heart/lungs with a pass through arrow and are in our final 50 yard death run with blood (freedom, liberty and financial self sufficiency) pumping out with each stride.
The American that I was born and raised in and started a business of which I made a life for myself and my family in is gone.
There's a spepcial place in hell for Obama and his ilk.
The nail in the coffin was republican chief justice Roberts and his vote to uphold the ACA. This has forever changed the role of government as well as commerce.
You see the lines are being blurred as to which party represents who. Aside from the ultra's on both side, you have conservative Democrats, liberal Republicans, middle D' and middle R's and every other combination under the sun. Break that out into ratio and proportion and watch the effect on the % which is the true indicator. That percentage is meaningless should it amount to anything but a majority vote. The game is set up for the voter to place his vote that will beget the majority, foreknowledge in place that THEIR party choice could not make that majority on its own method and members. What do we do? Agree that our party affiliation be filled with candidates that we would otherwise discard to gain the majority incredibly not to benefit the people but to benefit the PARTY. The Political parties of today are in the game to further their agenda of the Political Corporation as it relates to their own members. Both sides play the game so they ALL can play. There may not be a draft system ala the NFL but when it comes time for these candidates to vote drafting is quietly in full force while retaining their full team colors to their constituents.
You have heard of courting the vote. A pleasing way of saying vote for us to a particular voting block even though we may not be of like minds. This I liken to a Trojan Horse because sooner or later the price you may have to pay to retain your new found compadres may not be worth it but the Horse is now empty and running amuck spreading their own idealogy to be courted again.
Much more complicated than the average American understands or has time nor the inclination to change things. It is rooted deep into our American physce of being the most priviledged on earth and pointing to our leaders as the sole reason. An oxymoron if there ever was one.
All the while discourse is our lot by way of giving up freedoms 1 atom at a time. You will never feel it being so inconsequential nor could you ever reverse it when you finally do.
This ship called America is foundering and about to be grounded on the beach of no return. What political group could ever reverse America's fortunes after the damage committed by this administration. The entire system would need to be revamped while remnants of the old remain in place to pass the torch. That my friends can not and will not occur. Ironically WE, the people, the discontent will see to that.
The Rock
You see the lines are being blurred as to which party represents who. Aside from the ultra's on both side, you have conservative Democrats, liberal Republicans, middle D' and middle R's and every other combination under the sun. Break that out into ratio and proportion and watch the effect on the % which is the true indicator. That percentage is meaningless should it amount to anything but a majority vote. The game is set up for the voter to place his vote that will beget the majority, foreknowledge in place that THEIR party choice could not make that majority on its own method and members. What do we do? Agree that our party affiliation be filled with candidates that we would otherwise discard to gain the majority incredibly not to benefit the people but to benefit the PARTY. The Political parties of today are in the game to further their agenda of the Political Corporation as it relates to their own members. Both sides play the game so they ALL can play. There may not be a draft system ala the NFL but when it comes time for these candidates to vote drafting is quietly in full force while retaining their full team colors to their constituents.
You have heard of courting the vote. A pleasing way of saying vote for us to a particular voting block even though we may not be of like minds. This I liken to a Trojan Horse because sooner or later the price you may have to pay to retain your new found compadres may not be worth it but the Horse is now empty and running amuck spreading their own idealogy to be courted again.
Much more complicated than the average American understands or has time nor the inclination to change things. It is rooted deep into our American physce of being the most priviledged on earth and pointing to our leaders as the sole reason. An oxymoron if there ever was one.
All the while discourse is our lot by way of giving up freedoms 1 atom at a time. You will never feel it being so inconsequential nor could you ever reverse it when you finally do.
This ship called America is foundering and about to be grounded on the beach of no return. What political group could ever reverse America's fortunes after the damage committed by this administration. The entire system would need to be revamped while remnants of the old remain in place to pass the torch. That my friends can not and will not occur. Ironically WE, the people, the discontent will see to that.
The Rock
Elk get's it. But it was one of many nails, albeit a BIG one.
I was working on one of my jobs when I heard the Robert's decision on the radio. I was sick. It felt very similar to the reaction I had when the assisted living facility my dad was at called to tell me he'd passed away the night before. Something very central to my life was now gone forever.
When we as a nation and individuals either forget or deny that our nation was formed on the principles of God, we circle the drain on our path toward the cesspool of failed individuals/nations.
Human nature is to fail by either evil intent or confidence in ourselves instead of Faith in our Creator.
There IS only one solution - the Blood of Christ Jesus.
lets give it up for cockeating!
Come on....You know things are NOT going to get better right?
I mean come on....History has proved this over and over.
Tytler's Cycle describes the rise and fall of democracies. Where do you think we are on this picture? We are somewhere around apathy, dependent heading for bondage and tyranny.
The graph is pointing in the wrong direction for progress Sparky. That's called going backward in case you're confused.
America will be just fine and if anything, the death knell you hear is the end of archaic , right wing policies that have restrained our economy.
Actually I believe your whistling past the graveyard; the graph represents liberal progressive policies and the impact on the economy is obvious (well except to the liberal trolls who lack cognitive abilities).
If you find the graph challenging let me know; I've found a program that can illustrate with stick figures and crayons.....
Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation of a large-scale executive amnesty may have already begun.
Unnoticed until now, a draft solicitation for bids issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Oct. 6 says potential vendors must be capable of handling a “surge” scenario of 9 million id cards in one year “to support possible future immigration reform initiative requirements.”
The request for proposals says the agency will need a minimum of four million cards per year. In the “surge,” scenario in 2016, the agency would need an additional five million cards – more than double the baseline annual amount for a total of 9 million.
“The guaranteed minimum for each ordering period is 4,000,000 cards. The estimated maximum for the entire contract is 34,000,000 cards,” the document says.
The agency is buying the materials need to construct both Permanent Residency Cards (PRC), commonly known as green cards, as well as Employment Authorization Documentation (EAD) cards which have been used to implement President Obama's “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. The RFP does not specify how many of each type of card would be issued.
Jessica Vaughn, an immigration expert at the Center for Immigration Studies and former State Department official, said the document suggests a new program of remarkable breadth.
The RFP “seems to indicate that the president is contemplating an enormous executive action that is even more expansive than the plan that Congress rejected in the 'Gang of Eight' bill,” Vaughn said.
Last year, Vaughn reviewed the Gang of Eight's provisions to estimate that it would have roughly doubled legal immigration. In the “surge” scenario of this RFP, even the relatively high four million cards per year would be more than doubled, meaning that even on its own terms, the agency is preparing for a huge uptick of 125 percent its normal annual output... (continued)
Which side of the aisle was responsible for the industrial revolution and real PROGRESS in spite of liberal presidents trying to stop them?
Democrats are worthless hands out pagans of which were of no further use after the grist mills were replaced. Parasites and sponges of which you could only get back that which they have already sucked from you.
Pure and simple useless beings other than being used as road signs and baseball bags.
The Rock
I firmly believe that if they don't get it right by the next presidential election, the conservatives, a few libertarians, and the tea party will have their own candidate(s) going forward. Probably will mean democrat control until the collapse. Probably will be the end of both parties.
The country will survive, no matter what. There are too many good people who know how this country should work. Inevitably, there will be a reckoning, and the parasites and those who don't love this country and all it stands for won't survive it.
As the jazz singer Al Jolson used to tell his audience.....
"You ain't seen nothin' yet folks!"
Bottom line is.....WE'RE *****D!!!!
And there it is.
"When you ladies are done wringing your hands and gnashing your teeth lamenting the decline of America, I feel compelled to remind you that it's called Progress. America will be just fine and if anything, the death knell you hear is the end of archaic , right wing policies that have restrained our economy. And so good riddance to the tea party, the Christian right and the GOP. They've abandoned America and rightly deserve their fate."
By all means, explain which of the "progressive" policies are responsible for our amazing economic growth?
- Is it increasing the minimum wage to a "living" wage? Which is was never intended to be. And increasing it has directly lead to a reduction in the workforce of those you claim to help. Low information voters, oops, I mean low income voters, oops I did it again. Low income families. Kinda ironic that the one wet dream liberal org that was pushing for an increase in minimum wage was paying it's workers less then it's proposed minimum wage of $15/hour.
- Perhaps its the mountain of job killing regulations formulated by nameless bureaucrats.
- Obamacare. Now there's a real job maker. For government leaches.
- How about "green" energy. Think Solyndra.
- Obama's promise to decimate the coal industry. Increase the cost of electrical power generation while killing jobs. Wow, there's a game changer.
- Pumping billions upon billions of printed dollars into Wall Street. That big ass chicken is coming home to roost on day soon.
- Zero's shovel ready projects. That didn't exist. And he joked about it.
...and on and on I could go. Progress? Not by any real definition.
Notice that this liberal used the word "ladies" in his effort to denigrate Community Forum conservatives.
Obviously he has a low opinion of the female gender.......perhaps indicative of his own sexual orientation?
Could this liberal also be a sexist homo?
And that, folks, is why these trolls have crawled out of their holes just in time for the midterm elections.
The Dem ground game is far reaching, even to harrass an obscure Conservative hunting forum.
These people clearly are paid Dem operatives. They will fade away in two weeks.
Mike in CT's Link
Funny, you'd expect an (ahem) educator to be aware of what constitutes plagiarism.....
Speaking of obfuscating Sparky-I must have missed that stinging rebuttal of the linked chart I displayed earlier.....
Mike in CT's Link
"By the way nice job obfuscating because the chart and list of accomplishments have yet to be challenged."
Pot....meet kettle. You failed to address my points. In case you suffer from short term memory loss, I'll post them again.
- Is it increasing the minimum wage to a "living" wage? Which is was never intended to be. And increasing it has directly lead to a reduction in the workforce of those you claim to help. Low information voters, oops, I mean low income voters, oops I did it again. Low income families. Kinda ironic that the one wet dream liberal org that was pushing for an increase in minimum wage was paying it's workers less then it's proposed minimum wage of $15/hour.
- Perhaps its the mountain of job killing regulations formulated by nameless bureaucrats.
- Obamacare. Now there's a real job maker. For government leaches.
- How about "green" energy. Think Solyndra.
- Obama's promise to decimate the coal industry. Increase the cost of electrical power generation while killing jobs. Wow, there's a game changer.
- Pumping billions upon billions of printed dollars into Wall Street. That big ass chicken is coming home to roost on day soon.
- Zero's shovel ready projects. That didn't exist. And he joked about it.
BTW....any links to back up that list of ""accomplishments" other then a meaningless chart without appropriate documentation. This ain't academia. Around here you gotta do your own work.
The Bureau of Land Management has leased 2.2 billion tons of publicly owned coal during the Obama administration, unlocking 3.9 billion metric tons of carbon pollution. This is equivalent to the annual emissions of over 825 million passenger vehicles, and more than the 3.7 billion tons that was emitted in the entire European Union in 2012. …
"A ton of publicly owned coal leased during the Obama administration will, on average, cause damages estimated at between $22 and $237, using the federal government's social cost of carbon estimates — yet the average price per ton for those coal leases was only $1.03. …
The carbon pollution from publicly owned coal leased during the Obama administration will cause damages estimated at between $52 billion and $530 billion, using the federal government's social cost of carbon estimates. In contrast, the total amount of revenue generated from those coal leases sales was $2.3 billion. … Still think coal is a good deal?"
Forget to attach the link? So the federal government studies an issue with a predetermined outcome to back what the federal government wants to do to the coal industry? Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
Still haven't addressed the fact that 50% of our electric comes from coal fired power stations. You tell the poor their rates are gonna sky rocket to pay for your climate change wet dream. Or....like usual attack the "fortunate" and demand they subsidize your solution. Again.
How do you think we arrived as the most powerful nation on earth? Through a time capsule. Follow the years don't skip ahead and try to make numbers match. Clinton was given a Godsend economy turning the corner and ready to explode. He rode that wave like the beach boys, taking credit and having a CIGAR to celebrate.
Don't give me that progressive BS when your a$$hole buddies pat each other on your backs every weekend at the "Obama the Savior" rallies. Your kind tore the fabric of this nation in half like a pimp with a $ 2 bill. There would be nothing your kind would like more than a woman to grow a d..k at our expense. Then you could show us real progress. I despise everything liberal and would cast your kind amongst those who have shredded family values and intentionally removed God from our schools. All this despite the scared ink on that scared document that you hold so high and have misinterpreted. A classless lot of malcontents with rubber hands and clay feet. Liberals are a drain and drag on society and the friends of NO ONE other than themselves or those like your kind who use you like .50 cent whore and leave you smiling for more. Conservatives know you are worth twice that.
You can't be reasonable with these animals. Now tell me. Do you feel as though this may be personal attack. The last thing I would want is for you to think it IS personal even though it is just because it is.
Sincerely,
The Rock
"There are plenty of business' that are calling for an increase in the MW. And there is little true research that shows that a MW increase would have a negative impact."
Uh, how can I put thus clearly in terms you can understand? Hmmmm.......Bullsh!t!! Nothing, I mean nothing is stopping those companies from paying more then MW. If they want to pay their employees more, by all means go ahead. ****ing hypocrites.
One thing I will accept from you though is that you pray for me because I will never refuse a prayer in my behalf.
Let me tell you something Doc. You may very well be the person you say you are and only you should know that. Then again you should be the only one that knows that.
The Rock
So, if my kids' school wants to build a monument depicting the Ten Commandments, dockeating has no problem with it. Good to know. BTW, there is no "separation of church and state" enumerated in the Constitution.
(As an aside, if you want to keep claiming the intellectual high ground, please proof read your work and clean it up. It is particularly insulting to be berated by a person who could not muster a "C" grade in a sophomore English class.)
Dewly noted.
he he he
;-)
As you support policies that will create more disenfranchised, poor and needy, it is not a surprise that you refuse to acknowledge the correlation between what you support and the harm it causes.
-The 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
I'll take that over your general concept of "privacy." You are confusing semantics with meaning. Not surprising.
The 1st Amendment prohibits the federal government from establishing a state sanctioned church, period. It says nothing of what a school or state can do. So, if you want to erect a statue of Satan and you get support, the Constitution of the US provides for that.
BTW, I'd like to peruse your thesis. I suggest you start another thread with a link to it.
Owl...amazing that they now give degrees for participation. Probably hanging on the wall over his soccer trophies.
More composure is needed! You are starting to slip and write in your original diction.
Either way I believe NOTHING you say. Zero.
I find it curious you purport defense of your thesis to a peer review of intellects supposedly superior to mine, yet, you are afraid to produce said treatise on a "little known blog."
You are an unravelling fraud but we rubes predicted that trajectory from your initial postings.
Actually, you do not engage; you obfuscate and you do so under the guise of positing "your ideas" which are quickly revealed to be in fact, the ideas of others, usually from sites leaning far to the left of center.
It is a blatant lie to attempt to equate what you do with posters who either post the hyperlink that will take the reader directly to the referenced source or post the source and put the citation in quotation marks.
Regurgitation stopped being cute after about the second wardrobe change. At least children have other redeeming qualities though and in that arena (as in most others) you underwhelm with yours.
On the plus side though I should be thankful for that rip-roaring bit of comedy you posted above. It takes either major stones or major stupid to think posting about 6 edits from an advisory committee being acceptable would ever fly. Too bad for you Owl called your bluff.
Another troll, another epic fail.....
Only one of the top 15 donors gives primarily to republican causes. The "big money" is buying democrat influence.
It has long been known by people who care to learn that the average democrat donor is a rich fat cat while the average republican donor is more middle class.
