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Not everyone admires the Founding Fathers
Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^
| 7/15/04
| Michael M. Bates
Posted on 07/13/2004 8:03:30 AM PDT by Mike Bates
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To: ServesURight
Don't even bother. Some people are just idiots.The late Larry MacDonald compared some liberals to a guy who walks up to you and claims he just saw a purple elephant. No matter how you may try to persuade him otherwise, it won't work because he's just too detached from reality to reason with. It's a waste of time, time that could be spent on persuading other, more cogent folks, of the truth of conservatism.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:50:43 PM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: Mike Bates
"Well I am sooooo glad that my God says that the meek shall inhabit the earth"
Yeah. He DID say that. But he didn't say anything about what the stupid would get, unfortunately for the letter writter.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:53:21 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Democrats = Evil; Republicans = Stupid)
To: Mike Bates; All
Washington at the end of his life, got rid of some of his slave by making his plantation less dependent on slave labor. When he died, he had all of his slaves freed. Sometime ago I saw something on PBS about Washington with Richard (I don't remember his last name), he interviewed the descendent's of Washington slaves, most of them forgave Washington.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:53:44 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Mike Bates
Not everyone admires the Founding Fathers
There is a place for those folks, just as during the times of the Revolution:
Canada.
Preferably as far due north in the Northwest Territories as possible.
No need for them to spoil the modestly redeeming qualities of nice places like
Vancouver, Edmondton, etc.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:59:20 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Wonder Warthog
.. . liberals have the clay all the way to the tops of their heads, including their well-styled coiffures.I used to say they had $25 haircuts on top of 25 cent brains. I guess that needs revision to $400 haircuts on top of 25 cent brains.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: VOA
There is a place for those folks. . .Yes, many of them are meeting in Boston in a couple of weeks.
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posted on
07/13/2004 1:04:50 PM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: RockinRight
How many kids are going to wind up with gonnorhea of the throat because of Clinton's ....oh, well.
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posted on
07/13/2004 2:02:16 PM PDT
by
ladylib
To: Badeye
They were fallible. But they were brilliant. Who could match them today...?
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posted on
07/13/2004 4:29:48 PM PDT
by
ladylib
To: ladylib
"They were fallible. But they were brilliant. Who could match them today...?"
I think there are quite a few who could "match them". Then again, I'm an optimist living in the greatest country the world has ever witnessed.
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posted on
07/14/2004 6:50:48 AM PDT
by
Badeye
("The day you stop learning, is the day you begin dying")
To: antiRepublicrat
Jefferson wanted a lot of stuff in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence that didn't make it into the final versions.Most of the founders, Jefferson in particular would not be a fit for either political party currently in power. He would be reviled by Republicans and Democrats alike.
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posted on
07/14/2004 7:00:18 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." ...Ronald Reagan, 1981)
To: Protagoras
He would be reviled by Republicans and Democrats alike. You are so right. That yearning for personal freedom and a truly limited government would really get on the nerves of the two major big government nanny-state parties.
To: antiRepublicrat
That yearning for personal freedom and a truly limited government would really get on the nerves of the two major big government nanny-state parties. The personal and vitriolic attacks by big party lick spittles on this site provide lots of anecdotal evidence of that.
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posted on
07/14/2004 7:43:35 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." ...Ronald Reagan, 1981)
To: RockinRight
If people believe there is nothing worth dying for, then there's no argument you can have with them. Somehow the 3,000 people at the WTC have been forgotten.
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posted on
07/14/2004 7:46:17 AM PDT
by
Hildy
( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
To: Protagoras
Most of the founders, Jefferson in particular would not be a fit for either political party currently in power. He would be reviled by Republicans and Democrats alike.One reason is so many people have developed an addiction to government checks without considering any alternatives. Look what happened to Barry Goldwater when he made a mild proposal about privatizing Social Security.
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posted on
07/14/2004 6:30:09 PM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: Badeye
I think there are quite a few who could "match them". I'd be interested in seeing your list.
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posted on
07/14/2004 6:31:47 PM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: Mike Bates
"Not one single person died as a result of Clintons follies!" Apparently this genious is unfamiliar with the Clinton body count.
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posted on
07/14/2004 6:44:11 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
To: Heyworth; Papatom
Spare us your Yankee elitism, Heyworth. You are playing right into their hands.
To: ServesURight
"Some people are just idiots." Simple, direct and to the point.
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posted on
07/14/2004 6:51:05 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
To: Badeye
But they were Men, with feet of clay, just like any one of us.
A tad bit harsh in your assessment, methinks. Sure, they had their faults and vices, but feet of clay? I think not.
To: Mike Bates
Correct. The current crop of "Americans" is not the least bit interested in freedom. This site is filty with "government is the answer" control freaks. The Dems have no monopoly on that concept.
Individual liberty and personal responsibility is a concept sometimes mouthed, but never concidered in reality.
Only kooks believe in it.
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posted on
07/14/2004 7:57:05 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
(government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." ...Ronald Reagan, 1981)
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