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Healthy Defiance Protects Us From the Control Freak Majority
Reason ^ | Oct. 7, 2013 | J.D. Tuccille

Posted on 10/07/2013 3:31:16 PM PDT by neverdem

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1 posted on 10/07/2013 3:31:16 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Where does the control freak majority come form? The liberals comprise 20% of the population with conservatives at 40%. This article does not make sense and what does a policeman waiting outside a bar have to do with anything.


2 posted on 10/07/2013 3:36:16 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: neverdem

Sage advice for the budding revolutionary is “pick your battles carefully.”


3 posted on 10/07/2013 3:36:32 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: neverdem
This minority of free-thinking and free-acting people have effectively chosen to be our "designated decoys." We owe them our thanks—and we need a lot more like them.

You're welcome!

;-)

4 posted on 10/07/2013 3:40:53 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Need health care? Dial 1-800-F1UCK-YO to reach Obama's hotline)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Politicians are so dumb. For each new law created, millions of people figure out ways around them. Just look at how many tax attorneys there are.


5 posted on 10/07/2013 3:49:28 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: mountainlion

Liberals invented the concept of the nanny state...

The only time liberals are happy is when they’re scolding some citizen, or bullying children about what to eat, or telling companies what to produce or setting quotas on everything form soft drink size to how much water can be used in a toilet.

Have you ever met a liberal? Do you live in the United States?


6 posted on 10/07/2013 3:55:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (Brieitbart sent me... Freeper newfreep)
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7 posted on 10/07/2013 4:11:07 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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I grew up outside of Boulder Colorado, I know exactly what liberals are. I was saying that liberals were not the majority of the population but only 20%. They have gained power by deceit and lots of money. Colorado took two of them out of office and are working on more. This week will be very interesting to see whether the liberal minority can overcome the majority.


8 posted on 10/07/2013 4:21:53 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: neverdem
In my PA municipality, the Board of Supervisors have taken the view (and even stated it) that all those annoying ordinances are just ‘tools’ to be used to solve problems - anyone who comes to government with a complaint about their neighbor (or anyone else in the municipality) deserves to have a resolution to their complaints. I even heard them say, in a public hearing, that yes, it would be very costly to enforce the proposed ordinance on every corner of the municipality, but they don't intend to use it that way, just as a tool when there are complaints.

No one ever takes these proposals and uses an analogy to demonstrate the absurdity of legislating personal preference. Well, almost no one - I have! On the issue of what would be appropriate exterior coverings in a proposed zoning overlay, I asked what they would do if they found that most people preferred bright colors (like purple) to ‘muted earth tones’? Would they change the ordinance to require the latest trendy hues? What if there was a big dispute between the bright color lovers and the muted earth-tone fans - at that point would they agree that they shouldn't be legislating something that is truly a matter of personal taste?

While I won that particular battle, a few years later they slipped their earth-tone preferences into a different ordinance, so that THEIR personal preferences would be the law... Hard to believe they took an oath of office!

9 posted on 10/07/2013 4:46:33 PM PDT by Kay Ludlow (Government actions ALWAYS have unintended consequences...)
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To: SERKIT

Some have said that Obamacare is a “full employment” bill for attorneys.


10 posted on 10/07/2013 4:51:03 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: mountainlion

I’m not sure about your definition of conservative and liberal.

But takers have caught up to makers, and perhaps exceed them now.

The 2012 election was won on entitlements IMHO.


11 posted on 10/07/2013 4:52:33 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: nascarnation

Rasmussen had a poll that said that there were 20% liberals and 40% conservatives. Gallop poll said that there were 22% liberals and 44% conservatives. The other 34-40% change sides quite often.


12 posted on 10/07/2013 5:01:21 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: neverdem

This is an achilles heel for our side.

All too often, conservatives won’t jaywalk to avoid a burning building, because that would be breaking THE RULES!


13 posted on 10/07/2013 5:02:52 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: mountainlion

If those numbers are correct, we are doing a HORRIBLE job of communicating with a 2:1 built in advantage.


14 posted on 10/07/2013 5:04:57 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: nascarnation

Nice guys come in last.


15 posted on 10/07/2013 5:06:17 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: nascarnation

“Republicans can’t talk, Democrats can’t count.”


16 posted on 10/07/2013 5:07:57 PM PDT by Clemenza ("History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil governm)
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To: nascarnation

One reason we have trouble communicating is because they (the liberals) control the media, as well as, many other levers of control. Not to mention the dead vote for Democrats.


17 posted on 10/07/2013 5:17:38 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: mountainlion
"Where does the control freak majority come form? The liberals comprise 20% of the population with conservatives at 40%. This article does not make sense and what does a policeman waiting outside a bar have to do with anything."

We know that most Democrats want to regulate against their neighbors. But I know of "upscale" counties with Republican majorities that will do anything to keep outsiders from building their own homes, usually leading instead, to making such building projects much more expensive.

They'll do anything to prevent new energy exploration, drilling and mining, new, small manufacturing and repair efforts only to try to keep the Joneses down (instead of keeping up with them). Their main tactics are radical environmentalism, animal worship, libellous gossip and so on.

Most of them have incomes derived from big government spending. Most people involved in politics are, in effect, fascists (socialists).


18 posted on 10/07/2013 5:25:40 PM PDT by familyop
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To: familyop

Most of them have incomes derived from big government spending. Most people involved in politics are, in effect, fascists (socialists).

Control freaks and liberals are in both parties. McCain is a good example.


19 posted on 10/07/2013 5:29:49 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: nascarnation

Even if those numbers are correct, they don’t necessarily correlate to the same percentages in voting (using the assumption conservative = republican and liberal = democrat).


20 posted on 10/07/2013 5:56:38 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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