Maybe, maybe not.
Smarter man than you and I once said..."Trust, but verify". It's good advice.
Trust your judgment as opposed to looking to others to validate what you think or believe.
You might have much to offer me in the way of advice. But your whole reply post was basically a "judgment" of me...based on a wink and a grin post. You've no idea...based on one post what I believe, what I value, or think. And I don't know much of you either....You could be a great and upstanding person. I dunno....
All I was pointing out...was your Flame War claims..didn't jive with your personal "born on date".
If my quick comment offended you....Please accept my apology.
FRegards,
Apology accepted and please consider this a vice-versa apology.
Your trust and verify comment together with some of the comments by other Freepers lead me to believe that there is still an issue that needs some clarification.
We are taking it for granted that many Freepers are unhappy about the growth of government, the loss of our freedoms, and the entrenched unconstitutional actions now being practiced by government. And in spite of the conservative heroes of our republic like President Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, and countless others including FreeRepublic, the trends in the growth of government and the growth of socialism continue unabated and are going to increase dramatically in the decade ahead because of current law and the coming retirements of the boomers.
Given the long odds against the success of any proposals to cut government down to size and end socialism, no matter who we are there is not going to be anyone who has a track record of success. The best record that anyone can have is that they have made a failed attempt to cage the beast.
What we are trying to do here is launch a discussion to determine why the efforts of President Reagan, Newt, and everyone else have not produced real results instead of simply delaying the inevitable. What can we learn for our past experiences? How can we profit from them and turn the past failures into future real gains? Our goal is exactly the same as FreeRepublic's mission.
We are also trying to convey the fact that our group has already gone through the exercises outlined above. We have drawn some conclusions and devised a plan that we believe is better than any other plan that has been put forward since the 1994 Republican Revolution and Contract with America did not achieve term limits or a balanced budget amendment. Our findings are predicated on what we believe is terribly significant fact. The Contract with America completely revolutionized the power configuration of Congress.
However, there have been five elections since 1994. In every single election since 1994, Republicans have held their collective breaths regarding the balance of power in Congress and Democrats have anticipated recovering power in one or both houses in every single election since that pivotal turn in 1994. When sports teams discover a winning play, they keep running it at every opportune time. When all conservatives understand why the Republican Party has not had another Contract with America, we believe that We the people will realize that conservatives need to chart a different course of action than just blindly trusting the Republican Party. It is not our little group that you need to verify. We are putting forth ideas and thoughts that your can judge for yourselves. What we are suggesting is that it is the Republican Party that needs verification before it can claim the conservative high ground and be trusted to restore the Constitution.
Will you take The Pledge?