Posted on 08/23/2016 5:24:57 PM PDT by dp0622
This will be my first and LAST vanity. I love this board and am so grateful to Jim for having created it. Although I do enjoy the conversations very much, i am here because I am a conservative, at least what conservative is supposed to mean, I think.
I wrote the following 19 years ago. What’s scary is that most of it is still relevant today.
I was ecstatic as i sat on the train and found that the NY Post had posted my editorial comment. I even yelled it out, which received strange glances!!
I’d like to share it with you. I would be glad to mail a copy to the boss to prove its authenticity.
It is Sowell-like in that it jumps from issue to issue rather than focusing on one.
May 2, 1997 (I was only 29!..sigh)
A READER GETS A LOAD OF HIS CHEST
I must make the following comments about the political goings on around me.
Does channel 13 ever show any non-liberal programming? Why am I being taxed for this propaganda?
Does anybody know or care how many young children are dying from blood related diseases other than AIDS? Are adults, gay or otherwise, so selfish that they’d rather find a cure for a disease that - minus casual/gay sex and drug use - can be avoided, than to find a cure for the many children who suffer from these other debilitating diseases?
Doe anyone realize that the military exists to defend the country from foreign countries and that killing the soldiers from the other countries is the way they do it? Let’s stop pushing ridiculous gender integration rules that undermine the lives and the morale of our soldiers
Why are people in public colleges when they can’t even pass remedial math and english courses?
So president Clinton wants to rid the country of it European heritage. Working hard, making progress, loving our country and pushing education are all part of our European heritage and they should not be pushed aside by our president.
Trying to understand criminals is stupid. Making them understand punishment is not.
I don't like hearing about douches or condoms on television. Once upon a time, men and women would have been uncomfortable watching these commercials.
How to succeed: Go to school during the day, work at night, and stop complaining.
I am not against legal immigration, just supporting them when they get here and immediately go on welfare.
Women have great qualities and strengths that no man could ever possess,so why would they want to become more like men?
Homosexuals should be allowed to live in peace without fear of discrimination but they should not be allowed to adopt. A deviant lifestyle should not be spread to children.
Oh, I get it, it’s ok to pass a law against not wearing seatbelts, against not separating bottles from paper, against not having the right number of certain groups in your job or school, against school prayer, but passing laws about burning our flag and protecting our children (the unborn) are not ok. Hmm.
I dislike paying taxes for single mothers’ offspring, for the arts, for people on welfare who don't feel like working and for public employees who don't do any work. I hate paying taxes on a used, used, used car.
Vietnam was not a futile war. The result of our withdrawal was the direct or indirect killing of millions of people. And how dare Americans spit at their own soldiers? I guess the losers that did this thought that the lives of our soldiers and of the millions of asian women and children killed at the hands of communists were expendable in order to push a noble cause like communism.
Finally, I’m a white male of European (Italian) descent. I’m proud of that. I love this country and the Flag and all of the men who fought and died for it and I’m proud to say it.
Thank you. I feel much better.
The (not so new) explanation is simple. They are my enemy. And they have been for the last 42 years - since I was able to vote. They are destroying my country. And when the excrement hits the fan they will be considered "downrange".
“I hate paying taxes on a used, used, used car.”
I agree, That really, really, really does suck. Big Time.
Hey you read it :)
My God that must have been 23 years ago.
Bright eyed and ready to take over the world!!
The world won.
I just wanted to see Trump inaugurated is all I want now.
Totally shotgunning the field, your missive is.
Not much to disagree with.
Taxing stuff that has already been taxed is a real pet peeve of mine.
It’s absurd and I can’t believe it’s never been challenged.
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