We have seen for the last six years what you get, if you put liberals in charge of our government.
I hope the Obama administration has opened some people’s eyes as to what you can expect if you elect liberal presidents, senators, and congressmen.
Well said though much more could have been said...: )
The American oil men began living in the KSA in the early 1920's, as the Saudis has NO expertise in getting petroleum or natural gas out of their ground.
ONE of the things the Americans insisted on was to have Christian men-of-the-cloth. Since any other faiths were not allowed in the countries the Saudis TYPICALLY made "adjustments."
The men-of-the-cloth were called "special teachers."
Our little camp, Ras Tanura, had a priest, Reverend (who took care of all denominations of Christianity) and a Vicar who came once a month since there were only six Anglicans.
Our "Sunday" was held on Friday, the Muslim "Sunday," but I refused to go to Mass on Friday and insisted on going on Sunday. However, Sunday was a work day. Our "weekends" were Thursday and Friday.
My co-worker, a Catholic Indian, said I should go to Mass on Fridays, like the other Catholics. There was a daily 9:00 A.M. Mass since Catholics DO have a daily service and THAT was the Mass I wanted to attend on SUNDAYS.
So I did. It was a 2-minute walk to the clubhouse where Mass was held, a 16 minute service (me and the dozen or so Filippino workers) and a 2-minute walk back to work.
I made up those 20 minutes that I missed at LUNCH time.
My co-worker was furious and threatened to tell my boss. After three weeks of our brangling, he DID tell our Muslim boss, Mohammad Hussein.
I'll never forget what our boss said to my co-worker.
"Harry, God is number one. There is always time for God. CloudMountain (not my real name, of course) can go to pray whenever she wants."
Both Harry's and my jaw dropped. SO, I went to my Sunday Mass.
After thinking about it, I did say to myself:
If I TRULY believed that at Mass the priest is allowed and authorized to say the "words" so that simple bread and wine are changed into the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus, and I was allowed to consume them, why WOULDN'T I go to Mass every day?
SO, I did. I began that daily habit of Mass, thanks to the allowance of my Saudi Muslim boss. I STILL maintain that habit today, years later.
God truly works in mysterious ways.
At that time a social revolution emerged that in reality was anti government and steeped in libertarian values. The new left is something very different.
I think that an inside cadre of power hungry opportunists and totalitarians seized upon the vulnerability of people with low self esteem and an inherent laziness and took control of them with propaganda oriented issues aimed at simple minds in small segments of society. Over the years they have been able to bring these small populations together as one voting community that thinks it has a mutual goal. But the goal is never defined and a vision for success is never spelled out beyond, "we are fighting for you".
It has morphed into a sort of liberal monarchy where the royals who want nothing to do with the garbage they are selling and the people they control, rule with the consent of their minions who generally get nothing in return but more promises. Thus they have created a vast contingency of followers who really know little about who or what they are following.
I've repeatedly asked democrat followers what they want in the long run and invariably they either cannot say what it is or they timidly share a vision that is in reality very similar to what many conservatives want.
So, what I have come up with in my pedestrian way of looking at this is that a very driven power hungry society of elitists has found the perfect formula for unchecked power an unlimited riches. Their support comes from supporters who are very much naive in the belief that they will be taken care of because they heard it on the news.
In the end, liberalism is about power for the elites and social anarchy for the followers, many of whom have no idea what they are voting for, or why they are voting in the first place.
I can’t be a liberal because my mother and father were married.
And the drug dealer wants his FReepin' money, now.
1) rests on a metaphysical foundation of fantasy and an epistemological foundation of emotionalism.These lead to an ethics of altruism and collectivism, which lead to statism and socialism, which lead to misery and suffering, because they are incompatible with the nature of man as a rational being whose ultimate goal is to live the life a rational being.
2) leads to internal inconsistencies and self-contradiction.They claim that they are for a better life for all, but their policies lead to misery and suffering.
3) leads to costs and problems being greater than the benefits.Example after example can be given showing how costly libtard policies are and how many problems they cause.
Why I’m not a liberal: I’m not ignorant, I’m not a liar, and I’m not a fascist. To be a liberal today, you have to be some combination of these three.