Posted on 08/19/2005 10:09:03 PM PDT by Yosemitest
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You need to lay off the laxatives, you've poo'd yer brains out already.
World War II was not won by Eisenhower. World War II was not won by FDR. World War II was not won by any particular leader. World War II was not won by Patton. Everybody played a role. But without the sons and daughters of the American people, this country wouldn't amount to anything. It is the people who make this country work, and the ease with which those of you on the left disparage the people in this country while you seek to focus all attention on government, is a sight to behold, and it is why you are losing elections; it is why you are losing favor; it is why you are becoming more fringe and extreme and kooky, because you've lost touch. You've lost contact. You've lost all ability to understand who it is that comprises the heart and soul of this country. You have no clue who the backbone of this country is; but I will tell you this: it's not Cindy Sheehan and it's not one member of her entourage in a ditch in Crawford, Texas. Those people are a bunch of squatters. Those people right now are contributing nothing to the greatness or future of this country. Neither are the members of the media who are down there trying to elevate all those people in the ditch to be superheroes. There's not one of them that comes anywhere near rating the title of hero. They are nothing but a bunch of squatters who are miserable and unhappy for who knows whatever reasons and deciding to take it out on people who they think have control over their lives. In this case, with a bunch of liberals, it's government. You want government to have control over your life, you want government to be able to do this and that for your friends and neighbors and help you, but the simple truth of this country is that it's the people who make this country work. It is the people who comprise the economy.
Well said.
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Generalizations? We've heard the truths of success from the Iraqis, from the mouths of our courageous Soldiers and seen it proven in the massive growing list of scumbag Al Queda dead.
Or are you referring to generalizations like "War for oil", "Unjust War" and my personal favorite "BUSH'S FAULT!"?!?
The one major flaw in your comment? This is Earth...
If it acts like a troll, smells like a troll and posts like a troll...
If this discourse is any indication of the level of quality that Rush has added to the voice of America, we are truly blessed.
I agree fully with Rush .. it can't and it ain't going to happen. I may be living abroad, but I excerice my rights. I vote, maintain a home and a residency in Wa., am a member of the NRA and GOA, maintain my concealed carry permit, and support all that's good in America. There are days that I'm afraid I'll be coming home to a revolution...that it will go that far. However, after reading this post, and many others like it by all you right minded people here on FR, I have hope that we still have the character left to regain America and effect change from within.
You won't be disappointed!
How simple your life must be...
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Soldiers in Iraq aren't dying to protect our freedom.
It's so typical for the great unwashed to simply miss "The big picture". It's like an 8088 attempting to run a P4 program. Crash and burn as soon as the first bit of information comes along.
The WOT is directly related to our personal freedom. How? By defeating terror through destroying those who provide financing, safe harbor or encourage terror. How does this help OUR freedom? By eliminating a threat that would otherwise require us to turn into a police state in order to ensure the continued survival of mankind. Why is it that level of threat? Because certain failed states have researched a sufficient level of technology to potentially produce "doomsday" weapons and make said available on the open market for terrorists. Are you following along?
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Oil companies are making record profits while Americans fill up their suv's, insuring that terrorists will be around for a long time.
Absolutely true. It's a free country and you cannot dictate the pricing of a commodity in demand below it's perceived market level. Why? 1) Because it can be sold at a higher price somewhere else, if not by the mfgr, then by capitalists who will speculate on the after market price. You would see sales of such go outside of the country where people would pay the higher value. 2) You cannot force an individual to produce said quantity if they know they cannot retrieve profits at the perceived market value. They will sit on supplies. You will have an even greater shortage if any supplies at all.
Remember when Clinton released oil reserves during the gas crunch at the end of his disasterous administration? Do you remember who bought it and where it went? The sale went to a speculator who then flipped the supply to a foreign distributor who paid a higher price than the American market. None of the gas even made it into the American supply lines. Simply brilliant, eh?
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Bush holds hands with Saudi dictators, while U.S. soldiers have to do without proper equipment, getting killed as a result of our government's reluctance to back alternative means of energy.
It's been 25 years since Oil crisis created by the disastrous Carter administration and people STILL want big cars. That's where the demand is so that is what the smart market will produce. The government cannot compel a mfgr to produce goods that the market won't sell. REALIZATION: The government does not produce anything! It will not build the technology you are referring to. It will have to come from the private sector. If the government does anything, it will enable the private sector to receive subsidies to produce said technology. Who will likely produce it? Haliburton? You're guess is as good as mine, but either way, you'd probably complain about it, too.
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Bush vacations for weeks on end, intent on living his life, while soldiers barely out of their teens come home paralyzed for the rest of their lives, lucky if they get their share of the govt. cheese. Are you including these brave men when you talk about social parasites?
Uhhh...you folks think the man is the devil and you want him BACK at the White House? OK.
besides, Bush has not been sitting around, he's been meeting with world leaders and achieving several different objectives all from his ranch. Can you name the prominent individual that Bush was in contact with the first week of his vacation? Can you name what was accomplished? It was all over the news, if you can't, then the rock you live under must be incredibly dark and slimy.
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When did white become black for you? When will you snap out of your unconscious state and realize that the freedoms that we American's once took for granted have slowly disappeared?
Like the eminent domain ruling from 5 liberal justices? Heaven forbid we should ever permit another on the court. yes, we are quite aware of it, how 'bout you?
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It seems that many people like you could care less about what our founding fathers believed in.
Well, if electing strict Constitutionalists to public office isn't enough to convince you, I think you're beyond help. I mean, what do rats have to offer other than pure Marxism?
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And when we finally become a total police state, with our former freedoms a topic that we can only whisper to each other about, perhaps then you'll understand why so many people fear Bush and his corporate puppet masters.
This is the part where I decide that you are nuts, none of this is getting through and you are beyond reason and help.
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Yes, I know I'm rambling, but I'm not sitting around waiting for a govt, check, nor do I know anyone who is. Mentally I'm as sound, perhaps more, than you. I only hope you wake up soon.
Glad I'm not subsidizing you. Have a nice day.
It's probably a school thing. Instead of having meaningful experiences that help to form his views, he's taken away from his natural environment and dropped off in a regimented institution to be incubated and drilled for years on end. Either that, or he's been through it already and hasn't gotten over it (yet?).
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Bingo on all points.
I agree with every word of your thoughtful message to Ringo.
The only thing I would add is that wars are fought with tactics and strategy. Strategically, taking the fight into Iraq makes perfect sense.
Ringo did make a "courteous response to the flames" and he bases that response on 21 years of life experience....he has time to change his mind. There are an awful lot of us who voted for Jimmy Carter & lived to regret it.
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Thank you for posting your thoughts and questions and trying to elevate the level of discourse.
You've actually provoked some thoughtful and cogent answers, among all the flak.
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