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Things I'm Sick of Hearing
GOPUSA ^ | May 30, 2006 | Doug Patton

Posted on 06/01/2006 10:36:45 AM PDT by 300magnum

As I write this, today feels like a day to just "vent," so here goes...

I'm sick of hearing about high gas prices. The national media is obsessed with the issue, hoping that the more stories they run about big, evil, price-gouging oil companies versus poor, victimized, SUV-driving consumers, the more the American people simultaneously will learn to hate their gas guzzling vehicles and President George W. Bush.

I'm sick of hearing that the president's low poll numbers are due to his handling of the war on terror, especially the war in Iraq. If the self-righteous inventors of The News would stick their heads out of their ivory towers long enough to see past their own political prejudices, they would realize that the president's poll ratings are, in large part, the result of his own abandonment of virtually every conservative constituency he has asked to trust him for the last six years. With the exception of modest (and so far temporary) tax cuts and a couple of seemingly solid Supreme Court appointments (one of which had to be forced upon him), there is precious little in the president's domestic agenda for a social and/or fiscal conservative to love.

I'm sick of hearing Ted Kennedy tell me how unfair it is that the rich have more than the poor. When he redistributes his portfolio among the less fortunate, then I might have a modicum of respect for the old windbag. Until then, he can just shut up and keep his greedy hands off my modest income.

Likewise, I'm sick of hearing John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Arlen Specter and Chuck Hagel blather on about what is fair and decent and right, as if only they have the righteous understanding to know such things.

I'm sick of hearing that everyone has a right to be proud of his or her race, creed, gender, sexual preference, marital status, religion and national origin -- everyone except happily married conservative white male heterosexual Christian Americans.

I'm sick of hearing that Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked by a radical few. Of the approximately 1.5 billion Muslims in the world today, it has been estimated that at least 150 million of them are in support of the goals of worldwide terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda. That's a pretty big hijacking. If ten percent of American Christians supported abortion clinic bombers, we would all be under surveillance.

I'm sick of hearing political correctness on every TV show. King Solomon was right when he said there is nothing new under the sun, but come on, Hollywood, get an idea in your heads that doesn't involve bashing Republicans, conservatives, pro-lifers, businessmen, Christians, the Pentagon or the NSA.

I'm sick of hearing about all the jobs that Americans won't do. Yank all the "safety nets" out from under able-bodied Americans and just watch how quickly they will take those jobs.

I'm sick of hearing that millions of illegal aliens cannot be removed from our country. Make it a felony to be here and a felony to hire them and watch how quickly they leave.

I'm sick of hearing that requiring people to learn English is discriminatory. You bet it is, and that is a good thing. I was raised to believe that discriminating people were ones with high standards. We have made the word "discriminate" synonymous with "bigotry." That is nonsense.

Finally, I'm sick of hearing that America is a nation of immigrants. I welcome anyone from anywhere who yearns to legally breathe free and who will swear allegiance to my country, but don't call me an immigrant. My ancestors have been in this country since well before the Civil War, and my wife's ancestry extends back before the founding of this nation. Read my lips: as for me and my house, we are not immigrants. We are Americans!

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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and policy advisor to federal, state and local candidates, elected officials and public policy organizations. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including TheConservativeVoice.com and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial
KEYWORDS: imsickofvanities; mdm
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To: Carolinamom

Oh come on, ya gotta laugh when the dopes stand out in a hurricane and say that the winds "are hurricane strength" while a piece of metal roof whips by them, missing them by a foot. Don't forget about Shep being blown down and Jon Stewart showing the clip saying that he's "fair but not very balanced."

I am predicting we will soon see one of them impaled by something during a live feed.


btw, I am also sick of them standing at airports during Thanksgiving and Christmas reporting how busy the airports are.


21 posted on 06/01/2006 11:26:33 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (In West Virginia, even the road less traveled is paved, courtesy of Byrd.)
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To: 300magnum

I am sick of elitests who think anyone that lives outside of the Beltway and New York City as racists, hayseed hicks.


22 posted on 06/01/2006 11:28:56 AM PDT by lone star annie
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To: Dog Gone

I'm sick of Anderson Cooper, reporting every night for CNN while standing in a puddle somewhere, hoping for another Katrina.


23 posted on 06/01/2006 11:32:33 AM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: 300magnum

Well said, bears repeating each day......


24 posted on 06/01/2006 11:33:50 AM PDT by litehaus
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To: Xenalyte

LoL...


25 posted on 06/01/2006 11:34:56 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

I love on-the-spot weather reporting! It's great to see reporters eat it.


26 posted on 06/01/2006 11:38:57 AM PDT by Xenalyte (It's a Zen thing, you know, like how many babies fit in a tire.)
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To: Roscoe Karns
[ I'm sick of Anderson Cooper, reporting every night for CNN while standing in a puddle somewhere, hoping for another Katrina. ]

With the pained look of a martyr on his mug..

27 posted on 06/01/2006 11:39:00 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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To: 300magnum

"I'm sick of hearing about high gas prices."

Good, may I ask the author to pay for my gas then? It would be one less person bitching about it anyway.

The remainder of the rant is first rate though.

Thanks for the post.


28 posted on 06/01/2006 11:39:09 AM PDT by Dazedcat ((Please God, make it stop))
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To: WV Mountain Mama; All

Being from the Chicago area, I'm sick of the news people saying it is snowing like it is a major news event..


29 posted on 06/01/2006 11:44:10 AM PDT by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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To: 300magnum

I know it's in the law, but don't worry, it will never happen.


30 posted on 06/01/2006 11:45:57 AM PDT by vigilo (Everything I needed to know about George Bush and the Republican Party I learned from CFR.)
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To: Catholic Canadian
I'm sick of all those things too, and I'm not even American. An awful lot of those things apply up here as well.
Since when when do we allow Canadians on Free Republic.
--- not to mention Catholics.
What is this world coming to?

Liberal Main Stream Media Drive By (commentary).
31 posted on 06/01/2006 11:49:06 AM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gultch.)
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To: jongaltsr
It's the 2 C's man: Conservative, Catholic Canadians....lol
32 posted on 06/01/2006 11:54:06 AM PDT by Catholic Canadian (Formerly Ashamed Canadian - thank you Stephen Harper!)
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To: Catholic Canadian

"2 Cs" shouls be "3 Cs", lol. Duh....


33 posted on 06/01/2006 11:54:41 AM PDT by Catholic Canadian (Formerly Ashamed Canadian - thank you Stephen Harper!)
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To: 300magnum

Wow what a crybaby. I think turning off the tv for a couple days would help. I did enjoy the part about "the media" trying to make us hate the president by running stories about gas prices though.


34 posted on 06/01/2006 11:58:25 AM PDT by nolaw0ady (come for the funeral, stay for the pie.)
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To: 300magnum

I'm sick of hearing about the "bikini strangler" or anytime a pretty blond white girl meets an untimely end or disappears, especially when we don't know the whole story.


35 posted on 06/01/2006 12:04:42 PM PDT by Apparatchik
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To: robertpaulsen
That is why you must add an "or" in place of the hyphen. For example,

"African-or-American"

"Muslim-or-American".

I make this a habit, and hope it will spread.

36 posted on 06/01/2006 12:05:48 PM PDT by rageaholic
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To: nolaw0ady
I think turning off the tv for a couple days would help

My thoughts exactly. Sounds like he's a TV addict.

I think turning off the TV would help a lot of people.

37 posted on 06/01/2006 12:06:08 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Catholic Canadian

I am sick of hearing Irak compared to Vietnam. Irak's insurgents are not being covertly trained and supported by a global superpower.


38 posted on 06/01/2006 12:07:13 PM PDT by rageaholic
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To: Catholic Canadian
There are three kinds of people in the world

Those that can count

And those that can't...lol
39 posted on 06/01/2006 12:07:49 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: 300magnum

I am also sick of hearing every bad person compared to Hitler. Hitler at least had a flair for evil, he thought on a grand scale, Hillary is just a carpet munching emissary of satan, and Saddam Hussein was a cheap imitation dictator.


40 posted on 06/01/2006 12:10:30 PM PDT by rageaholic
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