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The kicking time bomb: Kevin McCullough on difference between kids of liberals, conservatives
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, May 9, 2003 | Kevin McCullough

Posted on 05/09/2003 2:23:44 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

What were they thinking? Were they thinking at all? Where were the parents? How did we get here? Dateline Chicago, the suburban Glenbrook High School now infamous worldwide for the incident of their senior girls "hazing a group" of junior girls at a powderpuff football game. Dateline New York, an upstate high-school baseball team visiting the big city. One of the parents accompanying the team decides to take 14 of the players to a strip club. Dateline Los Angeles, the kid behind me in the seat in first-class refuses to stop kicking my chair even after I ask his mother to make him stop.

What's the link?

Kids out of control, and parents who are complicit in how and why their kids behave the way they do. I brought this up on my radio show this week, and you should see the hate mail that came pouring in. I had the gall to say something along the lines of, "Kids are out of control, because their liberal parents never told them no!" My phone lines lit up, the e-mail piled up, I think my blog had a server attack – why was this so offensive?

Maybe it was the fact that we had to listen to the droning voice of Robert C. Byrd this week. His opining about why President Bush landing on the carrier U.S.S. Lincoln was shameful was some of the fall-down funniest moments I have seen in the Senate in a long time. In fact, I say give him his own TV show.

Maybe it was the fact that one of the paragons of conservative virtue was embarrassed badly this week, and liberals felt the need to take aim at others besides Mr. Bennett.

Maybe it was the fact that a group of liberals got together in South Carolina last Saturday night and agreed that the two biggest issues facing America were Soviet-style health care and whether or not "gay" South Carolina men should be able to give each other a poke with Mr. Happy and not go to jail for it. (Heck if this was my slate of candidates, I'd be pretty mad too.)

But whatever the cause, liberals didn't like the fact that I blame them for much of our youth's confusion and subsequent atrocious behavior.

As I told the story of my red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Chicago and how I sorely needed the precious hours of sleep on the plane, I was told by callers and e-mailers alike that the reason the boy was kicking my chair – even after I had glared at him, asked his mother and the flight attendant to do something about it – was really all my fault. That I had somehow instigated this little cretin into bugging me.

I really did myself in after that because I said something to the effect, "Well, when a mother simply stares at you as you ask her to control her little Damian of a boy, is it any wonder that when kids are becoming seniors you see them kicking the crud out of their classmates, breaking bones, shattering skulls and causing hearing loss?"

As the callers called they continued to object to my over simplifications and examples of out of control youth. One lady actually asked me an intelligent question: Why? Why did I associate the out-of-control behavior with liberals? It was by far the most intelligent question asked that day. The reason was simple.

Conservatives hold convictions and values. They believe in them. They teach them to their kids. They write books about teaching them to their kids. They get involved in activist activities like holding up signs at an intersection showing the truth of what an abortion does to the unborn baby – and in the process, they get spit upon. Conservative values mean something, and thus why they suffer the maltreatment – because in enduring, they persevere to the greater good. Conservatives do believe not only in good vs. evil and right vs. wrong, but in the varying degrees of each as well.

Liberals don't. Liberals believe in expediency – not process. That's why someone should just be given a check from the government instead of going out and earning their keep. That's why people should be allowed to kill unborn children – because that kid will end up getting in the way of my life. That's why liberals – and apparently in record numbers given the response at last week's presidential debate – believe that you shouldn't make a difference in saying whether or not it's good for a man and woman to be married as opposed to a man and a man. (According to John Edwards, by the way, this is the greatest issue facing America – Frank and Johnny in the bedroom – not terrorism or 9-11 or anything like that.)

"But Kevin ..." I heard them say, "what about all those conservative hypocrites like Newt, and Livingston and now Bennett?"

But here's the difference: When Newt and Livingston cheat on their wives, fellow conservatives don't stand for it – they resign. When liberals get serviced in the Oval Office (by a girl only slightly older than their daughter) while firing missiles at supposed terrorist sites – their favorability ratings go up amongst their core voters.

Adults doing whatever they like in life – and saying "screw you" to the rest of the world – produce children who then ponder the definition of what "is" is.

Adults that teach their children the difference in good vs. evil, and right vs. wrong, generally have kids who make choices that reflect those values as well.

So let Sen. Byrd babble on endlessly about what a shameful spectacle it was for President Bush to land on the carrier and thank the troops for their service. At the end of the day, that proud military knows the difference in the two men – and it is the conservative of the two that they have the respect for.

But then again, because liberals have no absolute value system, they wouldn't know respect if it kicked them in the face (though the kicking part they seem to have down).


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: generationy
Friday, May 9, 2003

Quote of the Day by goldstategop

1 posted on 05/09/2003 2:23:45 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
great article
2 posted on 05/09/2003 3:18:46 AM PDT by wafflehouse (the hell you say!)
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To: JohnHuang2
good one
3 posted on 05/09/2003 3:53:06 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: JohnHuang2
bump
4 posted on 05/09/2003 3:59:05 AM PDT by MSSC6644
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To: jammer
On reflection, that was a tasteless remark. I apologize to anyone offended.
6 posted on 05/09/2003 4:03:20 AM PDT by jammer
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To: JohnHuang2
great bump
7 posted on 05/09/2003 4:07:32 AM PDT by RIGHT IN SEATTLE
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To: unspun; chicagolady; MightyMouseToSaveThe Day; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Kathy in Alaska; ...
Chicago Ping!
8 posted on 05/09/2003 4:11:50 AM PDT by JustPiper (If we are deemed 'far right wingers', does that make them 'left side wrongers'?)
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To: JustPiper
And my neighbors wonder why I have such wonderful kids...... a 17 year old who can actually speak to adults and smile.......... !

Thanks for the ping......great article!

9 posted on 05/09/2003 4:23:54 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: JohnHuang2
very good article, and I tend to agree! I see the difference every day watching my 7 yr old son and other kids in the neighborjood.
10 posted on 05/09/2003 4:34:46 AM PDT by Bottom_Gun (Crush depth dummy)
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To: JohnHuang2
"When Newt and Livingston cheat on their wives, fellow conservatives don't stand for it"

That's the heart of the matter; he's right. This reminds me of the tale of the pages. Remember that? A republican congressman was caught fooling around with a page. He was soundly defeated in the following election. Around the same time, a democrat congressman was also caught fooling around with a page. He was re-elected in his next election.

And don't forget to add Joe Scarborough to the list. I liked Scarborough. I heard a dead woman was found in his office, though I never heard one word about it being his fault, or that there was anything to the story other than the fact that she died. I heard that he and his wife were divorcing, and that things would come out. Scarborough resigned, didn't he? Good for him. I'm glad he's back (in a way) on cable.
11 posted on 05/09/2003 5:22:44 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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To: JustPiper
Thanks for the ping!

When I think of liberal values, the only thing that comes to mind is Jerry Springer - drugs, alcohol, incest, homosexuals, transvestites, cheaters, prostitution, porn stars, strippers and fighting. Do any of those words fit together with the word 'kids'?

12 posted on 05/09/2003 6:02:24 AM PDT by m1-lightning (If the Democrats impede Bush's process, how can they criticize his result?)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I had a hunch you'd like. I agree I've homeschooled my two youngest, my polish twins, who are now 16 and almost 15. These are good kids with what the world sees today. Being homeschooled kind of makes me slightly old-fashioned in many ways and I like that ;)
13 posted on 05/09/2003 6:47:22 AM PDT by JustPiper (If we are deemed 'far right wingers', does that make them 'left side wrongers'?)
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To: Devil_Anse
And don't forget to add Joe Scarborough to the list. I liked Scarborough. I heard a dead woman was found in his office, though I never heard one word about it being his fault, or that there was anything to the story other than the fact that she died. I heard that he and his wife were divorcing, and that things would come out. Scarborough resigned, didn't he? Good for him. I'm glad he's back (in a way) on cable.

Well, you got it in a nutshell. I read alot about the case. It is kind of ongoing. The medical examiner was under suspicion for the autopsy. Alot of speculation and the libs say Joe got off easy because all the attention was on Conduit- blah!

14 posted on 05/09/2003 6:51:09 AM PDT by JustPiper (If we are deemed 'far right wingers', does that make them 'left side wrongers'?)
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To: m1-lightning
Glad to ping an active Chicago Freeper ;)
15 posted on 05/09/2003 6:52:06 AM PDT by JustPiper (If we are deemed 'far right wingers', does that make them 'left side wrongers'?)
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To: JohnHuang2
Good one, the only people who will scream at this article are those with kids who are just like what the article portrays, and who might it be that can't take the heat at the various anti-this and anti-that rallies we have recently been blessed with, HMMMMM? Why it's a no-brainer isn't it? Right vs wrong is what it all boils down to and no one wants to be wrong even when they know they are.
16 posted on 05/09/2003 7:05:41 AM PDT by wita (truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
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To: JohnHuang2
My, my...balanced and fair and not FOX at all. A source, in fact, not always well respected here.

Good summary.
17 posted on 05/09/2003 7:14:39 AM PDT by Spirited
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To: JustPiper
Bunk! As far as I know, this woman who died was not someone Joe was carrying on with, was she?

If his divorce had adultery as an issue, sounds like his ex decided to play dirty. But would she really have wanted to make the guy jobless? Guess it doesn't matter; Joe seems to have landed on his feet jobwise.
18 posted on 05/09/2003 7:22:21 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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