WHY I’M A LIBERAL [AM: Yes, I know. I know]

aemedliberal ^

[Skywalk]

I'd like to debate it but the author hardly makes any points. What points he does make are of little note and provide nothing in the way of debate.

If he had, people would have broken this column down to its smallest parts by now.

[Spruce]

One can get lead-poisoning from sniffing paint as well.

[aught-6]

why I am a liberal....first, the clean air.

Clean air in L.A.? Yeah right. You must be smokin somethin. Maybe that's really why you're a liberal.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I think he was just another hit and run troll. Didn't really make a point at all. That's typical I guess, I'm still new around here.

[evad]

..and all the snail darters you can eat :)

[Kaslin]

I think he was just another hit and run troll. Didn't really make a point at all. That's typical I guess, I'm still new around here.

Most likely so, but he has not been canned yet

[poet]

You are a liberal because you have your two feet firmly planted in the air!

I bet you believe our gov't "educational" system is also top notch.

[justshe]

You have certainly had to be busy today!

[corlorde]

The word "Clinton" is reason enought not to be associated with the word "liberal."

[Admin Moderator]

You catch on quick.

He does this several times a day.

[evad]

Leftists sure don't do that.

Yeah..this fraud is laughing and yanking our crank. I haven't seen anything this contrived since Clinton on the sands of Normandy playing with his rocks.

[Admin Moderator]

No more so than any other day. I'm just letting them stay up a lot longer today.

Why?

Because!

[drq]

hehe...here's another one chained to the wrong building.

[Our man in washington]

I think this liberal is taking credit for ideas that aren't really liberal.

Few conservatives would deny that regulations are sometimes needed. Does anyone on this board think it should be legal for a company to locate by the Mississippi River and dump raw sewage in it that makes the river a health hazard for the next 500 miles? Of course not.

The fact is that in the early seventies before catalytic converters were mandated, the air in the cities had gotten really bad. Either we were going to need a way to deal with the pollution or we had a legitimate public health crisis on our hands. Lots of conservatives supported the legislation and few would want to repeal it now.

This guy is doing a straw man argument: he suggests that because conservatives oppose unnecessary regulations, conservatives oppose necessary ones. The debate in this country isn't over whether we should have regulation or we shouldn't have regulation. The debate is over the line between needed and excessive.

For example, I don't think the government should be telling localities that they have to spend millions to clean up trivial amounts of arsenic in the water. But if the air gets so bad that it does someone more harm than good to walk a mile in the city, that is a legitimate government issue.

To sum up, his argument is:

1. Liberals support some regulaton.
2. I support some regulation.
3. Therefore, I am a liberal.
4. Everyone who likes some regulation should be a liberal.

It would be like saying:

1. The Philadelphia Phillies play baseball games.
2. I like watching baseball games.
3. Therefore, I am a Philadelphia Phillies fan.
4. Everyone who likes watching baseball games should be a Philadelphia Phillies fan.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I usually miss the zottings but I'm a huge viking Kitties fan.

[dead]

This guy is the perfect example of a liberal.

He thinks that somebody should do something about air pollution as he joy rides around all day on his motorcycle.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Let him thrash about a bit. For someone with an advanced degree he's not much in the point making department. I retitled "Why I'm Stupid"

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Of course, life can be beautiful if you live in a fantasy.

When you have to deal with a reality that imposes itself upon you fantasy you have a problem. When you can ignore the problems in your neighborhood and blame your troubles on somebody else, you can be happy for a while.

The problem with being a Liberal is you don't have to face the pain of growing up and facing the reality that you are wrong.

When faced with the choice of believing yourself or that you are wrong and the world is different that you understand it, Liberals make excuses and blame others for their failures. Adults have grown to accept the fact that they are wrong sometimes and adjust their view of reality to accept the new map of reality.

Evil comes when you believe the lies you tell yourself.

[wjcsux]

Leftists are doing a great job killing business in NY and CA. In the east, business is moving from NY and CT to TN, AL and GA. Here out west, businesses are moving from CA to NV, AZ and TX. Business passes us by here in NM. This state is about 50 years in the past. NM is the only state in the region that doesn't have a right to work law.

[Rennes Templar]

You're a lib because you can reason in the same manner as they all do, deluding yourself into justifying beliefs that have no basis in physical reality.

I tried it once and had to be medicated for a while.
Recovered fully thank God.