THE RECALL! DID YOU SEE WHAT I SAW?

CookingWithCarlo.com ^ | Oct. 8 2003 | Carlo3b Dad, Chef, Author

[Reagan Renaissance]

"If you insist that abortion should be outlawed completely, and homosexuality, too, and insist on making these positions a litmust test for candidates, you're going to lose."

Don't confuse these issues with Constititutional conservatism, and do not put me in the camp with conservatives who seek power so that they can legislate morality. The issues supported by RINO's that are of concern to Constitutional conservatives are things like prescription drug benefits for seniors, steel tariffs and trade embargoes with Canadians, deficit spending, expanding spending on education while not tying it to or worse abandoning school vouchers, growing government rather than shrinking it, new regulations instead of throwing out prior executive orders and rediculous regulations. There is an almost endless list.

Republicans need to do what is right, now what is politically popular. Winning elections is important if and only if, you use the power correctly to do the right thing. America is running out of time before it starts to go bankrupt, which it is on tract to do before 2016. If we don't fix the problems, it won't matter who is in charge because it will simply be re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. And like the Titanic, there aren't enough life boats on our ship. Even if there are enough life jackets, and there aren't, the water is still too cold to survive.

[Charlotte M. Corday]

carlo3b wrote:
"'"When all is lost, why do so many people, like Antony and Cleopatra, commit suicide? Would it not be more courageous to live and fight on?'
-Shakespeare"


Shakespeare didn't write this. It doesn't even sound like him. It comes from a study guide posted at
http://sites.micro-link.net/zekscrab/AntCleo.html

[jammer]

Carlo, I would be surprised if they DON'T test him right out of the box. In a general vein, the invective, dirty tricks, and outright lies are deeply embedded throughout the political process, just as you say. I know that one has a tendency to say that one's own times and situation are worse than they have ever been or better than they have ever been, but this really does make the so-called gridlock of Bush I look like child's play.

The most pleasing thing about Arnold's win, to me, is the indication that the American public might have finally had a belly-full of that sort of thing. Plus, with Fox and the Internet, they know who is responsible.

[jammer]

Woops. To Fox and the Internet, would you please add Rush Limbaugh (and his successors)?

[carlo3b]

Great catch.. I picked it up on a Quotation link. I would have known the difference if I would have spent my life nitpicking the works of dead poets and not building a Multinational Corporation.
I will be much more careful next time, and I get a C on Fact checking.. GULP!.. Rest up for the next thread you get an A on this one..LOLOL <:|

[Saundra Duffy]

As it was, this fine man will now become a more formidable candidate against his next opponent, perhaps Senator Barbara Boxer

Dream on. Bill Jones made a "deal with the devil" (Schwarzenegger) that if he (Bill Jones) delivered the Valley for Schwarzenegger - which he did (sort of) - then Bill Jones would be the "anointed" one to run against Barbara Boxer. I'm afraid Tom McClintock is going to be punished severely for being a true conservative. In fact, I fear that all of us conservative are going to be severely punished for believing the way we do. I think Schwarzenegger has contempt for conservatives.

[ChadGore]

[carlo3b]

I think Schwarzenegger has contempt for conservatives.

You could be on target with Jones, but I take issue with your assessment of Schwarzenegger's resentment of the conservatives. Now he may have been a bit put out by the Far Right, but that in no way encompasses all conservatives. Hell I have a problem with some of them myself... LOL

[CheneyChick]

LOL

[carlo3b]

Wonderful!.. and accurate..YeHaaaaaaaaaaa!

[carlo3b]

The problem with inner city schools is not money, it's partly teacher's union, but the 900 pound gorilla that no one wants to address honestly (like illegal immigration) is the fact that many if not most of these kids come from broken homes typically with no responsible male parent and compromised maternal guardians.

As long as we are turning on the bright lights of truth.. This problem may have much deeper roots than paternal leadership, it a cultural anomaly, that has for centuries been bred into the gene pool.

In a earlier life, I spent a great deal of time, and more money than I will admit, researching animal husbandry, selective breeding and management practices of Thoroughbred bloodlines. I am not suggesting that there is much that humans have in commons with horses, or any other mammal. Except that there is a component in conscience selective breeding that mirrors human behavior with rewards.

If there is an environmental reward for being, lets say, especially durable at high altitudes, or a physical trait or physiological trait that is sought after in a culture that trait will be perpetuated through selective breeding.. never mind  :)
 
 

[CobaltBlue]

There is an almost endless list.

Exactly. We all have almost endless lists of things we'd like to see government do, or not do. But, as Republicans, what's important is getting Republicans elected, even if you don't agree with any particular candidate 100%.

The worst Republican is light years better than the best Democrat.

BTW, I disagree 100% that the US will "go bankrupt" in 2016. If you mean social security, those "nasty" "job-stealing" immigrants are going to be our saving grace.

[CobaltBlue]

I wish FR had an edit function, because I need to explain WHY "the worst Republican is light years better than the best Democrat." We need Republican majorities in the legislatures to pass better laws, and we need Republican governors and Presidents to sign them into law and administer them.

We can't let the likes of Bill and Hillary take power again. If it hadn't been for H. Ross Perot, Bush I would have been re-elected.

I know a lot of people didn't like Bush I, but surely eight years of Bill and Hill were enough to teach them their lesson?

Sure taught me a lesson. Never give up.

[carlo3b]

The man has three (?) years to perform the tasks of Hercules, the role he was born for all along

I could be 3 of the longest, or shortest in history.. It really depends on who's goose gets cooked..LOL

[carlo3b]

Fantastic as usual.. bless you dear girl.. pure genius. . :o)

[ImpBill]

I am going out on a limb here and believe you spelled "republican" with a small "r" on purpose.

I believe what we really saw in California was a huge bump in the long time coming "anti-politican class" movement in the country. Many people, self included, are getting more sick and tired of "politics as usual" by either major political party. Many of us are getting to the point that we are no longer willing to pay the price for the pandering both parties engage in simply to acquire and maintain power.

[carlo3b]

I was looking for your followup to this comment

You appear to have seen the same shallow responses given by the cyclops, morons and chipmunks. As a matter of fact they are still working on their next best spin..

At long last, have you left no sense of decency?
-Joseph Welch, June 9, 1954, in the Army-McCarthy hearings in Congress

[cubreporter]

Give credit where credit is due and you sure deserved the credit.

[carlo3b]

"If the solution is truly counterproductive it will be embraced by all liberals as gospel." (Howie)

The most cogent point! Don't you find it amazing that many folks in the Democrat party have just flipped out.. How could, what appears to be, some normal hard working taxpayers, harbor such despicable view of life. Or is it that the media and the culture police have so distorted the Republicans that they tune out all messages that present any contrary views.

After all, I do much the same thing with the liberals.. The sound on the radio or TV could be glaring, and I couldn't tell you 3 minutes later what any Democrat said.. tit for tat.. Go Figure!!

[carlo3b]

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
Not when it's unplanned and unexpected. There be a serious message there.

That sure give some room for thought, doesn't it??.. :O)