Posted on 06/08/2007 2:59:53 PM PDT by joanie-f
Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words, gw.
Love that kind of logic.
It reminds me of a news segment I saw last week in which Obama was touting his plan for national healthcare. He claimed that those who are poor enough will receive their healthcare for free, and those who are paying preiums now will have their premiums reduced. The fact that a gargantuan tax increase will have to take place in order to pay for the disparity, and to employ the tens of thousands of new bureaucrats, somehow seemed to slip his mind.
Will check this out and circulate it.
Thanks so much for the links!
~ joanie
I am deeply saddened to hear about the recent radical ‘environmentalist’ decisions that have affected your Idaho ranchers and farmers. The ‘environmentalist’ movement is really nothing more than an incrementally increasing power grab that seeks to, and is succeeding in, (1) increasing the role of federal bureaucracy in every American’s life, (2) emasculating capitalism and free enterprise, and (3) cutting America ‘down to size’ so as to minimize our ability to compete with the rest of the world. And to think that Idaho ranchers and farmers (just as the farmers here in Lancaster County), the kind of people who have always formed the very backbone of this country, are now being consistently handcuffed by leftist-agenda-driven bureaucracy.
Here in Pennsylvania, the legislature recently floated a trial balloon in an effort to place water meters on private wells (one of which supplies our water in our home), in an effort to eventually be able to dictate the amount of water we private well owners use, and tax any amount above that – claiming that the water we draw from our own wells affects the communal water table that feeds the public water supply in other areas. Fortunately, that particular bill went down to defeat, but it’s only a matter of time before it garners enough supporters. I cannot see myself allowing a government worker on my land in order to place a water meter on my well. So let’s just say that I’m hoping this bill, or any version of it, doesn’t become law in my lifetime.
Your conversation with your co-worker is uplifting. Thank you for sharing the generalities.
An elderly friend of mine (who sounds somewhat similar in ‘salt of the earth’ character to your co-worker) — a gentleman who survived the Battle of the Bulge, and still walks with a limp as a result of injuries sustained there — is a staunch conservative. He has retired from work as an elected official in our township, but he still comes into my office regularly just to talk politics.
Several weeks ago, he brought up the subject of Al Gore’s move, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.
Long story short, despite Bob’s abundantly conservative credentials, he was taken in by that movie (which spurred me to write an essay on global warming on my weblog, a copy of which I then gave to him, and he has now re-joined the conservative fold where ‘environmentalism’ is concerned. :)
My point is that even the most intelligent of us, and those who pride themselves on being well-informed, risk being taken in by the glib, practiced arguments of the left. And I am afraid that an ever-increasing number of people who genuinely possess conservative leanings are at least oocasionally abdicating their responsibility to expend the time and effort to ferret out the truth, and, as a result, are falling victim to cleverly-disguised lies that serve no purpose but to transform them into useful idiots.
Truth be told, I know many people, both ‘real life’ and internet, who call themselves patriots and conservatives. And yet I can count on the fingers of two hands the number of those who really understand the awful, no-turning-back precipice at which we are standing, will not soft-pedal the dangers, and refuse to wear rose-colored glasses.
Your eyesight is 20/20, your glasses are clear, and yet your optimism, as always, is much greater than mine. His will -- not our efforts or our enemy’s hatred -- will prove to be the final determiner of the fate of our republic. And I pray daily that you are a more accurate predictor of His will than I.
Continued best wishes to you and yours, Jeff, during these troubling times … and thank you, as always, for your unfailing dedication to restoring our republic to its former greatness.
~ joanie
This may indeed be coming to an end. We are certainly at a critical juncture.
"Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times abused
And I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, it's hard to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home
So far away from home
I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
But it's alright, it's alright
For we've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're travelling on
I can't help but wonder what's gone wrong,
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong.
And I dreamed I was flyin'
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
Looking back down at me
Smiling assuredly
And I dreamed I was flyin'
And high up above my eyes
Could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea,
And I dreamed I was flyin'...
Oh we come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the Ages' most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune
But it's alright, it's alright
You can't be forever blessed
Still tomorrow's gonna be another workin' day
And I'm tryin' to get some rest,
That's all I'm tryin', is to get some rest."
Written back about 1973 by Paul Simon. Yes, he's probably a liberal, but in these lines, he said more than he knew.
The Ages' most uncertain hour, indeed.
- John
VOTE, smile, nod your head, screw them every chance you have, smile, ...!
IMO, even if we left the 17th intact and kept the capitol in D.C., just tripling the size of the House would solve a lot of our woes.
I just don't understand why folks can't see that we're so under repersented.
Unfortunately, I'm not so sure.
It is unlikely, IMO, that we will go down without a fight. The death grip of the "Republicans" and the "Democrats", as the two faces of the ruling elite, on our elections must be ended.
Texas.
If you were the average American, Bill Clinton would never have been president, or if he had been elected ONCE, he and Hillary would have gone to jail soon thereafter for life.
Ping for later reading.
I was think Idaho or Alaska. : )
Yes, but I’m in Texas, so it has to be Texas. ;-)
Did you know the name of Iwo Jima has been changed?
Are you going to change your handle?
I keep enough gas in my motorhome to go 700 miles in one direction. Maybe I should figure out how far away is Texas.
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