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"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." "Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener / mind must be the greater, as our might lessens." |
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Posted on 04/07/2015 6:19:47 AM PDT by MayorKoch
It is difficult to define a whole school of political ideology precisely, but one may reasonably define liberalism (as opposed to conservatism) in the contemporary United States as the genuine concern for the welfare of genetically unrelated others and the willingness to contribute larger proportions of private resources for the welfare of such others. In the modern political and economic context, this willingness usually translates into paying higher proportions of individual incomes in taxes toward the government and its social welfare programs. Liberals usually support such social welfare programs and higher taxes to finance them, and conservatives usually oppose them.
Defined as such, liberalism is evolutionarily novel. Humans are evolutionarily designed to be altruistic toward their genetic kin, their friends and allies, and members of their deme (a group of intermarrying individuals) or ethnic group. They are not designed to be altruistic toward an indefinite number of complete strangers whom they are not likely ever to meet or interact with. This is largely because our ancestors lived in a small band of 50-150 genetically related individuals, and large cities and nations with thousands and millions of people are themselves evolutionarily novel...
Incidentally, this finding substantiates one of the persistent complaints among conservatives. Conservatives often complain that liberals control the media or the show business or the academia or some other social institutions. The Hypothesis explains why conservatives are correct in their complaints. Liberals do control the media, or the show business, or the academia, among other institutions, because, apart from a few areas in life (such as business) where countervailing circumstances may prevail, liberals control all institutions. They control the institutions because liberals are on average more intelligent than conservatives and thus they are more likely to attain the highest status in any area of (evolutionarily novel) modern life.
(Excerpt) Read more at psychologytoday.com ...
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"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." "Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener / mind must be the greater, as our might lessens." |
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1.”In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed” - President Barack Obama on a tornado that killed twelve people.
2.”I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight ... Rush Limbaugh — I hope the country fails. I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that’s what he needs.” - Wanda Sykes on outstanding conservative Rush Limbaugh.
3.”I know it wasn’t rape-rape. It was something else but I don’t believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and and [sic] when they let him out he was like “You know what this guy’s going to give me a hundred years in jail I’m not staying, so that’s why he left.” - Whoopi Goldberg on convicted rapist Roman Polanski
4.My fear is that the whole island (of Guam) will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize. - Democratic congressmen Hank Johnson on physics.
5.”I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don’t want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.” - Sheryl Crow on her top priorities
6.”In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” - Joe Biden on multicultural communities
7.”Isn’t it a little racist to call it Black Friday?” - Joy Behar on political correctness
8.”I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go?” - Then Senator Barack Obama on geography (this isn’t true, just a fabrication to push an agenda (like most of this page)). (Or, maybe it’s actually true, as you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
9.”Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.” - Rep. Nancy Pelosi on a nation with 307 million people
10.”African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.” - Bill Clinton the habits of different races.
11.”The number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S.” - Joe Biden on counting (of course, Job is a 3 letter word, and Jobs is the plural version of it.)
12.”Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, ‘Thank God, I’m still alive.’ But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.” - Sen. Barbara Boxer on the thoughts of the dead
13.”A zebra does not change its spots.” - VP. Al Gore on zoology. (And three years later, at a press conference: “We all know the leopard can’t change his stripes.” (The Toronto Sun, 11/19/95)
14.”But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” - Nancy Pelosi’s funniest quote
15.”This liberal is all about socializing- umm I mean…” - Rep. Maxime Waters letting her tongue slip
16.”I don’t know what the word is in Austrian.” - Barack Obama thinking that Austrian is a language
17.”Today we have two Vietnams, side by side, north and south.” - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on geography
18.”Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes and I see many of them in the audience here today.” - Barack Obama on dead people
19.”Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.” — Obama foreign policy adviser Richard Danzig
20.”Therefore I believe in White Supremacy.” - Then-Senator Clinton on her social views (this is completely false)
21.”What? You don’t trust me?” - Senator Claire McCaskill just before receiving a resounding “NO!” from the crowd
22.”Hilary Clinton might have been a better pick than me.” - Vice President Joe Biden on self-esteem
23.”The man who will be the next President of the United States, Barack America!” - Then-Senator Joe Biden on his running mate’s name
24.”John McCain has not spoken about my Muslim faith.” - Then-Senator Barack Obama making a shocking confession
25.”It (marijuana) will still be legal under federal law.” Senator Dianne Feinstein claiming that marijuana is legal
26.”20,000 jobs is really not that many jobs.” Rep. Jan Schakowsky on why she is against the Keystone Pipeline
27.”We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest…” Sen. Ted Kennedy on female anatomy
28.”I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” Then-Senator Barack Obama on his tax plan
29.”I’m here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.” Obama while in Kansas City
30.”Ten thousand people died, an entire town destroyed.” Obama on a storm that killed 12 people
31.”God rest her soul. And, although- wait- your mom’s still- your mom’s still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul!” Biden on sensitivity
32.”Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions!” Obama being overworked by reporters
33.”I bowled a 129. It’s like- It was like the Special Olympics.” Obama making fun of an organization for people with Down Syndrome
34.”I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” Biden pointing out that African Americans are not articulate
35.”The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” Obama on a region plaguing itself
36.”If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there’s still a 30% chance we’re going to get it wrong.” Biden on statistics
37.”[My grandmother] is a typical white person.” Obama generalizing Caucasians
38.”This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.” Obama putting politics before his country to President Medvedev of Russia
39.”What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying ‘Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when I listen to my wife, that’s what I’m hearing.’ Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life.” DNC and Obama adviser Hilary Rosen attacking motherhood
40.”Well, I haven’t seen the records. I haven’t seen Hilary Rosen; I personally know three Hilary Rosen’s, so I don’t know that this Hilary Rosen is the one we’re talking about.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blatantly lying to reporters
41.”Many of my students don’t know that I’m second lady of the United States… because, you know, it’s a community college.” Second Lady Jill Biden saying that community college students are less informed
42.”The private sector is doing fine.” - Obama as 23 million Americans are out of work
43.”During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” - Al Gore
44.”I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that’s what he needs.” - Wanda Skyes shows her caring nature towards Rush Limbaugh
45.”I think religion is a neurological disorder.” - Bill Maher on Christianity
46.”If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.” - Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry
47.”We’d like to avoid problems, because when we have problems, we can have troubles.” - Former Arizona Governer Wesley Bolin
48.”Eight more days and I can start telling the truth again” - Sen. Chris Dodd, on the campaign trail
49.”The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.” - Former California Governer Jerry Brown
50.”If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.” - Congressman Charlie Rangel on the troops who fight to keep us safe
51.”Stand up ... Chuck, stand up, Chuck, let ‘em see you!” - Joe Biden speaking to Sen. Chuck Graham who is wheelchair bound
52.”It probably wouldn’t be good for our economy for a bunch of these jobs to come back because, there’s no way that people could be getting paid a living wage on some of these jobs — at least in order to be competitive in an international setting.” - President Barack Obama on outsourced jobs
53.”But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.” - Al Sharpton during a teleprompter malfunction
54.”If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that! Someone else made that happen!” - Obama’s view on entreprenuers and small business. source
55.”The USSR was not communism, it was bureaucratic capitalism.” - Occupy Wall Street protester trying to convice a former USSR citizen that it was a failed capitalist nation.
56.”I don’t know the facts of when Joe Soptic’s wife got sick or when she died.” Obama campaign deputy adviser Stephanie Cutter before a telephone conference reveals that she completely knew when Mrs. Soptic got sick and died, also revealing that she lied about her connection to the Priorities USA Super PAC.
57.”You can imagine in China it’s like: ‘Ching chong hugong, ching chong kong, Danny Devito. Ching chong chong chong chong. The View. Ching chong!” - Rosie O’Donnell while on ABC’s The View
58.”O-I-H-O” - Barack Obama misspelling Ohio
59.”And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.” - President Obama possibly being sarcastic
60.”President Obamaaa, with the AUTO RESCUE, ya know he SAAAVED more than 1 MILLion Ameerican JOBS! But it wasn’t just Michigan! Hey hey hey! In COLORADO!... ALL ACROSS AMERICAAAA! WHY!?!?!!?!? (Punches air four times)” - A presumably intoxicated Jennifer Granholm at the Democratic National Conventioon
61.”Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do.” - Joe Biden making a shocking confession during a speech
62.”My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.” - Chris Matthews after hearing a speech from Barack Obama
63.”Keep Obama in President!” - The original Obama Phone lady using her outstanding grammar
64.”There’s never been A day in the last four years I’ve been proud to be his Vice President. Not a single day.” - Joe Biden on Barack Obama
65.”I’m so glad we had that storm last week.” - Chris Matthews on Hurricane Sandy, a storm that killed at least ninety people
66.“First of all, give an honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama!” - Jamie Foxx on President Obama
67.”Everything he’s done is clean as a whistle. He’s never not only broken any law, he’s never done anything wrong.” - Chris Matthews on President Obama, apparently unaware of the fact that Obama smoked pot in high school
68.“I mean, when you think about it, it’s ‘bombs bursting in air,’ ‘rocket’s red glare,’ it’s all kinds of — you know a lot of national anthems are that way, too — all kinds of military jargon, and the land — there’s only one phrase ‘the land of the free,’ which is kind of nice, and ‘the home of the brave?’ I don’t know….Are we the only ones who are brave on the planet? I mean, all the brave people live here I mean, it’s just stupid, I think. I’m embarrassed, I’m embarrassed every time I hear it.” - Former CNN and MSNBC anchor, Bill Press on our national anthem
69.”It’s a free country. I wish it weren’t.” - Massachusetts Governer, Deval Patrick
70.”In about 18 months from now, hopefully [gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen] will have sent Nikki Haley back to wherever the hell she came from!” - South Carolina Democratic Party chair Dick Harpootlian making a racial remark about his American-born Indian governor
71.”I forgot he [Barack Obama] was black tonight for an hour.”— Chris Matthews
72.”This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives.” - Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead on a tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma
73.”Go head Taggert. Take your best shot.” -MSNBC host Lawrence O’ Donnell changeling Mitt Romney’s son to a fist fight [1]
http://conservative.wikia.com/wiki/Hilarious_Liberal_Quotes
TRANSPARENT TROLL! Signs up today (pretending to be a conservative) to post a link to his silly article. And, yes, the author’s picture has broken the needle on my GAYDAR machine it went up so fast and with such violence.
ZOT this silly and transparent creature. Now I need to go and wash the slime from my eyes after viewing his picture.
Since this reminds me of Hitlery's memorable line .... "this requires a willing suspension of disbelief" ... a simple 3 question FR "Quiz" is in order:
Who is FR's czar of blog pimps?
What are the common FR words which substitute for "huge" and "serious"?
Finish this sentence ... my beeper is ______________
This is Part I. More to follow upon your response.
Seems cowardly not to defend yourself.
That’s quite a list.
I’m not ready for Zot.
Even I get busy on the rare occassion I post and don’t return to my post.
He did come back. Claims he’s conservative and looks like his reading material coincides with ours.
Let him engage. I’m gonna bet he becomes an excellent Freeper.
(And *YOU* are it.)
There’s not enough bandwidth for a more complete list of idiotic libtard quotes.
:)
Funny how liberals don't take responsibility for their policies that lead to such poor results i.e., the failure of Detroit, the 70% of black children born to single teen moms and poverty that is worse than ever despite the tax payers of America forking over $22 Trillion to the liberal big government policies. And yet, Liberals/Progressives call us STUPID. Really?
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/09/the-war-on-poverty-after-50-years
Yeah.. riiiight.
Hey, I'm sure he'll be right back! After all, he ....
"loves FReerepublic and has enjoyed reading the posts and the comments for over 10 years!
And ............
he listened to Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing Speech” ...
went on to read William F. Buckley, Hayek, Human Events, National Review ...
helped to found Young Americans for Freedom in Pittsburgh, PA ...
and has been a staunch[severe?] constitutional conservative ever since ...
I mean clearly he's the real deal! Of course his first thread would be some 5 year old liberal hogwash that he just wanted to have a great dialogue about ..... oh, wait .......
My favorite(I saw it live on C-Span )
Sheila Jackson Lee: “ Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 4th amendment to the constitution”
The place exploded in laughter.
“Let him engage. I’m gonna bet he becomes an excellent Freeper.”
Don’t bet the mortgage on it.
Yep.
It happened again.
I get the biggest warm and fuzzy feeling EVERY TIME I read that !!!
A liberal friend [the classic "I have a friend who ...."] sent me the article I posted earlier today. I had planned to engage in the interactions [NO; C'mon Man ... SRSLY?! LOL!] but something came up unexpectedly at work [it could happen ... couldn't it?] right after I posted [amazing that it happened "right after" he posted] and I had to get to there much earlier than planned.
The Mayor has to be for real. Doesn't he?!
I’m delighted that you’re pleased, my friend.
and a fourth question now .... what would someone who has read FR for ten years call this cat ...
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