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Blown call is not the end of world
Top Headlines The decisions made by those in power can have a much larger impact and should be closely scrutinized. Decisions regarding funding for the homeless, or jobs programs, or classroom sizes, for example, should receive our utmost attention and should trigger substantive debate. Decisions regarding troop deployment, unemployment benefits, and healthcare policies are of critical importance. Any hint of bad decision-making in these arenas should evoke our collective outcry. The decision of a football coach to go for it on fourth down, while of some importance, pales by comparison. I wish we demonstrated half as much passion about what really matters as we do about the frivolities of life. Instead of debating the wisdom of the coach's decision, let's debate its weight. Mike Zonghetti, Mansfield We're becoming nation of frogs on the stove Progressive Democrat Woodrow Wilson said that "We must demand that the individual shall be willing to lose the sense of personal achievement and shall be content to realize his activity only in connection to the activity of the many." Sounds like something the Borg would say. When humans lose any sense of personal achievement, they eventually devolve into a lower life form, a parasite. In the last century, wrote Glenn Beck in his book "Common Sense," progressives have successfully moved our country toward more government control and less personal freedom. He wrote that the progressives and the Founders both view the Constitution as a set of handcuffs; the difference is that the progressives are handcuffing the power of the people and the Founders were handcuffing the power of the government. There will be only one winner in this zero-sum game. James Madison said "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation." America is dying a death by a thousand cuts. We are slowly bleeding to death. We are like frogs put in a pan of cold water, and then the stove is turned on. We'll be boiled to death soon and we won't even know how it happened. Anna DeMarinis, North Attleboro House takes fascist turn on health care On Nov. 7, the House voted to strip Americans of the freedom to choose their own health care products - or to choose none at all. Under the current House bill, which a vast majority of Democrats voted in favor of, if a person is judged by the IRS to be able to afford healthcare, and does not buy it from the government, he will be fined or put in jail for up to one year per offense! This is not creeping incrementalism. Real fascism at the point of a gun is here, in the person of Nancy Pelosi and in the name of the House Democrats. I urge everyone to fight this unconstitutional nightmare!
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s-plumb wrote on Nov 21, 2009 10:53 AM:
1) Why should you have to pay if you're insured? You obviously care little about the poor and middle class.
2) Most likely (there has been language in earlier bills) it will be illegal to purchase care outside the system. "
1-20-2013 wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:06 PM:
The One's "Green Jobs Czar"
A self-avowed communist.
If not for Glenn Beck, would you have known that ?
Hint: The answer is NO.
Is he still the "Green Jobs Czar" ?
Hint: The answer is NO.
Thank You, Mr. Beck. "
socal1 wrote on Nov 20, 2009 8:57 PM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 7:03 PM:
Geez, s-plumb, you sound like one of those ancient communists attacking the nation from within. "
gimmesum wrote on Nov 20, 2009 6:09 PM:
celt wrote on Nov 20, 2009 6:06 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 6:03 PM:
The only benefit is that the quicker 0bama collapses our nation, the quicker we can rebuild. You better learn how to fish hunt and grow your own food. "
Anna D wrote on Nov 20, 2009 5:44 PM:
harkin wrote on Nov 20, 2009 5:16 PM:
We seem to have survived a civil war, a Great Depression, two world wars, the Cold War, and seem to be doing rather well on the War on Terror. I don't agree that we're dying - we're doing fairly well. People across the world still seem to flock to the US.
Strange what a mere 8 years does. Post 9/11, we had good standing in the world and the country was pretty united. Unfortunately, Bush pi$$ed all that feeling of nationalism and world respect out the door. Now we're all running scared: scared about jobs, the economy, global warming, terrorists, illegal immigrants, and fictional Death Panels.
Pessimists like Beck and Anna D suck the life out of a room. Why anyone wants to listen to criticism and complaint 24/7 is beyond me. At least Obama speaks optimistically. "
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 5:04 PM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 4:36 PM:
Can I get fries with my frogs? "
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 4:05 PM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 3:38 PM:
Anna D wrote on Nov 20, 2009 2:52 PM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 2:19 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 2:02 PM:
No one has read the 2054 page bill, which will ruin medical care as we know it.
If they open debate tomorrow, a final bill CANNOT be stopped, and there is NO turning back.
No benefits would even be available until '2014; so what is the hurry?
TARP I&II failed, as did the stimulus. This is much more critical.
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orly_taitz wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:52 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:50 PM:
orly_taitz wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:44 PM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:42 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:41 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:38 PM:
0bama is killing a country, so I'm focused on the real problem that he's proud to take credit for, not a lie that you've created.
There was an alleged manslaughter case in NA in '2008 though. I don't think Beck was in on that one. "
orly_taitz wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:38 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:32 PM:
celt: why would I rely on a Soros funded site, ideally not connected to the WH, when I should be listening to the agenda of 0bama and his minions, in their own words, and take them at face value?
Your problem is that Beck has given these videos air time.
mmm...mmm...mmm Barack Hussein 0bama...mmm...mmm...mmm "
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:21 PM:
Hey has anyone proved that Glenn Beck did not rape and murder a girl in 1990?
I mean, where is the proof? S-plumb, that's your assignment. Now get busy. "
celt wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:16 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:04 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:03 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:01 PM:
celt wrote on Nov 20, 2009 1:01 PM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 12:58 PM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 12:49 PM:
The presentation is fairly straight forward. Typically a viewer will see full video, in context of radicals who are making policy decisions, promoting anti-American agendas. The host will then state the obvious in the form of a question. No one has debunked any resulting conclusion.
0bama, and the administration's mouth pieces will attack Beck, but will never attempt to refute a single piece of evidence about this administration's possible agenda.
I think I'd confront the so-called charges made by Beck, and or Palin for that matter. "
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 12:38 PM:
Anna D wrote on Nov 20, 2009 12:23 PM:
gimmesum wrote on Nov 20, 2009 11:58 AM:
Even Forrest Gump offered up some words of wisdom:) "
celt wrote on Nov 20, 2009 11:57 AM:
Anna D wrote on Nov 20, 2009 11:23 AM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:43 AM:
Unless you have something to say aside from compliments, you're dismissed. "
ps911fan wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:33 AM:
Harkn's quick list of good things brought to America by progressives was nice. What honestly can you say a GOP/Conservative wingnut brings to America.......besides Eisenhouser and the interstate system AND his acknowledge of a growing war machine, the GOP has wiffed on any accomplishment that helps (not hurts)America. "
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:15 AM:
I'm glad to see you've taken off your skirt though olli T "
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:07 AM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:03 AM:
Rasmussen today:
14* Do you agree or disagree with this statement - Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem?
69% Agree
22% Disagree
9% Not sure "
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 9:35 AM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 9:30 AM:
gimmesum wrote on Nov 20, 2009 9:30 AM:
What I find amazing is that many of the same people who want limited government in their waning years (ie no death panels) are the same people who hire professionals to help them hide or transfer their assets so government can subsidize any extended care they may need. And more and more will need extended care because fewer and fewer families are willing or able to take care of their own.
And as for Anna's argument in favor of personal achievement just for the sake of ones ego, I would suggest she and others read Anthony Tiatorio's "Ethics in the News" column in yesterdays SC.
I agree America is dying. Actually, in it's current condition, maybe we should give the do not resusitate order, recycle the undamaged organs, and move on. "
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 9:20 AM:
Oh, and change the frogs to chickens in that pot :) "
harkin wrote on Nov 20, 2009 9:11 AM:
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 8:28 AM:
Look up the enumerated powers granted to congress. They are to be confined by these specific limited authorities. "
s-plumb wrote on Nov 20, 2009 8:17 AM:
Most of 0bamas stated goal of fundamentally transforming America, is complete. Our fate will be sealed tomorrow. This is the last chance we have of MAKING our senators listen to us. If Reid gets 60 votes to open debate on healthcare tomorrow, there is no means of stopping it's passing.
I guess the only thing I would disagree with is the boiling frog comparison. I think we are all just in shock that no matter how many people (ie the majority of residents) are against this take over; we are not making a difference we'd hoped for.
The hope going forward is our own ability to over come, after the collapse. "
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 8:16 AM:
Read Thomas Paine's "Agrarian Justice". Paine was one of the earliest advocates of progressive taxation, even drawing up tables and rates.
He was also the first proponent of the estate tax, he proposed a democratic ideal to combat poverty and income inequality by taxing the wealthy to give jobs and "grants" to young people. He also proposed using this system to provide government-sponsored pensions for the elderly.
He joined Thomas Jefferson in strongly advocating universal tax-supported public education, believing it was necessary to promote an educated electorate and was a necessary way to combat poverty. He sought a federally guaranteed minimum wage, and long before Woodrow Wilson, Paine urged the establishment of, and US participation in, global organizations to help solve international problems and avoid wars.
So here is my question: After the Treaty of Paris in 1783, why did these freedom-lovin', anti-government americans waste 6 years writing a constitution at all? Why all the cajoling, conferences, congresses, debate among the former colonies to ratify this thing? Why have a government at all? I mean, 1784 presented the perfect opportunity for individuals to reject all government "bondage" and live happily ever after looking out for each one's self-interests? "
mattryan5150 wrote on Nov 20, 2009 7:43 AM:
VladsBack!! wrote on Nov 20, 2009 7:22 AM:
macdog wrote on Nov 20, 2009 4:45 AM: