Last Friday, while reading the Tracy Press, I came across His Voice, wherein Charles Norton expounded on the failings and general evil of all liberal-thinking people (“It’s a republic, if you can keep it”).
As is the usual format, the right-wing apologist reviews many of the problems of the past (insert any time period here) and then awards the blame to “the liberals.”
It is not my intention to refute all of the items that were mentioned in the aforementioned screed, as the Tracy Press doesn’t allow us to get too wordy. I’ll mention only a few.
n “Liberal” and “progressive” are not terms that refer to Socialists, except in the fevered mind of certain right-wing reactionaries.
n Collectively, liberals are a lot of fun to be around and like to see people enjoying themselves. An exception is when those people are engaged in the bullying of those weaker or less powerful, and then most liberals would try to stop that. So would I.
n Most liberals who I know believe in education, while many of those on the right think educating the young influences them to disregard their “beliefs” in exchange for “scientific fact.” Yes, it is called “learning.” That is probably why so many of them think they are smarter — they review the evidence.
n How making a rule that helps us save energy by using a better light bulb became a rallying cry for the conspiracy-minded is confounding. We have become a country so divided that whatever Fox News or Rush Limbaugh comes up with becomes the current cause for the angry right-wing.
n President George W. Bush pushed the bank bailouts at the very end of his second term, and we were warned that if we didn’t pass them, we would be crushed by a Great Depression. The result is that the banks are bigger than before, and richer.
n This country will save tens to hundreds of millions of dollars by removing the student loan system from the banks.
I’ll end this with my hope that before the election in November, people will make an effort to learn the facts instead of just believing someone who writes a letter, or what they see on TV or hear on the radio. Most of it is lies.
You know you’re a Democrat when…
You've ever said, "We really should call the ACLU about this."
You watch MSNBC… a lot.
You don't understand why anyone was bothered by Jane's trip to Hanoi.
You actually expect to collect Social Security.
You believe personal injury lawyers when they say they are just trying to defend the little guy.
After looking at your pay stub you can still say, "America is under taxed."
You know you’re a Republican when…
When you’re behind the wheel, you only listen to talk radio.
You watch Fox News… a lot.
You've ever tried to prove Jesus was a capitalist and opposed to helping the poor.
Sarah Palin makes sense to you.
You've ever uttered the phrase, "Why don't we just bomb the sons of b******."
You once broke loose at a party and removed your neck tie.
A house holds people. A bank holds money.
There are a lot of biblical principles that businesses have used to be successful in the economic world. But the "love of money" should not be one of them.
It may also explain why we are now sending our jobs elsewhere?
Now that I’ve gotten the mush out of the way, I don’t always vote for Democrats as you don’t always vote for Republicans. The first vote I ever casted was for President Ford in 76. I probably vote for the Democratic candidate 75% of the time. So I can have fun at the expense of the extremist from both sides.
Some people misunderstand that if you are a republican the only time you have fun is when you make money. That is not true for most people I know, regardless of their political disposition. All their money goes to their children or their college bills.
It is silly saying if you are a Democrat you have to listen to Rachael Maddow. Or instead of NRA membership you own a co-op at the yogurt shop and a yoga studio. You recycle and believe in the barter system.
When I was young we bought our milk in a glass jar and refilled the bottle. Those principles came from the American farmer, not a politician.
Essentially this is what they say, "You might be a Rush Limabaugh, if you're a Republican or a NASCAR fan" INSERT BELLY LAUGH HERE.
It may seem like a hoot, to another liberal the first time you hear it, but how many liberals realize it is not really that deep?
Would someone ruin your "fun" if they quoted you a scripture?
Let me try this.
In I Corinthians 13-11, the bible says:
"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways."
Why assume that only one group of people is fun to be around? Is that not called a bias?
We see examples of liberals bullying others all the time in the media. The most recent example was a politician in Boston who refused a chicken restaurant because he had a differing viewpoint than the owner.
That is not only bullying, but an abuse of government power. But, to date, I have not heard any liberals come out and speak out.
Why? Because they pick and choose what issues they try to stop bullying. If it does not advance theit agenda, they have no desire to put any stop to bullying.
Alternatively, I feel that all bullying is wrong. Period. Big difference.
Thanks for proving my points. Student loans now administered by a federal agency exceed $1 trillion. Please be advised that CFLs can create a toxic hazard.
Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsome and others of similar political thinking have called themselves liberals and progressives. If the policies of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are not socialism, then perhaps, facism is a more accurate label. Again, thanks for your thoughts.
C. Norton
"Liberals are 20% of our country however, they have run the agenda since 2006 with the takeover of Congress which controls ALL government spending."
I thought the Republicans won control of the House of Representatives, whlch I believe is the lower house of Congress, in 2010?
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Liberals never cease to amaze me.
You need to read the Constitution. The Senate is run by liberals. That negates the 2010 House. How very typical of the liberals to not understand the 3 branches of Congress!
Democrats have violated their Constitutional duties ever since. They PLANNED it this way.
By NOT passing a budget the spending of the 2009 budget remains in effect along with its 8% per annum annal automatic growth factor.
This is why the national debt has grown $5 trillion under the Obama regime. With ObamaCare it gets even worse and grows larger.
Thank you Democrats!
You are a tremendous example of just how liberals are to people who actually have brains.
You say liberals deal in facts! Global warming is the biggest hoax put over on the American people. It is based PURELY on theory. There is absolutely NO scientific fact to it. Global warming is a liberal religion. It is all about government control and a government grab of the energy industry by taking the private American businesses out of producing America's own energy resources.
Just one example.
Liberals are 20% of our country however, they have run the agenda since 2006 with the takeover of Congress which controls ALL government spending. We have seen how liberals are destroying our American way of life by literally turning America into the equivalent of a third world country.
Art, you are also a great example of why we must NEVER allow the liberals to rule our country again.
Thanks for the reminders of what the left is all about.
Liberals are not bullys or mean? Lets look at Obama who rams obamacare down our throats like it or not. Lets look at the elected officials calling us racists when we have anything negative to say about King Obama or stand at the voting booths with ball bats. Lets look at (google her name)State Senator Louise Lucas who says racism is alive and well referring to republicans who support Romney attempting to place guilt on us because she is africanamerican.
We will run to the voting booths in November to vote Romney because we're tired of stupid liberals.
well written examples of liberal idealism devolving into parody. Thank you for starting my day with a great sense of humor.