"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
that's about it.
And you believe Galbraith? Not even Galbraith believed Galbraith. Bill Buckley ate him for lunch and spat out the seeds. Simple is as simple does. Want a good sleeping pill, TTBF? Read The Affluent Society.
Cleets Part 2 wrote:
Well, then, I am glad I could be of value to you! ...even as comic relief.
I do not enjoy throwing sh!t back and forth with you.
I'm sorry to hear that...
because I kinda like it
I think it can be difficult in this environment to not take things personally - but (for example) me and AZGF and T-man disagree on about 80% of topics but are actually friends - or at least that's what they tell me to my face... God only knows what's actually swirling around in their pea-brains
anyway: every one of the guys Ive met on this forum is pretty cool - most surprisingly Alphagriz and Citdog - both over-the-top Major A-holes on the forum but in real life... their kinda normal ol' douchebags
Even Ursus can be tolerable in person ( ) just kidding
- Big 10 Football - So boring Wisconsin is our most exciting team... - Big 10 Football - Where 117th ranked Purdue is dominant... - Big 10 Football - Where team speed and passing offense are not required...
I think it can be difficult in this environment to not take things personally - but (for example) me and AZGF and T-man disagree on about 80% of topics but are actually friends - or at least that's what they tell me to my face... God only knows what's actually swirling around in their pea-brains
anyway: every one of the guys Ive met on this forum is pretty cool - most surprisingly Alphagriz and Citdog - both over-the-top Major A-holes on the forum but in real life... their kinda normal ol' douchebags
Even Ursus can be tolerable in person ( ) just kidding
Cleets, I've talked via mobile phone to Tman and Z a few times in the last month and I assure you, they think you are a putz. Sorry.
"Sarah Palin absolutely blew AWAY the audience tonight. If there was any doubt as to whether she was savvy enough, tough enough or smart enough to carry the mantle of Vice President, she put those fears to rest tonight. She took on Barack Obama DIRECTLY on every issue and exposed... She did it with warmth and humor, and came across as the every-person....it's becoming mroe and more clear that she was a genius pick for McCain."
D1B wrote:
Cleets, I've talked via mobile phone to Tman and Z a few times in the last month and I assure you, they think you are a putz. Sorry.
...
- Big 10 Football - So boring Wisconsin is our most exciting team... - Big 10 Football - Where 117th ranked Purdue is dominant... - Big 10 Football - Where team speed and passing offense are not required...
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
that's about it.
bullshit......if what doublecitydouche quoted had even a grain of truth in it then mass, vt, ny, nj and other States where yankee scum resided would give shitloads of money to charity. who gives the most money to charity every year? STATES OF THE FORMER CONFEDERACY THAT'S WHO.....
HEY DOUBLECITYDOUCHE SELL YOUR HORSESHIT SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE STUPID.....
"Duty is the sublimest word in the English Language"
"Save in defense of my native State I hope to never again draw my sword"
Genl Robert E. Lee
Confederate States of America
OSBF wrote:I don't need that many words to explain the difference. It's just easier to be conservative than liberal:
1)Easy to not give a fuck about anyone but yourself. Hard to care about your community and your planet.
2)Easy to deny the existance of complex issues such as global climate change. Hard to work together on solutions to complex/difficult/un-comfortable issues.
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
that's about it.
And you believe Galbraith? Not even Galbraith believed Galbraith. Bill Buckley ate him for lunch and spat out the seeds. Simple is as simple does. Want a good sleeping pill, TTBF? Read The Affluent Society.
IT, want your eyes opened? Read Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future, by Will Bunch.
citdog wrote:
bullshit......if what doublecitydouche quoted had even a grain of truth in it then mass, vt, ny, nj and other States where yankee scum resided would give shitloads of money to charity. who gives the most money to charity every year? STATES OF THE FORMER CONFEDERACY THAT'S WHO.....
HEY DOUBLECITYDOUCHE SELL YOUR HORSESHIT SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE STUPID.....
Interesting to note:
I remember reading an essay that showed that conservatives donated more to charity than liberals - on a national level...
as much as I hate (HATE) to agree with Citdog... he might have a point (this time)
- Big 10 Football - So boring Wisconsin is our most exciting team... - Big 10 Football - Where 117th ranked Purdue is dominant... - Big 10 Football - Where team speed and passing offense are not required...
citdog wrote:
bullshit......if what doublecitydouche quoted had even a grain of truth in it then mass, vt, ny, nj and other States where yankee scum resided would give shitloads of money to charity. who gives the most money to charity every year? STATES OF THE FORMER CONFEDERACY THAT'S WHO.....
HEY DOUBLECITYDOUCHE SELL YOUR HORSESHIT SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE STUPID.....
Interesting to note:
I remember reading an essay that showed that conservatives donated more to charity than liberals - on a national level...
as much as I hate (HATE) to agree with Citdog... he might have a point (this time)
no... he doesn't... red states are net suckers of the federal teat... whereas blue states are net contributors to the federal coffers... and it isn't even close...
North Dakota State University Bison 2011 and 2012 National Champions
Cleets Part 2 wrote:
Interesting to note:
I remember reading an essay that showed that conservatives donated more to charity than liberals - on a national level...
as much as I hate (HATE) to agree with Citdog... he might have a point (this time)
no... he doesn't... red states are net suckers of the federal teat... whereas blue states are net contributors to the federal coffers... and it isn't even close...
I call BULLSHIT.
Sources, please.
"That is how government works - we tell you what you can do today."
- EPA Kommissar Gina McCarthy
Cleets Part 2 wrote:
Interesting to note:
I remember reading an essay that showed that conservatives donated more to charity than liberals - on a national level...
as much as I hate (HATE) to agree with Citdog... he might have a point (this time)
no... he doesn't... red states are net suckers of the federal teat... whereas blue states are net contributors to the federal coffers... and it isn't even close...
Apples (taxes) and Oranges (donations to charity)
"Sarah Palin absolutely blew AWAY the audience tonight. If there was any doubt as to whether she was savvy enough, tough enough or smart enough to carry the mantle of Vice President, she put those fears to rest tonight. She took on Barack Obama DIRECTLY on every issue and exposed... She did it with warmth and humor, and came across as the every-person....it's becoming mroe and more clear that she was a genius pick for McCain."
Cleets Part 2 wrote:
Interesting to note:
I remember reading an essay that showed that conservatives donated more to charity than liberals - on a national level...
as much as I hate (HATE) to agree with Citdog... he might have a point (this time)
no... he doesn't... red states are net suckers of the federal teat... whereas blue states are net contributors to the federal coffers... and it isn't even close...
We are not talking about federal coffers. We are talking about personal commitment. We are talking about leadership.We are talking about putting you own time and money where your mouth is, before you dare try to steal it from someone else.
Proud Prince of Purple Pomposity YT is not a communist. He's just a ...young pup.
TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
no... he doesn't... red states are net suckers of the federal teat... whereas blue states are net contributors to the federal coffers... and it isn't even close...
Apples (taxes) and Oranges (donations to charity)
I don't even think that's the issue...
...I believe TTBF is alleging net gov. revenue/expenditure as a rule has greater negative cash flow in red states...
...and that's not what I've seen from Heritage AND Pew studies.
Criminy...one only need live in NY and MA state for a few weeks to see the MASSIVE HHS/Grant abyss existing in most cities.
"That is how government works - we tell you what you can do today."
- EPA Kommissar Gina McCarthy
Cleets Part 2 wrote:
I'm sorry to hear that...
because I kinda like it
I think it can be difficult in this environment to not take things personally - but (for example) me and AZGF and T-man disagree on about 80% of topics but are actually friends - or at least that's what they tell me to my face... God only knows what's actually swirling around in their pea-brains
anyway: every one of the guys Ive met on this forum is pretty cool - most surprisingly Alphagriz and Citdog - both over-the-top Major A-holes on the forum but in real life... their kinda normal ol' douchebags
Even Ursus can be tolerable in person ( ) just kidding
Cleets, I've talked via mobile phone to Tman and Z a few times in the last month and I assure you, they think you are a putz. Sorry.
That is pure bullshit, Cleets. I have asked your friends on several occasions what the hell was going on with you, and to a man, they vigorously support and defend you.
You are truly blessed to have such stalwart friends. It speaks very well of you as a human being. Every one of us should be so fortunate.
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Proud Prince of Purple Pomposity YT is not a communist. He's just a ...young pup.
...I believe TTBF is alleging net gov. revenue/expenditure as a rule has greater negative cash flow in red states...
...and that's not what I've seen from Heritage AND Pew studies.
Criminy...one only need live in NY and MA state for a few weeks to see the MASSIVE HHS/Grant abyss existing in most cities.
Grampa..!!!
did you get up from your nap..?
Glad to see your creaky old bones stodgy-ing around...
- Big 10 Football - So boring Wisconsin is our most exciting team... - Big 10 Football - Where 117th ranked Purdue is dominant... - Big 10 Football - Where team speed and passing offense are not required...
Cleets Part 2 wrote:
Interesting to note:
I remember reading an essay that showed that conservatives donated more to charity than liberals - on a national level...
as much as I hate (HATE) to agree with Citdog... he might have a point (this time)
no... he doesn't... red states are net suckers of the federal teat... whereas blue states are net contributors to the federal coffers... and it isn't even close...
classic liberal douche move......when confronted with FACTS that do not support your position.....CHANGE the subject. even if what the party dolt says is true about the States of the Confederacy and federal dollars we should just consider it payback for the stealing of over a billion dollars in property from the Southern States and the enforced poverty on the Southern People for 80 years after the conclusion of the contest betwixt the sections where the economy of the victors was propped at the expense of the Southern People.
"Duty is the sublimest word in the English Language"
"Save in defense of my native State I hope to never again draw my sword"
Genl Robert E. Lee
Confederate States of America
...I believe TTBF is alleging net gov. revenue/expenditure as a rule has greater negative cash flow in red states...
...and that's not what I've seen from Heritage AND Pew studies.
Criminy...one only need live in NY and MA state for a few weeks to see the MASSIVE HHS/Grant abyss existing in most cities.
I know that's what he alleging. Just saying Citdog and TTBF were talking bout two totally different things.
Post your links/info so we can get to the bottom of this. I think he's right. We work hard in the Midwest and North (Blue) and our major urban areas are prosperous compared to the South (Red) and the lazy republican trailer park, uneducated voting base.
Very uncharacteristic of you not to include your findings.
"Sarah Palin absolutely blew AWAY the audience tonight. If there was any doubt as to whether she was savvy enough, tough enough or smart enough to carry the mantle of Vice President, she put those fears to rest tonight. She took on Barack Obama DIRECTLY on every issue and exposed... She did it with warmth and humor, and came across as the every-person....it's becoming mroe and more clear that she was a genius pick for McCain."
travelinman67 wrote:
I don't even think that's the issue...
...I believe TTBF is alleging net gov. revenue/expenditure as a rule has greater negative cash flow in red states...
...and that's not what I've seen from Heritage AND Pew studies.
Criminy...one only need live in NY and MA state for a few weeks to see the MASSIVE HHS/Grant abyss existing in most cities.
I know that's what he alleging. Just saying Citdog and TTBF were talking bout two totally different things.
Post your links/info so we can get to the bottom of this. I think he's right. We work hard in the Midwest and North (Blue) and our major urban areas are prosperous compared to the South (Red) and the lazy republican trailer park, uneducated voting base.
Very uncharacteristic of you not to include your findings.
And where are the pages bellicose verbal flatulence and paranoid half-witted rambling we've come to think of as an entitlement?
You matter. Unless you multiply yourself by c squared. Then you energy.
"I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."John Prine
OSBF wrote:I don't need that many words to explain the difference. It's just easier to be conservative than liberal:
1)Easy to not give a **** about anyone but yourself. Hard to care about your community and your planet.
2)Easy to deny the existance of complex issues such as global climate change. Hard to work together on solutions to complex/difficult/un-comfortable issues.
It's interesting that libs will call out conservatives for foaming at the mouth and dealing with international threats in a completely overzealous and conterproductive way (and they're right) but they do the exact same thing with social problems and poverty and misery. And like neocons that play the "why do you hate America" card, liberals will claim that conservatives just don't care about other people.
Cleets Part 2 wrote:The one about a conservative being gay and living a quiet life..!!!
1) If a conservative is gay he's probably holding a political position
2) While he's rallying against "gay rights"
3) and getting busted in the mens room blowing a drug dealer...
Cleets Part 2 wrote:The one about a conservative being gay and living a quiet life..!!!
1) If a conservative is gay he's probably holding a political position
2) While he's rallying against "gay rights"
3) and getting busted in the mens room blowing a drug dealer...
seriously
Isn't Liz Cheny conservative and gay????
I can see where her family life could have turned her away from men. Can you imagine having a golem for your dad?
You matter. Unless you multiply yourself by c squared. Then you energy.
"I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."John Prine