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To: XenaLee
If you’re in the right, it’s ok to show your anger at the wrongs being done.

Absolutely! Voicing this eloquently and without abusive language and angry intonations will be more effective. It is very important to give voice to dissent. It is equally important to do so in a civil manner.

I suggest all here go read the Founders' works concerning selef governance and the qualities that should be expect of those People who do self govern. We have definately lost the knack of polite discourse. We behave like ruffians rather than gentlemen.

30 posted on 01/22/2011 10:42:27 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

But self-governance needs to start with knocking people off of welfare and/or disability, if they’ve gotten better since being awarded disability.

If you’re under 45 and have been on disability (especially a non-physical disability such as bi-polar) for more than 7 years, you should be forced to have a face-to-face review done and your benefits potentially cut in half or cut totally.

I have talked to countless people who are under 45 and have been on disability for 7 years or more who now claim, due to modern medications, they would be able to work, but that it’s just easier to sit back and collect a check each month.

Also, how many times have we seen specials on 20/20 or Dateline where somebody is collecting disability and hopping in and out of sports cars, when they’re supposed to be crippled?

Entitlements are killing us but nobody in Washington has the balls to say it.


48 posted on 01/22/2011 10:54:31 AM PST by library user (Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
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To: GingisK
It is equally important to do so in a civil manner.

Have you ever read JimRob's posts when chastising a miscreant, particularly those who push the homosexual agenda? If you don't like our tone, perhaps you should look at the big guy's comments. He has quite the talent for giving the "Smack Down" on the trolls. Perhaps he could benefit from your kinder, gentler approach. I'm sure he'd welcome your call for "Kumbya."

130 posted on 01/22/2011 12:01:48 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: GingisK
We have definately lost the knack of polite discourse. We behave like ruffians rather than gentlemen.

Oh, please. You want to talk about "ruffians"? Take a good hard look into the faces of the enemy right outside your comfortable abode, and tell me if you think you can have anything like a civil conversation with them.

The people who are destroying your country aren't civil. They're monsters, who would just as soon cut your throat and leave your life gushing out onto the pavement, than have a "civil" argument with you.

Take your naivete and stuff it in your snuff box.

231 posted on 01/22/2011 8:06:52 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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