Posted on 08/13/2008 5:24:07 AM PDT by Bill Dupray
Having said that, I still wouldn't be adverse to a 50/50 division of our current holdings. American productivity is not a result of our land mass or necessarily even our wealth of natural resources. If that were the case, gold and diamond rich nations in Africa, should easily be the wealthiest countries on the planet. Alas, American entrepreneurship, unbridled by government, and protected by a healthy military will trump the others. While there are libs and leftists who are simply evil and power hungry, there are also a good number who are simply misled. If shown the clear contrasts, they will move "into the light." I suspect that if a 50/50 territorial split were realized, the left would run its share into the ground within 5 years. Conservative, Constitutional America would thrive, especially without the albatross of liberalism hung around its neck.
Well, we were hoping for rhetorical skills that slightly exceeded those of a paramecium.
If you look at our current "red state/blue state" distribution, we virtually have that all reaady. The only difference I'm proposing is to cut the dead wood so that traditional/conservative America is no longer encumbered by the leftist areas.
See my #21...I suspect the liberal laboratories would implode before long, and begging to (re)join Conservative America, which could be done on strictly traditionalist terms.
Your statement is vile and ugly.
I’m pretty sure that to be a Mod over there (kos), you’d have to wear a HazMat suit.
Here are the the symptoms as set by American Psychiatric Association.
"Here are the 9 criteria. Having 5 of these 9 "qualifies" you as a narcissist...
Feels grandiose and self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents to the point of lying, demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion
Firmly convinced that he or she is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions)
Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation - or, failing that, wishes to be feared and to be notorious (narcissistic supply).
Feels entitled. Expects unreasonable or special and favourable priority treatment. Demands automatic and full compliance with his or her expectations
Is "interpersonally exploitative", i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends
Devoid of empathy. Is unable or unwilling to identify with or acknowledge the feelings and needs of others
Constantly envious of others or believes that they feel the same about him or her
Arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes coupled with rage when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted."
Sounds like a fit to me. Surely it fits one William Jefferson Clinton to a "t". With one Barrak Hussein Obama coming in a close second.
KOmpassionate KOmmie Alert!
Thank you.
What truly boggles my mind is that the Daily Kos is the outlet in which Elizabeth Edwards chose to release her statement on her husband’s affair. Unbelievable.
I’ll be the first to say that all of us make spelling and grammatical errors, but I have never seen quite so many in supposedly “highly educated” Democratic candidate supporters’ posts. You would think that if they went to all that trouble to post and make up surveys, they would at least try to make them look intelligent.
Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but isn’t Novak a registered (long-time) Democrat? Doesn’t that make this KOS entry even more obnoxiously hypocritical?
Liberalism is a pathological disturbance of the thinking apparatus.
Personally, I’d rather give them a 200 grain hollow point brain tumor.
You've got it exactly right. As I've said elsewhere, you don't negotiate with cancer, you can't bribe a disease.
You destroy it.
Not if it's done as an Amendment.
What? a liberal who believes in God?
That's right. They'd run their share into the ground. And guess what they'd do next? You think they'd sit quietly amid the rubble and realize "we brought it on ourselves?" No. They'd say to each other: "It's because of THEM. They TOOK it with their thieving, capitalist ways! They gave amnesty to all our enemies of the state (producers who ran from the 70% tax burden)! They engaged in unfair practices! It's time we took what's rightfully ours!"
And there we'd be, trapped between Newyorkistan and Mexifornia, with two indefensible borders and Canada to the north.
Screwed.
How much of that 70% tax rate do you think they'd actually spend on a military that could actually sieze and hold territory? Or perhaps they'd send their militia (if it wasn't for their prohibition against firearms.)...A real conservative state run by actually conservatives would have no qualms about maintaining the means to defend itself and actually doing so.
Unchecked, liberals turn fascist pretty quick. And note: fascists don't want their POPULACE armed. But they aren't against a military. Sure, we could probably defend ourselves. But I notice you didn't argue against my main point: that sooner or later, we'd have to.
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