"Overcoming Liberalism: A 12-Step Program"

Chron Watch ^ | Monday, January 06, 2003 | Jeremy Robb

[driftless]

A great many college graduates, like my fiancee's daughter who just completed her law degree, emerge from academia as if they are on a mission. Actually most liberals I've met, like this young woman, are in fact very nice people. But they have a sense of righteousness bordering on arrogance, and they want to save the world yesterday. I try to tell this young women from time to time that the world doesn't need saving. It's fine to want to help people who genuinely need help, but giving things to people, who are quite capable of earning them on their own, does not do them any good.

This young women, who by the way has a minor in economics, recently revealed, as we were watching boats go by on the Mississippi River, that if she won the lottery, she would not buy and expensive boat but give most of her money away to help the needy. I offered that if she bought an expensive boat, someone would be employed having to build her boat. She looked at me like I'd just stepped on her piece of chocolate cake. Oh well, I'll try subversive tactics again and see if she eventually gets it.

[A_perfect_lady]

If God didn’t intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made them out of meat.

LOL! Gotta admit, that was funny.

[M. Peach]

"She looked at me like I'd just stepped on her piece of chocolate cake"

That's a funny story - but how true it is. I remembered when I first graduated from college how brainwashed and liberal I was - until I got a dose of reality and started paying huge taxes to support those who wouldn't work - and didn't want to work even if you gave them a job.

I briefly did an internship at the Unemployment office and the people in line would be laughing about how easy it was to rip off the system. I would conservatively say that over 60% of those collecting did not deserve it and were committing fraud.

At the time, Wall Street Journal did a report stating that anyone on welfare and government assistance would earn the equivalent of $13.75 per hour - tax free - if they took advantage of the system - i.e. medical, food stamps, welfare etc.

At the time, I think the Minimum wage was about $4.00 per hour. What kind of system makes it more desirable and comfortable to do nothing for $13.75 per hour and work at McDonalds for $4.00 per hour?

[A_perfect_lady]

This young women...recently revealed, as we were watching boats go by on the Mississippi River, that if she won the lottery, she would not buy and expensive boat but give most of her money away to help the needy.

Apparently, half the point of being a liberal is making sure everybody knows how morally superior one is. If there were no one there to be awed, I wonder if they'd bother.

[Egregious Philbin]

Characature and ham-fisted humor like this will do nothing to convert liberals. Following his own #2 would be good advice.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> If God didn’t intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made them out of meat. <<

That was funny. I saw a bumper sticker once that said 'Eat more fast food', it had a picture of a deer in the cross hairs. LOL!!

[DannyTN]

"Go to your local post office or call the IRS to ask a tax question if you need a reminder about government inefficiency. "

lol, isn't that the truth. I don't know about the local post office, those guys manage to look busy everytime I go in there.

However calling the IRS takes at least an hour to get someone on the phone and there is a 50% chance that person will not know the answer and will have to transfer me. If she transfers me, there is an 80% chance she will transfer me to someone else who not only doesn't know the answer, but can't understand why I was transfered to them in the first place.

[Sinner6]

I got a theatre person off liberalism. He did every step but 9.

[SpookBrat]

Thought you might enjoy this. :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy ! Long time no see. I've been wondering where/how you've been. Hope everything is going ok for you.

Thanks for the ping. I'll check it out.

Look at this. Thought you might want to see what's happening in your old stompin' grounds!:

07-08-2003
House passes remap
Veteran Democrats may lose seats if bill goes through Senate

Above article is worthy of showing that a picture indeed is worth a thousand words:
First the Chicken D’s run away to Ardmore, Oklahoma. That didn’t work, so here they are, still having a fit during the Redistricting debate:

As King began his argument for the new congressional boundaries Monday afternoon, about 30 Democrats in the gallery donned white socks as hand puppets to mock King. Every time he spoke, the little white mouths flapped.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the post, M. Peach! Interesting.

Apologies for any double pings here, folks.

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[MeekOneGOP]

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[dansangel]

As a former (recovering?) lib who has done a complete 180, I couldn't agree more with this program.

((((MnM))))) - thank you for the amusing, yet *enlightening* ping.

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Lol! Hand puppets? Geeze...there's an elected rep. a person can count on with WMDs and nutty jihadists on the loose.

Thanks for the ping, Meekie.

Speaking of de-programming the destructive left-wing press liars:

Mass Reenlistment Marks July 4th Celebration in Baghdad [Morale at bottom? Bunk.] ^

Pass it on to the press/left. Thanks.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks !

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you !

[randog]

He [Jimmuh Cahtuh] was perhaps the most incompetent president in recent history.

I was in my mid-teens and non-political when he was president, but I still sensed that he was a monumental jackass.

[randog]

Apparently, half the point of being a liberal is making sure everybody knows how morally superior one is. If there were no one there to be awed, I wonder if they'd bother.

Here's one of my favorite quotes:

"Moral indignation is the standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity."
--Marshall McLuhan

[A_perfect_lady]

I like it. It's very Ambrose Bierce-like, or Mark Twain-ish. (Are you sensing I don't exactly know who Marshall McLuhan is? I'll go Google him....)

[The UnVeiled Lady]

Step 4: Take a college level economics class.

#24 You can read THE LAW by Frederic Bastiat (if you can find it) in one afternoon. Large print and you will understand more about economics more than a college graduate.