>>I wish Bryanw would try to articulate his opinion better. I can only guess what he’s trying to say.
You said that it was always “hokum” in 2012 and prior to that. I’m saying that the decline did not begin in 2013 and that it is naïve to believe that this is some sudden onset problem caused by one or two things that Obama has done.
This is a problem that has been metastasizing in this nation for decades. Those of us who saw it coming in 1993 were laughed at as the “tin foil hat brigade”, yet it has all come true.
Hokum means “nonsense” or “trite, sentimental, or unrealistic situations and dialogue in a movie, play, or piece of writing.” It is an insulting term to use.
Furthermore, “stay frosty” is one of condescending phrases used to today along the lines of “don’t worry, be happy” or “take a chill pill”.
Our nation is going off the cliff, after a long drive to the edge. Staying frosty is no longer an option. They’re counting on another decade of frostiness on our part while they sell our nation and freedom out from under us.
As Josey Wales would put it, “Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean.”
Um ... duh, yeah? That's kinda stating the obvious, isn't it? Goes along with my other mantra that Obama isn't the cause, he's a symptom; Democrats aren't the enemy, LIBERALISM is the enemy. Same concept. I mean "hokum" in that the timing was wrong, obviously to me the timing was off, that if he (Clinton, Obama) had the power to do what stopping the elections would accomplish, he'd have done it by then.
I'm saying he's doing it now. When people said "There's not going to be an election in 2008/12," it WAS hokum. Time has proved me right. I hope time proves me wrong about 2016.
You're a fine one to knock me for quoting "Stay Frosty" as trite movie hokum, then quote a pretty good line from the great American flick Outlaw Josey Wales about how you gotta get mean sometimes!
I stand by my words (from another GREAT American movie) to my friends and fellow FReepers:
STAY FROSTY.
When young soldiers we know say “stay frosty” it means pay attention, be aware, stay on your toes, don’t get complacent. Usually said when they perceive danger in the area.
... “stay frosty” is one of condescending phrases used to today along the lines of “don’t worry, be happy” or “take a chill pill”.
WRONG. Tammy is right.
The term "Stay frosty" -- I first heard it from Michael Biehn in "Aliens" -- means "be alert."
Bryan, no wonder your critique of my original post was so goofy and off the mark.