Posted on 06/14/2008 6:29:08 PM PDT by avoiceinwilderness
When I was in high-school we had to read and discuss both "1984" and "Animal Farm". A year or two back I asked some teenage kids of a friend how liked those books and they had no idea about what I was talking about.
Research shows conservatives are nicer,
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Yeppers, it shows just here in FR...
That’s pretty much my philosophy. What the government doesn’t know about my giving won’t hurt them (although the deduction would be nice, were it not for the privacy thing).
That photograph of Winston Churchill is one that I have never seen before. Yes, I was part of that election. I believe that at 18 years of age, I still did not have the vote. I perused the quote from George Orwell and thought surely it had been doctored. I am indebted to Wikipedia. The quote was accurate. Yes, indeed the insight and honesty of Orwell was to flay the doctrinaire socialists. He detested them.
I see myself at the political meetings. Ruislip-Northwood division. A blue pin- stripe ill fitting suit and horn rimmed glasses, replete with red tie. A rabid socialist.Ah well, every young man has a right to be a damn fool socialist. (laughs).
If only those who follow a dream based on something for all and costing nothing, or whatever, could see. This in the coming US election.
Enough said.
I had proof of this yesterday. I was in an office to sign some paperwork, and the manager who was there to look things over noted my key fob from a conservative talk radio station. He asked if I was a conservative, and I told him “Yes”. He said “I could tell...you’re actually nice.”
He told me that those who weren’t conservative...well, weren’t very nice.
Jason Lewis of KTLK (Minneapolis, and yes we do have conservatives here in Moonbatapolis) has been pointing out the difference between the liberal North and conservative South. To the point where the so called progressive, enlightened northerners are much more racist than people in the south, in spite of the stereotypes the media continues to propagate. I lived in New Jersey for the first 33 years of my life, then lived in Houston for 12 years. In spite of the influx of liberals into Houston, I still found the real Houstonians, and Texans, to be nicer, more civil, and more honest. Liberals on the other hand, just plain nasty! Many of the callers on Jason’s show this week confirm the claims this article makes about liberals.
When I started listening to Rush Limbaugh, there was one caller, a black man from Oakland CA. He said as a liberal he was always angry, blaming somebody else, and going nowhere. He tried the conservative point of view, and found himself happier, and taking the initiative to improve his lot instead of griping. Liberals want us all to be miserable and unhappy. Let’s not live down to their expectations!
This makes sense since the Dems are constantly telling their followers that they are victims of the evil conservatives. The Dems promote envy, resentment, and other attitudes that are the opposite of Christian virtues. Conservatives teach about love of country (and that we should be thankful to be American citizens) and love of God. A thankful attitude goes a long way toward explaining these results.
I worked in Cook County with a bunch of truck drivers. The Democrats ( how they loved Al Gore! ) among them were always the ones with the foulest, most racist speech, "Jungle-B***y" this and "C**n" that, over and over again. They'd roll their eyes behind the backs of the blacks. They were very cynical types, figuring the Dems would "stick up" for them and that George Bush was an evil man who went to war for oil. The sad thing was, most of them were veterans, but their kids weren't. Their kids were lazy union losers, moaning and groaning through their work day.
Want to see the author (Peter Schweitzer) talk about this book?
Tune in BookTV (aka C-Span2 weekends) on SUNDAY JUNE 15 at
11AM EASTERN/10AM CENTRAL.
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9524&SectionName=Politics&PlayMedia=No
bump for publicity...
and to alert late arrivals to the thread about the author’s presentation
on the book SUNDAY June 15 in post 32.
LOL! I already knew that!
>>>>George Orwell was always prescient.
>>Actually, it was not prescience, but hard, cold experience.
On that note, part of his experience was from fighting with the Republicans in Spain against the Nationalists. He was darn near purged by the Stalinist left, since he had fought with the Anarchists (both on the Republican side).
I highly recommend Homage to Catalonia for some insight into this period, and Orwell “getting mugged” by the Stalinist Left. It’s a fairly short, quick read.
A former liberal acquaintance who was always fussing about the wealthy getting tax breaks once described for me how she and her husband cheated on their taxes. BTW, her hobby seemed to be trying to get free meals from restaurants by complaining about the food. She always sent it back to the cook for one reason or the other.
Of course we are. Anyone who has dealt with liberals knows they’re only nice when it suits their purposes.
Excellent article. Thanks for posting.
The notion of leftists outsourcing their obligations appears yet again.
Yes, from the author of the same book that you pointed me to a review of.I've just gotten his previous book from the library, and intend to read this one as well.
Look at Obama's tax returns.
Do as I say, not as I do.
. . . which just happens to be the name of the previous book by the author of this article.
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