Posted on 12/12/2013 7:47:37 PM PST by neverdem
Boehner is really demoralizing and attacking the american people ability to do with less government. Attacking the Tparty is like attacking the messenger and beating the air with a bat. He is heinous.
I went more “libertarian”” long ago. The only viable party to actually vote for is the GOP. The more conservative it is, the better. But, I understand why so many seem to have fled from trusting and supporting that national band of misfits and turncoats infesting DC and the Federal government.
53 posted on 12/13/2013 12:34:30 AM by staytrue: (Quoting Bigbob, ‘why isnt the GOP preaching the gospel of capitalism’): “Because capitalism is not a god and there is no gospel. In fact, capitalism is a ruthless method of maximizing value. It has no soul, it has not pity for the losers, it has no compassion. And if you happen to be one of the losers, well BOO HOO AND TOO BAD FOR YOU. Capitalism is efficient but it is not the be all end all goal of human life.”
There's a lot of truth in what both of you are saying.
At least in America, most social conservatives understand that free enterprise is an indispensable part of a biblical worldview, and that economic freedom is essential to political freedom because political freedom can't continue in a context where government routinely takes control of private property.
That hasn't always been the case historically — Christian conservatives have sometimes allied themselves with various secular movements which weren't necessarily supporters of free enterprise — but it is the case in modern America.
But while capitalism is an important and effective means to an end, making money is not the end in and of itself.
Sodom and Gomorrah were well-watered cities on the plain and probably had a thriving economy.
The road to conservative success in our current context is not by exalting money — that leads to candidates like Mitt Romney — but rather by reminding people of the Judeo-Christian heritage of America.
That message can be, and should be, especially effective among immigrants who have Christian convictions and come from societies that still affirm the moral values our elites are attacking.
The Reagan Revolution succeeded in large measure because it convinced blue collar urban Catholics and rural Southerners — people who should have been voting their conservative moral convictions but were not — that their moral convictions should lead them out of the Democratic Party.
We can do similar things today.
If we do them, we will win, given changing demographics.
If we don't do them, our only hope of winning is that the Democratic Party's policies implode due to their inherent wrongness.
I'd rather take control of America out of the hands of Democrats while America is still in one piece than pick up the pieces of a broken America if the Democrats drop the ball and wreck it.
The stench of the lie and the smell of brimstone is strong in that article. DELUSION is a disease.
I just figured it out... THIS WRITER IS GAY AND HIS POLITICS EMANATE FROM HIS UNGIRDED LOANS!
Damned fine post brother.
Capitalism... NOT CRONY Capitalism... has done more to free humans and create security and Liberty and Freedom and raise mankind out of poverty than anything else in our History. Nothing is perfect but true Capitalism is the best system of economics that man has ever created. We will not need it in Heaven but we ain’t in Heaven... yet.
LLS
Really? I thoiught most people thought the Republican Party WAS the conservative party. Apparently not.
Now, what are these "Republican interests"? What they are actually talking about are the interests of elected Republican politicians. That those specific individuals retain their jobs, increase their power and make alot of money.
Why these "interests" should interest voters at all is a question left unasked.
The RINOs hate their voters and somehow that's a recipe for "electing more Republicans" to do what is never exactly mentioned, but just get more people with "R's" behind their names is good for us, somehow.
The Republican Party is doomed.
At the end of it he holds up the 2012 picture of Paul Ryan making that muscle and says
“I cant believe I hung this poster on the ceiling of my dream closet. Its time for a new 2016 fantasy candidate”
Then he takes the Paul Ryan picture and pasts Ted Cruz's picture over Ryan's face and says :”Oh Ted Cruz, Oh Ted Cruz, you will never betray me”
Is he spying on us ??? LOL
The original blogger (though he hates the word), modern Renaissance Man, writer, and true conservative Jerry Pournelle refers to him as “The Egregious Frum.” With good reason.
Wrong--Boner's performance throughout this budget "deal" fiasco has gone a long wat to ensure that conservatives either stay at home or vote third party in 2014. At least the DIMS are smart enough to know that you don't openly declare war on a key constituency if you want to stay in power.
Exhibit A: The 2012 Presidential contest
“...Is he spying on us ....”
Probably... there’s a lot of trolls lately.
I hope they are not giving you a hard time.
I have found it quite peaceful here lately, with a few minor exceptions(thats what makes it fun).
“...I hope they are not giving you a hard time...”
Nah, not at all. It’s expected on an open forum.
That is an understatement. This forum is riddled with trolls, judas goats, moles, and termites. Butt that is to be expected. The good thing is, given time, they always out themselves by their posts.
I love this place,
Although as we get closer to 2016 the *crazy* virus will spread another relapse again.
At some point in 2016 (or many points) we just have to keep our heads down to avoid flying missiles .
And maybe a joke or two,
Eh.. they’re like food.
Eat it up, sh*t it out...
Keeping it in that perspective makes them simple to digest.
Are they scary looking?
Do they eat little kids?
“...the *crazy* virus will spread...”
People are just hopeful, and scared, and want to believe in something or someone that won’t f*** them over. So they get defensive about who they believe will live up to that.
I guess I understand it. We ALL want to see the best come forward and try to halt and undo some of what this walking clusterf***, his party, and his RINO traitors did to us. So folks see someone who appears to have the potential, the right sounding words, and they get pulled aboard the train.
But you are correct - we need to be realistic about who we are dealing with and look at them from the lens of the brain, and not the heart; past voting records, what they do, versus what they say.
Truth is, we have been f***ed over so many times by our own side, it’s difficult to believe anybody anymore.
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