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Showing posts with label liberals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liberals. Show all posts
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06 December 2013
"Leaping Liberals"
China just cracked down on 20,000 corrupt politicians, why don't we do the same? (And I'm guessing the presstitutes in the mainstream media won't mention it ...)
18 October 2013
John Wayne on Liberals
What would the Duke have said about politics in America today? Turns out, he said it in 1975, and could mostly be talking about today's news.
03 September 2013
06 May 2013
Things That Make Liberals Angry
1. Life isn't fair.
2. Income is earned by the person who worked for it, and it doesn't belong to anybody else.
3. The government doesn't owe you anything except border security, national defense, and good highways. Everything else should come from the States.
4. Rich people got rich by earning money, not by stealing 'wealth' from poor people - 'cause here's a hint, Skippy: poor people don't HAVE any wealth.
5. Poverty exists for many reasons, but no one is helped in the long term by someone else "giving" them stuff. People don't appreciate that which costs them nothing.
6. The government doesn't have any money. Everything they have, they first took in taxes from the people.
7. Dear Congress: STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY.
I'm sure there's LOTS more, and suspect much will be offered in comments here. Have at it!
2. Income is earned by the person who worked for it, and it doesn't belong to anybody else.
3. The government doesn't owe you anything except border security, national defense, and good highways. Everything else should come from the States.
4. Rich people got rich by earning money, not by stealing 'wealth' from poor people - 'cause here's a hint, Skippy: poor people don't HAVE any wealth.
5. Poverty exists for many reasons, but no one is helped in the long term by someone else "giving" them stuff. People don't appreciate that which costs them nothing.
6. The government doesn't have any money. Everything they have, they first took in taxes from the people.
7. Dear Congress: STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY.
I'm sure there's LOTS more, and suspect much will be offered in comments here. Have at it!
26 October 2012
03 April 2012
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02 September 2010
Oh, Woe is Us - NOT
The Anchorage Daily Worker News has joined the "Murkowski-had-seniority-we're-gonna-lose-it-now-Alaska-won't-have-any-power-in-the-Senate" meme ... sigh.
Sen. Murkowski herself played that card, only a couple of days before the election, with a TV (and probably radio, too, since it's donors' money they're spending) ad about how we couldn't afford to lose her. She's haz teh senioriteh. Yeah, well, tough. The voters had that as part of the equation, and they chose differently.
Since the electorate voted for the Tea Party candidate over an entrenched bureaucratic RINO, imagine the cosmic yawn going on at the newspaper's latest wheeze about something we didn't care about, just a week ago.
But it's going to cost us in terms of the level of federal spending here, they point out. So? Maybe if the powers-that-be (and those who elected or appointed them) hadn't decided we gotsta, gotsta have it, they wouldn't be so panic-struck now.
There are a good many of us who think the General Government has way too much influence here, now. We like Joe Miller's assertion that it would be best to let D.C. keep its handouts, and give us control of our own land and resources.
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By the way, I notice an interesting throw-away line in the linked article, regarding the outgoing senator. Her campaign, toward the end, was all about how conservative she is/was/will be. Uh-huh. The paper observes, "She was a quietly pro-choice moderate."
The majority, here - admittedly a slim one in the Anchorage area, but greater outside of this newcomer magnet - is pro-life & solidly conservative. Those who are not, like good libs everywhere, will try to cover up their lack of numbers by generating more noise ... but we've tired of the shrill shrieking of the left. If they don't like it here, they're welcome to return to California, or Oregon, or to whatever nanny-state from whence they came. We don't need 'em. What has already failed there isn't gonna work here. We don't need some johnny-come-lately from the Lower 48 trying to turn us into California North.
We don't care how they do it Outside; this is Alaska. We'll do it our way.
Sen. Murkowski herself played that card, only a couple of days before the election, with a TV (and probably radio, too, since it's donors' money they're spending) ad about how we couldn't afford to lose her. She's haz teh senioriteh. Yeah, well, tough. The voters had that as part of the equation, and they chose differently.
Since the electorate voted for the Tea Party candidate over an entrenched bureaucratic RINO, imagine the cosmic yawn going on at the newspaper's latest wheeze about something we didn't care about, just a week ago.
But it's going to cost us in terms of the level of federal spending here, they point out. So? Maybe if the powers-that-be (and those who elected or appointed them) hadn't decided we gotsta, gotsta have it, they wouldn't be so panic-struck now.
There are a good many of us who think the General Government has way too much influence here, now. We like Joe Miller's assertion that it would be best to let D.C. keep its handouts, and give us control of our own land and resources.
* * * * *
By the way, I notice an interesting throw-away line in the linked article, regarding the outgoing senator. Her campaign, toward the end, was all about how conservative she is/was/will be. Uh-huh. The paper observes, "She was a quietly pro-choice moderate."
The majority, here - admittedly a slim one in the Anchorage area, but greater outside of this newcomer magnet - is pro-life & solidly conservative. Those who are not, like good libs everywhere, will try to cover up their lack of numbers by generating more noise ... but we've tired of the shrill shrieking of the left. If they don't like it here, they're welcome to return to California, or Oregon, or to whatever nanny-state from whence they came. We don't need 'em. What has already failed there isn't gonna work here. We don't need some johnny-come-lately from the Lower 48 trying to turn us into California North.
We don't care how they do it Outside; this is Alaska. We'll do it our way.
21 December 2009
I Don't Know Exactly Why
but I haven't been particularly motivated (with only a couple of exceptions) to write about any particular topic. Nothing seems inspiring, lately.
The national political scene leaves me affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, heated, hot, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, irritable, irritated, maddened, offended, outraged, provoked, resentful, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, sulky, sullen, tumultuous, uptight, vexed ... and lots of other synonyms. But you probably know the feeling.
The patent tripe being spewed by the Decepticons in Congress is maddening, because it's so transparent. On the one hand, I'm glad that the maneuvering of the Chicago White House mob is so obvious. On the other, I'm dumbfounded that more people can't see it. One must think they've been captured by a spirit of enchantment.
One of the things that upsets me most is that there are so many liberal lefties & enviro/greenie-weenies in the Anchorage area. I can't imagine why they came up here in the first place ... unless it was precisely because Alaskans have been so stubbornly independent. We used to take pride in our ability to make do, get by, and survive.
I fear that spirit is nearly gone from the Anchorage area. There are too many big-box stores, and even things which were in short supply just a half-dozen years ago are now relatively easy to find. Life in the biggest city in Alaska has become too comfortable. Recently-transplanted people, now making up about half of the population, are likewise from larger cities (Seattle, Portland, and - Heaven help us - places in Kalifornistan).
If the economy truly goes tango uniform and crashes as some predict (up to & including the possible demonetization of the dollar) a lot of these "transplants" may bail and go back to warmer climes. They'd be happier there, anyway. I'm sick & tired of hearing them complain about the snow.
Hey, you! Enviroweenie globular-warming activist! Yeah, you. I thought the earth was burning up ... so why spend all this energy kvetching about the snow? What - we aren't melting fast enough for you?
Tough.
If Alaska returns to its pre-pipeline status as a sleepy backwater of civilisation, then so be it. The ones who remain will be those who are okay with that. Here we are, and here we'll stay.
Okay, so maybe I do have a topic that makes me want to write ...
The national political scene leaves me affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, heated, hot, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, irritable, irritated, maddened, offended, outraged, provoked, resentful, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, sulky, sullen, tumultuous, uptight, vexed ... and lots of other synonyms. But you probably know the feeling.
The patent tripe being spewed by the Decepticons in Congress is maddening, because it's so transparent. On the one hand, I'm glad that the maneuvering of the Chicago White House mob is so obvious. On the other, I'm dumbfounded that more people can't see it. One must think they've been captured by a spirit of enchantment.
One of the things that upsets me most is that there are so many liberal lefties & enviro/greenie-weenies in the Anchorage area. I can't imagine why they came up here in the first place ... unless it was precisely because Alaskans have been so stubbornly independent. We used to take pride in our ability to make do, get by, and survive.
I fear that spirit is nearly gone from the Anchorage area. There are too many big-box stores, and even things which were in short supply just a half-dozen years ago are now relatively easy to find. Life in the biggest city in Alaska has become too comfortable. Recently-transplanted people, now making up about half of the population, are likewise from larger cities (Seattle, Portland, and - Heaven help us - places in Kalifornistan).
If the economy truly goes tango uniform and crashes as some predict (up to & including the possible demonetization of the dollar) a lot of these "transplants" may bail and go back to warmer climes. They'd be happier there, anyway. I'm sick & tired of hearing them complain about the snow.
Hey, you! Enviroweenie globular-warming activist! Yeah, you. I thought the earth was burning up ... so why spend all this energy kvetching about the snow? What - we aren't melting fast enough for you?
Tough.
If Alaska returns to its pre-pipeline status as a sleepy backwater of civilisation, then so be it. The ones who remain will be those who are okay with that. Here we are, and here we'll stay.
Okay, so maybe I do have a topic that makes me want to write ...
25 August 2009
"Palinettes" Lead Republican Revival
In a copyright story in the Times Online, they report that "conservative women" whom some wag has termed "Palinettes" are appearing as possible candidates for political positions across the country.
You can go to the link and read the whole thing, then come back. I have an issue with something they say:
You can go to the link and read the whole thing, then come back. I have an issue with something they say:
"Meet the Palinettes, a new generation of clever conservative women who are emerging as some of their party’s most effective critics of Democratic rule. Like Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor who has become a conservative icon, they combine shrewd political instincts with eye-catching personal histories."Unlike Palin, most of them are carving out a moderate political path that Republican officials hope will help the party to compete for the middle-of-the-road voters [emphasis added] whom it lost in droves to Obama last year."
My problem? They Just Don't Get It.
Sarah Palin kicked open the door. True enough. And I'm happy to see women expressing conservative values getting involved in politics at all levels. But Sarah didn't make the HUGE splash that she achieved by appealing to moderate voters.
Gov. Palin is a conservative first, and a Republican second. She's not trying to resurrect the Republican party per se, except insofar as it's the best current candidate for a party that at least used to represent what she is.
If there were an Independent Party of widespread, national presence, I have no doubt that she would be front-and-center there, cheering on those want to take this country back from the liberal-slash-progressives who are trying to destroy it ... and us.
Don't be fooled by cheap imitations. If there is a conservative candidate running where you live, then by all means support her or him. Don't be concerned about party affiliation.
Actions speak louder than words, and conservative candidates don't lose sleep worrying about how to attract "moderate" voters. Any conservative worthy of the name will know better. You don't chase them ...
... you make the conservative idea so appealing that they come to us. Ronald Reagan (aka Ronaldus Magnus) did it, and so should we.
Why Alaska Is a Mystery to Liberals
Over at ThePalination.com (a blog to which I occasionally contribute, although most of my contributions have been technical in nature), "gamsbo" has reposted an excellent 2008 article about Alaska and Sarah Palin.
It explains much, including why the East Coast illiterati have decided that Sarah Must Be Stopped.
Here's an excerpt:
Read the whole thing, as they say, here.
It explains much, including why the East Coast illiterati have decided that Sarah Must Be Stopped.
Here's an excerpt:
"The frontier — the possibility of packing up and moving on to make your own life as you wish to live it — was enormously important, and generations of American historians have recognized its significance. Indeed, the great Frederick Jackson Turner pondered with profound alarm the significance of the closing of the frontier in the 1890s. He feared American democracy would not survive the results of the most recent census, that showed there was no longer a vast expanse of virgin land.
[...]
"For the first time in memory, we have a major candidate who comes from the frontier, and it’s not surprising that the pundits are having a hard time coming to grips with this phenomenon. For Sarah Palin’s world is not defined by the major media or by the glossy magazines; she hunts and fishes, she’s unabashedly patriotic, her son is in the Army, her husband races across the snow. Unlike the other three candidates, she is not a member of the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body. When she talks about shattering the glass ceiling, she actually means it; it is not a mask for yet another ideological program. Some of her supporters sense this when they call her “authentic.” It’s the wrong word, however; Barack Obama is an authentic radical, for example. Palin is a frontierswoman. Her state capital, Juneau, cannot be reached on the highways of Alaska. If you want to get there, you must either fly or sail. And for much of the year, sailing isn’t smart. No subways in Juneau, but lots of bars. The main bookstore caters mostly to the tourist trade, with a small selection of used paperbacks and a few recent best sellers.
"It’s not so much authenticity as independence, and self-reliance, which have always been the basic characteristics of frontier people. They think for themselves. They have to think outside the box, because there’s no available box for them to think in. If they accepted the conventional wisdom they wouldn’t be on the frontier, they’d be in some city and they’d brag about their degrees from the failed institutions of higher education. They’re not big on “conflict resolution,” they prefer zero-sum games. If you go up against a grizzly, you’re poorly advised to look for a win-win solution.
"She comes from a world that’s almost totally unknown to the pundits, which is why so much of the commentary has been unhelpful."
Read the whole thing, as they say, here.
13 January 2009
The Politics of Hate, Alaskan Style
A local radio "personality" (he'd want me to mention his name) who fancies himself the Anchorage version of Rush Limbaugh - only without the style, grace or humor - recently took it upon himself to criticize Levi Johnston.
Mr. Johnston, an unassuming young man who was thrust suddenly into a national spotlight when the mother of his girlfriend was nominated, equally suddenly, for Vice-President of the United States.
Levi and Bristol survived the scrutiny, and various slanderous attacks at home and across the country. They came back to Alaska, whereupon he took a job as an apprentice electrician on the North Slope - the oil-producing region.
The "personality" (he'd want me to mention his name) has been unremittingly negative in his remarks toward Governor Palin all along, and long before her rise to national prominence.
So the "personality" wrote a column in the local paper, which also jumped on the "she's-not-so-great" bandwagon during the national election. He criticized the method whereby he assumes Mr. Johnston got the job (his future mother-in-law is the Governor, don't you know). He criticizes Levi for not yet having achieved his G.E.D., which he claims is a prerequisite for the position.
Now, an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate (he lost to Gov. Palin, and would also want me to mention his name) who has also been leading a one-man parade against the Governor, is exchanging pats on the back with the "personality." They're congratulating each other for how clever and courageous they are for having pointed out this situation.
As a result of the unnessary and unwarranted attention, Levi Johnston quit the apprenticeship. Yes, he's apparently an e-e-e-vil conservative - he wanted a decent job to earn money for his new young family.
If - and it's a BIG if - there was any nepotism involved in getting the Slope job, so what? The job market in Alaska is plenty tough, and one frequently gets into a good job only by accident: you know someone who knows someone.
Aren't they brave? Aren't they great? They've managed to run an 18-year-old kid - who does not have the luxury of a soapbox in the local paper - out of his first real job. I suppose they'd prefer him to be on welfare, WIC, and food stamps.
Way to go, guys. I'm sure you're proud of yourselves.
Mr. Johnston, an unassuming young man who was thrust suddenly into a national spotlight when the mother of his girlfriend was nominated, equally suddenly, for Vice-President of the United States.
Levi and Bristol survived the scrutiny, and various slanderous attacks at home and across the country. They came back to Alaska, whereupon he took a job as an apprentice electrician on the North Slope - the oil-producing region.
The "personality" (he'd want me to mention his name) has been unremittingly negative in his remarks toward Governor Palin all along, and long before her rise to national prominence.
So the "personality" wrote a column in the local paper, which also jumped on the "she's-not-so-great" bandwagon during the national election. He criticized the method whereby he assumes Mr. Johnston got the job (his future mother-in-law is the Governor, don't you know). He criticizes Levi for not yet having achieved his G.E.D., which he claims is a prerequisite for the position.
Now, an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate (he lost to Gov. Palin, and would also want me to mention his name) who has also been leading a one-man parade against the Governor, is exchanging pats on the back with the "personality." They're congratulating each other for how clever and courageous they are for having pointed out this situation.
As a result of the unnessary and unwarranted attention, Levi Johnston quit the apprenticeship. Yes, he's apparently an e-e-e-vil conservative - he wanted a decent job to earn money for his new young family.
If - and it's a BIG if - there was any nepotism involved in getting the Slope job, so what? The job market in Alaska is plenty tough, and one frequently gets into a good job only by accident: you know someone who knows someone.
Aren't they brave? Aren't they great? They've managed to run an 18-year-old kid - who does not have the luxury of a soapbox in the local paper - out of his first real job. I suppose they'd prefer him to be on welfare, WIC, and food stamps.
Way to go, guys. I'm sure you're proud of yourselves.
12 January 2009
Thought for the Day
"...sector after sector of American life has been ruthlessly corrupted by the liberal ethos ... that aims simultaneously at political and social collectivism on the one hand, and moral anarchy on the other. It cannot win, but it can make us all losers." ~ Irving Kristol
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