What do you all think of the Tea Party?
As far as I can see, the liberals in the Democrat Party, and the spineless progressives in the Republican Party are leading this country down the economic road to oblivion. That being said, I am open to a new party that more closely matches my philosophy and desires, and will promote policies that will serve society rather than enslave it.
While I am not a member of the Tea Party movement, I sympathize with their intent, at least with what I perceive as their intent: that being smaller, less intrusive government, and a return to the founder's original intentions in this regard. However, my understanding is that this movement is just grass roots, with no real central national platform, and certainly with no vetting process for the candidates that it backs.
Can this movement be successful without organizing at the national level?
Is this movement viable? Will it become, like the GOP did just prior to the Civil War, the dominant party of the country?
Just interested in opinions...
While I am not a member of the Tea Party movement, I sympathize with their intent, at least with what I perceive as their intent: that being smaller, less intrusive government, and a return to the founder's original intentions in this regard. However, my understanding is that this movement is just grass roots, with no real central national platform, and certainly with no vetting process for the candidates that it backs.
Can this movement be successful without organizing at the national level?
Is this movement viable? Will it become, like the GOP did just prior to the Civil War, the dominant party of the country?
Just interested in opinions...
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I don't much care for cell phones. I have one. Prepaid. $100 a years. I typically use substantially less than half the air time (and it rolls over.) Besides that, I have VOIP land line. That costs me another $100 a year. So how many of you have paid over $200 a MONTH for phone service you don't need? (hint hint ;-)
I say, give the criminal aliens 6 months to get out. Provide free bus service to the border. Help them fill out the paperwork to immigrate legally. At the end of six months, put a bounty on their heads. Any caught will be tattooed with "criminal alien" across their foreheads and do two years hard labor before being tossed (literally) over the border.
I'd station Marine sniper teams on the border, and televise their kills non-stop, 24/7/365 to Mexico saying, "this is what awaits criminal invaders". Within 7 months, there would be no criminal alien problem.
But alas, women will vote to be "kindler, gentler" and bring these criminals into the fold where their standard of living will go up - and ours will go down.
Regarding women as economic morons - I only report what I've read. You're free to do your own research - but please, you're clearly smart enough to know that "I know plenty of..." is not a persuasive argument. In the first place, you are selecting the environment (those people whom you know). Second, you're picking the subjects (how do you judge the economic acumen of women with whom you choose not to associate?). Finally, how do you judge their economic knowledge at all? Is it because they know that 3 for $4 is not as good a deal as 4 for $5? Just google "men women economic knowledge". Note that there is nothing in this search that is in any way biased. Read the top 50 articles and get back to me... with an admission that I was right! ;-) (There's even an article that BLAMES MEN because women have less political knowledge!)
Laura soap scrubbed my favorite pan for blackening fish, and it has never been the same. ;-(
Actually...since the 'bride' doesn't like to use them...and I will not cook Cajun without them...I think that I will put you in my cookware section of the Will.
When will my room be ready?
And can I bring my cast iron pans and wok?
We had some nicely sliced ham that needed to be used, and we are always 'drowning' in various cheeses (two for one strikes again), so I made a tasty omelet with some hot sauce thrown in. Oh yeah, I am the egg cook here ever since I learned to love them from Atkins!
Just wish I had that darn pan....
Who makes the omelets?
I 'pushed' the young out of the nest, and she keeps their rooms ready for occupancy.
I keep the money in focus, but if I suggest that we need an omelet pan she will argue until she turns 'blue' that we have gone along just fine without one. Then she will drive to the store and buy a year's worth of peanut butter just because it is 'two for one'!
Go figure....
She got the movie(s), though, and showed an interest in the book. I am the Randian in this household....
Long before this, I was introduced to the Nolan Chart. I was more "libertarian" than the dude trying to talk me into joining the party.
So during a few years of wandering about, I realized that to be true to myself, I had to embrace the political party which most closely matched my personal philosophical mindset.
Once I started telling people I was a libertarian (notice I never capitalized it), I started realizing how fun it was to laugh at the stupidity of both major parties.
I started using phrases like:
-- "It's not my fault, I'm a libertarian."
-- "When you come to your senses, come back and we'll chat."
-- "The biggest difference in the two major parties is their name."
I wish you luck on your journey.
1) The socialists have dumbed down our educational system, on purpose, so the masses would be incapable of seeing what is going on for themselves.
2) The entitlement mentality is something the socialists have spent decades drumming into the heads of these functionally illiterate people.
3) The progressive and liberal politicians and power brokers have turned these people into slaves, whose only job is to vote for them.
I see these folks as victims, in a very real sense of the word, of scheming, calculating, evil politicians and power brokers.
Most of these folks see themselves as "victims," but not in the real sense of the word, but in the calculated mindless way their slave owners have brainwashed them into believing.
As such, I'm not sure I like the "let them die" mentality -- but I recognize that it is an inevitable conclusion to their condition. God will hold their slave masters accountable for their suffering and death.
I totally agree with the "when the smoke clears, rebuild" mindset. It is probably all we have left to do at this stage.
What I don't agree with is the assumption that women are economic morons. I know a LOT of women who are more economically savvy than the best of the men.
The "trade freedom for security" assumption of most women might be correct -- it seems to be part of their makeup. But I don't always see this translate into politically socialist action.
Where I see it most is in their personal life. They give up their "freedom" to become the wife of a man who will give them "security."
Where I see this breaking down is in the number of men who would rather whore around with a bunch of women instead of growing up and taking their responsibilities as men seriously.
If the men were really acting like men, then the comments made about women would be irrelevant. Since so many men are acting like grown boys, the women default back to the government as the provider of security -- and in that case, your comments are probably much more accurate.
There is a real reason why the family is the basic unit of society, and why the "traditional family" is the best paradigm.
That, at least, is how I see it...
I pay the bills online...and the 'bride' never asks where we stand.
One thing that worries me, however, is:
"When the smoke clears, rebuild."
What if the rebuild instruction manuals are written in Chinese? Or Russian? Or even Mexican....
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