Re: ? for dems
"Not agreeing and calling it a reign of terror are two different things."
True. My reference to Reign Of Terror was a comment on how the current administration is governing us. Every time the national attention starts to shift towards a problem with the administration, they deftly turn our attention away with fear. If it hasn't been one thing, it has been another. If you were to believe everything they try to tell us, there is a terrorist in every basement of every house just wating to suicide bomb us. Yes, terrorism is a problem, and we should be concerned, but it has been the sole platform the administration has been focused on, which is exactly what the terrorists want. Maybe we should, as a country, try focusing on some other issues as well as terrorism. When we prioritize terrorism over the function of our country, they win.
"Not sure what you mean about the "Lets Throw Anything Out There And See What Sticks technique of the righties is way better" "
How 9/11 was handled, how the economy is handled, how the environment is handled, how future energy needs are handled. Or should I say not handled. I don't have to even go on about the Iraq war, it says it all by itself. The economy, well, the tax cuts and interest rate cuts did stimulate the economy, just like sugar stimulates the body. The downside is that it is all short term. You cannot cut taxes, and spend like crazy, and expect a good long term outcome. Now, if cutting taxes is implemented with reduced spending, then that is a good thing. Unfortunately, I can't say I have ever seen a republican administran do this. They always go on about the big taxes and big government that democrats create, but the republicans just reduce the taxes without reducing the spending. Where is this money going to come from?
Future energy needs. I saw yesterday how SUV sales are going up because gas is going down. Now, I am not going to say this is Bushes fault. It is the people who are so short sighted that they don't understand the fuel price reduction is only temporary. The administration could do a better job of encouraging people to use their brain instead of their instant-gratification gene. Just because gas went down 30 cents dosn't mean we somehow ended up with more gas. The purpose of intelligent use and conservation is so the resource lasts longer. Savings in personal finances are a side benefit. This is not just a Righty problem, I don't want you to think I am singling out. Lefties are running out and lapping up the gas suckers too.
There is little to no discussion of environment by the administration so either they think its just fine or they don't care. But I am rambling. By saying they throw anything out and see what sticks, I am basically saying they have no cohesive, functional long term plan. They are focused on the short term, the next few years, and that is basically how most republican administrations run. Democrat administrations claim to focus on the people, on the long term. Maybe they do, but it is hard to say they accomplish anything because republican administrations undo everything the dems did when they come into office.
QC, I am hard on religion. The worst things mankind does is in the name of religion. I have found the most hypocritcal people I have dealt with are also the most religious people I have dealt with. I don't have a problem with religion in and of itself, it is how it is used by a large portion of society that I have a problem with. The air of superiority, the continously being told that those who don't believe will go straight to the hot place down below by people whos only basis of information is a book they read that was written by man, not God. For me, religion is a guideline for people to follow.
Maybe I am wrong, but according to religion, we are supposed to be kind to each other, be helpful and generous, and the care of your fellow man is supposed to be of utmost importance, only superceded by the faithful belief in God himself. Isn't that the basic crux of it? So, when I refer to religion with righties, I am refering to those who are out to abolish every program the government has in place to help those in need and then come up with crap like eliminating minimum wage. That is hypocracy, plain and simple.
Telling someone who lost their job due to downsizing to go out and get a job and get off of welfare is all fine and good until you realize that they jobs they can get do not pay as well as the welfare system does. Yes, we can blame welfare, and we can blame lazy breeders, but why isn't anyone blaming the employers who pay the shyte wages that end up driving people to stay on the welfare system in the first place.
But I digress....The Religious Right is the most brutally hypocritical, and they will always deny it and shift blame away from themselves. That should sound familiar, because they always say the Left does the same thing. There are some on this board that do it. They will whine and whine and whine, all the while badmouthing the other side stating that they whine too much. Hypocracy.
Am I better than anyone else because I don't subscribe to the things I myself complain about? Nope, I am better than no one else. I drive a gas sucker truck, I go out and spend money on fishing gear when I could be donating to charity. I do not do volunteer work. But I come from a family that ran into savage financial problems in the early 80s and we struggled from the bottom back up. We did not sit on welfare, we got jobs. I do stop and help the lady on the side of the road with a flat tire after the BMW crowd has driven by, too busy with self preservation to help their fellow man. I do conserve as best I can through intelligent use of my resources. I might have a gas sucker truck, but I spend about $100 in gas per month for the thing, and it is paid for.
Would I feel better if I came upon ten men at night by myself and I knew they just came from bible study? Nope. They are as capable of misdeed as anyone else. I'm sure those 9/11 terrorists did some solid Koran reading just before implementing their plan. Some nutjob who decides to blow up an abortion clinic usually spend some quality time with the Good Book. Tell me again why religious people should be free of suspicion?
