The danger's of a liberal mind.

[technostingray]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Don't say nothin' bad about my Liberal, Don't say nothing bad about my Liberal, oh no......Home of the Pancake Derby....

 

[txswinner]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

the recruitment goals were met by reducing the goals, check the numbers. the army fell short so they simply reduced the goals which were then met.

 

[QC]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Tomato, tomahto. I'm going with what I found. Check the link. Also, if they are at salary budget numbers, can they add personnel?

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

What started as a simple joke is turning into a complicated joke................ that is indeed the true danger of the liberal mind...........

 

[jimonica]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

jtex wrote,
"twisted...only just the slightest bit...

these words: "If this "evil" is such a grave threat to our "freedoms" why didn't your kid sign up? "

pretty much means: "if your kid didn't sign up, then you must not really believe it's so evil". "

Don't know if that was more sarcasm or not but you took the words right out of my mouth.
We've heard this war described as the fight of good vs evil.
We've heard that our freedoms and our way of life lies in the balance. If you truly believe this, I mean truly believe this, then your kids would be serving. I can honestly say if I felt that strong about this war, my boys would be serving.

 

[QC]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

This is the same kind of rhetoric I proposed when you say that Bush has sent our kids to die for the benefit of Haliburton and Big Oil. If you truly believe this, then this is truly an evil country and you should start a revolution. Explain to me how that is a different level of response to strongly held beliefs?

I do believe the people that we are fighting are evil. Not the people of Iraq et al, the evil ones that we fight who are killing innocents. The fact that we a) have a force that we pay to do this work and b) that my son has not chosen to become one of them are unrelated to my feelings in this matter. I have had a Marine Colonel to my home for dinner and I also meet often with another Marine, both have had tours in Iraq. I have thanked them and asked them first hand about their experiences and feelings about this war. You sir, should meet with some radical revolutionaries to express your support for whatever they can do to further your agenda and support your beliefs. Then let's get back together and we can compare our next levels of response to support our views of these opposing endeavors . . .

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

... You sir

Again with assuming your speaking to a man?

 

[jtexas]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

jtex wrote,
"twisted...only just the slightest bit...

these words: "If this "evil" is such a grave threat to our "freedoms" why didn't your kid sign up? "

pretty much means: "if your kid didn't sign up, then you must not really believe it's so evil". "

Don't know if that was more sarcasm or not but you took the words right out of my mouth.
We've heard this war described as the fight of good vs evil.
We've heard that our freedoms and our way of life lies in the balance. If you truly believe this, I mean truly believe this, then your kids would be serving. I can honestly say if I felt that strong about this war, my boys would be serving.

No, not sarcasm. I salute your conviction. And if God forbid you should ever find yourself in that situation, and if your boys choose not to join up, I promise not to question your beliefs on the basis of your kids' career choices. As Pink Floyd so elequently put it, "and I mean that most sincerely."

 

[QC]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Frogger, I think Jim has confirmed he is not Veronica . . .

 

[RubberFrog]

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Frogger, I think Jim has confirmed he is not Veronica . . .

How? Did he crack corn or something?

 

[QC]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Well I didn't get a picture of his weed eater, in front of a monitor, with an iboats page on it, if that's what you mean . . .

 

[Plainsman]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

jtex wrote,
"twisted...only just the slightest bit...

these words: "If this "evil" is such a grave threat to our "freedoms" why didn't your kid sign up? "

pretty much means: "if your kid didn't sign up, then you must not really believe it's so evil". "

Don't know if that was more sarcasm or not but you took the words right out of my mouth.
We've heard this war described as the fight of good vs evil.
We've heard that our freedoms and our way of life lies in the balance. If you truly believe this, I mean truly believe this, then your kids would be serving. I can honestly say if I felt that strong about this war, my boys would be serving.

What's he to do veronica? March his kids down to the recruitment office at gun point and force them to sign up?

 

[jimonica]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

QC wrote,
"when I listened for a self imposed, long stint to Air America the conservative callers at least attempted to follow a logical course of action, while it was the host who seemed to not own a weed eater . . ."

Let me let you in on a little secret, conservative talk screens the callers. When someone with a liberal perspective calls, they're not allowed on the air unless they sound like they're not all together. The righties don't let them on unless they feel they can whip them in a debate. On the other hand, I've heard over and over liberal talk show host begging and pleading for a conservative to call, in fact, they promise any conservative that calls will be put right up to the front of the line with no screening.

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Well I didn't get a picture of his weed eater, in front of a monitor, with an iboats page on it, if that's what you mean . . .

You sound a little disappointed? d

 

[jimonica]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

"Tomato, tomahto. I'm going with what I found. Check the link. Also, if they are at salary budget numbers, can they add personnel?"

Of course you are. We can find just about anything to support a particular view. But, does it pass the smell test?

 

[jimonica]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Eric asked,
"What's he to do veronica? March his kids down to the recruitment office at gun point and force them to sign up?"

This is why I posted this previously.

jimonica wrote,
"Now having asked the question, I understand your kid is of age and can make up his own mind. Just wondering if you and your kid are on the same page"

 

[jimonica]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

QC,

I think you the victim of your own hyperbaly. You've over sold this war almost to the point of biblical proportions. Good vs evil. I try to think of another recent war that may compare to this good vs evil war that you selling and it makes me think of WW11. My father entered the service right out of high school during WW11. Like with millions of others, he didn't need a Marine Colonel or a recruiter to come to his house. The men of that generation knew their country needed them and they went without a second thought.

Jtex, your comment about being noble drips with sarcasm, but I'll play "the straight man" for ya. If you asked my dad, or the millions of others that served, I doubt they would think they were being "noble". I think they would say they were just carrying out their responsibility as a citizen. I hope I'm raising my boys to know the difference between serving your country in a time of need and war of choice. I hope I'm raising them to know when to make the right decision. And again no it wouldn't noble, but just carrying out the responsibility of being a US citizen.

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Sheesh, you must have stayed up all night thinking up this stuff.
Relax, go have a beer.

Or shave....

 

[jtexas]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

Jtex, your comment about being noble drips with sarcasm, but I'll play "the straight man" for ya. If you asked my dad, or the millions of others that served, I doubt they would think they were being "noble". I think they would say they were just carrying out their responsibility as a citizen. I hope I'm raising my boys to know the difference between serving your country in a time of need and war of choice. I hope I'm raising them to know when to make the right decision. And again no it wouldn't noble, but just carrying out the responsibility of being a US citizen.

you referred to my comment about being noble; this is the only post of mine where the word noble appears:

LOL @ jimonica: "If this war is such a noble cause, you should have taken that boy of yours be scruff of the neck and marched him right down to the nearest Army recruitment office."

Is that what passes for logic these days?

notice that its a quote from member named "jimonica":

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If this war is such a noble cause, you should have taken that boy of yours be scruff of the neck and marched him right down to the nearest Army recruitment office.
...

I honestly didn't intend sarcasm so much as out and out riducule, which I kind of regret at this point...what I really meant to say is that I find that statement illogical, because the failure to march the scruffy-necked boy to the office is not an expression or indication of an opinion regarding the nobleness of the war.

But that's old news.

I believe your kids will make good choices.

 

[jimonica]

Re: The danger's of a liberal mind.

QC wrote,
"This is the same kind of rhetoric I proposed when you say that Bush has sent our kids to die for the benefit of Haliburton and Big Oil. If you truly believe this, then this is truly an evil country and you should start a revolution. Explain to me how that is a different level of response to strongly held beliefs?"

"You sir, should meet with some radical revolutionaries to express your support for whatever they can do to further your agenda and support your beliefs."

lol QC, this is why I love mixing it up with you. Your a one-of-kind, a real gem. Only you could come to that conclusion! Seriously, I love ya man!8)

I think the "revolution" left the station QC. We had an election on Nov. 7th and after going six years without this congress issuing one single subpoena, compared to the hundreds issued during the Clinton years, we're finally going to have some oversight.