OmahaBlueDog
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Thu May-22-08 04:40 PM
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| 27. Thank you, all who responded! |
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I plan to borrow (read: steal) from all of the above and shoot back a response to the journal writer. Right now, I have to go back to work.
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| -How would you respond to this? |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 03:59 PM |
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goddess forfend that we should actually act like a community, and look after each other, |
niyad |
May-22-08 04:01 PM |
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And those who try get shot down too... |
HypnoToad |
May-24-08 03:16 PM |
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simple minded isn't he/she. |
jaksavage |
May-22-08 04:01 PM |
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Are you talking about the journal writer or me? |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:05 PM |
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Probably useless |
wryter2000 |
May-22-08 04:03 PM |
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I was thinking that the founding fathers could not have presupposed the rise of capital |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:12 PM |
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A few of the founders saw it coming |
Mojambo |
May-22-08 04:27 PM |
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I dunno about this one: |
BayouBengal07 |
May-22-08 04:04 PM |
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.. and just how does feeding the hungry and providing medical care for all impede freedom? |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:07 PM |
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I would expect a conservative to label taxes an abrogation of freedom |
uberllama42 |
May-24-08 07:19 PM |
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Actually, you could do both |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 08:12 PM |
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I don't see gvt existing to protect freedom. I see it as (utopian I knw)... |
uppityperson |
May-22-08 04:06 PM |
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It would be a very sad Nation to live in, if we as a society (people) do not do everything... |
LakeSamish706 |
May-22-08 04:06 PM |
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"Government exists to protect freedom" |
Mojambo |
May-22-08 04:07 PM |
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He may not, but I'll plan to take a look at it |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:16 PM |
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Exactly. That's what I wrote above but more succinctly. Than you. |
uppityperson |
May-22-08 04:28 PM |
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Bingo! |
Mind_your_head |
May-22-08 04:30 PM |
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Well, ask him just who should ensure that food and drugs are safe? |
n2doc |
May-22-08 04:08 PM |
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Can I plagiarize some of that? |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:14 PM |
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Have it all! |
n2doc |
May-22-08 04:26 PM |
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Why, clearly Holy Mother Invisible Hand will ensure that! |
Posteritatis |
May-24-08 07:21 PM |
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Sorry to say this |
magellan |
May-22-08 04:09 PM |
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My view is that--in an industrial, technological society--government can and should EMPOWER people. |
Perry Logan |
May-22-08 04:13 PM |
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Government does NOT exist to protect freedom. Every person on the earth is born with 'certain |
sinkingfeeling |
May-22-08 04:16 PM |
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I can never get over the RW disconnect |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:26 PM |
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"assist me in the enforcement of contracts" |
dchill |
May-22-08 04:17 PM |
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PROFIT has become GOD! |
Mind_your_head |
May-22-08 05:00 PM |
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Try this: |
POAS |
May-22-08 04:21 PM |
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beats hell outta the *nanny state for corporations* we currently have.n/t. |
nosmokes |
May-22-08 04:23 PM |
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The Preamble to the US Constitution |
Jim__ |
May-22-08 04:26 PM |
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Better we should have a government that taxes the hell out of us and leaves us vulnerable and |
Blue State Native |
May-22-08 04:30 PM |
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Thank you, all who responded! |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 04:40 PM |
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OK -- I stole from most everyone in the thread, and I came up with this response. |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 10:51 PM |
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my thought |
some guy |
May-22-08 11:19 PM |
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I like that, too! |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 11:25 PM |
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My suggestion... |
ColbertWatcher |
May-22-08 11:44 PM |
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It does help -- thanks! |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-22-08 11:58 PM |
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You're welcome, I had to change some of the grammar. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
May-23-08 12:05 AM |
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The journal writer is a simpleton |
jaksavage |
May-23-08 12:16 PM |
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So, after stealing from all of you, I posted a response and this is what I got back |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 11:41 AM |
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About labor |
HypnoToad |
May-24-08 03:19 PM |
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How 'bout labor |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 05:09 PM |
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Wow. |
ColbertWatcher |
May-24-08 03:32 PM |
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There are so many problems with that "product of labor" argument |
Unvanguard |
May-24-08 07:59 PM |
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He has the definition of government wrong.. |
RedCappedBandit |
May-24-08 03:25 PM |
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..but he distilled the modern conservative movement perfectly |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 05:14 PM |
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A society is judged by how it cares for its least able |
proud2Blib |
May-24-08 05:19 PM |
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That's what I always thought |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 06:02 PM |
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I am absolutely against a nanny-state. If someone can't afford toilet paper, I'll gladly chip in |
mach2 |
May-24-08 06:18 PM |
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If they couldn't afford TP, I could suggest "The Fountainhead" |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 07:23 PM |
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Just now I actually did laugh out loud! It doesn't happen all that often. |
mach2 |
May-24-08 07:35 PM |
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for all the "nanny state" talk, i'm willing to bet |
Blue_Tires |
May-24-08 06:53 PM |
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I'll bet if a strip-club opened up on the property next door, he'd embrace zoning! |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 07:20 PM |
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Is he/she reading Ayn Rand? |
Lost-in-FL |
May-24-08 07:03 PM |
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Yup |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 07:15 PM |
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He/She's a very confused person then. |
Lost-in-FL |
May-24-08 07:18 PM |
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Well, the people in charge right now are certainly not progressives |
MasonJar |
May-24-08 07:19 PM |
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Sounds like your typical libertarian moron... |
sendero |
May-24-08 07:21 PM |
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Actually, Thomas Jefferson's phrasing is quite interesting. |
Unvanguard |
May-24-08 07:52 PM |
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Can I steal this? |
OmahaBlueDog |
May-24-08 08:06 PM |
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Go ahead. The ideas are the important thing. |
Unvanguard |
May-24-08 08:11 PM |
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I think that's fine. But |
salguine |
May-24-08 08:06 PM |
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Is it a Nanny State |
SalmonChantedEvening |
May-24-08 09:02 PM |
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