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basskisser June 16th 04 02:36 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Let's get this straight. Ronnie Reagan allowed AIDS to flourish for
years after it was discovered and did next to nothing to stem its
virulent, lethal tide, and wouldn't even utter the word until the end
of his term, when it was too late.
Ronnie Reagan denied the existence of the nation's homeless problem
that he largely created, and then blamed the problem on not enough
people caring to get out there and get a job as he meanwhile slashed
civil services and assistance for the poor.

Ronnie Reagan pillaged the U.S. Treasury and ballooned the deficit
more than 100 percent during his term. He gave the wealthy enormous
tax breaks and gouged the living crap out health care and social
services and increased defense spending so much you'd think America
was on the verge of being attacked by giant marauding alien
centipedes.

Get that man's face on the dime!

History credits Reagan with ending the Cold War and putting the final
nail in the already-collapsing Soviet coffin. Which he did, sort of,
but not really, mostly via a massive, budget-reaming arms buildup and
via strong-arming the world and launching Star Wars and by playing
nice with all manner of dictators and then surprising everyone by
siding with Gorbachev on disarmament.

All while selling some slick, bloated version of an uber-patriotic,
thick-necked, sanitized America to a dazzled populace who were utterly
hypnotized by the man's silky-smooth ability to make toxic policy
sound like Disneyland.

Let's get this straight: Ronnie Reagan should have been impeached for
his role in the Iran-Contra scandal, for launching an illegal war on
Nicaragua, for applauding genocide in Guatemala and death squads in El
Salvador. Ronnie Reagan worked tirelessly to roll back abortion
rights, affirmative action and civil rights and was instrumental in
diminishing the voice and strength of the U.N. Ronnie Reagan opposed
stem-cell research, which could have helped end the horrible suffering
of the last decade of his own life.

Get that man's face on the 20-dollar bill!

Let us not forget: Ronnie Reagan's secretary of the interior, James
Watt, was indicted on more than 40 felony counts for leveraging his
connections at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to
help his cronies seek federal funds for housing projects. Nothing like
a little prison time for one of your key Cabinet members to make your
administration really shine.

As Tim Noah of Slate points out, Saddam's now-famous gassing of the
Kurds, the horrific event that BushCo never ceases to point to as
really really bad, occurred on Reagan's watch. And, in 1984, when
Reagan's hawks received their first reports that Iraq was engaged in
chemical warfare (using chemicals sold to him, in part, by the United
States), they chose to shake hands with Saddam and ignore it.

Give that man's fluffy head a spot on Mount Rushmore!

Reagan the great government shrinker? Reagan the great decreaser of
budget spending? Whatever. Truth is, spending actually increased by
one-fourth, even factoring out inflation, during his term. Know who
reversed that? Who actually decreased spending as an overall
percentage of GNP and reduced the size of government during his term?
Bill "Big Government" Clinton, that's who. Whatta jerk.

Can we forget the lovely winking deal Reagan made with the Ayatollah
Khomeini to hang on to those 52 American hostages in Iran till after
the 1980 election in order to make Jimmy Carter look small and weak?
Shall we remember how Reagan took full credit for their release, when
he had almost nothing to do with it? True American hero, that Gipper.

Ronnie Reagan tried to tell poor people that ketchup was a vegetable.

Ronnie Reagan was largely detested by his own children and wasn't
exactly highly respected for his intellect by his own Cabinet, and his
general vagueness and lack of nuanced understanding of how government
works -- not to mention how to pronounce the names of foreign leaders
and countries -- is matched only by the current least articulate least
intelligent least educated least attuned least globally respected man
who now stumbles though the Oval Office with a smirky Texas
pseudo-swagger.

Reagan could be famously snarling, pinched, mean. As California
governor, he fully cooperated with the CIA to investigate all those
nasty commie uprisings in the UC system, ended the career of then-UC
President Clark Kerr and famously warned student protesters, "If there
has to be a bloodbath, then let's get it over with." What a sweetie.
Is it too much to call Reagan "a cruel and stupid lizard" and "dumb as
a stump," as Christopher Hitchins writes? You be the judge.

Ronnie Reagan deregulated major industry and essentially loosed
corporate America upon an unsuspecting populace, including the
savings-and-loan companies, all while opening the national treasury
for his wealthy pals to loot. He promised a crackdown on
out-of-control deficit spending while working furiously to double the
national debt. "Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter," oozed a
very proud Dick Cheney, sneeringly.

But let's be fair. Let's look on Ronnie's good side, the legacy, the
reason tens of thousands are mourning the Gipper's passing and why an
aging boomer nation is still held rapt by this most beguiling and
masterful of proto-American Hollywood salesmen.

Reagan was, as widely noted, a pragmatist. He was a seductive charmer.
Gracious. He stood by his warped ideals and admitted his mistakes and
followed through on many of his promises, even if those promises
mutilated progressive ideas and stomped on the environment and gave
piles of money to the wealthy, all while sucker-punching the poor and
the working class and promising them nice shiny pennies and a big heap
of false hope if they'd just shut the hell up.

Which is why, I presume, there are any number of adorable GOP
sycophants out there right now campaigning to get the Gipper's mug on
the national currency. There are even some who want his face on
Rushmore, who think it's not enough that we named a huge airport and
an aircraft carrier and probably some nice road somewhere after him.
After all, Ronnie gave the conservative agenda its beautiful, historic
sense of bitter entitlement.

As for the mourners, they weep not because Reagan was such a profound
intellect, not because he was such a generous humanitarian, not
because he balanced budgets or worked to end poverty or because he, as
Clinton did, brokered peace in Northern Ireland and came closer than
any president in history to finally ending conflict in the Middle
East, and nearly winning the Nobel Peace Prize in the process.

No, they want Reagan canonized because he was a wildly successful,
hugely manipulative media presence. Because he charmed them to death,
because he shaped American politics like no other president in recent
history. This is what people are remembering: essentially, a surreal
and often sad and yet indelible hunk of American history, a time when
America fell under a slick jingoistic spell and conservatism found its
voice and became much of what it is today: you know, mean-spirited and
hawkish and ideologically lopsided, corporate sponsored, homophobic
and fiscally reckless and more oriented toward one overarching agenda:
military might uber alles.

This, then, is what we have to thank Reagan for. A bruising, devious,
glossy worldview, fiscal irresponsibility, the art of the slick media
sound bite, humanitarianism treated like a disease to be eradicated.

And now, with his passing, it's only appropriate to try to show a
little respect. After all, you have to give the man credit -- he did
indeed do a great deal to alter the timbre and direction modern
American politics. His legacy is convoluted and eternally debatable
and yet absolutely, undeniably extraordinary. He is the GOP's icon of
finger-wagging righteousness. He is their demigod o' slippery prefab
swagger. His attitudes and policies have had a titanic effect on the
shape of modern American conservatism.

Problem is, that shape looks increasingly, and frighteningly, like a
giant, bloody baseball bat.

Gould 0738 June 16th 04 05:32 PM

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That's too harsh.

So many people today think that others are "good" or "bad" people depending
upon whether their philosophies are similar to , or different than, their own.

Ronald Reagan had some screwed up principles, (in my subjective view), but he
was actually guided by those prinicples rather than the latest political poll.
He became president because America decided it needed a person with his
chracteristics, rather than because he successfully reinvented himself in an
image of what he thought the American electorate wanted.

I dislike Ronald Reagan's politics, but I have to admire the guy's style and
the sincere leadership he brought to the office.
Even though I would disagree with his philosophies, he was a good, rather than
a bad person.



Jack Goff June 16th 04 11:09 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 

"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004


Typical of today's liberals, and the Democratic part in general.
Intolerant, mean-spirited, bigoted.

Jack



Joe June 16th 04 11:16 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 

"Jack Goff" wrote in message
. com...

Typical of today's liberals, and the Democratic part in general.
Intolerant, mean-spirited, bigoted.

Jack



"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled
children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats."

"The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By
loudly denouncing all bad things--war and hunger and date rape--liberals
testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote
themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply
about such things. . . . Itīs a kind of natural aristocracy, and the
wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you donīt have to be brave,
smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal." --
P.J. O'Rourke



Gould 0738 June 16th 04 11:51 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled
children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats."

"The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By
loudly denouncing all bad things--war and hunger and date rape--liberals
testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote
themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply
about such things. . . . Itīs a kind of natural aristocracy, and the
wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you donīt have to be brave,
smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal." --
P.J. O'Rourke



***********
Convertible political joke.
This one tells both ways.
*********

A man died and went to Heaven.

When he got through the pearly gates, he saw St. Peter standing in front of a
huge wall, completley covered with clocks. Some of the clocks appeared to tick
once in a while, some moved rather steadily, and others seemed to be stopped.

"What are all those clocks, Pete?"

"My child, those are the clocks of lies. Everybody is born with one, and the
hands are set to midnight. Each time somebody tells a lie, the time on their
clock advances a minute. For example, here is St. Francis of Assisi's clock. In
his entire life, St Francis only told six lies so the hands only advanced to
0:06."

St. Pete contiuned, "This clock over here belongs to Jimmy Carter. He racked up
some hours a while back, but the hands seldom move these days."

The new arrival was fascinated. "Wow, that's really something! Where's the
clock for {insert John Kerry or George Bush here}?"

"Oh, that," said St. Peter, "has been relocated to God's office. He's using it
for a ceiling fan".



Dave Hall June 17th 04 12:08 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On 16 Jun 2004 06:36:47 -0700, (basskisser) wrote:

Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004



I love it when a biased, myopic, and totally clueless liberal shows
their true colors. They are truly the champions of mean spirited
rhetoric, and groundless accusations.

I'll make a prediction that when Bill Clinton's time finally comes
that he won't be remembered with the same fond reverence as RR, but
you also won't hear the same level of deprecating speech from those on
the right, who have every reason to say those things, but still have
the class and decency not to.

Remember what your mother taught you? If you can't say something
nice.....

Dave

Dave Hall June 17th 04 12:12 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On 16 Jun 2004 16:32:48 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

That's too harsh.

So many people today think that others are "good" or "bad" people depending
upon whether their philosophies are similar to , or different than, their own.

Ronald Reagan had some screwed up principles, (in my subjective view), but he
was actually guided by those prinicples rather than the latest political poll.
He became president because America decided it needed a person with his
chracteristics, rather than because he successfully reinvented himself in an
image of what he thought the American electorate wanted.

I dislike Ronald Reagan's politics, but I have to admire the guy's style and
the sincere leadership he brought to the office.
Even though I would disagree with his philosophies, he was a good, rather than
a bad person.



Thank you Chuck for showing that some liberals are not blinded by the
sheer hatred of opposing views.

As much as you might be tempted to disagree, there are a lot of
similarities between RR and our current leader. While Bush lacks
Reagan's ability to "communicate" as eloquently and effectively, he is
a leader who is guided by principles and not polls.

Dave

basskisser June 17th 04 12:26 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
"Jack Goff" wrote in message .com...
"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004


Typical of today's liberals, and the Democratic part in general.
Intolerant, mean-spirited, bigoted.

Jack


So, you think that, because Reagan made the republican party nasty,
brutish, and short sighted, that it's somehow the Democratic party's
fault?

Harry Krause June 17th 04 12:26 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
Dave Hall wrote:

On 16 Jun 2004 16:32:48 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

That's too harsh.

So many people today think that others are "good" or "bad" people depending
upon whether their philosophies are similar to , or different than, their own.

Ronald Reagan had some screwed up principles, (in my subjective view), but he
was actually guided by those prinicples rather than the latest political poll.
He became president because America decided it needed a person with his
chracteristics, rather than because he successfully reinvented himself in an
image of what he thought the American electorate wanted.

I dislike Ronald Reagan's politics, but I have to admire the guy's style and
the sincere leadership he brought to the office.
Even though I would disagree with his philosophies, he was a good, rather than
a bad person.



Thank you Chuck for showing that some liberals are not blinded by the
sheer hatred of opposing views.

As much as you might be tempted to disagree, there are a lot of
similarities between RR and our current leader. While Bush lacks
Reagan's ability to "communicate" as eloquently and effectively, he is
a leader who is guided by principles and not polls.

Dave



Pardon me while I roll up my pants cuffs to keep them out of Dave's
latest bull****. It's too late to save my shoes.

Bush wouldn't know a principle if he drank it.

John Gaquin June 17th 04 12:47 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 

"basskisser" wrote in message

Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004


Mark Morford is no more a legitimate source than Rush Limbaugh, or Al
Franken, or Hannity, or Richard Ben Veniste. They all overload with bombast
to target their particular audience, without regard to rational thought.



John Gaquin June 17th 04 12:49 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 

"Dave Hall" wrote in message

Remember what your mother taught you? If you can't say something
nice.....


Remember the Olympia Dukakis line from Steel Magnolias? "If you can't say
something
nice..... come sit by me."



Harry Krause June 17th 04 12:54 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
John Gaquin wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message

Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004


Mark Morford is no more a legitimate source than Rush Limbaugh, or Al
Franken, or Hannity, or Richard Ben Veniste. They all overload with bombast
to target their particular audience, without regard to rational thought.



You're such chuckle-buck, Gawkin...it must be interesting to be as
disconnected from reality as you are...

Gould 0738 June 17th 04 03:07 PM

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you also won't hear the same level of deprecating speech from those on
the right, who have every reason to say those things, but still have
the class and decency not to.


Yes, the era of brotherly love and tolerance espoused by Rush Limbaugh, Ann
Coulter, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, etc, etc, etc, etc, will be considered
by historians a golden moment in the growth of the human mind and spirit.

Wake up. Your conservative talk radio industry is making billions of dollars a
year
in an attempt to bring about a "dark age"
of inquisition in America. Tens of millions of increasingly angry and alienated
people are hanging on their every greasy word.

We liberals are not saints, either, but the right wingers either have no clue
what restraint, class and decency consist of or no justification to claim those
principles and standards as a core value of neo-conservatism.



bb June 17th 04 03:18 PM

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On 17 Jun 2004 14:07:27 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Yes, the era of brotherly love and tolerance espoused by Rush Limbaugh, Ann
Coulter, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, etc, etc, etc, etc, will be considered
by historians a golden moment in the growth of the human mind and spirit.

Wake up. Your conservative talk radio industry is making billions of dollars a
year
in an attempt to bring about a "dark age"
of inquisition in America. Tens of millions of increasingly angry and alienated
people are hanging on their every greasy word.

We liberals are not saints, either, but the right wingers either have no clue
what restraint, class and decency consist of or no justification to claim those
principles and standards as a core value of neo-conservatism.


thank you

bb


Curtis CCR June 17th 04 06:49 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
Harry Krause wrote in message ...
John Gaquin wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message

Here is some of the true legacy of RR. The right is putting him on a
pedestal higher than all, because of what?

Enough With Reagan Already
The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty,
brutish and shortsighted. Good riddance

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, June 16, 2004


Mark Morford is no more a legitimate source than Rush Limbaugh, or Al
Franken, or Hannity, or Richard Ben Veniste. They all overload with bombast
to target their particular audience, without regard to rational thought.



You're such chuckle-buck, Gawkin...it must be interesting to be as
disconnected from reality as you are...


Forgot to put Harry on that list.

Dave Hall June 17th 04 07:18 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On 17 Jun 2004 14:07:27 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

you also won't hear the same level of deprecating speech from those on
the right, who have every reason to say those things, but still have
the class and decency not to.


Yes, the era of brotherly love and tolerance espoused by Rush Limbaugh, Ann
Coulter, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, etc, etc, etc, etc, will be considered
by historians a golden moment in the growth of the human mind and spirit.

Wake up. Your conservative talk radio industry is making billions of dollars a
year
in an attempt to bring about a "dark age"


Compared to all the failed attempts at liberal radio, which can't seem
to find more than a half dozen or so listeners?

of inquisition in America. Tens of millions of increasingly angry and alienated
people are hanging on their every greasy word.


Do you ever wonder why those people are angry Chuck? Those people are
sick and tired of what liberals and the so-called "enlightened" people
are doing to this country. Starting with the whole "politically
correct" movement, all the way through entitlement programs for the
undeserving, the relentless demonization of the rich and successful,
and the support of programs which promote one person's superficial
attributes over another's, along with government expanding its role to
intervene in more and more aspects of people's lives and lifestyles,
while taking more and more money out of our pockets.
Talk-radio is an outlet for people to vent those frustrations. You
guys on the left should take heed. Your ideologies are not popular
with the majority of Americans.



We liberals are not saints, either, but the right wingers either have no clue
what restraint, class and decency consist of or no justification to claim those
principles and standards as a core value of neo-conservatism.


I can't comment on some of the others, but I do listen to Hannity
regularly. I have NEVER EVER heard him make an ad-hominem attack
against anyone. He DOES attack the issues, and will cut liberals to
shreds for their double standards and disingenuous positions. He says
with quite regularity that liberals are not bad people, they're just
misguided. That's about as close to an ad-hominem attack as he gets.

Compare that to several obvious liberal columnists who made comments
about Reagan such as "he should be turning a shade of dark brown right
about now" , and other baseless, groundless and purely ad-hominem and
mean spirited comments.

Dave


Gould 0738 June 17th 04 08:22 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
Do you ever wonder why those people are angry Chuck? Those people are
sick and tired of what liberals and the so-called "enlightened" people
are doing to this country. Starting with the whole "politically
correct" movement, all the way through entitlement programs for the
undeserving, the relentless demonization of the rich and successful,
and the support of programs which promote one person's superficial
attributes over another's, along with government expanding its role to
intervene in more and more aspects of people's lives and lifestyles,
while taking more and more money out of our pockets.
Talk-radio is an outlet for people to vent those frustrations. You
guys on the left should take heed. Your ideologies are not popular
with the majority of Americans.


It isn't supposed to be a popularity contest.

Coupled with your comment about the number of listeners to conservative hate
radio, just who appears to be pandering to the crowd here?

"Support of programs that promote one person's superficial attributes over
anothers?"

Opposed to programs that
supress the non-Anglo, non- Protestants with messages about how the country was
founded on Christianity and all others should put up with it or "go home"?

"The government expanding its role to intervene in more people's lives"? You
wouldn't be referring to the current government, expanding at a record pace and
at record expense, and justifying increasing intrusion into the private affairs
of ordinary law abiding citizens as "security" measures, would you?


"Taking more and more money out of your pocket" Dave, I wish I had something
for sale that you wanted to buy. I'd make a fricking fortune and you'd be broke
for the rest of your life. Here's why:

Our national costs, just like our personal budget costs, are dictated by the
amount of money we spend every month---- not by the amount of money we decide
we're going to set aside to pay bills during any particular pay cycle.
Everytime I see an ad for something being sold "No payments until 2006!" I
think of our current fiscal management. There are a lot of rubes on the street
who imagine that if there are no payments due until 2006, or what not, that it
is the same as being free.

This is going to break your heart, but the Bush Tax Cut Emperor is stark,
raving, naked. Periodski.

The current Congress is spending money at an unsustainable pace. We are piling
up a huge debt. Meantime, we make everybody feel temporarily OK about it all by
reducing the amount of taxes being collected. It's like the family that decides
to ignore the pile of bills on payday, go on a weekend spending spree instead,
and then fantasize that they are well off because of all the new stuff they
just bought with additional credit.

The big lie is that reducing taxes has reduced the cost of government. No, it
temporarily reduced the apparent immediate price of government, but has not
affected the actual cost of government which is as high or higher now, (with
one party in charge), than it has ever been. The ballooning deficit will
eventually take *more* money out of the average guy's pocket than the phoney
tax cut put into it, by far. Bush has not vetoed even one cent of spending, as
far as I know, in 3 and 1/2 years. Yes it's true that Congress writes the
checks, but he has to sign them.

You guys want to truly act conservative, rather than simply disguise yourselves
as conservatives?

CUT
FEDERAL
SPENDING

Once you have done that, you can cut taxes. Until you do that, you're simply
jerking off to a better grade of pornography-
still nothing but self indulgent, phoney pretense.

The current "conservative" government has failed in the primary expectation of
a conservative administration; reduce the size of the government and associated
expenses.







DSK June 17th 04 08:31 PM

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Dave Hall wrote:
I can't comment on some of the others, but I do listen to Hannity
regularly. I have NEVER EVER heard him make an ad-hominem attack
against anyone.


Proof that Dave Hall is basically a retard.

Hannity all but foams at the mouth, snapping like a rapid poodle.

If you genuinely believe he does not make "ad hominem" attacks then you
clearly have both very poor judgement *and* the dimmest grasp of what
"ad hominem" means.


... He DOES attack the issues, and will cut liberals to
shreds for their double standards and disingenuous positions.


Whereas his own double standards and "disingenuous positions" (or as we
smarter & more honest folk call them, "lies") tend to get glossed over
and ignored.

But hey, at he's least not a drug addict. BTW did he ever serve in the
military?

DSK


thunder June 17th 04 09:46 PM

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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:31:23 -0400, DSK wrote:


BTW did he ever serve in the
military?



Nope.

http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHG...20Chickenhawks

http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

Dave Hall June 18th 04 12:54 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On 17 Jun 2004 19:22:05 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Do you ever wonder why those people are angry Chuck? Those people are
sick and tired of what liberals and the so-called "enlightened" people
are doing to this country. Starting with the whole "politically
correct" movement, all the way through entitlement programs for the
undeserving, the relentless demonization of the rich and successful,
and the support of programs which promote one person's superficial
attributes over another's, along with government expanding its role to
intervene in more and more aspects of people's lives and lifestyles,
while taking more and more money out of our pockets.
Talk-radio is an outlet for people to vent those frustrations. You
guys on the left should take heed. Your ideologies are not popular
with the majority of Americans.


It isn't supposed to be a popularity contest.


Uh, yes it is. Ultimately is you want a population of happy people,
you need to do things to make them such. Doing things that **** them
off is counterproductive.



Coupled with your comment about the number of listeners to conservative hate
radio, just who appears to be pandering to the crowd here?


I still chuckle at your use of the word "hate" to describe an opposing
viewpoint. That, more than anything else, establishes your bias, and
truly underscores the duplicity and hypocrisy of those on the left,
who claim to champion such concepts as diversity and tolerance, except
when those "diverse" viewpoints are opposed to theirs.



"Support of programs that promote one person's superficial attributes over
anothers?"

Opposed to programs that
supress the non-Anglo, non- Protestants with messages about how the country was
founded on Christianity and all others should put up with it or "go home"?


Two points:
1. You don't correct prejudice by counter prejudice.

2. This country was founded by, and made up of, a majority of
Christians. That makes them the majority. Since majority rules apply
here, there is a certain amount of "deal with it" associated with
those who wish to do things differently. Yes, they are more than
welcome to practice their own unique rituals and customs. But don't
expect the majority to give up or modify their customs or traditions
to accommodate those who cannot deal with it. The door swings both
ways.



"The government expanding its role to intervene in more people's lives"? You
wouldn't be referring to the current government, expanding at a record pace and
at record expense, and justifying increasing intrusion into the private affairs
of ordinary law abiding citizens as "security" measures, would you?


No, I was thinking more along the lines of jetski bans, no wake zones,
excessive deed restrictions, seatbelt laws, and any other law which
tries to exclude certain segments of the population from partaking in
activities which have arbitrarily been determined to be "unacceptable"
by a statistical few, but politically powerful individuals, without a
clear tangible benefit being demonstrated to the majority.



"Taking more and more money out of your pocket" Dave, I wish I had something
for sale that you wanted to buy. I'd make a fricking fortune and you'd be broke
for the rest of your life. Here's why:

Our national costs, just like our personal budget costs, are dictated by the
amount of money we spend every month---- not by the amount of money we decide
we're going to set aside to pay bills during any particular pay cycle.
Everytime I see an ad for something being sold "No payments until 2006!" I
think of our current fiscal management. There are a lot of rubes on the street
who imagine that if there are no payments due until 2006, or what not, that it
is the same as being free.


No, actually I look at deferred payment as the ability to keep my
money in interest bearing investments a little longer, thereby
reducing the cost of the item. Of course, most smart people understand
the scam. The "no payments" expires and then huge interest payments
start accruing. The hope (from the financiers) is that the buyers will
have spent that money and now are forced to pay the interest. I
typically do not have that problem, as I earmark the cash and set it
aside in a bank CD or some other such account until I need to make the
full payment. Many times the store will cut you a deal if you pay
cash. Whichever saves me the most money is the one I go for.


This is going to break your heart, but the Bush Tax Cut Emperor is stark,
raving, naked. Periodski.


No, I got the cash in my hand to prove it.


The current Congress is spending money at an unsustainable pace.


Well duh! We are at war after all.....


We are piling up a huge debt


Yea, so? I have yet to see any evidence how the national debt affect
the personal finances of individuals. Look at the 80's during and
after Reagan. Reagan's policies reduced interest rates, created jobs,
and generally improved the economy. At the same time, he ran up a huge
national debt. But ask any working person whether they were personally
better off before or after Reagan and see what you'll hear. The
national debt is a non-issue.





Meantime, we make everybody feel temporarily OK about it all by
reducing the amount of taxes being collected.


That temporary euphoria is what leads to improved confidence, which
leads to increased spending, which stimulates the economy. Now if we
could only get the biased media to stop focusing on the all the
downsides of the economic indicators and give equal time to the
positive ones, we would help the economic growth instead of killing it
by scaring investors and spenders alike. I know the democrats will do
anything, including squashing the economic recovery, to re-gain
political power. But this should show you just how desperate they are,
and how the welfare of this country is secondary to their political
aspirations.

It's like the family that decides
to ignore the pile of bills on payday, go on a weekend spending spree instead,
and then fantasize that they are well off because of all the new stuff they
just bought with additional credit.


No, it's more like taking a tax windfall to buy a new car, while
their neighbors pile up more debt. The two are not related.



The big lie is that reducing taxes has reduced the cost of government. No, it
temporarily reduced the apparent immediate price of government, but has not
affected the actual cost of government which is as high or higher now, (with
one party in charge), than it has ever been.


Again, we are at war. That WILL increase government spending. We're
not exactly spending money on more entitlement programs (Except that
flawed medicare prescription plan)

The ballooning deficit will
eventually take *more* money out of the average guy's pocket than the phoney
tax cut put into it, by far.


Only if taxes are raised again. I doubt that the people will allow
someone to remain in office who would do such a thing. I know I
wouldn't vote for them. The guy who raises taxes is committing
political suicide.


Bush has not vetoed even one cent of spending, as
far as I know, in 3 and 1/2 years. Yes it's true that Congress writes the
checks, but he has to sign them.


That does bother me to an extent.



You guys want to truly act conservative, rather than simply disguise yourselves
as conservatives?

CUT
FEDERAL
SPENDING


Once the war is over, I'm all for that. But we need to spend whatever
we need to squash the terrorist threat, or there may not be an America
like we have now to worry about.


Once you have done that, you can cut taxes. Until you do that, you're simply
jerking off to a better grade of pornography-
still nothing but self indulgent, phoney pretense.

The current "conservative" government has failed in the primary expectation of
a conservative administration; reduce the size of the government and associated
expenses.


What would have them reduce at a time of war? What parts of
government, that isn't directly involved in terrorism or the war, have
expanded?

Dave


Dave Hall June 18th 04 12:59 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:31:23 -0400, DSK wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
I can't comment on some of the others, but I do listen to Hannity
regularly. I have NEVER EVER heard him make an ad-hominem attack
against anyone.


Proof that Dave Hall is basically a retard.


Or possibly more proof that you lack objectivity, or what little you
have is blinded by bias.


Hannity all but foams at the mouth, snapping like a rapid poodle.


Cite specific examples please.


If you genuinely believe he does not make "ad hominem" attacks then you
clearly have both very poor judgement *and* the dimmest grasp of what
"ad hominem" means.


I'll wait until you give me specific examples to comment.




... He DOES attack the issues, and will cut liberals to
shreds for their double standards and disingenuous positions.


Whereas his own double standards and "disingenuous positions" (or as we
smarter & more honest folk call them, "lies") tend to get glossed over
and ignored.


Such as?


But hey, at he's least not a drug addict. BTW did he ever serve in the
military?


Irrelevant.

I still find it interesting how all these liberals are mesmerized on
conservative talk radio and seem to know so much about it. What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?



Dave

bb June 18th 04 03:00 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:59:39 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote:

What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?


On the rare occaisions I listen to it, I enjoy listening to the shrill
squealing of Rush as he watches his man go down the tubes.

bb

Harry Krause June 18th 04 03:12 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
bb wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:59:39 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote:

What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?


On the rare occaisions I listen to it, I enjoy listening to the shrill
squealing of Rush as he watches his man go down the tubes.

bb


Tubes? Toilet! Did you happen to hear Bush and Rumsfeld yesterday as
they were dancing around on the head of a pin. Obfuscation uber alles!

Sadly, those who "interview" these two liars aren't playing hardball
with them.

bb June 18th 04 04:46 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:12:23 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Tubes? Toilet! Did you happen to hear Bush and Rumsfeld yesterday as
they were dancing around on the head of a pin. Obfuscation uber alles!

Sadly, those who "interview" these two liars aren't playing hardball
with them.


Must be that liberal press. Bush and Rummie are actually liberals and
as such are getting a free ride.

bb

Dave Hall June 18th 04 04:57 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:12:23 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

bb wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:59:39 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote:

What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?


On the rare occaisions I listen to it, I enjoy listening to the shrill
squealing of Rush as he watches his man go down the tubes.

bb


Tubes? Toilet! Did you happen to hear Bush and Rumsfeld yesterday as
they were dancing around on the head of a pin. Obfuscation uber alles!

Sadly, those who "interview" these two liars aren't playing hardball
with them.


Which is evidence enough that there are no "hard balls" to play.
Considering the obvious bias that the news media exudes, you can bet
that if there were anything even remotely substantive, they would
pounce on it like the rapid dogs that they are.

Dave


Harry Krause June 18th 04 05:05 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
Dave Hall wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:12:23 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

bb wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:59:39 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote:

What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?

On the rare occaisions I listen to it, I enjoy listening to the shrill
squealing of Rush as he watches his man go down the tubes.

bb


Tubes? Toilet! Did you happen to hear Bush and Rumsfeld yesterday as
they were dancing around on the head of a pin. Obfuscation uber alles!

Sadly, those who "interview" these two liars aren't playing hardball
with them.


Which is evidence enough that there are no "hard balls" to play.


Perhaps in your world it is, but in the real world it is not. Bush has
had a free ride for more than a year. Some reporters are now just
beginning to press the Bush-**** administration for answers to hard
questions.

John H June 18th 04 05:52 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:05:50 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:12:23 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

bb wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:59:39 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote:

What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?

On the rare occaisions I listen to it, I enjoy listening to the shrill
squealing of Rush as he watches his man go down the tubes.

bb

Tubes? Toilet! Did you happen to hear Bush and Rumsfeld yesterday as
they were dancing around on the head of a pin. Obfuscation uber alles!

Sadly, those who "interview" these two liars aren't playing hardball
with them.


Which is evidence enough that there are no "hard balls" to play.


Perhaps in your world it is, but in the real world it is not. Bush has
had a free ride for more than a year. Some reporters are now just
beginning to press the Bush-**** administration for answers to hard
questions.


The 'hard balls' were fabrications, Harry. Remember? NY Times, LA Times, and
Washington Post telling lies, again?

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

DSK June 21st 04 12:32 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
But hey, at he's least not a drug addict. BTW did he ever serve in the
military?



Dave Hall wrote:
Irrelevant.


Of course *you* think so, seeing as how you dodged the draft your self.

Those of us who have served this country and put our lives on the line
see it a little differently.



I still find it interesting how all these liberals are mesmerized on
conservative talk radio and seem to know so much about it. What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?


Is that what you really think is happening?

We know you can't read very well, now it seems you can't listen very
well either.

DSK


Harry Krause June 21st 04 12:34 PM

OT Enough of the Gipper already (the TRUE legacy)
 
DSK wrote:

But hey, at he's least not a drug addict. BTW did he ever serve in the
military?



Dave Hall wrote:
Irrelevant.


Of course *you* think so, seeing as how you dodged the draft your self.

Those of us who have served this country and put our lives on the line
see it a little differently.



I still find it interesting how all these liberals are mesmerized on
conservative talk radio and seem to know so much about it. What, do
you guys actually enjoy having your idealogy torn apart policy by
policy, exposed for what it truly is, and then fed back to you?


Is that what you really think is happening?

We know you can't read very well, now it seems you can't listen very
well either.

DSK



I'm still waiting for Dave to let us know where he lives, so we can
round up a truck full of large dogs and drive them over to his place in
order that they might crap on his lawn for three or four days.



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