WarpTen, Old Jim is very good at long-winded and flowery claptrap.
On Oct 27, 9:12 pm, WarpTen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was all very colorful and flowery in expression but to imply > socialism to the candidacy is a stretch of the imagination and loaded > with innuendo. Obviously the majority of initial candidacy choices > were totally abandoned and now we have a paltry choice, typical of any > election year, Republican or Democrat. All the other candidates fell > to the wayside (let's for arguments sake disregard Nader and the > other) and so we have to choose from that which has slipped through > the cracks. One is old and lame with a dipsy airhead running mate and > the other is a cocky arrogant uppity with a running mate who runs the > mouth ahead of the brain. All in all the bottom line is rebuilding the > nation without compassion for the wealthy who have had a free ride for > years. If we do not invest in the advancement of the general populous > we will eventually be inundated with poverty run amok. Tax breaks for > the wealthy and corporate entities has not accomplished anything and > has actually delivered us to this precipice of which you refer. We > need to change the old established political guarde in order to see a > meaningful change in American image on a global scale. We cannot > measure our condition on the basis of founding principles but must > address our quandary on contemporary standards. Forty acres and a mule > is no longer a viable solution to economic distress. With corporate > vampires depleting the core values of our political foundation, it is > obvious that we must rebuild from the ground floor up. They just > burdened the tax payers with a 800 billion dollar bailout for the > wealthy; has it had much of a positive impact? Foreclosures are > increasing exponentially, poverty is running rampant, the Bush's, > Halliburton, CEO's and others have amassed magnanimous wealth. I don't > make $250K a year so I'm looking for change. The Obama's live in a > 1.65 million dollar home and the McCains own 7 houses, I'm struggling > to hold on to one while these bastards want the people to pay for > corporate screw ups with fat personal financial portfolios. It's funny > how they all know how to make the best of their own personal finances > but when it comes to American economics they are supposedly clueless > as to what the problems are. Do you get the feeling that we are all > being duped? Year after year? Every single year? > > On Oct 27, 8:08 pm, Jim Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > As America squats upon the precipice of electing a dyed in the wool > > socialist, hell bent on destroying the country that made him into the > > wealthy elitist he truly is, I can’t help feeling that we are quite > > simply reaping what we have sown. For we have taken the gift that is > > America, “paid for in blood by patriots” and adulterated it beyond all > > recognition. We have inherited the dreams and aspirations of those > > founders only to squander them as irrelevant or antiquated. > > Apparently we have a majority of citizens ready to willingly embrace > > socialism when it was capitalism combined with the entrepreneurial > > spirit of ordinary people most responsible for American > > exceptionalism. In just over two hundred years we, as a country, have > > bested the rest of the world in every form of human endeavor. We have > > the highest standard of living known to man. For all of the hyperbolic > > hyperbole about poverty across these fruited plains even the supposed > > impoverished are fat and happy mired in their muck. We have six > > billion people weighing down this orb and more than half of them do so > > without such luxuries as electricity and running water. And yet we > > complain and demand change. > > What has spoiled this country is the separation from those founders, > > from their ideals combined with our tepid faith in our constitution > > and God. John Adam’s said, “We have no government armed with power > > capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and > > religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the > > strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our > > Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is > > wholly inadequate for any other”. > > Until 1948 the bible and God was an integral component in the rearing > > and education of America’s youth. 1949 stands out as the first year of > > a decline in scholastic achievement. > > Speak to anyone of public school matriculation and, on balance, the > > most favored response to religion in the classroom is the oft repeated > > separation of church and state. Yet, no such language exists in our > > founding documents and those who born this country couldn’t imagine a > > populace so ill informed as to the bible and the word of God. > > Still, highlighted in this misconception is the apt labeling of an ill > > informed electorate as to the content and context of our founding > > documents; the cornerstone of this representative republic. > > It is saddening to realize that those men, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, > > et al, pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to > > foster a country now inhabited by spoiled children willing to follow > > the latest pied piper into an ideology that has miserably failed every > > time it’s been tried. > > The tenets of socialism are directly proportional to our national > > debt, our porous borders, our entitlement mentality, the current > > financial crisis, our bloated bureaucracy, abortion, gay marriage and > > the rapid moral and social decay infecting the body whole that is > > America. Now, it seems, the great unwashed residing in this divinely > > inspired republic is desirous to not only dip their respective feet in > > the communal socialist pool but jump head first off the high dive and > > become totally immersed. This only confirms a suspicion I’ve held for > > some time; Mr. Adam’s was right. Without religion and morality our > > constitution survives not. However, in another sense, perverted as it > > is, it is only common sense. After all, checkers sells more than > > chess. And I can’t recall the last time I gazed upon the New York > > Times best seller list and recognized the King James edition of our > > holy bible gracing that population. > > Conservative Springfield 27 OCT 08- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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