I think Keith and I were both talking about the socialist bullshit you seem to be in favor of --- I'm not in favor of socialism or those who promote it. That's my biggest beef with the DNC, Hillary, and Bernie's klan. Among the Libertarian circles, Socialism and Communism are frequently regarded as the greatest evil — that is, to say, the greatest opposition to liberty, and anything to oppose freedom must considered an evil.
Republicans made great strides in America when they took up causes for personal liberty. Here's a good article on party platforms in US history: http://factmyth.com/factoids/democrats-and-republicans-switched-platforms/ On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 5:14:12 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote: > > > I think Keith and I were both talking about the socialist bullshit you > seem to be in favor of anymore. > > On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 6:08:31 PM UTC-4, plainolamerican wrote: >> >> we needed to have a Congress focused strictly on repealing laws, not >> creating new ones >> --- >> yeah, the blue laws, homophobic, and pro-xian laws have got to go. >> >> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 2:27:01 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>> >>> Hey Perp! >>> >>> I agree with you; and for years I was pretty much advocating what you >>> are suggesting; that we needed to have a Congress focused strictly on >>> repealing laws, not creating new ones, and the only "New" government agency >>> created should be one for placing terminated government agents back into >>> the private sector. >>> >>> I still feel that way. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:09 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Well I can't disagree with you there. But IMO, to only vote "nay" >>>> against the nutjob left isn't enough. They need to aggressively be passing >>>> legislation to roll back the crap the nutjob left is doing and has done. A >>>> prime example would be how they did essentially nothing to repeal and >>>> replace Obamacare (hell, the republicans didn't even put pen to paper and >>>> come up with an alternative until this year)! Same with sitting idly by >>>> and >>>> doing nothing as the POS in Chief used his pen and his phone to shit all >>>> over the Constitution and pass his own immigration laws. >>>> >>>> And don't even get me started on the Legislative Branch's TOTAL AND >>>> COMPLETE failure to exercise proper oversight of government agencies. We >>>> never hear about the crap these agencies do until it blows up. If they >>>> were >>>> doing their job and reigning in the excesses of government, they'd be >>>> passing laws to restrict what these non-elected bureaucrats can do with >>>> taxpayer dollars. >>>> >>>> They have a duty and an obligation to keep the other branches of >>>> government in check, and quite frankly, have failed MISERABLY at doing so. >>>> >>>> I also wouldn't mind seeing them checking the power of the Supreme >>>> Court as well, considering the diarrhea that recently flowed freely from >>>> the mouth of the SC's biggest leftloon hack, Ruth Bader Ginsburg! She >>>> should have been censured at the very least IMO. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 11:41:23 AM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure I agree with the criteria used to judge >>>>> "effectiveness.....To me, anyone who votes "Nay" for anything even looked >>>>> at or brought up by a Democrat is effective to me. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:17 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2.5 to 1, in fact. See if yours made the list... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://members-of-congress.insidegov.com/stories/5278/least-effective-members-congress?utm_medium=cm&utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=rt.cm.ob.dt.5278#1-Sen-Robert-P-Casey-Jr >>>>>> >>>>>> I can almost understand the newbies who have only been there 3 years >>>>>> and haven't purchased enough influence, but look at how many of these >>>>>> have >>>>>> been there for YEARS without sponsoring even a single bill that ever >>>>>> made >>>>>> it through committee! >>>>>> >>>>>> You have to wonder about the abject stupidity of a constituency that >>>>>> would continue re-electing such failures. :( >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>>> >>>>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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