Carleton Cronin is an idiot. I have never, ever been "gentry", nor have I ever been rich, or even upper middle class. I am a hard working individual who basically lives from pay-check to pay-check.
I have been a registered Republican for over 35 years, (other than that little mis-hap when I was getting ready to run for office, and the Republicans kind of dumped me....I then joined the "Libertarian Party" and learned the true definition of "Cluster-Fuck". but I digress). Like Mark pointed out, all of my adult life, since I got out of the Army at the age of 22, I have made something happen. I have been self supportive, and since the age of 26, I have been self employed. I think it was PlainOl' who a few months ago asked, "When was the last time that you drew an unemployment check"? And my answer was, 1979, shortly after I got out of the Army. There's nothing at all wrong with drawing unemployment. There is nothing at all wrong with a safety net in this Nation when something happens to a family or the major bread winner. There is something wrong however, when an individual or a family becomes dependent upon government, or handouts, or has some expectation for support or sustenance, and then has the audacity to demand to be supported. There is no right to a job. There is no right to propping one's lazy ass up on a sofa, eating McDonald's hamburgers, and awaiting your next government welfare check. There is no right to one banging on a drum all day Studio! On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 7:48 PM, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > I have come to hate these new Republicans. There are a number of > reasons why, but most of all because they are not the Republicans I > knew forty or so years ago. > > Dare I say, they’re not your daddy’s GOP. > > As they have demeaned themselves with their “tea party” nonsense, they > have at the same time ruined (for the time being) our two-party > political system. > > They used to be the party of the rich because they were rich and were > often landed gentry and went to the best schools, etc. > > Once they only required the poor folk to work their asses off in their > factories and offices and not be required to buy into their political > catechism.But now they have become the absolute enemy of the common > man, even as many of them claim to be common folk. > > What happened? Here are some observations: > > First, I want to say that I cannot believe any self-respecting black, > brown, tan, red or yellow person can really choose to be a Republican. > Yet, people of color are lining up to spew the same hateful message as > whitey. > > Most unfortunately, the Republican party has subsumed a group of > ignorant, whiny, screwballs all of whom appear to have flunked both > civics and history classes in high school. > > Their demands in the manner of a churlish child have not just > distracter true Republicans, but have stolen their souls, acting under > the guise of people who would ‘do the right thing.” > > Aside from some spiffy, errant Irish, most Democrats did not change > their shirts every day, spoke to every man as an equal and could stand > for four hours at a bar while toasting half the world. > > They got their hands dirty at their work and the grime stayed on until > death as a badge of honor. As a rule they did not live as long as > their Republican brothers but I think they just might have had a > better time. > > http://www.wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=6506 > > -- > 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. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- 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. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
