Now the Jesus Lunches are drawing protesters, who are supported by the "Freedom from Religion" foundation.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/local_schools/middleton-high-school-s-jesus-lunch-draws-hundreds-to-participate/article_c6902f06-3ad1-5e7b-99d1-cb84d3ad6acd.html

What the fuck is WRONG with people?  Why can't the left live and let live, and allow these people to have their good and wholesome lunches and discussions on their Christian faith in peace? 

The left is destroying this country.  There is NOTHING good to come from protesting these lunches, except to to drive faith into the shadows.

Unfortunately for the progressives mental cases to win, everything that anybody holds dear must be torn down and destroyed, to be replaced by conformity to the progressive mental illness, and faithfulness only to the state. These people relish destroying anything that makes anyone else happy, because progressives appear to be congenitally unhappy, and the most jealous people on earth, needing to attack and destroy any form of happiness, because it offends their selfish selves.

In case some of you have been sleeping, and it does appear that way, there is no conservative movement remaining.  The true conservatives (whatever that definition is this week) are a minority, and a small one at that.

Those that define themselves as "True" Conservatives are indeed a minority.  They are the ones that have a moral opinion and believe that everyone should bow to their opinions.  They would rather get nothing than to compromise and get something.

But there are a lot of us "Mostly" Conservatives.  We (actually, I'm speaking for myself here) believe in conservative government spending, but we also believe in providing a safety net for the sick, the injured and the unfortunate.  That does not include the lazy or those that choose not to be a productive citizen.

We believe that it is better to compromise so that both sides get something (win-win) rather than to stand firm, like a mule so that both sides lose.

We don't think the USA should be the world's police, but we do believe in helping people that need help.  That includes victims of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram.

We think that the US should maintain a standing army that can defend us against all aggressors. 

We do believe in American exceptionalism.  We are fortunate to live in a vast country with vast natural resources, and we have a Constitution that allows our citizens to display that exceptionalism.

And we do believe in the Constitution.  It is not a "living breathing evolving" document, but parts of it were written somewhat vague on purpose.  And even where the document is specific, it was often the result of a compromise.  The founders didn't all agree on every part of it.  They realized that if they didn't make some compromises, they would never produce a final copy.

We do believe that the Federal Government has certain responsibilities, but we believe that the Federal Government has usurped more responsibility and power than was intended, or that is productive.  The Federal government has become a behemoth that is holding us back more than it is helping.

And we believe in paying taxes.  But we believe that the TEA party was just a little mistaken.  We are not "taxed enough already"; we are taxed (at the Federal Level) way too much.  We should cut our Federal taxes deeply, but expect that our State and Local taxes may increase (if the States and Cities decide that is what they want).  If my State or City becomes to burdensome, then I can move and still stay in this great country.

And finally, we also believe that we need laws and regulations.  But we need them to keep some people from preying on other people.  We don't need regulations to try to manage our every day living and our every day business practices.

Call me a RINO if you wish.  I call myself a Republican because the choices are limited.  But I don't think that you have to agree with every plank in the Republican party  to be a part of the party.  That is why "True Conservatives" appear to be such a tiny minority.

I just lost a lot of respect for you.

As if you care, of course.

I was going to go on and articulate why, but it's pointless.

I care as much as I would about anyone else saying that, curious specifically why?

What do you think the bombing of Tokyo and Dresden were, if not going after families? 

And that was in the context of justifiable massive scale combat where what we now call collateral damage was the objective, not something to be avoided.

Either we are in an existential conflict with people whose stated goal is to kill or subjugate us, or we are not.  If, as I believe, we are in an existential conflict, then we had damned well better act like it, or we will eventually lose.  Just look at what is happening in Europe.

'Gimp

I'm honestly of the opinion that the Republic is more likely to survive a President Clinton than a President Trump.


Clinton lacks the charisma to "rule" by force of will.  Trump would be far more likely to make a US version of "Triumph of the Will".  A charismatic populist, without moorings to any principles ("Everything is negotiable") is a dangerous combination for republican governance.

"However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion."

-George Washington

In order to change that, the fairy tales surrounding history must be exposed and done away with.

Do you mean the fairy tale that says that living on government assistance is easier or preferable to going out into the real world and earning a living?  I know that after a while people get discouraged and just give up, or that some people just don't believe they have the ability to earn more by working than government assistant pays.

I also think that when people become dependent on government assistance, the idea of losing it is frightening especially after they have already lost confidence in themselves.  And that is what liberalism does; it replaces peoples perception of self reliance with the security of government reliance.

This is for...
Stan, Anthony, Joe, Pilot-Dude, Number 7, Onlyliveacoupletimes...(did I leave anyone out?)

http://www.onyxtruth.com/2016/02/17/racist-white-people/

So, Jaybird, I've been think about this. I have a question about why you post things such as this from the article:

"You know these racist white people exist in the world. You know they are the ONLY reason we have so much racial animosity these days.  Show me what you plan to do about them.  Don’t just sit in your “I’m not racist zone of neutrality”.  Prove to me that you are not racist.  Prove to me that you do not support any type of racism or oppression of non-white people.  Prove it.  If you can’t or refuse to prove it, then shut the fuck up when Black people generalize white people by saying the words WHITE PEOPLE."

Do you really think:

A). Words like this will help heal the racial divide?
B). Words like this will not be met with strong negative feelings by people like me?
C). Words like this will not give us a very negative view of you?
D). Words like this are nothing more than you busting our balls?

Also, do you agree with that paragraph, and in particular the 2nd sentence?

It must really suck to live a life so consumed by fear and hatred that one could see an article like this where an actual injustice is actually discovered and actual amends are made and see that as tragic proof of inescapable, institutional racism.

Somebody broke the law, it appears to have been extraordinarily widespread although clearly not well known outside financial circles (which begs the question if there may have been more to it from an actuarial standpoint, but I digress), but once discovered, the system functioned, without bias, as it is supposed to.

Whether made by an administrative court judge or a jury, the system worked as it is supposed to, a crime was committed, discovered, tried and justice was served.  This is exactly the kind of justice and benefit from the systems in place that we are constantly told does not exist for people of color.

This should be seen as a story that affirms 'and justice for all', not one that focuses on the acts of a few (albeit with widespread impact) and ascribes unknowable motives.

I feel pity for folks who live with such a negative and external focus.

'Gimp

It's not their money and it's not their debt. Unlike a hired management professional, there is no consequence for mismanagement and there is no personal liability should things go wrong. They sleep just fine.

Basically, the folks that run the country and the "economists" that advise them, run with the idea that the country is "too big to fail" and so far they are correct. What keeps us afloat is the mere fact that the rest of the world is worse off.

America's new motto: "We suck less"