rigney

I thought his bleeding heart dissertation went over just fine to a mesmerized group of listeners. But agreeing or disagreeing with the overall speech is a question you will have to answer for yourself.

Only his tactics. I'm not questioning Gingrich's screw up. The full length of the video of his trip to Danville, Va. was almost an hour long and rhetorically boring. This is a much shorter version, but gets right to his duplicitous and distasteful point. And someone questions the Republican scare tactics? http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/biden-romneys-wall-street-will-put-yall-back-in-chains/

Likely, since I disagree to some extent on almost any issue. Not being a politician and little more than a remedial thinker, I usually find myself in a defensive position each time I open my mouth. But when I became aware of Biden's blatherings yesterday about Republicans unchaining wall street to continue raping the middle class while putting blacks back in chains again, I found the statement sad and morbidly humorous. Only then did I realized there was still hope for me as a politician. Seems you don't have to be smart, articulate or an intellectual. Just pretend you know what's going on and you can find ways of fooling the people into voting for you. Well, I suppose my gut feeling will just have to wait until after the elections in November. Wish I could point a finger(s) at my disappointments with the democratic party this time around. But then, I didn't vote for Goldwater, Nixon or Johnson either.

Will a Romney/Ryan win save us? Rate Topic: #1Today, 09:20 AM rigney BaryonThis is exactly how I started this thread, nothing more or less. Quote: I've taken quite a bit of flack because of my inability to answer questions asked of me for statements or questions I myself have made or asked. But in almost all instances questions as such are much more easily asked than answered. This topic alone should get the ground shaking. Being little more than borderline lower middle class citizen myself you might question my reasoning for a leaning to the right. It's simple, I just don't sympathize with socialism bordering on communism. Not to say that a true "ism" in any respect is wrong, it's only that none of them have seemed to turn out right. So, if this Romney-Ryan is a winning ticket, will it bring us a better future or more heartache?Unquote: Can there be a plainer way to ask a simple question?

I've made no secret of my distrust and dislike of Obama's politics, bull shit or otherwise. And yes, I believe they border on communism whether you think so or not. If the liberal left can convince enough people to think that way, it's what we will eventually wind up with regardless of whether we think it is for our own good or not. The past three years have convinced me that what I've seen happen is wrong for America.

Hey! Vote for whomever you want. There are no them and us, just people with different opinions and convictions. Have I ever told you how to vote? No! but you, Pie for All, Inow and Swansontea have tried your darndest to convince me how to vote. But when the November elections have termined a winner I will abide by our national decision, just not from folks who believe their principals are the only ones that count.

What amazes me most is how just a few of you get it right all of the time while the rest of us get it wrong. If I was smart enough to have all of those answers in my head, I'd sure be running for something, even if it was nothing more than dog catcher.

No! We still have a choice, however a slim one. Over the years I've voted both democratic and republican and have been disappointed with each of them. For the salvation of this nation we must find a way of rooting professional politicians out of office. Anything longer than their initial term only tends to make them slier, not better or wiser. We will always need a turnover of blood in government to refresh our stance on liberty, not to perpetuate the stale and greedy system it has become. Communism was not a scare tactic but a hard and true fact. How it was presented at times was both shady and shaky, but a fact none the less. And being jumped on means little to me. But being opinionated is an Americans way of life. What we think and how we mentally process these thoughts are ours alone. Many of us don't always make the best or right decisions, and even the fact that we can't always differiante the BS from the truth coming in from all sides, at least it give us some perspective of what not to believe. All I'm saying is: I'm no Manchurian Candidate for either cause and will do legally as I damn well please.

Since I really don't know much about European politics or living conditions, is either better, equal to or worse than those here in the United states?

Unemployment, welfare, food stamps, destitude and squalid living conditions and an over extended government. Had a notion you would be waiting!

I've taken quite a bit of flack because of my inability to answer questions asked of me for statements or questions I myself have made or asked. But in almost all instances questions as such are much more easily asked than answered. This topic alone should get the ground shaking. Being little more than borderline lower middle class citizen myself you might question my reasoning for a leaning to the right. It's simple, I just don't sympathize with socialism bordering on communism. Not to say that a true "ism" in any respect is wrong, it's only that none of them have seemed to turn out right. So, if this Romney-Ryan is a winning ticket, will it bring us a better future or more heartache?

I would shout a big "AMEM" to your total statement, but then someone might think I was religious and agreeing with you. Yes, today as it has always been; everyone is concerned that you might have a nickel or two more in your pocket than they do. I believe it is referred to as "Jealousy". At eighty I still have a bit of change in my pocket and I'd sure as hell like to keep it. But if I were rich, I'd be leaving right now for Tim Buk 2 or 3.

Never professed to being a spelling champion and Bush's name entered into the post only as a reply to Captain Panic. And those lofty standards you attribute to me were set down many years before you or I were even thought of, and definitly a philosophy that modern day liars, hate mongers and political cheats should consider going back to.

I would really like to retain the reasoning for my presenting this post and bring it back from the Sadaams and other crazies who would soon dilute it. Jebas stated my reason perfectly for the post by bringing up Mr. Douglass. Yet questioning why such a post should be dedicated to a pale and bygone era. Now you can decide. A statement made some few short weeks ago became a fire storm that will not be put out until after the November elections and perhaps not even then. Quote: If you have a business, you didn't make that, you had help. Someone helped you to build it. Does that sound familiar? I wonder how many of these now famous black men would agree with such a statement? Mr. Douglass's words and thoughts on this same issue were posted a hundred and fifty years ago. Like him, Mr. Sewell is an ongoing study of self-made black men living today by their own enginuity, not government intervention.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Made_Men Here is the recent statement. http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2012/jul/15/picketvideo-obama-if-youve-got-business-you-didnt-/ I find it strange how I, I, I, can quickly become we, we, we, when his need arises.

I suppose my conflict with such reasoning is that other than Kennedy and Johnson few whites has went to bat for blacks. And that, a hundred years after their freedom, if you could call it that. No, I believe it goes much deeper than that. If you look closely, almost to a man each of these people pulled themselves to their feet and neve once yelled for help. Sewell probably gave many explinations why the many exemptions to minorities is not in their best interests.

I would not blame the present administration for the past administrations mistakes either. They have made enough on their own. And the United States is a Republic, not a Democracy even though it appears that way at this time.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_a_republic_and_a_democracy And my real purpose of the issue was trying to understand the philosophy of educated black men becoming Republicans. Does anyone have a plausible answer? Sometime in July I posted this fine history on Booker T. Washington. 90 some people looked at it without a question posed or even a theory to this mans greatness. http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/67987-george-washington-carver/ I also posted on Colonel West. Only when it is salacious or dealing with politics does it seem to jar the sleepy into sitting up..

Excuse me? What part of legally-elected representatives and Senators voting on a bill, signed into law by the president violates equal protection? What part of "if you don't have insurance you have to pay a tax" violates equal protection? (Income level is not a protected class, and taxing is legal and constitutional). If deficit spending is unconstitutional, then you must have a huge problem with Bush II, because he inherited a balanced budget. But that's really irrelevant, because the budget office says that Obamacare will save money. You're repeating a lie that someone has told. Not liking a law is nowhere near the same as being unconstitutional. It's a convenient excuse, but it's another lie. So what part of your post is correct?

This post was not soap boxing but to draw attention to an honorable man and his ideals. Only wish that i could express myself with such confidence. But the crap our present government has placed on our country tells me his kind of honor is fast leaving us. That the Supreme Court upheld such garbage as Obamacare being constitutional was to get it off the table so that we could have damn good reason for the election come November. As soon as the Republican party gains control of both houses, this hair brained Democratic scheme will be gone. And that Obamacare being rammed through congress violates the equal protection clause? Well,it does. Protection is protection, but draining our tax system to pay for everyones healthcare is an "obamanation" to any healthcare system. This frivolous law mandated by a Democratic Congress demanding to do so will be gone shortly after the election and the supreme court can go back to functioning as normal. If my vision is incorrect, I will personally apologise to you. If it is correct, then you owe me one.

I'm not well versed in England's politics at all and have quit a bit of difficulty trying to understand our own system here in America. But when hearing a phoney rant and rave, I pretty well get thr picture. Here in the states when the left wing slams hell out of the right on an issue it is to be taken literally. When the right makes a statement, the left screams that it is nothing more than a pack of lies. Both sides tell some pretty tall talrs, but when they are proven to be lies, well I understand just as you with Mr. Galloway. I generally vote for both Democrats and Republicans, but I believe in the capitalistic system and will continue voting as I do so long as our present system is allowed to continues. My initial post has gone pretty far afield and I would like to get it back on it. Mr. Sewell is the topic if anyomne would like to continue in that direction. And that is, how can this black man of such absolute integrity and born into the lowest form of poverty, ferret out the ineptness and hate that is destroying our nation. And why? When so many white people have their heads shoved so firmly up their own a**es that they can't see the trees for the forest? Kids with ambition, willing to work hard and with a goal in mind can attain suscess if they press on and their leash is strong enough. Unleashed, it's a much larger chance of failure than success. Mr. Sewell had to make and face those chances alone since nothing was a given to him. Today we have pampered the system so much it is in a word, laughable. Yes, there are many good and diligently students persuing their dream while too many others just want to play in a la-la land. The lesh on this second group is unsnapped and their world is free to roam as long as someone else is paying the tab.

Just what question am I dodging friend, and for what facts are you looking?

rigney, on 9 August 2012 - 07:42 AM, said: Two reports came out in the same week. One was from the Pentagon, saying that, in just a few years, Iran will be able to produce not only a nuclear bomb but a missile capable of carrying it to the United States. That statement alone shows me how clearly things are taken out of context. I didn't make the statement, but unless you look at it closely you would think so, the way Captain Panic presented it. It was actually a part of: "random thoughts on the passing scene" in the Sewell item. (third paragraph). It was also a new avenue on which to bash Bush. The opening post? Please do! And hopefuolly we might find a way of discussing it without bringing President Obama's transcripts into question?

I am aware of Mr. Gallways many hats. But where are the facts? Lies and accusations are easily made without facts, but the proof is in the pudding.

I didn't know Mr. Galloway was a part of American politics? But the I,I,I,I,I,Is do sound a bit familiar. Being quite honest and inquisitive, how does one like Mr. Gallway come by such a huge amount of classified information without there being a leak somewhere in our government, unless it is similar to the propaganda of Mr. Harry Reids information concerning Mitt Romneys taxes?And will we ever leave the Bush bashing behind?

On occasion I do run across something worth knowing and sharing, Sewell is that topic! How does a black man of such absolute integrity and who had the lowest of beginnings, ferret out the ineptness that is destroying our nation. Why? When so many white people have their heads planted so firmly in their own behinds that they can't see the trees for the forest? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell Thomas Sowell July 25, 2012 Random thoughts on the passing scene: Even squirrels know enough to store nuts, so that they will have something to eat when food gets scarce. But the welfare state has spawned a whole class of people who spend everything they get when times are good, and look to others to provide for their food and other basic needs when times turn bad. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution prescribes "equal protection of the laws" to all Americans. But what does that mean, if the President of the United States can arbitrarily grant waivers, so that A, B and C have to obey the laws but X, Y and Z do not -- as with both ObamaCare and the immigration laws? Two reports came out in the same week. One was from the Pentagon, saying that, in just a few years, Iran will be able to produce not only a nuclear bomb but a missile capable of carrying it to the United States. The other report said that the American Olympic team has uniforms made in China. This latter report received far more attention, both in Congress and in the media. People who lament gridlock in Washington, and express the pious hope that Democrats and Republicans would put aside their partisan conflicts, and cooperate to help the economy recover, implicitly assume that what the economy needs is more meddling by politicians, which is what brought on economic disaster in the first place. (Skeptics can read "The Housing Boom and Bust.") Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as "racists." One of the arguments for Medicare is that the elderly don't want to be a burden to their children. Apparently it is all right to be a burden to other people's children, who are paying taxes. Those who talk as if more people going to college is automatically a Good Thing seldom show much interest in what actually goes on at college -- including far less time spent by students studying than in the past, and a proliferation of courses promoting a sense of grievance, entitlement or advanced navel-gazing and breast-beating. One of the most dangerous trends of our times is making the truth socially unacceptable, or even illegal, with "hate speech" laws. It is supposed to be terrible, for example, to call an illegal alien an "illegal alien" or to call an Islamic terrorist an "Islamic terrorist." When the media refer to "undocumented" workers or to violence committed by "militants," who is kidding whom -- and why? After the charismatic -- and disastrous -- Woodrow Wilson presidency, the voters did not elect another president in the next decade who could be considered the least bit charismatic. Let us hope that history repeats itself.

I'm sure the umbrella being poked in his ribs like an epee and the huge purse over his head was a bit convincing. 'course the pepper spray to his eyes had to have some effect.