The Democratic Party has been tacking to the left for fifty years. Unfortunately, a timid and often witless Republican Party has allowed themselves to be pulled along. The depressing result is plain old crappy ideas being accepted as compromise to insanely crappy ideas. Well, not anymore in Wisconsin! We finally have a principled, conservative governor. His perfectly reasonable proposals will save a State that has been swirling the drain after eight years of democrat control. As an added benefit, we get whining liberals exposing the vacuum of their ideology.
That big ol' blob of liberal goo, Michael Moore, was in Madison recently to show solidarity with the workers paradise crowd. This is the same guy that claims individual wealth in this country has been stolen and rightfully belongs to the collective. Classic socialist drivel.
A recent column by Matthew Hayes in the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Einstein, socialism and the Wisconsin budget, continues on this theme. In a feeble attempt to bring credibility to his argument, Hayes cites some statements made by Einstein in a 1949 essay titled, “Why socialism?” I read the essay and found it somewhat interesting. I will save further comment on Einstein for another day. Right now, I want to focus on some of the comments made by Hayes.
He states, “The governor's recent budget proposal...reflects a political ideology that believes that government is providing too much to too many people.” Seeing as we are flat broke and facing a $3.6 billion deficit in the next biannual budget, that would be correct. Ding!
“It also reflects the fear that government is invasive and dangerous.” Founding Fathers, what do you think?: Ding! Ding!
“Those of us who believe that the government should maintain a strong role in certain aspects of human endeavors, such as health care, consumer protections and workers' collective bargaining rights, are now often labeled as socialists.” Here's how it works. Those things that fly in the sky are birds, those things that swim in the lake are fish and people like you are socialists. It's really quite simple.
“However, we should not fear socialism. ...In fact, there are many thriving democracies throughout the world that have been shaped by strong socialist political movements.” Is he referring to that workers' paradise in Cuba or maybe those thriving countries in the European Union. The only reason those little socialists even lasted this long is because they had Big Daddy, The U.S.A., protecting their sorry asses.
“The ideology that produced this budget fails to consider that government intervention does not necessarily mean a loss of individual rights or a loss of individual initiative.” Only every time it's been tried! Yes, indeed, those that do not know history are doomed to repeat it.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Monday, October 6, 2008
CONSERVATIVES & LIBERALS PART III
CONSERVATIVES
Characteristics common among conservatives include faith in God, honesty, self reliance, love of country and generosity. Unlike liberals, you don’t need a degree in abnormal psychology to understand conservatives. As an example, if you asked a conservative if it’s ok to kill an unborn baby they would answer no. Ask them if it’s ok to execute murderers and they would say yes. The whole conservation would take about ten seconds. Now, ask a liberal those questions and you’re in the twilight zone for an hour. They won’t come right out and tell you what they believe, that it’s ok to kill an unborn child anytime, for any reason or that three years in a bed and breakfast is sufficient punishment for murder. That would sound stupid! No, they will give you an intellectually “nuanced” response full of wild twists and turns, bent logic, situational ethics and inevitably some mention of “institutional” racism. You’ll end up with a headache and in search of the nearest tavern.
Conservatives are more difficult to categorize than liberals. While liberals tend to gravitate to certain occupations, like a herd of sheep to the easy grazing, conservatives are independent and self reliant. They can be found in all walks of life, predominately in the private sector, although not exclusively.
The overwhelming majority of those that own their own business are conservative. They understand the concept of providing quality goods and services in an efficient manner to generate profits. Liberals are confused by this. They understand profits about as well as they understand guns and they think both should be heavily regulated by the government.
Conservatives are also well represented amongst the employees of private business. They appreciate honest pay for honest work and enthusiastically support merit pay. Unlike teachers and bureaucrats, they are not afraid to be compensated based on their performance.
While the public sector employs hordes of liberal people, there are two government jobs in which conservatives thrive: law enforcement and national defense. It’s should come as no big surprise that conservatives are heavily represented in two groups that perform truly legitimate functions of government. Our police and military personnel perform heroic deeds on a daily basis. If not for a liberal judiciary and lefty politicians, these great men and women could solve some major problems in short order. They confront the very real threats facing all of us while liberals wring their hands and whine about our carbon footprint and obsess over spotted owls and caribou.
Even though conservatives do most of the real work and pay most of the bills, they are generally much happier than liberals. Faith in God and belief in the sanctity of human life are central to the conservative condition. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian values and conservatives are not ashamed of their birthright as Americans. Liberals can sing the praises of the workers paradise in Cuba or Venezuela or China.Conservatives just say “SCOREBOARD!”
Characteristics common among conservatives include faith in God, honesty, self reliance, love of country and generosity. Unlike liberals, you don’t need a degree in abnormal psychology to understand conservatives. As an example, if you asked a conservative if it’s ok to kill an unborn baby they would answer no. Ask them if it’s ok to execute murderers and they would say yes. The whole conservation would take about ten seconds. Now, ask a liberal those questions and you’re in the twilight zone for an hour. They won’t come right out and tell you what they believe, that it’s ok to kill an unborn child anytime, for any reason or that three years in a bed and breakfast is sufficient punishment for murder. That would sound stupid! No, they will give you an intellectually “nuanced” response full of wild twists and turns, bent logic, situational ethics and inevitably some mention of “institutional” racism. You’ll end up with a headache and in search of the nearest tavern.
Conservatives are more difficult to categorize than liberals. While liberals tend to gravitate to certain occupations, like a herd of sheep to the easy grazing, conservatives are independent and self reliant. They can be found in all walks of life, predominately in the private sector, although not exclusively.
The overwhelming majority of those that own their own business are conservative. They understand the concept of providing quality goods and services in an efficient manner to generate profits. Liberals are confused by this. They understand profits about as well as they understand guns and they think both should be heavily regulated by the government.
Conservatives are also well represented amongst the employees of private business. They appreciate honest pay for honest work and enthusiastically support merit pay. Unlike teachers and bureaucrats, they are not afraid to be compensated based on their performance.
While the public sector employs hordes of liberal people, there are two government jobs in which conservatives thrive: law enforcement and national defense. It’s should come as no big surprise that conservatives are heavily represented in two groups that perform truly legitimate functions of government. Our police and military personnel perform heroic deeds on a daily basis. If not for a liberal judiciary and lefty politicians, these great men and women could solve some major problems in short order. They confront the very real threats facing all of us while liberals wring their hands and whine about our carbon footprint and obsess over spotted owls and caribou.
Even though conservatives do most of the real work and pay most of the bills, they are generally much happier than liberals. Faith in God and belief in the sanctity of human life are central to the conservative condition. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian values and conservatives are not ashamed of their birthright as Americans. Liberals can sing the praises of the workers paradise in Cuba or Venezuela or China.Conservatives just say “SCOREBOARD!”
Monday, September 29, 2008
CONSERVATIVES & LIBERALS PART II
Liberals; Who are these people?
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS
“He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” Thomas Jefferson was referring to King George III, but his words are an accurate description of what is happening today. The federal government has nearly 1200 different agencies and departments. Add in state employees and there are roughly 20 MILLION people employed by the government.
It’s amazing that this country was able to survive without the Federal Duck Stamp Office or the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The people that run these types of programs are immune to the economic conditions that affect the private sector. While union membership is on the decline nationally, it remains strong in the government bureaucracy. Why? Because government can afford it. Pay is not commensurate with performance. Hell, who even knows what constitutes “performance” in some of these positions? It’s a messed up deal. Agencies created to address some perceived problem have no incentive to actually fix the problem. On the contrary, the worse the problem gets, the bigger their agency grows!
Liberals have an unhealthy faith in the ability of government to fix things and provide services and are therefore anxious to expand it. Government bureaucrats know who is driving the gravy train so, obviously, most of them are liberals.
TEACHERS
“TRUST TEACHERS, NOT TEST SCORES” That’s an actual slogan I saw on some hats at the last Democratic National Convention. I couldn’t make up crap like that! No conservative would ever utter such a stupid statement.
“Son, I’m concerned about your math scores and it appears that you don’t read or write very well either. I’m worried about your job prospects. – Don’t worry dad, the teacher has deemed me to be educated!”
Now, I want to make it clear that I am not bashing ALL teachers. I actually know some teachers that I like and respect. It’s too bad that 80 percent of teachers give the rest a bad name.
There are over 6 million teachers nation wide. The average salary is $44,700. Considering they work roughly 9 months a year, this equates to $59,600 annually.
Add in their caddilac health care plan and insane retirement package and you’ve got a pretty sweet deal. Yet, as a group, have you ever seen anyone whine and complain about their compensation like teachers do? You never hear them mention the one HUGE benefit that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet. Teachers NEVER get laid off or fired for poor performance. Apparently, every teacher ever hired anywhere is doing just a wonderful job. I guess we are supposed to “trust” them. We sure as hell aren’t supposed to implement any measurable standards to judge them by.
Teachers always claim that “it’s about the kids”. What a bunch of crap. Attempts to reform the system with school choice and virtual schools are working for students and have the support of parents. Yet the teacher unions vigorously oppose these programs. They are selfish, insolent liars more concerned with union protections than professional standards.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
There are approximately 16 million college students currently enrolled in universities around the country. As a former college student myself and knowing many young people currently attending college, I have seen enough anecdotal evidence to convince me that at least 80 percent of these students are liberals. The are bright, idealistic and generally myopic. I can’t really blame these kids though. They just don’t know any better. They have spent their whole lives in the cesspool of liberalism that is academia today. They have been taught that America is a greedy and imperialist nation and that we don’t respect mother earth either! They are told that tolerance means not only accepting but also promoting anything and anyone that is in direct conflict with our traditional Judea-Christian values and beliefs. And they are taught that they are exercising their free speech rights when they shout down, throw things at and incite violence against those that disagree with them.
The good news is that many of these kids escape the cesspool with no permanent damage and go on to become responsible, contributing members of society. That is to say, they become conservatives.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
All the major networks, excluding FOX, and damn near every major newspaper in the country are overwhelmingly liberal. I don’t really understand why, either. As their market share continues to shrink, they seem to be moving even further to the left. You would think that the profit incentive would cause them to rethink what they are doing. Maybe they will all be nationalized and become part of PBS. One thing the government is really good at is subsidizing failure.
THE NON-WORKING
I’m not talking about those hard working Americans that lose their job and spend some time on unemployment. I am referring to those suffering from “Intolerance to Effort” syndrome. People who have chosen unemployment as a career. The New Deal and Great Society programs created this underclass and they have been successfully cultivated by the Democratic party. While claiming to be advocates for these people, democratic policies actually make it more difficult for this group to climb the economic ladder. Democrats need this constituent group and they don’t want people working their way out of it.
CELEBRITIES
Many of these types keep threatening to leave the country if a Republican gets elected for president. Not only are they stupid and arrogant but they are liars too. Just leave already!
So, that pretty much covers the Democratic constituency.
NEXT UP: CONSERVATIVES
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS
“He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” Thomas Jefferson was referring to King George III, but his words are an accurate description of what is happening today. The federal government has nearly 1200 different agencies and departments. Add in state employees and there are roughly 20 MILLION people employed by the government.
It’s amazing that this country was able to survive without the Federal Duck Stamp Office or the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The people that run these types of programs are immune to the economic conditions that affect the private sector. While union membership is on the decline nationally, it remains strong in the government bureaucracy. Why? Because government can afford it. Pay is not commensurate with performance. Hell, who even knows what constitutes “performance” in some of these positions? It’s a messed up deal. Agencies created to address some perceived problem have no incentive to actually fix the problem. On the contrary, the worse the problem gets, the bigger their agency grows!
Liberals have an unhealthy faith in the ability of government to fix things and provide services and are therefore anxious to expand it. Government bureaucrats know who is driving the gravy train so, obviously, most of them are liberals.
TEACHERS
“TRUST TEACHERS, NOT TEST SCORES” That’s an actual slogan I saw on some hats at the last Democratic National Convention. I couldn’t make up crap like that! No conservative would ever utter such a stupid statement.
“Son, I’m concerned about your math scores and it appears that you don’t read or write very well either. I’m worried about your job prospects. – Don’t worry dad, the teacher has deemed me to be educated!”
Now, I want to make it clear that I am not bashing ALL teachers. I actually know some teachers that I like and respect. It’s too bad that 80 percent of teachers give the rest a bad name.
There are over 6 million teachers nation wide. The average salary is $44,700. Considering they work roughly 9 months a year, this equates to $59,600 annually.
Add in their caddilac health care plan and insane retirement package and you’ve got a pretty sweet deal. Yet, as a group, have you ever seen anyone whine and complain about their compensation like teachers do? You never hear them mention the one HUGE benefit that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet. Teachers NEVER get laid off or fired for poor performance. Apparently, every teacher ever hired anywhere is doing just a wonderful job. I guess we are supposed to “trust” them. We sure as hell aren’t supposed to implement any measurable standards to judge them by.
Teachers always claim that “it’s about the kids”. What a bunch of crap. Attempts to reform the system with school choice and virtual schools are working for students and have the support of parents. Yet the teacher unions vigorously oppose these programs. They are selfish, insolent liars more concerned with union protections than professional standards.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
There are approximately 16 million college students currently enrolled in universities around the country. As a former college student myself and knowing many young people currently attending college, I have seen enough anecdotal evidence to convince me that at least 80 percent of these students are liberals. The are bright, idealistic and generally myopic. I can’t really blame these kids though. They just don’t know any better. They have spent their whole lives in the cesspool of liberalism that is academia today. They have been taught that America is a greedy and imperialist nation and that we don’t respect mother earth either! They are told that tolerance means not only accepting but also promoting anything and anyone that is in direct conflict with our traditional Judea-Christian values and beliefs. And they are taught that they are exercising their free speech rights when they shout down, throw things at and incite violence against those that disagree with them.
The good news is that many of these kids escape the cesspool with no permanent damage and go on to become responsible, contributing members of society. That is to say, they become conservatives.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
All the major networks, excluding FOX, and damn near every major newspaper in the country are overwhelmingly liberal. I don’t really understand why, either. As their market share continues to shrink, they seem to be moving even further to the left. You would think that the profit incentive would cause them to rethink what they are doing. Maybe they will all be nationalized and become part of PBS. One thing the government is really good at is subsidizing failure.
THE NON-WORKING
I’m not talking about those hard working Americans that lose their job and spend some time on unemployment. I am referring to those suffering from “Intolerance to Effort” syndrome. People who have chosen unemployment as a career. The New Deal and Great Society programs created this underclass and they have been successfully cultivated by the Democratic party. While claiming to be advocates for these people, democratic policies actually make it more difficult for this group to climb the economic ladder. Democrats need this constituent group and they don’t want people working their way out of it.
CELEBRITIES
Many of these types keep threatening to leave the country if a Republican gets elected for president. Not only are they stupid and arrogant but they are liars too. Just leave already!
So, that pretty much covers the Democratic constituency.
NEXT UP: CONSERVATIVES
Monday, September 22, 2008
CONSERVATIVES & LIBERALS
On this blog I will be commenting predominantly on political issues. The political structure of this country has digressed into a simple two party system. But I don’t really want to talk about democrats and republicans. Political parties are subject to the caprice of their leadership. While the democratic party is nearly monolithic in it’s liberalism, just ask Zell Miller or Joe Lieberman, the republican party is all over the place. A conservative trying to maintain relevance will, by necessity, vote republican but not all republicans are conservative. Therefore, I will comment on issues with a focus on the liberal and conservative philosophies.
So you know where I’m coming from, I need to define liberal and conservative, politically speaking, as I see them. Because I am a conservative, I have no problem with profiling and I embrace my stereotypes. I do this because it almost always works! So, I’m going to demonstrate the differences in these competing philosophies by categorizing groups, based on occupation, as liberal or conservative.
LIBERALS
First a primer. Get to know a liberal well enough and you will see that, almost without fail, they possess one or more of the following characteristics:
IGNORANCE
Not to be confused with stupid. Ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge or comprehension of something. Considering the state of public education in this country, it’s no surprise that ignorance has reached epidemic proportions. As an example, many liberals have no understanding of what our rights entail. They deny obvious, well documented rights while just making others up out of thin air. They claim that “quality health care” is a basic American right. No, it’s not. It is a service that requires compensation to the provider. And it is really, really complicated so it doesn’t come cheap. Some say “affordable housing” is a right. Again, no, it’s not. If you can’t afford the house you want, buy a smaller one or rent. Many liberals do not comprehend the nature of our rights. Simply put, if it requires someone else to do something, it’s not a right. We DO have the right to keep and bear arms. That doesn’t mean you have to buy me a gun. We also have the right of free speech. That doesn’t mean that people are required to listen to you. Just ask Air America!
BITTERNESS
Boy, and how! Other than hippies and stoners, how many happy liberals do you know? They always seem to be bent about something. I think this bitterness stems from one of two things. Either these people are blaming others for their failures or, deep down, they are afraid that so much of what they believe in is, in fact, wrong. Have you ever met a happy, go lucky atheist? That’s what I’m talking about.
ANTI-AMERICAN
I don’t say this lightly but it’s the truth. A great many liberals seem to really hate this country. How else to explain some of the things they say or do? Different liberals hate different aspects of America. Some hate our free market, capitalistic economy. They point to the vast disparities in income and claim injustice and greed. They ignore the fact that we have redefined poverty in this country to the point where the poorest among us live in better conditions than the vast majority of the worlds’ population. Many even hate some of our basic freedoms. They support “hate crime” and “hate speech” laws. They promote “speech codes” on college campuses and support chilling legislation such as the “Fairness Doctrine”. It appears they believe that “all animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. And, most surprising of all, many actually hate the fact that we have the greatest military in the world! They think we are imperialist dogs, hell bent on world domination rather than appreciating the true nature of the threats we face. They impune our troops, questioning their intelligence and character. The irony of this lunacy is that these brave men and women protect those pompous asses every day!
SELFISHNESS
These people are generally well informed and know what’s going on. They just care more about themselves than anyone else. They know that many of the policies and laws they advocate are not beneficial to the general welfare but they do benefit their own narrow self interest. This explains why many of these types are also bitter. In espousing policies that benefit themselves, they couch their arguments in terms of benefits to others.
Necessarily, these people are habitual liers.
MEGALOMANIA
While I believe an inordinate percentage of liberals possess this characteristic, the good news is that few have the ability to bullshit their way to real power. The bad news is that it only takes one to really screw things up. Now, some may argue that all world leaders are megalomaniacs. The history of this great country proves otherwise. It is my belief that megalomania is a characteristic unique to the liberal condition. It takes a freakishly high level of hubris for one person to believe that they can direct the means of production, determine appropriate profit margins, disseminate a “fair wage” and insure “economic justice” and do it better than the free market, which encompasses the accumulated knowledge of all involved. No conservative would ever presume such omnipotence.
UP NEXT: WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
So you know where I’m coming from, I need to define liberal and conservative, politically speaking, as I see them. Because I am a conservative, I have no problem with profiling and I embrace my stereotypes. I do this because it almost always works! So, I’m going to demonstrate the differences in these competing philosophies by categorizing groups, based on occupation, as liberal or conservative.
LIBERALS
First a primer. Get to know a liberal well enough and you will see that, almost without fail, they possess one or more of the following characteristics:
IGNORANCE
Not to be confused with stupid. Ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge or comprehension of something. Considering the state of public education in this country, it’s no surprise that ignorance has reached epidemic proportions. As an example, many liberals have no understanding of what our rights entail. They deny obvious, well documented rights while just making others up out of thin air. They claim that “quality health care” is a basic American right. No, it’s not. It is a service that requires compensation to the provider. And it is really, really complicated so it doesn’t come cheap. Some say “affordable housing” is a right. Again, no, it’s not. If you can’t afford the house you want, buy a smaller one or rent. Many liberals do not comprehend the nature of our rights. Simply put, if it requires someone else to do something, it’s not a right. We DO have the right to keep and bear arms. That doesn’t mean you have to buy me a gun. We also have the right of free speech. That doesn’t mean that people are required to listen to you. Just ask Air America!
BITTERNESS
Boy, and how! Other than hippies and stoners, how many happy liberals do you know? They always seem to be bent about something. I think this bitterness stems from one of two things. Either these people are blaming others for their failures or, deep down, they are afraid that so much of what they believe in is, in fact, wrong. Have you ever met a happy, go lucky atheist? That’s what I’m talking about.
ANTI-AMERICAN
I don’t say this lightly but it’s the truth. A great many liberals seem to really hate this country. How else to explain some of the things they say or do? Different liberals hate different aspects of America. Some hate our free market, capitalistic economy. They point to the vast disparities in income and claim injustice and greed. They ignore the fact that we have redefined poverty in this country to the point where the poorest among us live in better conditions than the vast majority of the worlds’ population. Many even hate some of our basic freedoms. They support “hate crime” and “hate speech” laws. They promote “speech codes” on college campuses and support chilling legislation such as the “Fairness Doctrine”. It appears they believe that “all animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. And, most surprising of all, many actually hate the fact that we have the greatest military in the world! They think we are imperialist dogs, hell bent on world domination rather than appreciating the true nature of the threats we face. They impune our troops, questioning their intelligence and character. The irony of this lunacy is that these brave men and women protect those pompous asses every day!
SELFISHNESS
These people are generally well informed and know what’s going on. They just care more about themselves than anyone else. They know that many of the policies and laws they advocate are not beneficial to the general welfare but they do benefit their own narrow self interest. This explains why many of these types are also bitter. In espousing policies that benefit themselves, they couch their arguments in terms of benefits to others.
Necessarily, these people are habitual liers.
MEGALOMANIA
While I believe an inordinate percentage of liberals possess this characteristic, the good news is that few have the ability to bullshit their way to real power. The bad news is that it only takes one to really screw things up. Now, some may argue that all world leaders are megalomaniacs. The history of this great country proves otherwise. It is my belief that megalomania is a characteristic unique to the liberal condition. It takes a freakishly high level of hubris for one person to believe that they can direct the means of production, determine appropriate profit margins, disseminate a “fair wage” and insure “economic justice” and do it better than the free market, which encompasses the accumulated knowledge of all involved. No conservative would ever presume such omnipotence.
UP NEXT: WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
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