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Jim Dandy
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It's so cold...
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1/8/2010 12:45:58 PM
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I saw a Democrat with his hands in his own pockets!
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MartiniMan
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Wow, that's cold....
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1/8/2010 1:02:33 PM
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I actually don't believe it unless I see it......
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DirtDiva
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It's so cold...
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1/8/2010 4:23:45 PM
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Are you sure he is trying to keep his hands warm or is he doing something else.....
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water_watcher
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Are sure that
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1/8/2010 4:33:11 PM
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they are his pants? Otherwise it is hard to believe.
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GoneFishin
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Are sure that
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1/8/2010 10:36:15 PM
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You are all typical Wing Nuts. A decent person would offer the poor Democrat a quarter for a biscuit and gravy. I am sure he was searching deep into his pocket for some change. You just seem to get your thrills trying to damage the reputation of a poor Democart who just hasn't had the good luck that you wealthy Wing Nuts have enjoyed. Must be nice to have 3 hot meals and a warm house. Wing Nuts are all about "me", lower my taxes, and smaller government until a tornado or flood hits my street. Then, where is the big bad government????
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water_watcher
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That is the sad part
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1/9/2010 9:06:40 AM
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Liberals like you look at successful people and call it "luck". When it is nothing more than hard work and enjoying our freedom to be the best we can. Those that have applied themselves and made something of their lives, should not be penalized and forced to "share the wealth" with those that have not.
There are definitely down and out people, but we all have equal opportunity no matter if male, female, black, white or whatever.
I do not need people like you or government deciding how to spend my money or that I should be taxed more due to the limited success I have had. While I enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, I am far from wealthy. And there are plenty of people that are below the Obama wealth line that feel the same because they have drive and initiative and hope that their hard work someday will pay rewards.
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MartiniMan
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That is the sad part
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1/9/2010 10:32:03 AM
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That is what distinguishes a liberal from the remaining 70% of the country isn't it? The majority of us look at those better off and don't want them to be unfairly punished for their success partially because we too aspire to achieve what they have (or at least know the opportunity is there if we want to take the risk and are willing to work hard).
For many liberals (those driving the junky cars covered with bumper stickers telling us to coexist or war is not the answer, etc.), they look at those better off and resent them for what they have, feel they have "won life's lottery", got what they have at the expense of those less well off or whatever mental lies they tell themselves to justify redistribution. It really reflects more on their own pathetic lives, laziness and weakness than anything else.
Then we have the super-wealthy liberals that either suffer from guilt (what I call the Kennedy syndrome....I am wealthy because of my trust fund and would otherwise just be another drunk passed out on the sidewalk) or irrelevance (the Hollywood syndrome....I am wealthy and people only like me because I pretend to be someone else or I can sing or dance). For these liberals it is all about assuaging their guilty conscience but it is much easier for them to assuage it with our money rather than theirs. That is why they always favor taxation of income but howl about taxation of wealth or assets. It is also why they take advantage of every tax loophole while they publicly proclaim they don't pay enough in taxes. And finally, it is that same pathos that makes them pontificate on how we need to protect the environment and reduce our carbon footprint while they live a lavish, high energy consumption lifestyle totally oblivious to the obvious and repugnant contradiction.
And finally we have the most dangerous and destructive liberals of all, the statist seeking political power (and their useful idiots in academia and the media) or those whose livelihood depends on government (in the public and private sector). Those in the former are not driven by envy or guilt, for them it is about their self-proclaimed intellectual elitism and the drive for power so they can put their so-called prowess to work. Lording over our lives and controlling us is their driver because they just know better what is good for us if only we would turn our lives over to them. Of course we saw where this leads everywhere it has been tried and in all times. It leads to tyranny and suppression of rights derived from natural law. It always has and always will. And for those in the latter group it is all about a pragmatic desire to maintain their standard of living, be it working for a private company that relies on government contracts or actually working for a local, state or federal agency. Of all the groups this is the only one I have any sympathy for or tolerance of their views. They also represent a minority of liberals and the least destructive.
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MartiniMan
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MM
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1/9/2010 12:38:54 PM
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Re-read what I wrote because I didn't say all government workers were liberal, nor are all wealthy people nor all people who drive around in junky cars with lots of bumper stickers. I started with the 30% of the country that is liberal placed most of them in my own categories. My wife, who is very conservative, worked for USEPA for nine years. Decent pay and great benefits. But working for the government, even when she did, didn't change her conservative beliefs. However, we were friends with quite a few people that voted like liberals because they thought it would improve job security or the liberal politician would increase their pay.
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