magley64

kinda like Florida's drug testing policy... spending way more tax dollars in tests than it saves in paying drug abusers...

snobbery? okay... My dismissal wasn't with government waste (what a can of worms that would be to go over...again...) my dismissal was with the anecdotes themselves and their oversimplification of the issues involved with the social programs they are claiming to compare with...

oh em gee... not quite as ugly as the busa one...

I care, I just am not jealous. Do I wish there was less waste? sure, do I wish the government ran more efficiently? absolutely. But the message that is expressed in these anecdotes is "why should them lazy poor people get something for free when I have to work for what I got? boo hoo" There are quite a few lazy rich people who do as little (or in most cases, much less) than their homeless counterparts and get all their money for free... If some of the poor are "gaming the system" for their $1200 a month in government benefits, and their life is fulfilled by doing that, so be it. I'll chalk it up as an acceptable loss to help those who need the help temporarily to get back on their feet.

they are great jokes for sure... but then when you think about them for longer than 30 seconds with any amount of critical thinking, it really doesn't add up. The little 12 yr old democrat girl grows up to be probably that same young woman (when somehow the neighbor becomes her father) if she really does all this hard work, she's going to succeed, regardless of how liberals spend her tax money. her friend (who marries the old homeless guy that got her pregnant) isn't going to succeed if she didn't learn what she needed to learn in college... I'm not a democrat, nor am I willing to label myself a republican, but I don't feel threatened by liberal programs. I don't envy the poverty stricken for their "government benefit". Quite honestly, their free ride sucks. I aspire to more because I want more for myself. I'm too busy to be jealous of poor people.

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying. Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing ?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over." Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA." The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!" The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, " Welcome to the Republican party."

I'm happy to be one of the few dozen regulars here... I piss some people off, i make some people laugh, and i generally have a good time.

just because they didn't release his name doesn't mean they don't know who he is...

you could do some "real racin' type stuff" like roll on races on the freeway...lol i bet that thing would be sweet at daytona, speed up, turn left, repeat

gawd, and when i thought neither of them could get any uglier.... kinda neat idea though, kudos for originality

lol, since everyone else is posting what happens, knocking on my door at 2 in the morning makes me confused, if you want to come in, just open the door... if I know you, you know you are welcome, if you want to rob me, why wouldn't you check to see if the door is locked first?

sorta... the difference is that the florida case involved 2 civilians... I think the duty to handle the situation better rests with the police officers, who if they had done ANYTHING right (confirmed address, identified themselves as police) wouldn't have ended up gunning down an arguably innocent civilian in their own home.

oh you, too?

i feel left out of the pot conversation...

lol, i love the comments underneath... while i agree with some of what PM said... her faith in law enforcement troubles me...(i'm assuming it is a she based entirely on the context of that post) good for the driver, identifying the threat and acting... and good job leaving the suspect alive to stand trial.

I didn't say it was evil... i made no value judgement about it at all... leave it to the religious to make those judgements.

lets make him president, clearly he knows how to run a business...

too vague "don't live in an apartment that can be confused for a murder suspect's apartment"

I know, that's what made me laugh, he's one of the more outspoken resident liberals (in most cases), and he's talking about supporting the rights of the gun owning citizen in this case... where as most of the right leaning people here seem to think the police are totally in the right for killing him for doing nothing more than answering his door and preparing to defend himself from what he believed to be 2 persons intending him harm...

^^^ we don't need your liberal views on guns... LOL

8 and 6, maybe it was nothing, 10 and 8.. ehh, 14, and 12...there could be something, 16 and 14...definitely wrong, 18 and 16... but yeah, keep telling yourself "she was asking for it":rolleyes:

color me confused, but what attributes made him a dumbass IYO?

yes, i think it matters quite a bit... if he had his gun at the ready, opens the door and sees 2 men pointing guns at him, then absolutely they caused the man to react... According to the report I heard, they didn't identify themselves as police. I have no idea what they were wearing, but I gotta imagine that if you were faced with a similar situation where 2 men knock on your door and then force themselves in when you go to answer it, you're going to react similarly...

I'm willing to bet he'd get WAY more scrutiny... but I think castle doctrine would have gotten him clear, especially if the officers never identified themselves.

it is... i got ran off the road by one... that is all:D