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Topic: Dudes, What Happened to Your Revolution?
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jwhop Knowflake Posts: 2965 From: Madeira Beach, FL USA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 21, 2011 09:27 AM
From the pages of Newsweek, the old leftists, Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas declared..."We are all Socialists now". From the mouth of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, we heard..."O'Bomber is absolutely The Messiah." The One, The Messiah appointed an army of Socialists, Communists and other mangy Collectivists to high level positions in his administration...including the Revolutionary Communist Van Jones. With the full backing of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Communist Party USA, The One, The Messiah attempted to cram his Socialist agenda down the throats of Americans...and hit the brick wall of the center-right American citizens. The result was predictable. Massive losses of demoscat Socialist comrades in the House and Senate; a conservative majority in the House which has began rolling back the O'Bomber Socialist agenda and loss of the filibuster proof demoscat Socialists in the US Senate. Beyond that, all over America, Governors and state legislatures have gone Republican and far more conservative; laying waste to O'Bomber's Socialist agenda as they sue the Federal government in Federal Courts to overthrow the O'Bomber Socialist power grab. So, it's a fair question to ask: Dudes, what happened to your revolution? February 21, 2011 The Real Revolution Has Begun By J. Robert Smith How delicious is irony, how fickle fate? Just a little more than two years ago, liberals were ecstatic about Barack Obama's election and Democrats' control of Congress. Liberal pundits were all atwitter about the brand new Democratic Era that voters had ushered in. America would finally become what America should have been years ago: a European-style social democracy. Boy, did Democrats misread their mandate! With very little hindsight needed, it's apparent to all but ideologically-blinkered liberals that the Democrats' gross overreach isn't what voters wanted or expected. Voters wanted a redo of the Clinton years. Instead, in the person of Barack Obama, voters got an amalgam of FDR and LBJ with a dash of Neville Chamberlin thrown in. But here's the real kicker. Two years of Obama-Reid-Pelosi overreach and excesses may have been the table-setter for the real revolution now unfolding. Voters and taxpayers first needed to see the irresponsibility and recklessness of unalloyed liberalism to appreciate that conservative government is far superior. Thank you, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. Of course, the real revolution began last year with the 2010 midterm elections. Yes, the GOP made the largest gains in U.S. House seats since 1948. But the underappreciated story is that the GOP racked up huge gains in state legislative contests, and further down ballot, Republicans swept plenty of local offices. State legislatures control congressional redistricting. Republicans now dominate enough key statehouses to lock-in GOP congressional electoral advantages for a decade. Had voters limited their ballots to throwing out the rascals in Congress, a fair argument could be made that 2010 was just a protest vote -- an attempt by voters to shake up the Democrats. But when voters drill down to change party control of legislatures, city halls, and county commissions, you can bet that they're thoroughly repudiating the party in power. The 2010 repudiation of Democrats was a clear expression of what voters did and didn't want from government. Move now to the present time. Republicans are on the march in Congress. Late last week, House Republicans passed a budget bill containing $61 billion in cuts. It's not the $100 million that conservatives aimed for, but it's substantial and can be considered a down payment. The House Republican proposal now goes to the Senate. The budget process wrangling is just in its first phase. Moving forward, the GOP will have multiple opportunities to push more cuts. And look what else House Republicans are doing. They're using the budget process to hamstring Obamacare by denying it funding. Shutting down and then nixing ObamaCare would be an historic victory in the fight to end liberalism's nearly hundred-year dominance; it would be one of those critical turning points in history -- like Vicksburg and Gettysburg -- a momentum shifter that leads to other key victories, such as entitlements reform. Also, Indiana Republican Mike Pence offered and passed an amendment cutting funding for the odious abortion mill called Planned Parenthood. Another amendment, offered by Oregon Republican Greg Walden, that passed, chokes off funds for the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality gambit. Net -neutrality would concentrate more power in the FCC's hands and stymie free speech across the internet. Net-neutrality could well have been made in China. Of course, the revolution just beginning isn't confined to the Halls of Congress. Chris Christie, New Jersey's intrepid Republican governor, fired the first shots last year in the burgeoning struggle to bring sanity back to state affairs. Christie's efforts aren't limited to balancing state budgets and reining in taxes, important as those things are. Christie is working to limit government and expand the playing field for the private sector. As we're seeing, government without proper limits is a ruinous beast. California is a prime example. Now newly elected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is making headlines because he dares to say that his state is broke and that the public employees' gravy train needs to end. Governor Walker wants to end collective bargaining for public employees, excepting police and firefighters, on the simple, common sense premise that employees shouldn't be negotiating the hours they work, among other things. In Ohio, Governor John Kasich is gearing up to slash budgets, rollback taxes, cut regulations, and confront the Buckeye State's public employee unions. There'll be fireworks aplenty in Columbus. Thomas Jefferson is being proven right again. The states are the laboratories of democracy. Christie, Kasich, and Walker are seeking to demonstrate that limited, financially responsible government is best for economic and societal health. If successful -- and we should all have high confidence that these governors will succeed -- the lessons will not be lost on voters and politicians in other states. Revolutions are like that; it takes just a few courageous leaders to embolden others and for revolutions to spread. A marvelous, if unintended, consequence of this burgeoning conservative revolution is what it's doing to liberalism. The budding conservative revolution is starting to place strains on liberalism; beginning to make liberals and their allies fight defensive battles in multiple -- and multiplying -- places. Call this a modified Cloward-Piven -- or Cloward-Piven turned on its masters. Challenging liberal governance, and pressing limited government reforms, will help bring down liberalism across the nation. And that should be an indisputable aim of the new conservative revolution. Liberalism became a pox on the nation years ago. Marginalizing liberalism would be an incomparable service to generations to come -- and to those kids being lied to now by too many Wisconsin teachers. "Change We Can Believe In." Mr. Obama's slogan always had a nice ring to it, but it was misapplied and a little ahead of its time. With the conservative revolution, change we can really believe in has arrived. How's that for rich irony? http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/the_real_revolution_has_begun.html IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 05:56 AM
On a separate note:The whole idea of Rep vs Dem or Dem vs Rep, Is a tired old horse, That is more or less dead. People still try to beat that dead horse, Then plaster a fake smile on they're faces to try to convince themselves they are doing the right thing. Ring around a circle, People going nowhere. Just my opinions. Or as george carlin would say, "They are circling the drain" I just hope someone sprays some air freshener in here, Cause this crap stinks! It is just a group of normal people who think they are better at telling other people what to do. (In some cases, they are right.) I just feel sad this is needed. Either one of them. Shame (Note: shame maybe too strong a word for what I am trying to express)be the person that needs this still, Can not live a life without an authority telling them what is acceptable or not. ( although I understand the idiots need it) <---You can tell I was feeling a lil too bold when I wrote that. I am an idiot too anyway. People have lost they're way, and most moral compases are either broken or taken away so others can tell them what to do. This is a method of enforced leadership, People gobble it up and ask for more as if it is thanksgiving turkey! Go sleep on the couch, you lazy turds (This comes from personal experience, I have been a lazy turd myself many times) -I am done, rant off. IP: Logged |
jwhop Knowflake Posts: 2965 From: Madeira Beach, FL USA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 11:07 AM
Well yeah...since all politicians are the same blah, blah, blah and, they're all controlled puppets blah, blah, blah and, it doesn't matter who you vote for blah, blah, blah. You should be tuning off blah, blah, blah and dropping out blah, blah, blah and, developing your 3rd eye blah, blah, blah and working on your own enlightenment blah, blah, blah. Anyone who disagrees with this assessment is just a mind numbed robot blah, blah, blah or corrupt blah, blah, blah or an idiot blah, blah, blah or lacking in spiritual enlightenment blah, blah, blah or terminally immoral blah, blah, blah or, a lazy turd blah, blah, blah. Thanks for s'plaining it all to us Mblake81
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Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 11:21 AM
Um, I do not understand, was this meant to be sarcastic or were you being legitimate.In any event, It is just my opinion, It is interesting to see who gets alarmed when I say my opinions. And yes, I do hope people wise up. But I do not think "Enlightenment" will be on the "O'bomber" budget for 2012 or any other time. Well, maybe if you ask the rep or dem or whatever thing that you look up to, to guide and rule over your life, they will give you some enlightenment, It will be gov. subsidized spirituality. Then you reps and dems can argue over which side is more holy than the other. And the circle continues till the end of time, right around the drain. It is base arguments over base bull crap that goes no where, always has, always will. But go ahead and run full speed/bull headed with that ball all you want. This game is no longer of any interest as it has become obsolete. It is like watching any other sport compared to MMA. Sure those sports have fans that love them, But man are they boring compared to this! Can I ask how many times you can run in a circle before you get dizzy or tired? This is sort of childish. A persons job in high office, is to oversee and more or less "rule" over the lesser of society. That is the base motivation for any in power, "I want to rule you" because I can. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 11:50 AM
Note: How far do you wanna dig this hole? Because I will let you dig it to china and back.It is your labor, Not mine. I have to apologize to you as a person, I mean you absolutely no harm. But the venom in my voice comes when I smell weakness. -That venom has been used on my own heart and mind for the better part of my life, I have learned to tolerate it and to grow. I understand the need for good leadership in order to get and to keep a "ball" rolling in the right direction. But for the love of god, please think on your own. Note: The proper use of venom is a functioning motivator to agitate them a little, to get them moving in other words. The improper use of venom is to be used as fear, As a motivator for punishment. This venom will last until either the subject dies or has the will to live. Karma plays its roll here as well. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 12:48 PM
Now, my friend. Do you have anything interesting to say? or will it be more silly insults that do nothing?Please strike up a conversation because I am all ears to hear what you have to say Do you have anything to talk about that matters? IP: Logged |
juniperb Moderator Posts: 1095 From: Blue Star Kachina Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 01:19 PM
------------------ What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~- George Eliot IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 01:25 PM
?Cya later brother, Or lady. I do not know which honestly, I have never looked. IP: Logged |
jwhop Knowflake Posts: 2965 From: Madeira Beach, FL USA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 01:29 PM
Oh, you thought the blah, blah, blahs was an attempt at sarcasm Mblake81?Not so Mblake81. All intellectually, morally and spiritually superior humans who find themselves in a state of expanded consciousness have a built in tape they can run in their own minds on each of the subjects which received a blah, blah, blah. So, call the blah, blah, blahs expedited shorthand to get to the point quickly. Besides, the intellectually, morally and spiritually inferior wouldn't understand the longhand version anyway...those you refer to as turds. So Mblake81, why cast pearls before intellectual, moral and spiritual swine with a shriveled consciousness, eh?
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Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 01:31 PM
Because It is my own unique nature.Are you trying to find a weakness in my character to exploit? Go ahead. You are not the first, you are not the last. If an animal shows you its teeth, I suppose you wanna pet it and call it snookums? A man did a documentary where he stayed with bears in the wild, The bear ate him. Find it on youtube for yourself if you want, The camera had the lens cap on, so all you hear is 7 minutes of a bear eating a man alive. Have you lived a "Sheltered" existence? I am trying to say it nicely, I find you weak. Insults are your weapon of choice to find entry and then the condescending nature drives the point home, or is at least intended to correct? Degenerate behavior. Harsh and I apologize because it is stepping over a boundary. Honestly what are your ages? I do not think like you, I am not subject to the same boring and super repetative bs you are used to. Sorry. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 6374 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 02:24 PM
MB, you need to have a tough skin to go toe-to-toe in this Forum. Don't take things so personally. It's about concepts, not people.------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 02:27 PM
Did I give that impression? oh my bad I honestly did not realize that.Ok I will consider that. I do sometimes get lost in my thoughts and I will type them out. It is good to remember that the internet keeps people away so we can share the ideas. I have to restate. I do not mean anyone harm, and I can not actually do anything anyway. Typed words can not punch you in the face. But they can have impact on the mind so I choose my battles where It is most appropriate, to my reckoning. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 4826 From: Pleasanton, CA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 02:59 PM
I think mblake was doing just fine. I don't think he was illustrating a lack of a thick skin. I think he was illustrating a detached curiosity for how Jwhop works.IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 04:01 PM
quote: Originally posted by AcousticGod: I think mblake was doing just fine. I don't think he was illustrating a lack of a thick skin. I think he was illustrating a detached curiosity for how Jwhop works.
Hey thanks! you got it right. I also hope that my words help motivate that person in whatever way they choose. My initial mental picture is always negative. Negative is my natural energy. By will and knowledge it is forced into a more positive direction. It took a long time for me to learn how, It still requires much effort. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 04:05 PM
My language is usually applicable to me at one point in time or another.I am an idiot. I have been a bad person. I have felt regret for the things I have done. *Note: Do not get carried away, I have not done any actual bad (murder) things in my life. But I have made an effort to have personal experience in as many areas as I could, when I was able. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 6374 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 08:22 PM
It's easy to understand how Jwhop's mind works; simply put, he is rational. In a world of irrational people, rational thought stands out like an anomoly, when, in fact, it is anything but. The first assumption of science is that reality exists. Reality is also discoverable. Rationality is the key to that discoverability. Jwhop does a fine job of expressing rationality. He would make a good scientist...the real kind...not the junk science variety.IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 09:33 PM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: It's easy to understand how Jwhop's mind works.
Really? You got me beat by a long shot. Are the things that I point out really that lame and unneeded I wonder. I have learned that no ones mind is easy to understand. You have to be them to understand it. A personality can be easy to understand, And it can be faked too. The mind is a different animal really, I am trying to understand your point of view however. My little tricks may be cruel to some, But I don't do this for petty giggles. *Nothing wrong with having fun, or laughing. It is just my choice. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 09:49 PM
In case I have not made this known.That awful, nasty observation ability is what I used on myself for many years. Trust me, when I did not understand myself and what I was doing, Life was really hellish for me. I now use it as a useful tool, and only as a tool. It is not for my personal enjoyment. Even though the irony is sometimes to great not to hold a laugh back. I try not to, It is rude. It can be understood that a capricorn would shield itself with reason. That is fine. Reason can help people in a method of exchange, But people have a personality behind all of that anyway, That is what frustrates people. Expressing that while still being able to make a point and be heard. In an abstract way. Reason can be seen like a video game console. Your friends come over and plug in to play. But your friends are not the game console. The reason they are at your house is because you enjoy the personalities of your friends, and you all enjoy playing the game console. Its good for bringing people together. That is an abstract example. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 22, 2011 10:03 PM
Hell,Even Intelligence can be seen the same way, Everyone wants to play captain smart. Just a medium to get to point b, If ego is ignored for a moment. Why else would you need to be smart anyway? Are you not supposed to be accomplishing something if you are? Mine is very abstract and selfless, But that is my karma and my personal choices/Life. On a completely different note: Has your pineal area ever started "cracking" or "popping" in your head? It is the strangest feeling to come over you, Like a pop rock in your brain, but it is not a painful experience. The brain floods with sensations. I was noticing this in the third person while it happened, I was also at the same time typing this post lol. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 6374 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 22, 2011 11:04 PM
I wasn't implying anything related to your intelligence, MB. And I was not saying Jwhop isn't complex (he most certainly is). Knowing he's rational should make it simple to understand where he is coming from, though.------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 23, 2011 08:26 AM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: I wasn't implying anything related to your intelligence, MB. And I was not saying Jwhop isn't complex (he most certainly is). Knowing he's rational should make it simple to understand where he is coming from, though.
Randall,
That is great that Jwhop is not at all complex to you, Please understand that I did not mean that you do not understand him. However, He or She is of interest to me because I wanna see how they tick. If you imagine the mind like a really intricate swiss watch, Sometimes you can show or give a person a gear that will make the piece work much better. On a side note, Someone will come along and start challenging me sooner or later. I have done it so much here it is bound to come back home. I am just waiting to see when
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juniperb Moderator Posts: 1095 From: Blue Star Kachina Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 23, 2011 08:48 AM
mblake, you sure do turn topics around and while it may be a nice walk around the bend, jw`s intelligence or yours has not much to do with the topic. ------------------ What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 23, 2011 09:46 AM
Yeah I can start babbling and it goes from there.But on the topic, My original point for my own personal position stands. I can not participate in these systems are they are designed to keep people going in circles. Really think hard about what I am talking about. Sure, I have used foul language and other things to get that point across. But I really do not need to prove it as it is just my position. Too many people are caught up in all of this for me to be able to have a rational thought of changing it. And then It would just be my change, Which only I like. People have there own tastes and likes, And many people love the back and forth game of modern politics. Simply replace politicians with brad pits or or a patrick stewart so it can at least be entertaining. Politicians are an absolute bore to me. And no I do not find relevant "issues" boring. But I question what is "relevant" to begin with. In my own personal life, Politics have no place really, It is a far away land with, In my own view, Far away people. I prefer them to be as far away from me as possible. IP: Logged |
jwhop Knowflake Posts: 2965 From: Madeira Beach, FL USA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 23, 2011 09:49 AM
Mblake81, I can't imagine what I said that would upset you.I granted you status as Homo-Superious...or maybe it was Homo-Superfluous or maybe it was Homo-Specious or Homo-Spurious; I always get those mixed up! Nevertheless, you took offense, called me "weak", led by others, in need of punishment and suggested I was trying to "exploit" you and questioned that I might have lived a "sheltered existence". Are you always this defensive Mblake81? IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 6374 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 23, 2011 09:54 AM
Well-said, Juni. I'm guilty of getting off topic, as well. Jwhop: ------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged | |