tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post3116550390465445994..comments2024-02-29T18:18:06.972-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Liberty, Economics & Life...: America Deserves Barack Obama: Republicans are Facing ExtinctionJack Chamblesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-57332042837029160612012-11-14T18:02:48.658-08:002012-11-14T18:02:48.658-08:00It just doesn't make sense how the Republican ...It just doesn't make sense how the Republican party still is so loud about these social issues that will NEVER change. Women will ALWAYS perform abortions. Gay people will always do their thing. Accept it, why fight it? <br />I work at Disney World, with a large population of homosexuals that work there, and a great deal voted for Obama, just on THAT social issue. I look at Mitt and the Republican party dumbfounded by their inane social views and bringing them into a political platform. Imagine how many votes he would have received had he just piped it down on his views and literally would've said, I see no reason why this needs to be a Federal Issue. <br />It drives me nuts. LibertyKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600999224179501653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-76654705451752375182012-11-11T17:01:23.482-08:002012-11-11T17:01:23.482-08:00The incredible things I heard Wednesday morning ma...The incredible things I heard Wednesday morning made me sick of the stupidity of people. One woman said she didn't care about the economy or other things cause obama was going to fill her fridge with food. Those rich people are finally going to pay their share and it should be taken from them. <br />My father was 1 of 14 kids who grew up picking cotton. They struggled for every cent they had. Some of his brothers never went past 5th grade educations. My father served in the military and did many things to put food on the table till he found his niche. He became the white version of Sanford and Sons. Junk was his game and he became a big player to the point he retired in his early 60's from it and has his dream house on a river and a second home in Florida. With his assets he's a 1%'er but his only income is really his social security check at this time and still some part time junk dealing. But, he's expected to pay the higher taxes cause he's evil for working 14 hour days 7 days a week for years to have his dream home (which he built by himself). Instead of being applauded for creating the American dream of growing up in poverty and creating his destiny he is being condemned cause he isn't doing enough for those who will not work their ass off as much as he did. Even now at 75 he can outwork any 20 something.<br />This is what our country is about now. drskigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063989056638100513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-23543922592783569142012-11-07T14:50:02.727-08:002012-11-07T14:50:02.727-08:00I am a student who also voted yesterday but i was ...I am a student who also voted yesterday but i was lucky enough to have mr. Chambless as my professor some years ago. he would most likely not include ALL of your students in the listed #9. sadly though, he is correct, my generation is too selfish, uneducated, and shortsighted to make a decision for their country and not for themselves. we are a generation of "i need it now", but we don't understand the difference between needs and wants. nor have we been taught the correlation between hard work and pay off. undereducated or overly educated in the wrong manner this is the generation i will share america with. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775667102243773962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-29315155018539575362012-11-07T12:47:16.576-08:002012-11-07T12:47:16.576-08:00Evolving? No, we are devolving when we allow parti...Evolving? No, we are devolving when we allow partial-birth abortion and call it freedom of choice. We are devolving when hedonism supersedes ethics.<br />Changing demographic? Those are just kind words for social breakdown. We reward failure by stepping in to save those who refuse to take action to save themselves. We punish success by taking more from those who take action to earn more and support themselves. We encourage people to limit their families and control population but the only ones listening are the ones we want to propagate.<br />There is a movie called "Idiocracy" that pretty much follows your talking points, Jack. That is where we are heading.ocopekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454468365809524071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-39640144403130764362012-11-07T07:14:25.946-08:002012-11-07T07:14:25.946-08:00Thank you for your thoughtful bluntness. I can...Thank you for your thoughtful bluntness. I can't really disagree with anything you've said.<br /><br />My girlfriend and I were watching the election results with dismay and shaking heads last night. It's a shame that we are at the mercy of so many people that can't think or choose not to think for themselves and make the rest of us pay for their ignorance and shortsightedness.<br /><br />One question though and pardon my own self-admitted ignorance on this. What would need to happen for the Libertarian Party to become more mainstream and politically relevant as far as the Electoral College is concerned?<br /><br />Have a good break from blogging and I'll be sure to look forward to seeing you start posting again.<br /><br />Scott<br />Mighty Fighty Robotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561209954517794181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-33962957819035774552012-11-07T05:54:01.571-08:002012-11-07T05:54:01.571-08:00For your kids' sake and for mine I hope so too...For your kids' sake and for mine I hope so too. But he won't be able to do it alone. He and the House will have to find some way to work together. I'm not holding out a lot of optimism for that but we'll see. Meanwhile, the country creaks forward. Thank god for work and health.Russ Keslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646749464124573944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-66085208510060316082012-11-07T04:31:45.122-08:002012-11-07T04:31:45.122-08:00You are correct. I can now go back to my tiny Lib...You are correct. I can now go back to my tiny Libertarian party and look, in amazement, at the Republicans who stupidly hammer away at immigration and gay marriage as the country becomes more racially and socially diverse. They better adapt (even though they don't believe in evolution) or they will politically die. Congrats on Obama's win. I hope he does at least a few things that will help my children have a better future.Jack Chamblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-16589073807731942602012-11-07T04:14:55.712-08:002012-11-07T04:14:55.712-08:00I'm trying to reconcile nos. six and eleven he...I'm trying to reconcile nos. six and eleven here--it's bad to be ignorant but it's bad to be educated. Anyway, this is an exhaustive list. I'm happy that I'm able to be more hopeful (because I'm ignorant as a tree stump?) than you are about the future of the country.<br /><br />We face huge challenges, no doubt. But the ignorant, lazy, uneducated, over-educated masses have spoken. You're probably right about the fate of the Republican party, if they can't begin to acknowledge the changing demographic they supposedly represent.<br /><br />Several of my students told me yesterday that they'd stood in line for hours to vote. I guess you'd include them in #8 above, but they too are part of the mix that the Mittster had no clue about. I don't really know how they voted but I'm proud of them for doing so.Russ Keslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646749464124573944noreply@blogger.com