Tea party wins in northeastern primaries could bode well for Democrats

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ishii said:
Here is what one conservative hero said about this:

“I’d rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the dons of Harvard.” ~William F. Buckley, Jr.

It was Ivy Leaguers " the best and the brightest" who blundered us into Vietnam - Mcgeorge Bundy (Yale) and Robert Mcnamara( Harvard).

'nuff said.
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You might have something here. It was an Ivy Leaguer who blundered us into Iraq, too. the other Ivy Leaguer is trying to get us out. At least I hope he is.
 
ishii said:
Here is what one conservative hero said about this:

“I’d rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the dons of Harvard.” ~William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I agree with Buckley. But, being a Yale man, he might hold a slight bias.😉
 
Suudy said:
At least Amin didn’t murder 50M of his citizens…
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There wasn’t 50M to kill, otherwise he would have tried.

I just heard today that Christine O Donnell has been refusing to talk to all reporters except for Sean Hannity.
 
I know some people are going to be upset with me for saying this, but sometimes I wonder if we have Constitution Fundamentalist now, who are basically doing the same thing to the constitution that fundamentalist do to the bible. It’s like now days, even your 5th grader could read it and interpret it correctly. You don’t need to know anything about history, just read the words and do what they say. Anyway, It has been my experience that this tendency to believe that any individual can read and interpret the bible for themselves, has lead to a lot of protestant church splits, and cults, and other things that make christians look stupid to the unchurched. Now, I wonder if doing the same thing to the constitution will lead to equally undesirable results. Jesus says that you can judge a tree by it’s fruit. If constitutional fundamentalism ends up just dividing the American people even more than they already are, I would say this is not good fruit.
 
Rita_De_C said:
I know some people are going to be upset with me for saying this, but sometimes I wonder if we have Constitution Fundamentalist now,
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You flatter them by granting them this presumption of coherence.
 
Rita_De_C said:
I just heard today that Christine O Donnell has been refusing to talk to all reporters except for Sean Hannity.
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She says that she wants to devote her time to local media and local events that are centered around the people of Delaware. Makes sense to me.
 
Beau_Ouiville said:
Yes. You make a vague allegation of ‘house deal’ and then that could mean anything. No deal on the price of the house; no Rezko part in the purchase of the house. Those are facts.

As to Harvard law, do you have any idea what it takes to be even admitted to that law school? Plus, to my knowledge law review was half grades and half writing competition, not any election.

All this is an irrelevant aside and I’m through with it. Don’t call me ‘counselor’, either. Its something out of “Cape Fear”.

Discuss the issues.
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Not having ever read “Cape Fear”, I don’t know what you mean. You’re a lawyer. You have said that on here. I see no reason for anyone to be sensitive about that. Also, since you are a professional word crafter, crossing verbal swords with those in here who aren’t, it seems disclosure of your superior abilities and training is just simple fairness. Knowing it, some might choose not to duel with an expert.

Again, I invite all who read these posts to ignore both Beau and me about the Obama/Rezko house deal. Just google the two names together and you will find a wealth of information about it. The facts are pretty plain.

Here’s what it takes to be admitted to Harvard Law School:
“Applicants generally rank in top 10% of their college’s graduating class in the top 5% of the LSAT. Percentile requirements are sometimes waived as candidates are judged on their overall educational ability/achievements and societal attributes.”

I’m not sure what a “societal attribute” is in Harvard’s mind, but we still don’t know what the basis was for Obama’s admission. If he would allow disclosure of his grades and LSAT score, we would know whether it was due to academic achievement, political connections or just what. But he won’t allow disclosure, for whatever reason. So, until he does, we really can’t claim that he was a high-scorer academically.
 
ishii said:
Here is what one conservative hero said about this:

“I’d rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the dons of Harvard.” ~William F. Buckley, Jr.

It was Ivy Leaguers " the best and the brightest" who blundered us into Vietnam - Mcgeorge Bundy (Yale) and Robert Mcnamara( Harvard).

'nuff said.
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Bill Buckley - he isn’t some elitist Harvard grad, he went to Yale. I am endlessly amused by all these rich elitists pointing fingers and accusing the other guy of being richer and more elite.
 
Good_News said:
It’s a reflection of the destructive attitude of the tea “party” - they aren’t interested in intellectual consistency, problem solving, or getting along with their fellow Americans, but only in name calling, hysteria, and self-righteousness. I sense that for many, if you aren’t in the tea party, you aren’t a Republican, and probably not even an American - this, from a “movement” that is two years old.
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I get a kick out of your characterization that the government, with the help of the unelected mainstream media’s propaganda, should be free to coerce the sheeple’s values and create public opinion, and anyone like the tea party who free speeches an alternative opinion is guilty of obstructionism. Ha! Where’s the freedom to choose? To think for oneself? To have an open mind? Anyone is free to be a simpleton who craves brain pleasurism via a perpetual parade of shallow amusements, but don’t attempt to drag the rest of us along, then criticize us for resisting our impending demise.

The tea party is a result of people waking up to the realization that big government, with the help of entertainment media, is weakening and reducing people into complacency and selfishness. All of this constant entertainment overload creates weakened sheeple who are addicted to wanting more visual pleasurism to the detriment of Loving relationships.

The PRIMARY goal of the Tea Party should be to be smart enough to win the “correct” races to get our country out of the grips of the administration from the culture of (relationship) death. If the movement goes too far, it will be self-defeating. Fans shouldn’t make noise when our own quarterback has the ball.

Above passion, we need first to be smart. The history of the country is at stake.
 
ManOnFire said:
I get a kick out of your characterization that the government, with the help of the unelected mainstream media’s propaganda, should be free to coerce the sheeple’s values
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I didn’t say anything about coercion.

What’s a sheeple?
Where’s the freedom to choose? To think for oneself? To have an open mind?
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Everywhere. This is America.
Anyone is free to be a simpleton who craves brain pleasurism via a perpetual parade of shallow amusements,
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I realize that Lady Gaga and Katy Perry aren’t very good singers, but you don’t have to listen to them. I don’t know what it has to do with the so-called Tea Party. I don’t see what it has to do, at all, with entertainment media.
All of this constant entertainment overload creates weakened sheeple who are addicted to wanting more visual pleasurism to the detriment of Loving relationships.
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The Tea Party is anti-porn?
The PRIMARY goal of the Tea Party should be to be smart enough to win the “correct” races to get our country out of the grips of the administration from the culture of (relationship) death.
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The Tea Party isn’t a party. The “Tea Party favorites” have run as Republicans, and then backed away from their more controversial statements once they won a primary. The result of the Tea Party appears to be to the possible election of, at most, a few legislators on the right wing of the Republican establishment. Hardly revolutionary.

It could be like this:

Obama hoodwinked liberals and centrists with talk of hope and change, without any specifics.

The Tea Party candidates are hoodwinking conservatives with equally vauge talk of change, small government, etc., without any specifics or chance of being an effective voice in the government. As with most “small government” rhetoric in the Republican party, they lack the political clout and will to cut spending, and simply continue with irresponsible tax cuts to fund their campaigns.

The result: the establishment wins again. That’s ok, in my book, because I’m not all that unhappy with the establishment, although the divisiveness is harming the establishment’s ability to solve the nation’s relatively straightforward problems. It is a shame that people offer false hope to people to win elections.
 
Good_News said:
I didn’t say anything about coercion.

What’s a sheeple?

Everywhere. This is America.

I realize that Lady Gaga and Katy Perry aren’t very good singers, but you don’t have to listen to them. I don’t know what it has to do with the so-called Tea Party. I don’t see what it has to do, at all, with entertainment media.

The Tea Party is anti-porn?

The Tea Party isn’t a party. The “Tea Party favorites” have run as Republicans, and then backed away from their more controversial statements once they won a primary. The result of the Tea Party appears to be to the possible election of, at most, a few legislators on the right wing of the Republican establishment. Hardly revolutionary.

It could be like this:

Obama hoodwinked liberals and centrists with talk of hope and change, without any specifics.

The Tea Party candidates are hoodwinking conservatives with equally vauge talk of change, small government, etc., without any specifics or chance of being an effective voice in the government. As with most “small government” rhetoric in the Republican party, they lack the political clout and will to cut spending, and simply continue with irresponsible tax cuts to fund their campaigns.

The result: the establishment wins again. That’s ok, in my book, because I’m not all that unhappy with the establishment, although the divisiveness is harming the establishment’s ability to solve the nation’s relatively straightforward problems. It is a shame that people offer false hope to people to win elections.
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Thanks for the thoughtful post.

Sheeple are people who sheepishly accept what is fed to them by the mainstream media. Many young people who watch the pop divas are sheeple because their values are being determined by what they see in the media. Many only know how the “feel.” Thus, this enslaves them into feelings at a young age, rather than choosing knowledge or reason.

IMO, real change can be brought about by an analytical discussion about remaining in perpetual childhood due to our feelgood addictions vs. transitioning to individual responsible adulthood by choosing to take on challenges instead of deflecting them. The Catholic Church already has these Rules for Living, but they take time and sacrifice to learn. I think most people are relatively comfortable with the establishment. Tea partiers fear abuse of the system and the thought of out of control additional recipients. I don’t think we should force Catholicism on anyone, despite those who don’t know that the Catholic Church already has guidelines or Rules for Living. If more people would take the time and effort to TRULY learn it, many more would FREE WILLINGLY CHOOSE IT.

From a purely secular view, the best we can do is limit our exposure to pop culture’s temptations, but those in power of the mainstream media aren’t relinquishing their control and relationship-toxic influence over the young and the poor. They keep selling love-less lust, drugs, violence, despite their free will and means not to.
 
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