This may surprise you, but I have voted for a Republican several times in my life. I don't always go with a democrat simply because he or she is affiliated with the party I believe shares most of my ideals and beliefs. I vote for the person I believe can handle the job, make changes that matter, and basically won't screw it up. As for Barney Frank, I have no idea if I would vote for him. First of all he has made as you said some questionable remarks and decisions during his terms in office that I have a real problem with, and secondly he resides not only in a different district, but in an entirely different state. The same can be said for Nancy Pelosi, but I would go even one step further to say she would NEVER have my vote. Although my ideals are very liberal I consider her to be what I call an Ultra-Liberal, and that just scares me. I believe government sometimes needs to step in and solve certain issues, but it should never be the only solution to every problem in America. I don't know what you mean by black entertainers. Sorry. Could you be more specific about which entertainers you are referring? Although I can sympathize with the feelings and thoughts of a race of people who only 50 years ago still had to use a different set of bathrooms and the "n" word was still a common reference to their race, I believe older entertainers still look back on these times and use this type of feelings for their current material. I cannot be so sympathetic with the younger crowd, but can to a degree. I'm certainly not empathizing with the thought that it's okay for them to say some of the things they say on stage or what have you, but as I said before to a degree some have still had experiences that in my mind justify to a point the things they believe and share with their audiences. It's not for us to judge them for how they feel when we have no real idea of what it's like to incur comments, suggestions, or actions that define our own race. I have never been called cracka, whitebread, or any other derogatory term by any african-american in my life, but I have personally seen and heard a friend of mine called the "n" word by a group of my own race. I'm not saying it's right for a black entertainer to say certain things while on-stage, but by that same accord I certainly can't condemn them for it either. Racism is an ugly tree that takes deep roots among even a nation as civilized as America, and rarely lets go.
Now, whether or not Rush Limbaugh knows that some of the "facts" that he reports on his show are actually bogus and founded on no real basis at all is unknown to me. I can't say whether he deliberately makes these statements that are so profoundly false that it would seem as though at some point he would begin to question who is actually performing this research? Not to mention that he should seriously consider confirming these types of reports before declaring them to be facts on a national broadcast platform like his radio show. Here are just a few examples of the unbelievably stupid, racist, and sexist remarks he has made on his broadcast.
"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream."
"You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed."
"They're 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
"It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with cigarettes causing emphysema."
And my personal favorite:
"There are more acres of forestland in America today than when Columbus discovered the continent in 1492."
Okay, where to start with all of the facts that are so wrong with this last comment. Grab a history book people! First of all Columbus did not discover any continent in 1492. He "discovered" Hispaniolia, one of the many islands in the Bahamas. Later he sailed on to discover Cuba and Haiti, but never at any point did he land in South, Central, or North America. Two other voyages for the New World would still not bring him any closer to the discovery of the North American continent. It would be Columbus' fourth and final voyage where he would land in and explore parts of Central America like Panama, Honduras, and Costa Rica.
In fact it would be one of Columbus' own students and admirers Amerigo Vespucci who would sail and reach the southern continent which would later be known as South America.
Now to the claim that we somehow have more forest land acreage now then when Columbus sailed in 1492. No. From as early as the year 1630 when pioneers of the Americas actually began logging such information the acreage of forestland was estimated at 300 million acres. Today, there is just a little over half of that figure.
I don't love or hate Rush Limbaugh, but if this is the result of his "homework", it's time to go back to school.
Also, I don't dislike people because of their wealth, their status, or otherwise. I dislike people who use their status or position to demean people and spread misinformation solely for their own benefits.
I don't think that conservatives are idiots. I do believe they don't understand that their beliefs that federal government is never the answer to any problem and that the states can manage everything their own. That's just ridiculous. The very notion itself is a catch 22. Although I would love the federal government never to have to intervene the simple fact of the matter is that states CANNOT handle it on their own. Many assume we can just allow states to handle things like health care, but their is a dark and ugly truth to all of this.
Some states have legislatures that have every possible power granted to them by what federal law does not cover. Those same states may have governors who have supreme power of veto so that one could effectively cancel out the other.
In my home state of Texas they were and are so distrustful of politicians that they gave very few powers to the body of our legislature and even fewer to the governor. Texas, though most people do not know it, has quite possibly one of the weakest gubernatorial seats in our nation. He or she is allowed to make certain state seat appointments and on occasion has the right to use the power of "line item veto". Do you realize that this power literally consists of the power to veto a single sentence from a bill. That's it!!! And even then you can only use it so many times per document!!
The idea that we can depend on the states to pass certain pieces of legislation for the good of their own constituents is preposterous because it lends to the belief that every state holds the same powers of both legislation(state senate and house) and executive(governor). Which, clearly they do not. That is the problem I have with conservatives who think that most laws or reforms should be handled by the states, because they cannot. Not effectively.
I disagree that Rush represents you. I believe you are a person of reason and intelligence. He seems to me a man of low character who would do anything to be in the limelight, anything to offend those with whom he does not agree, and to demean people simply because of their status, their sex, their race, and even their religion. On the contrary, I believe that Mr. Limbaugh does in fact do your party a great deal of disservice. I genuinely believe that the republican party is better than that, or at least, they deserve better than that.
As unemployment rises the scale continues to tip in the direction of less people paying into social security. We are adding more debt and the only jobs that are being created are government jobs. Those jobs are payed for by us taxpayers. I am afraid for the future of this nation and I am not alone. The sky will always be there but I'm afraid it's looking down on a nation that is skating on thin ice. We've had hard times before but never with the amount of zero's we're looking at now. Now our leaders are trying to push through more programs that are going to add even more zeros to our national debt. When we can't pay our bills we start cutting back and stop spending. We work harder and learn from our mistakes. I see our leaders doing the opposite. How can that lead anywhere but straight to disaster? Just because China has never called in our debt doesn't mean they won't. I don't think the world sees us as the super power we used to be. I think they see our debt as weakness and they are right. Therefore, they are not as afraid of us as they once were. They act like the magic money fairy is going to come down and wave her wand and make it all go away. I hope for the best but I am preparing for the worst because I don't see anyone stopping the madness. Everyone should be thinking what they are going to do if they stick their atm card in the slot and nothing comes out. I have a plan. Do you? You can call it hysteria if you want but if I'm wrong I'll be Ok. If I'm right I'll still be ok because I'm prepared. If you're wrong, you could be in deep doo doo.
Well Rick, I guess that means you won't be voting for many democrats either. Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and many others make demeaning, sexist, and ridiculous statements about all of us who have the gall to disagree with them. And as far as racist comments, have you even listened to the things that come out of the mouths of black entertainers today? How about some of the liberal media? I smell a double standard! You should have heard what I said about you last night! I'm just kidding. I love arguing with you! And for the record, I find Rush extremely entertaining. I also find him to be almost as accurate as he says he is. So love him or hate him, he does his homework. And there must be a lot more people who agree with me than you on this subject because, last time I looked, he's filthy rich. Maybe that's why you libs really hate him. You seem to have a problem with anyone having more than you do. Since you all seem to think us conservatives are a bunch of idiots I don't see why you'd have a problem thinking Rush represents us very well.
My basis for the statement that the rising cost of medical care is tied to too many people on govt care was based on twenty plus years of working in the medical field. California is drowning in debt because too many people are being covered under medi cal. We had to constantly raise our charges to our private pay and insured patients to cover our losses from providing care to too many people on medi cal. When you make seven dollars per office visit and spend an average of 15 to 20 minutes with the patient, you have to make it up somewhere else or close your doors. The same applied to surgery charges. The government is only going to pay you according to their reimbursement schedule so you have no choice but to go get it from someone else. That is a fact. Here is a question for you. How are insurance companies going to continue operating when they now have to take people with expensive pre existing conditions and can not turn anyone away? How many people do you know who will continue to make monthly healthcare premiums knowing that if something happens they can get insurance when it does instead of paying monthly in case something happens? They will now have less monthly revenue coming in and will be forced to pay out much more than they are now. More people are now going to be covered under govt care which will continue to escalate the problem of providers charging more private pay and insured patients to cover the cost. The problem with government going into the health care business is the same problem we have with HMO's and insurance companies. You have people who know nothing about medicine making decisions about what's best for patients. I used to spend my work days arguing with idiots who tried to deny surgeries based on what they were reading out of some manual. I have a lot of family members who are Canadian and I can tell you that they would wildly disagree with your description of their medical system. They watch family members die waiting to get doctor appointments and necessary medical tests. It's a known fact that many Canadian citizens come here for care because of who badly their system is failing them. I resent your comment about doctors and their fancy cars because I worked for many doctors through the years and found them to be some of the most caring and amazing people I know. You might be interested to know that many of them used to pull money out of their wallets and send me over to the pharmacy to pay for prescriptions that weren't covered by medi cal because they knew their patient needed it. You can spout statistics all day long but they can easily be manipulated to say just about anything you want them to say. I saw the failures of the system first hand. I had to explain to our welfare patients why they couldn't have the medications and procedures our doctors recommended because it wasn't covered and there was nothing I could do. I could always twist the arms of insurance companies to get what our patients needed but when the government says no, it's final. I also sat in meetings where we discussed how much medi cal we could afford to take on without being forced to raise our rates. By the mid 90's nearly every office in town had to stop accepting new medi cal patients because we just couldn't afford to take on anymore. Would you perform an appendectomy for $42 dollars? We had to pay $150 dollars per half hour for Spanish interpreters and only received $15 dollars for the entire visit from medi cal. That happened every day. It was the law and we had no choice. My bosses weren't getting rich and neither was I. We worked long hard hours every day. I'm not ashamed to say that I'm tired of having to do without to provide for those who could do for themselves but choose not to. We do not help people by keeping them dependent with more and more government programs. There's a difference between compassion and enabling someone to do nothing with their lives. The only fellow Americans I'm really worried about are the elderly and they are being thrown under the bus. Where's the outrage about that? If you love the single payer system so much you really should move to Canada and try it out. I have an uncle who's trying to raise enough money to come here from Newfoundland right now so he can get some help with his medical problems. It may look good on paper but the only Canadians who'd agree with you are the healthy ones.
Cutie it's okay to feel that way, but like I said I don't agree with you. That's my right. You really don't have to get upset about it. It certainly doesn't make me think differently of you that we disagree. If you're not upset then that's great, but you seem a little hostile there. Some people just can't get past certain things in life. I just believe that love can get past anything, including an infidelity. In my mind you are wrong and I'm right. So as you said we can certainly agree to disagree. I just hope that you don't hold that against me.
I Loved both movies but I have to say I loved the story line in Twilight more not that I didn't like New Moon because I did. I loved all of the passion Edward had for Bella and in New Moon he doesn't play a huge role.
People seriously need to get a life! You are telling me that all you have to do is sit in front of a computer and try to ruin other people's lives. What a waste of a life.
Yes I do "feel" that way and although you may think it is narrow minded, again I disagree with you. I think you are wrong and you think I'm wrong so we will agree to disagree. You are telling me that once you cheat on someone it wouldn't become easier to do it again? It's almost an addiction and a game. In a lot of situations it does become an addiction and people love the thrill of it so I will still say "Once a cheater always a cheater". We are all human and we do make mistakes but some mistakes you can't take back. If I cheated on my husband I would never expect him to stay with me.
I don't know that I'd go so far as to call him an entertainer. Perhaps instigator would better describe his vocation. My real problem lies with the fact that here stands a man who claims to hold certain ideals of a particular group of people who consider him to be their "voice", but do they not have any trouble with his blatant racial remarks, his elitist attitude, or outrageous hypocrisy? Especially when it deals with his self-martyrdom? Like I've stated time and time before my views are quite liberal, but if a candidate displayed the type of reprehensible behaviors and remarks that we have all seen from Rush Limbaugh he or she would NOT have my vote. For a man in his position and standing he should be a model of republican ideals, yet he takes every chance to show the public how backward in thought he can be. I believe, and I can look it up, that during one of his live broadcasts he actually told an african-american woman to "put the bone back in your nose and call me back." What kind of person says something like that? That's not entertaining to me. That's out-right racism. When Don Imus made the racial comment about the women's Rutger basketball team he was suspended after a lengthy dousing of negative feedback from all sides of the spectrum. Deservedly so in my book, but Rush says worse and it's entertaining? No. That's just an atrocity.
Apparently I didn't think my question through very well. I could have gone many different directions that would have made my point a lot better. I'm going to pass the blame on my parents dog whom I was baby sitting at the time and he made it hard to even think.
Now, whether or not Rush Limbaugh knows that some of the "facts" that he reports on his show are actually bogus and founded on no real basis at all is unknown to me. I can't say whether he deliberately makes these statements that are so profoundly false that it would seem as though at some point he would begin to question who is actually performing this research? Not to mention that he should seriously consider confirming these types of reports before declaring them to be facts on a national broadcast platform like his radio show. Here are just a few examples of the unbelievably stupid, racist, and sexist remarks he has made on his broadcast.
"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream."
"You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed."
"They're 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
"It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with cigarettes causing emphysema."
And my personal favorite:
"There are more acres of forestland in America today than when Columbus discovered the continent in 1492."
Okay, where to start with all of the facts that are so wrong with this last comment. Grab a history book people! First of all Columbus did not discover any continent in 1492. He "discovered" Hispaniolia, one of the many islands in the Bahamas. Later he sailed on to discover Cuba and Haiti, but never at any point did he land in South, Central, or North America. Two other voyages for the New World would still not bring him any closer to the discovery of the North American continent. It would be Columbus' fourth and final voyage where he would land in and explore parts of Central America like Panama, Honduras, and Costa Rica.
In fact it would be one of Columbus' own students and admirers Amerigo Vespucci who would sail and reach the southern continent which would later be known as South America.
Now to the claim that we somehow have more forest land acreage now then when Columbus sailed in 1492. No. From as early as the year 1630 when pioneers of the Americas actually began logging such information the acreage of forestland was estimated at 300 million acres. Today, there is just a little over half of that figure.
I don't love or hate Rush Limbaugh, but if this is the result of his "homework", it's time to go back to school.
Also, I don't dislike people because of their wealth, their status, or otherwise. I dislike people who use their status or position to demean people and spread misinformation solely for their own benefits.
I don't think that conservatives are idiots. I do believe they don't understand that their beliefs that federal government is never the answer to any problem and that the states can manage everything their own. That's just ridiculous. The very notion itself is a catch 22. Although I would love the federal government never to have to intervene the simple fact of the matter is that states CANNOT handle it on their own. Many assume we can just allow states to handle things like health care, but their is a dark and ugly truth to all of this.
Some states have legislatures that have every possible power granted to them by what federal law does not cover. Those same states may have governors who have supreme power of veto so that one could effectively cancel out the other.
In my home state of Texas they were and are so distrustful of politicians that they gave very few powers to the body of our legislature and even fewer to the governor. Texas, though most people do not know it, has quite possibly one of the weakest gubernatorial seats in our nation. He or she is allowed to make certain state seat appointments and on occasion has the right to use the power of "line item veto". Do you realize that this power literally consists of the power to veto a single sentence from a bill. That's it!!! And even then you can only use it so many times per document!!
The idea that we can depend on the states to pass certain pieces of legislation for the good of their own constituents is preposterous because it lends to the belief that every state holds the same powers of both legislation(state senate and house) and executive(governor). Which, clearly they do not. That is the problem I have with conservatives who think that most laws or reforms should be handled by the states, because they cannot. Not effectively.
I disagree that Rush represents you. I believe you are a person of reason and intelligence. He seems to me a man of low character who would do anything to be in the limelight, anything to offend those with whom he does not agree, and to demean people simply because of their status, their sex, their race, and even their religion. On the contrary, I believe that Mr. Limbaugh does in fact do your party a great deal of disservice. I genuinely believe that the republican party is better than that, or at least, they deserve better than that.