I thought it was funny that Baldwin was the voice of the lefties who were upset that someone of Palin’s ilk was allowed to go on a lefty show
Michele,
When are you going to stop insulting your fellow Americans?
When is it going to dawn on you that we all have to share this country and we all have to get along for it to work?
You know, until I went to this blog, I never labeled conservatives by their political views. I still thought of them as people first, even if I totally disagreed with them. After being here, I feel like I’m supposed to cut off my conservative friends and relatives, that I’m supposed to see them as some label before I see them as human beings – as you seem to see the rest of us as the “other” before you see us as human beings…
except I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to see this country so polarized that we can’t have decent relationships with people who don’t think like us.
I would hope you would do the same, but I’m not optimistic. Of course, I’m also a non-Christian as well as a liberal, so i guess I’m doubly less-than-human.

Do you believe that your views should dictate everyone’s thoughts and behaviors?
Do you ever consider the events you write about from another perspective?
Is it beneath you to dignify your fellow human beings by not referring to them as “lefies”?
Do you realize that opportunity you have by having your own blog and the good you could be doing with it?
What aspects of your behavior and beliefs do you consider to be Christian?
Did you go to college? Did you take any anthropology or cultural diversity classes?
I invite you to answer my questions Michele.
Lauren

Scott R.
October 19, 2008 2:49 PM
I thought it was funny that Baldwin was the voice of the lefties who were upset that someone of Palin’s ilk was allowed to go on a lefty show
Michele,
You know, until I went to this blog, I never labeled conservatives by their political views. I still thought of them as people first, even if I totally disagreed with them. After being here…
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Boo Hoo…it’s all the big bad CONSERVATIVE’S fault that you have changed. Boo Hoo blame the big bad conservative because BEFORE YOU CAME TO THIS BLOG…you were different…boo hoo…it’s all the CONSERVATIVE BLOGGER’S FAULT.
Yes LEFTY LIB you are a typical MARXIST LEFTY LIB who blames your whoas, your inadequacies and your problems and decisions on OTHERS. A social, spiritual and political weakling. Shame on you.
Next Please!

Guy,
The government is responsible for creating the environment in which people can succeed, prosper, and have choices. The environment I’m talking about: making sure our roads/bridges are safe and function properly, making sure our restaurants are up to code, amongst others.
Only when everyone is given the opportunity to succeed (making health care a right, making college affordable, for instance), can we see the true effects of personal/individual achievements. Its not about blaming others. Its about understanding the importance of environment.
Lauren

Health care a right? Did someone take away your right to get a job and pay for health insurance? When did this happen? Oh you want OTHER PEOPLE to pay for it, those that are already paying for it, I gotcha’ you’re a MARXIST! College is affordable, work and go to school. Hmmm…I wonder how poor poor Obama rose to where he is without all these NEW rights he now insists people must have in order to achieve and succeed…hahahahahahahahahaha!
Next Please!

Guy,
College is affordable……for who? Have you ever attended college? Do you believe that everyone gets a job right out of college? That every job offers health care and that health care is adequate for everyone’s needs? When everyone shares risk, insurance costs go down. I am not against getting a job; I am in college now to fulfill that very purpose. Second of all, Obama’s rise is a rarity, for every Obama there are millions that languish in poverty. Our infant mortality is on the rise, health care costs are skyrocketing, and our economy is crashing…….is the system working for you? Our police force is socialized but I don’t see anyone complaining about that…….
Lauren

And dear friend tell me the values of CONSERVATISM you cherish….I can’t hear you…
Next Please!

I value diversity, and I value how the conservative movement keeps me honest and forces me to stay informed on political issues. And you didn’t answer me Guy….how has the American system worked for you? Do you think children shouldn’t have health care? Remember, you can’t force children to work and get that employer insurance…..
Lets see if you have anything of substance to back up your oh-so mind-provoking posts.
Lauren

College is affordable……for who? Have you ever attended college?
I’m a single mom putting myself and two kids through college on loans, grants and savings. I’m still not a socialist. My kids are learning independence and self-reliance. They’re not socialists either.

Neither am I. What is wrong with a government ensuring its people a minimal standard of living and not rationing health care. Its not about lazy people getting things for free; its about creating an environment that people can succeed. Are you for privatizing the police force as well?
Lauren

Do you think children shouldn’t have health care?
MIChild. $5.

LEFTY LIB you are a typical MARXIST LEFTY LIB
Actually, I take “lefty lib” as a compliment. I don’t, however, even know what the term “marxist” means in today’s world anymore. Oh well.
blames your whoas
You don’t know who I do or do not blame my “whoas” (sic) (it’s “woes”, btw) on, unless you’re a psychic. You didn’t understand what I wrote – that much is evident.
inadequacies
I don’t have inadequacies. If you knew me, you would be bowed in awe of the kind of person I am.
and your problems and decisions on OTHERS
I handle my own problems and make my own decisions, but thanks for trying.
A social, spiritual and political weakling.
1. I have a wonderful wife and son, and lots of friends. I don’t seem to be a a social weakling at all.
2. I’m a Jew, not as Xian, so I’m not relying on the Reformed notion of cheap grace. I’m a partner with God, not a sheep. Not a weakling there.
3. Political weakling? I belong to the party of FDR, JFK and Clinton. No weaklings there.
Shame on you.
I’m not the one here who should be ashamed. Rather, I think the one who is trying to intimidate his opponents from posting should be ashamed. Perhaps I’ll send an email to some of the paid staff of Beliefnet in New York and ask them to fix what Michele seems unwilling or unable to attend to here.

Its not about lazy people getting things for free;
For some…oh yes it is.

Lauren
October 19, 2008 7:29 PM
I value diversity, and I value how the conservative movement keeps me honest and forces me to stay informed on political issues. And you didn’t answer me Guy….how has the American system worked for you? Do you think children shouldn’t have health care? Remember, you can’t force children to work and get that employer insurance…..
Lets see if you have anything of substance to back up your oh-so mind-provoking posts.
Lauren
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I worked my way through college. I paid for it all. The American system gave me the opportunity to go to get a job and pay for the education I wanted. I have a great profession.
Children have caretakers…it’s called PARENTS. If children are to have health care there parent’s are responsible for providing it.
The American system is fantasitic! Not perfect (which one is again?) but fantastic and where most countries come for advanced education.
Next Please!

Yes, and we also have Medicaid and Medicare. If we got rid of Medicare (a socialized system) many would be unable to afford their prescriptions. I believe that adequate health care should be a right for every person not just a privilege of the few. You didn’t answer the question I directed to you…we currently have a socialized police force….do you believe we should privatize it?
Question for all: What do think government’s role should be in the US?
Lauren

MzEllen,
If many of those in poverty are lazy; should we do away with charities? I’m sure, in this *wonderful* economic climate, that laziness must be the main contributing factor.
I also am paying my way through school, am a research assistant in two labs, and a student-tutor. I am disciplined and responsible. I am fortunate that I am able to go to school; many are not. What is so wrong with making college affordable with loans that people can reasonably pay back?
What do you think government’s role should be in the US?
Do you think we would benefit from privatizing the police force? social security?
Lauren

If many of those in poverty are lazy; should we do away with charities?
Straw man. Argue against what I never said.
I absolutely thing that we should take care of those who cannot take are of themselves. Those who will not should bear the consequences of that choice.
What is so wrong with making college affordable with loans that people can reasonably pay back? What do you think government’s role should be in the US?
Read the Constitution.
You didn’t answer the question I directed to you
we currently have a socialized police force….do you believe we should privatize it?
Please read this as many times as you need to in order to understand what I am trying to say. This is not about paying ZERO taxes. It’s about the top 50% of wage earners paying 96% of the income taxes…and the bottom 50% paying 4% (2001 numbers) and having the bottom end tell the top end they need to pay “their fair share”.
Thus, my “cricket calling” question: what percentage of the money that a person earns should they be able to keep?
Anyway…
Do you think we would benefit from privatizing the police force? social security?
I think we would benefit from having federal taxes cut by many percentages and allow the state and local governments to run their own departments. That is not “privatizing”, that is giving the power back to the states (as per the Constitution).
Social Security – uh…technically, that funding is supposed to come from that part of our paychecks that says “FICA” and “medicare” – not our income taxes.
Do I think benefit from privatizing Social Security? Partially, yes. We would still need the “safety net” for those who cannot take care of themselves. But for able bodied people, if part of their share of the Social Security payment were held in a 401K or other long term, insured investment vehicle with their name on it, it would certainly teach self-responsibility.
But this is about “spreading the wealth” (As Obama said). How much of a person’s earnings should they be able to keep? After all the taxes that a person has removed from their paychecks – should a person be able to keep 60% of their own money? 50%? 40%?
What is “fair”?

Thank you, SNL! Great and funny skit. Gov. Palin, what a gal. For all you die-hard lefties out there who are so displeased with SNL for giving Gov. Sarah Palin a platform, so to speak, to the best of my knowledge FOX News is very gracious to and fair & balanced towards the Left/liberals/progressives/democrats/Democratic Party. So, why would YOU want to continue to give Gov. Sarah Palin a difficult time? You lefties remind me of Lemmings, you all would simply follow each other off the end of a cliff just for the hell of it. McCain/Palin, 2008! My condolences to the LEFT. Cheryle C. Teague

LMFAO! you’re beginning to sound like a cricket. karen and i have both addressed your questions. we just don’t give you the answers that you want to hear. chirp away.
mccain: “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” well, sir, it shows.