Republicans Take Note
Mar 26, 2013 20:55:45 #
Bruce with a Canon wrote:
There is no Republican party, there is the Democrat party and the Democrat LIGHT party.
Republican Party went to the grave with Reagan.
Republican Party went to the grave with Reagan.
True. I know countless people who have left it because it has moved way too far to the left. Just another big statist anti-liberty party. We already have that with the Democrats so anther is certainly not needed. In reality, the Republican Party has NEVER been a small government party except in lip service and rhetoric. Name one time when they had control that government actually shrunk and reversed it's march to being ever bigger and more oppressive. It has never happened which proves my point. They are simply Democrat Light as someone has already stated. No thanks.
Mar 26, 2013 21:58:04 #
I beg to differ.
Bruce with a Canon wrote:
There is no Republican party, there is the Democrat party and the Democrat LIGHT party.
Republican Party went to the grave with Reagan.
Republican Party went to the grave with Reagan.
Mar 26, 2013 22:06:58 #
I'm a conservative and I agree with this however it can be said of both parties. The gap between the two parties is widening. Our current President has not helped bridge that gap.
Mar 26, 2013 22:29:12 #
Hal81 wrote:
Not me. Ive been retired for 20 years. I one of th... (show quote)
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Mar 26, 2013 22:32:33 #
The bottom line....Im a Conservative, I'm not a racist, I'm a white middle class Christian single mom of 3 who has benefited from a college grant (free money) Having said that I could NEVER with a good conscience, live my life taking freebies from the taxpayers of this country. A grant helped me improve my life, now I can support myself. What your average American citizen is tired of are folks who milk the system, legal and illegal, black, white and other...Liberals cater to this group, they know these people will vote for them to maintain their way of life. The sad thing is there are generations that are being raised on this system of freebies and welfare and they are being robbed of the satisfaction of personal success. These folks are a repressed and sad sector of socirty. Im not "spewing" unfactual information. I worked for a member of Congress, I know very well how the system works.
Mar 26, 2013 22:56:36 #
In the school here I teach, which has 300 extremely poor students from extremely poor family, many of which are on various sorts of welfare, the ethos is the exact opposite of what you are telling us. These are poor people, yes, but they are being raised by their parents and this school to SUCCEED, to support themselves and their families, and to do well financially in America.
When you speak so disparagingly about the poor in this country, your comments don't accurately describe all of them.
When you speak so disparagingly about the poor in this country, your comments don't accurately describe all of them.
kelly27 wrote:
The bottom line....Im a Conservative, I'm not a ra... (show quote)
Mar 26, 2013 23:01:15 #
Our present president certainly tried to bridge the gap. For details after details after details about this, you have merely to consult "The New New Deal" and the description it has of literally the first few weeks of Obama's first term. You would find Chapter 9 of this book particularly instructive. It is all there, documented comments from Repubs who felt their main aim would be to prevent Obama from achieving anything.
kelly27 wrote:
I'm a conservative and I agree with this however it can be said of both parties. The gap between the two parties is widening. Our current President has not helped bridge that gap.
Mar 26, 2013 23:01:44 #
I do generalize... If only every underprivileged student could experience what your school has to offer!! What a great country this would be!!! I think everyone should have the opportunity to succeed and education is where it all begins!!
Mar 26, 2013 23:05:33 #
Richard94611 wrote:
In the school here I teach, which has 300 extremel... (show quote)
When you speak so defensively about the poor in this country, your comments don't accurately describe all of them...
Mar 26, 2013 23:07:47 #
Let me tell you an amazing thing about this school. We are talking about middle school, kids 11, 12, 13, somewhere in that age range. At one point we had big posters all through the room labeled, "4-yr college," "2-yr college" "medical school," "trade school. We asked each kid what he or she wanted to be when they were grown-up, then asked them to stand over by the sign that indicated the sort of education they would need to reach that goal. Then we explained what education would have to be involved.
Then there is our "College for All" program, funded by wealthy donors, where these very poor kids are taken on a three-day, two-night trip to visit U.C. Santa Barbara, U.C. Santa Cruz, and other universities, and actually talk with college students there and sit in on parts of classes so they get an idea of what college will be like. They are being groomed with the expectation that they will go to college. The question is not Will you go to college ?" but rather "Which college or university will you go to ?"
Then there is our "College for All" program, funded by wealthy donors, where these very poor kids are taken on a three-day, two-night trip to visit U.C. Santa Barbara, U.C. Santa Cruz, and other universities, and actually talk with college students there and sit in on parts of classes so they get an idea of what college will be like. They are being groomed with the expectation that they will go to college. The question is not Will you go to college ?" but rather "Which college or university will you go to ?"
kelly27 wrote:
I do generalize... If only every underprivileged student could experience what your school has to offer!! What a great country this would be!!! I think everyone should have the opportunity to succeed and education is where it all begins!!
Mar 26, 2013 23:09:13 #
Nosleep, all I can say to your comment is "Duh . . .Isn't that obvious."
Mar 26, 2013 23:11:08 #
Richard94611 wrote:
Nosleep, all I can say to your comment is "Duh . . .Isn't that obvious."
I was thinking exactly the same thing about your comment when I made my reply. Your sharp...
Mar 26, 2013 23:11:21 #
That sounds like a wonderful program! It's too bad that all middle school students aren't motivated to succeed like your students are.
Mar 26, 2013 23:18:26 #
I don't know all of them. Isn't that obvious ?
NOSLEEP wrote:
When you speak so defensively about the poor in this country, your comments don't accurately describe all of them...
Mar 27, 2013 05:50:55 #
You are all hilarious. Bickering back and forth about who does what, who is right, who said this or that, what something stands for. It is all just bokeh to me. I don't think about political parties or the welfare system; I think about the paralles of light that compose my life. I am affected by the crap that goes on in this country too, I just don't bicker about it on the internet. Cloud nosie.
All of you are right, from your perspective. But does it really matter? Really? Man I love you humans.
All of you are right, from your perspective. But does it really matter? Really? Man I love you humans.
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