bcheary wrote:
http://conservativeamericanvet.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/a-small-michigan-newspaper-editorial%E2%80%8F/
I can't find anything to rebut in this editorial. He says it like it is. :hunf:
I can find everything to rebut in this article. Bunch of invidious comparisons:
T(hink): is it true? (mostly not)
H: is it helpful? (absolutely not)
I: is it inspiring? (inspires divisiveness, I guess)
N: is it necessary? (of course not)
K: is it kind? (no)
E: is it erroneous? ("you betcha")
R: is it ridiculous? (to most thinkers, yes)
Incidentally, some posters here like to throw the "socialism" word around as a slur word. Of course we have socialist countries such as China, Russia, Cuba, etc., which declare that in their constitutions. They are communist dictatorships, some in transition, but I wouldn't want to live in any of them.
Some would say we are moving in that direction because of the Affordable care Act. Puzzling. One of the few nations on the European model that does not have universal health care.
Incidentally, what American city had three socialist mayors in the last century?
A: Milwaukee. Has had three socialist mayors in the last century. The first was a major reformer, eliminating corruption and other ills that plagued the city. The last socialist mayor, retiring for health reasons in 1960, decided not to run for a FOURTH term. Gee: I lived in Milwaukee and didn't realize we were socialists. Voted as a good place live in many such surveys.
There are other US cities that have had mayors who brand themselves as "socialists." Look it up.
Now let the name calling begin.
Is it helpful? Is it inspiring? Is it kind?