Envy /sour grapes & some liberals

Shalimar said:
Speaking as a Celtic poet, words are a slippery slope. A good debater/orator can make a case for BBQing the children of the poor as a combination population control/sustainable food source. I do not espouse that particular model, and feel comfortably superior in my righteousness. Lol.
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sorry slippery slope won't work
 

That was once a reality Debby.. A family could get by on one paycheck.. They had money to buy a modest house and a reliable car. They could feed and clothe their kids... they could put away a little money for a rainy day.. and heck maybe even take a family vacation.. This was he American dream that was lived by a strong middle class fuel by good jobs and living wages.. Those days are long gone.. Unions that helped build that middle class have been maligned and destroyed. Corporations have moved jobs in search of cheap foreign labor and no regulations.. Families need to have two or three paychecks and still cannot live the kind of life that was possibles in the 50's... 60's or even 70's.. Greed has become good as someone one of these threads said.. and the top 1% now have more wealth than the bottom 99%... and they are STILL not satisfied. What happens to the country when they have it all.

You are right Debby... people aren't looking to take anyone fortunes away... but looking to be able to live without fear of the other shoe dropping.. AND then they are called envious... It's a sad country we live in now... and with the Citizen's United ruling.. and the buying our political system by the wealthy.. it doesn't look like it will be changing soon.
 
Shalimar said:
Speaking as a Celtic poet, words are a slippery slope. A good debater/orator can make a case for BBQing the children of the poor as a combination population control/sustainable food source. I do not espouse that particular model, and feel comfortably superior in my righteousness. Lol.
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I thought I was the only one who could put together a horrific example to make my point! :D
 

QuickSilver said:
That was once a reality Debby.. A family could get by on one paycheck.. They had money to buy a modest house and a reliable car. They could feed and clothe their kids... they could put away a little money for a rainy day.. and heck maybe even take a family vacation.. This was he American dream that was lived by a strong middle class fuel by good jobs and living wages.. Those days are long gone.. Unions that helped build that middle class have been maligned and destroyed. Corporations have moved jobs in search of cheap foreign labor and no regulations.. Families need to have two or three paychecks and still cannot live the kind of life that was possibles in the 50's... 60's or even 70's.. Greed has become good as someone one of these threads said.. and the top 1% now have more wealth than the bottom 99%... and they are STILL not satisfied. What happens to the country when they have it all.

You are right Debby... people aren't looking to take anyone fortunes away... but looking to be able to live without fear of the other shoe dropping.. AND then they are called envious... It's a sad country we live in now... and with the Citizen's United ruling.. and the buying our political system by the wealthy.. it doesn't look like it will be changing soon.
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All good points you made and the political system is the elephant that we couldn't get out of the room if we wanted to! I try not to intrude with my opinion (too much:rolleyes:) in your political Republican/Democrat discussions too much because I'm not familiar enough with it but in general, I've often wondered to myself how you guys could possibly fix it. It costs so much money for your elections, you have open lobbyists in the politicians offices and they are handing out big checks to support their interests......and none of those guys seem to want to give up much of anything (regardless of which party).

Ours isn't quite so bad as we've got much different rules about how much anyone, including corporations can donate to any given party. I think our politicians are 'managed' by the promise of jobs in corporations afterwards when they leave politics. But we've got lots of little scandals too that shouldn't happen but they do.

Anyway, my sleeping pill is kicking in and in about five minutes, you may not be able to make sense of any of this so goodnight for tonight (do you know how many times I spelled that before spell check took pity on me?) Good night!
 
Shalimar said:
Ladies, it is definitely time for women to take over the forum. Time for a coup? Lol. Who wants to Empress? I am too small, not enough presence. Lol.
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Well, I claim direct descendence from Boudicca, the warrior queen of the Icenii, and I already have a title. I also have a regal backside, good for keeping a firm grip on the throne. I will not be easily deposed. Perhaps I might step into the role of monarch?
 
Lon said:
You are forgetting that I said some liberals which hardly makes it a blanket.

I don't live in a cave without contact to the real world. I was making reference in my post to personal contacts that I have made over a period of time in my life with bitter and vocally envious liberals of the type I was referring to. My problem with this whole thing is that I personally find the Hard Core Liberal as Nauseating and Irritating as the Hard Core Conservative. This debate the other night makes me want to puke when they tried to Out Christianize each other which is nothing more than pandering to the FUNDAMENTALS
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If I may make an observation....after a number of years on forums I have noticed that often when someone is making sweeping generalisations they use "some" in an effort to appear balanced. I've done it myself but it never fools anyone.
 
mitchezz said:
If I may make an observation....after a number of years on forums I have noticed that often when someone is making sweeping generalisations they use "some" in an effort to appear balanced. I've done it myself but it never fools anyone.
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Good point. I've been guilty as well.
 

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