Wake Up America!

BRAVO JOHN!!

Nice comment John. Of course to modern day liberals, who know we are heading towards socialism, they will always act like they have no idea what you are talking about.

Jennifer, the liberals will try their hardest to get to you... leave it alone.. you posted a great blog and they cant stand it..... Dont feel like you have to banter back and forth with them... 

They take things you say and twist them like fury OR they spit crap out against you...... very irritating but we know one thing... TAKE THE HIGH ROAD... let them look like assholes...WE know that absolutley NOTHING they say makes a damn bit of sense.

Happy Valentines Day!!!!!!

Whoa….look at that mouth!  Did you get that from Bobby Knight?  Since you’re done, I’ll cap it with this and we can move on.  While I do appreciate you stepping up to defend me, I don’t know what or why - and quite frankly, don’t need it.  I’m very capable.  But thanks (hey, I’m grateful to anyone looking out for me).

It appears that you haven’t posted in the political-social groups long enough to know all the characters and hence jump in where you don’t need to.  Nicholas is notorious for often writing nutty, far-right, sometimes nonsensical bits on here.  Am I offended?  No.  I give it back to him just as much.  Do I offend him?  I’m sure not, he too has thick skin.  People who have hung out with him in person say he’s a lot of fun.  That may be the case and I’d probably enjoy a drink with him as well, but on AR we battle and given our ideological differences, that’s unlikely to change.   You stepping in will make no difference.

I tend to write comments that either overtly or subtly question things and Silent Majority readers will probably say I poke, jab, irritate or bother in getting my points across (I won’t deny that).  One thing I will not do is BS.  So if I tell you that I am posing a question to stimulate thought,....well, your (mis)interpretation does not change my intent. 

And now we move on.

John - Thank you for posting those definitions of Socialism, it's about time someone stepped up and did so.  It seems too often that word is thrown about without a clear understanding.  My comments (as far as the United States is concerned):

#1: I do not see our country advocating collective or governmental ownership.  Our government is doing certain things to help people in need and some can argue there's redistribution of wealth going on, but this is a far cry from an absolute.  And the reality is that every sound government will have and act on social concerns, that's what they do.  Not only does that fulfill our notion of goodwill towards others, but the lack of such will (in my opinion) result in issues of anarchy.  I don't believe that to be a worthwhile tradeoff.

#2:  We all know this is not happening and we know that the government does not want to own and run everything.

#3:  I agree with the definition to a certain point, the problem I find is that there's a huge range for Marxism.  If you could, imagine a purely capitalistic society which then makes a decision to provide funding to assist with anyone who ended up in an emergency room and couldn't totally afford it.  By this definition that society is now socialist.  But is that fair?  Not at all.

Relating back to our country, there are things being done or proposed that are not capitalistic.  However, it's a far cry from us converting to socialism.  Again, thanks for the definitions.

Tchaka - Our problem is with number 3 above. We start out with the emergency room and move into every facet of our lives. The producers must continually pay for the non-producers.

Tana - No, the comment was not meant for you.

Kevin - I understand what you're saying.  I do believe that you're referring to #1.  What I'm saying about #3 is that it's way too broad a definition.  If you think about it, we have pretty much always been a socialist country - as far as that definition goes.  And I don't know many people who would agree with that assessment.

Tchaka - I do not agree that we have pretty much always been a socialist country.  But with each passing year we as a nation are moving more and more in that direction.  Most conservatives I know are capitalists and the thought of being a socialist nation is goes against the foundations of the Constitution.  So I for one will yell "Socialist" at anyone who shows, in my opinion, socialist ideals.  Like Obama, Reed, Pelosi, Democratic National Committee, Labor Unions, Teacher Unions etc.. 

Jennifer - Great Post.

Obama did promise that there would be "change" and the American people followed him.  Sadly the "silent majority" is really a minority.  Most people in this country are no longer conservatives.  There are far more liberals and moderates out there. 

Jennifer,

I thought you would find the following articles very interesting.

Click on part 1 at the bottom first. I would love to hear what you think.  Hope all is well with you! Alice

We're All Fascists Now II: American Tyranny

by Michael Ledeen

We will not be bludgeoned into submission; we will be seduced. (Read Part I here)

I fear it is too late. We have become a nation of moochers, more confortable with having government do it than to do it ourselves. But the more government intervenes, the more freedoms are lost with it. I refer to my favorite Dave Liniger quote (founder of Re/Max). Dave was talking about real estate but it is equally true of government

It's not the lions coming over the mountain you need to worry about, it's the pigs in the trees that'll get you.

Gene,

Don't let the dems find out about the pig's in the trees as I am sure they will blame it on global warming at want to tax both pigs and trees.

Well at least we know why they don't mind raising taxes - none of them pay any! I just love the fact that the guy running the treasury can't figure out TurboTax!

Turbo TAX= Rocket science? He is a smart one.

In all fairness, Turbo Tax isn't always easy to work with depending on the complexity of one's taxes.  I have used several versions (Deluxe, Premier and Investment) and some are more appropriate to my situation than others.  I don't know Geithner's situation so I can't speak for him, but I do know that the ease of use of TT can easily differ based on the version and taxpayer's situation.

Jennifer,

Thanks for the post. I do hope people wake up before we are a true socalist state!

Tchaka - I love this from you! However complicated it is - do you not think the guy running the Treasury should know how to file his taxes correctly?

Simon - I'm not defending his actions, in fact he should have an accountant so that if something's wrong, he has someone to shoulder the blame with.  I'm merely commenting on TT since I've been using it for about 6 or 7 years now.  And do we have to see your face with every post!!!!  >:-)

I just figured out how to customize my blog and now I have my face on each post.  Since I figured out how to do that, tomorrow I'll try working on Turbo Tax.

Jennifer, great post.  You may be featured on the Silent Majority, but you are quickly joining the vocal Majority of this Country.  I somehow dont think that many who voted for 'change' envisioned this form of change.