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Jun 28, 2019 07:36:03   #
rumitoid wrote:
For me, first, a true patriot does not call him- or herself or align him-or her-self with patriotism; that is like declaring oneself humble and holy. How can one trust such a pronouncement? Why make it?

Nationalist, defined: "a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations." From that definition, I get that nationalism is more about pride than principle. It is a glaring statement that we are better than all other nations, which we may feel but acting on it as policy .

Patriotism, defined: "love of country." For me, it is more about principle than pride. The patriot is dedicated to the values and laws and ideals of what his country stands for as being right and just, willing to live and die for them, but not that this makes the country better than all others, or of superior worth.

Yet we do not have the parameters of this love.
For me, first, a true patriot does not call him- o... (show quote)


People ask "are you a patriot" which I believe what they are really asking is, do you love this country, are you loyal to it and willing to fight for it. Which is fine, and for some people they see that definition as equal to, being called a Nationalist, but since the Nazi regime, who became Nationalist to the extreme, many people don't like that connotation, or connection to it, the same with socialism. Loyalty which is a good trait can go awry when it involves unreasonable extremism, the same with Nationalism.
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Jun 28, 2019 07:13:27   #
dtucker300 wrote:
That's for sure. But since it is Congress that writes the budget...yada, yada, yada! This, to me, is our existential crisis in America. Our money is becoming worthless since we went off the gold standard (Thanks, Nixon!), and took silver out of the coins in 1965 (Thanks, Johnson: they had to pay for the Great Society and Vietnam somehow; neither of which helped any). We also need to audit the Federal Reserve. Money comes and money goes thanks to the exponential growth of government. They think they have a vast reserve of financial resources; the taxpayer! CA manages to balance their budget because they keep raising taxes so that they can spend money on leftists pipe-dreams. Yet, everything is worse! More homelessness, more mentally ill on the streets, more illegals, more college expense that increases faster than a COLA, and fewer students graduating, worse roads even though they passed a new gas tax making CA's gas taxes the highest in the nation starting this July 1. We are at $22 Trillion in debt with no slowdown in sight. Hey, we can always tax the wealthiest individuals and corporations even though they pay the lions share of the budget already. It doesn't matter if more than half the people pay no income tax. When it was instituted it was supposed to only be a few percentages of our income. The progressives screwed the pooch so that we are all left with the repercussions of their utopian vision. If that doesn't bother you, go ahead and elect more Democrats and RINOs who will give everyone free college and healthcare. If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until you see how expensive it is when it's free!
No wonder Facebook is considering creating a crypto-currency. China would love to displace the dollar as the world's reserve currency, and at this rate the way we are going, they will.
That's for sure. But since it is Congress that wr... (show quote)


I agree it is Congress but we're still under Trump and his regime and can't get anything done once again under Senate obstruction. There is no longer reason and compromise in our Congress. That's a crisis in of itself but people don't see it that way.

California may raise its taxes as NY does also, but everyone has the option to leave. Both blue states have maintained better than the red states. People are too far off the mark rejecting social programs, that does not make us socialists. Unfortunately, we have programs that give out... while not using programs that "Give Back"! If people are getting benefits why not have them do work for it, this can even allow them to build a skill. But we don't do it because people scream Socialism, give me a break how stupid do we want to be? Labor costs money, men and women should be working for their stipends. From child care to building roads.

Education is never free no matter how you slice that bread. If you take money that corporations give out to both those things, along with money from private citizens from part of their expenses that leaves, that creates a pool to give for education and health care. Many countries do this and their people are happy with it, they're glad they don't have to worry about those expenses and not being able to afford them and then not getting it for their family's, especially health care. Health care in our country literally bankrupts families, I know this as I know how it feels to struggle to keep your head above the water and treading it for years is exhausting.

In this world currency chess game China is waiting to lay the boom at the right time. Timing is everything and believe me, they are maneuvering to put things in place. From where they're building military bases on down to buying US property, to educating their youth in US law and businesses and lest we not forget building themselves up in every aspect. You want to talk about world dominance, look there. We need to wake up and stop fighting amongst ourselves and dividing ourselves making us a weaker country from within.
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Jun 27, 2019 18:47:24   #
proud republican wrote:
Don't quit your day time job,Morgan....You aint that funny!!!


How do you know how many people find that funny?
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Jun 27, 2019 18:46:11   #
proud republican wrote:
That was before she met President Trump....


Yes, she landed her King Pin, enough said. It'll be interesting to see how fast she'll divorce him after his presidency, she won't need the has been anymore, she'll be young, beautiful and have all her trademarks and businesses....I say... you go girl!
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Jun 27, 2019 18:42:24   #
kemmer wrote:
Like most trumpies, you fear and distrust bilingual people.


Let's face it, one language is a big enough of a challenge for them. LOL
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Jun 27, 2019 18:38:39   #
Big dog wrote:
Isn’t she the one that “ sexed” her way up the political ladder ?


Unlike Melania, our naked pole dancing First Lady who climbed her ladder ...aaah the hypocrisy knows no bounds.
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Jun 27, 2019 16:54:16   #
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
Every body knows the truth about trump . There are just those who won't let it bother them because he is trashing our entire system and they wanted that. . We are fuced for the next 485 days


So then you agree with Hillary's comment, if Trump gets elected we're all f~*ked, LOL
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Jun 27, 2019 16:42:36   #
Louie27 wrote:
Most of the blue states you have mentioned have higher wage's, so that being the case they should have paid more in federal tax's. That being the case the state would receive a lessor amount of money returned, for their state. So that would ab why their was such a discrepancy in funds returned to the state.


They may have higher wages, but that usually coincides with a higher expense for living, not to mention very high property tax, but they still have the burden of supporting a greater percentage of people on assistance, which means they know how to balance their budget.

The first budget Trump approved had us overspending and in the red, not a good move, some things should have been pushed off until we could afford it and not dig a deeper hole in debt.
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Jun 27, 2019 06:55:06   #
dtucker300 wrote:
Hitler was so far right that he was a leftist, not cut from the same cloth as Stalin, but still a socialist. The left-right continuum is not linear. Think of it more as a circle where left and right meet somewhere. Moving so far right or left puts one into the other and vice versa. The biased school I went to was a public school. Nothing has changed much since then except that public schools are progressively more leftist now and it continues on into college.


If you look into the history of Hitler, which I have, you'll find that he began on the National Socialist party, this is true, it was a dying party which he resurrected. After he was in power he followed Mussolini into fascism which was against socialism, against democracy and any voice of the people, they both were engrossed in their own power over the people, because of this, it's was then considered a far right position. I have a very thorough link on the history of the Rise of Hitler if you would like it?
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Jun 27, 2019 06:45:32   #
dtucker300 wrote:
This is one of the same problems I have at times with OPP. A response is buried way down the thread rather than right after the post it is a response to. It makes it difficult to follow some discussions.


This is true, especially when you have to leave and come back much later.
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Jun 27, 2019 06:43:08   #
Lonewolf wrote:
A lot of people think the anti Christ is trump I Think he's to foul for that


Would an anti-Christ be that dumb?
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Jun 27, 2019 06:38:46   #
debeda wrote:
No. Actually that was Hillary who said "If that SOB gets elected we're all fuc d"


Well, she was right.
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Jun 27, 2019 06:29:25   #
waltmoreno wrote:
One more hour to go. Lots of outrageous, outlandish promises.
I like my current President. He makes a promise and keeps it.


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Jun 27, 2019 06:22:35   #
proud republican wrote:
So far its laughable...Its like ME!!!ME!!!ME!!!.I I I!!!

I AM NOT GIVING UP MY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ANYONE!!!!


Of course it's about me,me,me they're running a campaign on why to pick them, come on now

It was civil, adult and inspirational, nothing what the Republican debate will be like, that's impossible with Trump, oh wait, that's right, how can there be a Republican debate?
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Jun 27, 2019 06:18:38   #
archie bunker wrote:
I thought you were neither left, nor right.

Good luck lady! Oh! And your hair looks nice!


That didn't make sense, good job yeah... nite-nite
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