America Only Loc: From the right hand of God

If you have a entire group of individuals that all desire to rape, burn, destroy, murder, steal, lie, and do any criminal act known to mankind and they call their group by a "political name", I fail to see anyone not taking a stand against such violence and evil. So I have to place the lefties in that line....it is what they do. You do not place them there, nor do I or anyone outside their party...THEY place themselves there and love doing it!

So I have no problem letting it be known, as to how much I support getting rid of all these scum bags.

Winona Whyner Loc: aspen, co

American Only brought up a great point I had not considered before: party affiliation. Told you I was naive. He said "lefties are the enemies of humanity." He has more experience than me so he may be right. Yet perhaps from naivete I question the whole idea of being Left or Right? What is the point in saying I am pre-disposed or prejudice this way or that by such a declaration? I have to say I really do not understand. My mind, such as it is and I am blonde, cannot grasp the need to announce a clear bias of thought by the label of Left or Right. If as a Jew or atheist or Buddhist left for dead upon the road and someone gave me aid and comfort and exceptional care, would I object if I had known that person was a Samaritan, would I have refused? Pre-suppositions about other people can often hurt ourselves. Conservative or Liberal, we are still just humans. Why not approach everything as simply humans, not this or that type of humans. Let's work wholeheartedly for humanity, not some political interest or agenda. Too blonde? I will shut up now.

Winona Whyner Loc: aspen, co

Okay. Did not mean to upset you. "Getting my legs," so to speak. I am mostly Irish heritage. There is this vague memory of my great grandmother talking about the prejudice against the Irish when she got here. Signs in storefronts that read "Irish need not apply." It almost put me to sleep. Just a modern Grimm fairy-tale. There was no evidence of such in my life. But in school I later learned that she was right. Major news outlets regularly posted what terrible people the Irish Catholics were. Not quite your description of the Left but close. It was wrong 98% of the time. The enemy is always demonized by those in power or with a desire for power. This is how we get pogroms and genocide down through the ages. Again, we need to think for ourselves and not be swayed or overwhelmed by ideologies.

rebob14

Welcome aboard...........I was into my sixties before I started to wake up. My daughter bought me a book that started a two year history crawl that continues today. Learning about the fundamentals of western civilization and the true facts of the American founding was a revelation to me and gave me the tools to pass some knowledge on to my grandchildren.

Loki Loc: Georgia

I spent years in the Rockies. I have been skiing twice. Snowshoed quite a bit. You will find all kinds here, right wing, left wing, and wing nut.
Opinions differ and tempers flare. It's better than the apathy and ignorance that infects most of the e*****rate. At least people here care enough to get pissed off. Since you showed your baby pictures, I thought I would show one of my first birthday. You see, I, too, was adorable. At least I think so. Welcome to OPP. Jump right in when you have something to say.

Quakerwidow Loc: Chestertown, MD

You seem a level-headed young woman. Welcome. You will find some of the men tend to be potty-mouthed. Just ignore it: they DO NOT listen when asked to clean it up. Some of them even manage to say something that makes sense sometimes.

Loki Loc: Georgia

I hope I am included in the sensible section. There are advantages to being a potty mouth; think of how clean your mouth is after all that soap.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

The next sensible thing you say will be a first, notice you said men what about the stupid woman,Alica comes to mind and of course you.

eden

No please don't shut up now or anytime. It's refreshing and welcome to see a call for balance and a cessation of tribal political warfare, a little humanity and planet patriotism is sorely needed on this site. As you have already seen there are some who troll this board bent on dogmatic mischief to the point of intimidation but ignore them and be your most noble self.
Welcome.

MarvinSussman

Maybe you could think about the following as a way to unite our nation:

What’s Wrong with this Logic?

To be fully prepared for war, we need the most extensive and the most advanced infrastructure, which includes our armed forces and their arsenals. It also includes all supporting civil structures and institutions: everything that is not private property.

To efficiently organize the process of building and maintaining infrastructure, each state should keep a registry of every item of existing or planned public property. Such a registry should include each item’s requirements, estimated work schedules and costs, impacts, permits, qualified contractors, contracts ready for signature, etc. In short, make each project “shovel-ready”.

While the purchasing power of a state government is limited by its tax revenue, the purchasing power of Congress is limited only by the onset of harmful inflation. Therefore, Congress should pay for all infrastructure projects, either existing or planned in agreement with Congress and the Administration. The states know their needs and, when a project is properly proposed, approved, contracted, and scheduled, Congress should write the checks.

If necessary to ensure an adequate labor supply, immigration should be encouraged. To ensure staff stability when unemployment rates are near zero, employers should include loyalty incentives in their employment contracts.

Serious faults in our infrastructure are indicated by the fact that over 75% of all applicants for military service are now rejected for deficiencies in either health or education. To ensure an adequate supply of citizens able to serve in our armed forces, Congress should also finance free health care for all and free education for all at all levels of learning, from day-care to PhD. Everyone should have an expense-paid education either before or after military service.

Nothing is wrong with this logic.

© 2017 Marvin Sussman, All rights reserved.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Hi Winona and welcome unless you are a liberal well I will leave it there for now but I keep getting flashes of liberals burning in the pits of hell for eternity plus one day.

eden

Original. And cute.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Relatively few fall into any group of profanity-laced commenters. A note...Mark Twain is attributed to stating that "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."

One simply adapts to gleaning the good/worthy of what is presented by whom on OPP...and, toss the rest.

Welcome aboard, Winona.

pappadeux Loc: Phoenix AZ

Welcome to the club....