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17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Organize This through ... · 0 replies · +2 points

FallonTM,
Please understand that your parents are trying to do what they think is right for you. The best course of action for you is to educate yourself. Finish school. Get a degree and in the mean time, learn how to debate. Arm yourself with the skills that will allow you to be effective in the future. Knowledge, history, and a profitable skill. Long term goals are the key to success. And your most powerful tool is to simply lead by example. Integrity is the greatest asset of all. As unpopular as this may be, integrity will allow you to use the knowledge you accumulate over time in an effective way. This is a hard thing for someone of your age, but if I knew now when I was your age, well, things would be a little different.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Organize This through ... · 2 replies · +2 points

Zoot,
I appreciate your calm and meaningful debate of these issues. However I have to take issue with the context in which you place your clever quote. The problem with your approach is that the meaning of the quote to a God fearing (which ever God it may be) person is completely different than those who believe in no God. The problem with you approach is that Jefferson believed in God. In that context, there are eternal laws in which we live. You might recognize a subset of those eternal laws are also known as physics. Within that context, Jefferson was refering to the ever evolving awareness of man. As Man continues to discover a little of the truth at a time, the Constitution can accomodate that. Take racial rights for example. Our founders knew in their heart that the state of those situations were wrong but they also knew they could not correct it themselves. So they created a rule of law by man that would allow our great nation to correct its wrongs over time. The progressive movement of today has already determined that man created God and from that perspective, Jefferson's words are misunderstood. Freedom is, and only can be, given by God and not any man.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Barney Frank Debates A... · 0 replies · +1 points

Bejarana,

This is a great point. I would also like to point out the actions the student was talking about, the Senator was defending Freddie and Fannie by attacking the regulator! He even said the regulator was "Lynching" the head of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines! This is his only defense and it is about to run out of gas..

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Attending a Tea Party?... · 0 replies · +1 points

Do we have any idea how many we are expecting?

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Attending a Tea Party?... · 0 replies · +2 points

God Bless America!
I will be there and trying to get as many friends to go with me as possible!

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - As Seen in the Wall St... · 0 replies · +1 points

It was actually deferred compensation so it would be like saying I am going to pay you $70,000 next year, but I have to wait to pay you $50,000 in the last quarter of that year. And when you get that $50,000, ACORN shows up with a bucket of tar and feathers. Any comment to the effect of, we are talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars, not tens of thousands of dollars would be downright socialist. I make a promise right here and now, Mr. Birr, that if you promise to find the facts in the stories, I will listen to your points with an open mind. To this point, you have not.

Good day!

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - As Seen in the Wall St... · 0 replies · +2 points

Mr. Birr,

It’s interesting that you condemn us for not thinking for ourselves when you yourself make accusations that are not original either. So please move on. The bottom line is this. Bush made a mistake by starting the bailouts. BO made and even bigger mistake by quadrupling the bailout. CEOs do not go to work every day looking for a way to suck thier company dry. That is naive. And I would like to clarify something. BO did not realize that the bailout was a mistake; he realized he had wasted our money without keeping all of the control. He got nothing for something! His next attempt will allow him to control anyone who takes the money. If you would like to research your issue here, please look into those folks that got "bonuses". You will find that those "bonuses" were actually compensation because the company did not want those folks to leave because they were rebuilding it and the company would not have survived without them. Please continue in next post.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - A moving video submitt... · 0 replies · +4 points

Right now you and I are Americans. Let’s work together to find an American solution. This peaceful discussion is proof that America is the country you want winning the power throughout the world. Would you prefer that the French or Russians, both with poor track records of taking care of themselves, tell us what to do or would you rather lead by example and show them how to achieve freedom from everything including want.
I don't expect you to change your mind, but you need to know, you and I are Americans. I am a true conservative and I see you as an American with potential, not a liberal. If you would look into why and how we got here, and here is the ability to say what we want, you will find that war is a necessity and will be until every person on this planet takes responsibility for themselves.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - A moving video submitt... · 0 replies · +4 points

You have to accept responsibility for that or we will be removed. Your head in the sand approach will only leave us wanting. Responsibility for self is second only to education in the game of freedom. Without education you cannot have self responsibility. Without self responsibility, you cannot achieve freedom! David, take responsibility for what is happening in this world. Do something about it or someone you disagree with will do it for you

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - A moving video submitt... · 5 replies · +4 points

However, your comment about being free and respecting other countries is a naive statement. The fact is, they attack their own people for as little as a perceived disagreement. We cannot allow them to build a war machine that they will use against us and our loved ones because they disagree with our way of life. If you think that we as a nation are doing something wrong to provoke this disagreement, then you are again naive. That is just what happens when societies of different beliefs occupy the same planet. The goal is to allow these different beliefs exist peacefully and we just simply are not there yet. They believe they must remove us from this planet. No amount of restraint or respect will change that. You must accept their beliefs as your own to stop it.

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