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16 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 7/9 · 0 replies · +2 points

I saw the Judge and Laffer talking about the calls for a 2nd stimulus. 10% of the first package is spent, and it's clearly not working so far. Instead of arguing about the size of the next package, let's argue about revising the LAST package. Congress revises legislation all the time. They could strip out the pork, convert much of the money to tax cuts, and put American ingenuity back to work. And we'd be LOWERING our future debt, because we'd be revising down money already spent. China would be happier, businesses would launch projects to take advantage of tax breaks, and the GOP could fight on solid ground - lowering gov't spending, eliminating pork, and helping people help themselves.

<a href="http://lightduty.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/stimulu..." target="_blank">http://lightduty.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/stimulu...

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - America's Wish List · 2 replies · +3 points

2 things: Glenn needs to do a week-long special on the Constitution. It's time to remind people how far we've drifted from the ideals upon which the country was founded. He could hold it in DC, and maybe Congressmen could be in the studio audience, but NOT on as speakers. Maybe they'd learn a bit.

Second - support efforts to create a a "Patrick Henry caucus" in every state legislature, and in the US Congress. Bring on candidates who support state rights, limited government, fiscal responsibility, and a strong national defense.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - News From You · 1 reply · +2 points

Obama is threatening to withold ALL of the stimulus money from California, unless the state restores pay cuts to health workers, who happen to be in the SEIU union. The cuts woudl've saved CA's budget $74 million, and amounted to around $2 an hour. For this, Obama is willing to shaft all the people of California?

I was against the stimulus, but I'm even more against Obama using it as a bargaining chip to help the unions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health-cu...

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through May 13th · 0 replies · +1 points

I'd like to comment on the new round of hate crime legislation making its way through Congress. Many are objecting to it on Free Speech grounds. But hate crimes destroy justice, not just speech. Justice is blind for a GOOD reason. Justice is supposed to be impartial; a ruling in one case should apply to other like cases. But hate crimes require judge and jury to consider the race, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability factors of a case. Juries are asked to guess the FEELINGS of defendants. Here's a hypothetical. Sam is beaten, dragged behind a truck, and burned until dead by 4 people. Is it a hate crime?

Hate crime laws require courts to treat people differently based upon skin color, or age, or now sexual preference. Are gays likely to be more accepted because of this expansion of hate crime laws?

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 4/22 · 0 replies · +1 points

I very much see your point. But 3rd party candidates have a harder time getting elected, because the two parties have so much money and influence. That's why we'd be better off selecting candidates thru the primary systems of the existing parties - if they get rejected by the "old guard" then they can still run as independents, under a 3rd party banner. But their primaries will have given them exposure on the Dems or GOP dime.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 4/22 · 5 replies · +3 points

What's next? Next, we need to get a field of candidates who support small government, and who understand that welfare is not compassionate. Democrat or Republican, we need to support small-government candidates, and push the election committees of both parties to spend their money in support of the small-government candidates, not just the incumbents.

Of course, I'd prefer to vote for the GOP myself. But I'll vote for any party that runs a small-government candidate. EVEN A THIRD PARTY. For too long conservatives have settled for the status quo. It's time to vote for candidates who stand for something, otherwise we'll keep getting the crooks we have now.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 4/22 · 0 replies · +1 points

One of the commenters suggests that guy was a bad father for bringing his baby to a "possibly violent" protest. I guess the grandparents, and the mom who organized the Tea Party here in Roanoke, must've kept their molotov cocktails well hidden...

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 4/22 · 1 reply · +2 points

Already happening. Fox gets more viewers than MSNBC and CNN combined, hour after hour.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 4/22 · 0 replies · +4 points

Next? We'll vote for, or be, politicians who commit FIRMLY to a platform of smaller government, support for the Constitution, and who take office as a servant, not a master. We should put up these candidates during party primaries, and hope both parties see the light.

17 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Lonewolf Diaries: "Vio... · 0 replies · +1 points

Actually, the Communists were prety notorious for sharing the wealth they confiscated with their cronies. Is that so different than Paulson & Giethner (yes, one worked for Bush) sending money to their Wall St. friends?

What Bush policies do you find unconstitutional? What court cases support your claim? If you think Bush ignored the Constitution, then do you believe Obama is doing likewise by continuing Bush policies? If so, is that ok with you, or should Obama be encouraged to change?

As for things we fear not coming to pass - you're saying Hollywood doesn't crank out movies that nudge the cultural center toward the left? That's the basic premise of this site.

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