  Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3456 Registered: 02-2007 |
Yeah, that's what we need more of. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 2828 Registered: 10-2003 |
If it makes those people better then what is the harm? If it brings joy to their lives then great for them. I hardly think the post needed a sarcastic retort. (Message edited by GOAT on March 14, 2009) | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1874 Registered: 10-2003 |
America, Fuck Yeah | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3457 Registered: 02-2007 |
Sarcastic retort? By whom? I meant that in all seriousness. This country is due for a renaissance to patriotism. Long over due. Our country and IT's interests need to be put first always. Love it or get the f*ck out. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3458 Registered: 02-2007 |
No, I added that. | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 140 Registered: 06-2008 |
If there is a lesson from the eight years of George W. Bush and Barbara-Rose Collin's rendition of Onward Christian Soldiers, it is that we need political rhetoric with less evangelical Christian overtones. When you are born again as an American, are you dunked in a river. Can Lee Greenwood heal your goiter with a slap on the forehead? Naturally, one who preaches to born again Americans drives a Cadillac, right? | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3459 Registered: 02-2007 |
Quote: " I'm usually creeped out by ostentatious displays of religious fervor or patriotism" Then this country's founders and everyone who has supported their doctrine ever since must be an undesirable to you. Quote: "(last refuge of a scoundrel)" Please explain. Someone loving their country is akin to being a "scoundrel"? | ||
Leannam1989 Member Username: Leannam1989 Post Number: 222 Registered: 06-2008 |
I see nothing wrong with this. I realize George W. Bush was not that good of a President, but I can understand people wanting to vote in someone with similar ideals. I didn't vote for Bush (just turned 19 last year), and my Pastor didn't tell us who to vote for. Some Pastors tell you who to vote for, and I don't like that. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1875 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: And what if I don't? What the fuck are you going to do about it? | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19423 Registered: 11-2006 |
All miss the mark. It is not religion or country that is sacred, but liberty of the individual. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3461 Registered: 02-2007 |
Quote: "What the fuck are you going to do about it?" Laugh at the ignorance of people that have garnered so much and then turn around and spit on it. | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 1419 Registered: 05-2007 |
quote: Nice one! | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3462 Registered: 02-2007 |
If you're 12 also it is. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1876 Registered: 10-2003 |
So, you're not going to do anything. Right sstashmoo? Just like the other things you like to bitch about but do nothing about the problem. Like foreigners, and foreigners who don't speak English, and foreigners that demand bilingual signs, and foreigners that go to school here. Whether it is an actual problem or just one that is only in your head, the end result is the same in that you won't be doing anything about it. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3463 Registered: 02-2007 |
Quote: "So, you're not going to do anything. Right sstashmoo?" I'll continue to do what I've always done, and that is make contributions and support principles that enrich our way of life. As opposed to those that take and never give anything back. Consume and scoff at the idea of producing. Reap the rewards and piss on the hand that provided them. Display the epitome of selfishness by breaking our laws for their own personal gain. Other than that, ever read any history books? | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1877 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: Translation: Nothing | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3464 Registered: 02-2007 |
So original. Tired of stealing my retorts? | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 5975 Registered: 02-2004 |
When you say patriotic, what exactly do you mean? Please describe "patriotic behavior" | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1878 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sitting around, eating lots of Cheetos, and bitching about foreigners. How much more patriotic do you want? When he says, "make contributions" he doesn't mean monetary contributions or contributions of time. And when he says, "support principles", he means that he thinks about how much he hates foreigners. He certainly doesn't mean that he actually does anything like teach an ESL course or even make a donation to causes that support his beliefs. He does a lot of thinking and a lot of talking and not much else. (I just found out that you can't type the name of the hate group founded by Don Black here.) | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19442 Registered: 11-2006 |
Arrgh...both sides just don't get it. If a person believes in liberty and Individual self worth as sacred, nothing else matters. Not race, not religion, not gender, nothing. Libs wax on about "peace". Here is the root of it, yet they refuse to put forth the effort to understand it. similar story to many self described conservatives who are conservative only because of some of the erroneous attributes of some of its' members also claiming to be conservatives...like racial, national, and religious prejudice. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8682 Registered: 02-2007 |
odd, bats is actually correct for once | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3466 Registered: 02-2007 |
Or I could be like Cheddar and piss and moan about every post people make. Twist every entry into something negative and figure out a way to insult someone personally within forum guidelines. No thanks, I'm secure enough with myself, I don't need to browbeat people or have people like Sstashmoo make a fool of me over and over. ORF, Patriotism is loving your country and looking out for it's best interests. Like you demonstrating against the atrocities of our government. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9625 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is half this thread missing? | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 3467 Registered: 02-2007 |
My posts make it appear that way.  | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 6096 Registered: 04-2005 |
JL, it would appear that someone got removed, wouldn't it? | ||
Oliverdouglas Member Username: Oliverdouglas Post Number: 194 Registered: 02-2006 |
No, someone removed themselves. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19480 Registered: 11-2006 |
Rb? You agree that liberals, being collectivists and anti individual, reject the root of peace that is to be found in objectivism? | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 1433 Registered: 05-2007 |
quote: Said person can easily embrace that "nothing else matters" sentiment when convenient for them. When some or all of those factors (race, religion, gender) serve to their favor, why should this person bother to care about anything else? | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7903 Registered: 10-2003 |
Welcome to Batsonia! It's a unilateral world, but... | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8703 Registered: 02-2007 |
Bats - i never agreed to that. I agreed to the one post you have made this year where you don't simply sling mindless and erroneous labels at everything | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19482 Registered: 11-2006 |
Those factors never serve a purpose...except in lib land. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 1329 Registered: 05-2006 |
Or in Batsonia. | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 4618 Registered: 02-2007 |
Individualism is good and helping their neighbor is better... | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19635 Registered: 11-2006 |
Nothing is better than individualism. It so happens that more charity and good deeds come from free individuals than any other source. The reasons are manifold...in a nutshell, what is good for an individual is often good for many others...ie a successful business employs...blank, a wealthy individual invests and spends their wealth to the benefit of...blank, etc. |
