tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post1347510556997098002..comments2024-03-29T07:18:10.425-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Liberals Do Not Understand AmericaLes Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-82753952602561324152010-09-02T10:24:29.043-04:002010-09-02T10:24:29.043-04:00Silverfiddle, the world is full of dingbats....and...Silverfiddle, the world is full of dingbats....and dingbats are not exclusively a liberal phenom...<br /><br />I like the way "owed" becomes a "contract" inregards to veterans...if you follow that through then lots of corporations have reneged on their 'contracts' inregards to pensions...<br /><br />Social Security is thus in fact a "contract" <br /><br />If "we" are contractually obligated to our veterans are we not also contractually obligated to our senior citizens? If "we" as citizens believe in obligations then should we not expect the same from our corporations?<br /><br />As a LIBERAL I believe we have to demand that we live up to our obligations to our own citizens. I am personally tired of people like Alan Simpson or Paul Ryan saying that we have do away with entitlements (and watch Alan Simpson...he is going after veteran benefits now) and I want to know why the greatest nation in the world cannot find ways to grow its economy to support the obligations that it has promised its citizens...TAOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452702225885449029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-41582904422265730912010-09-02T07:38:02.248-04:002010-09-02T07:38:02.248-04:00Veterans are "owed" whatever compensatio...Veterans are "owed" whatever compensation was in the contract they signed with the government. <br /><br />Other than that, sounds like you agree with me that Tomasky is a dingbat liberal who doesn't understand America. Welcome aboard tao!Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-39534679967716128672010-09-01T12:15:24.095-04:002010-09-01T12:15:24.095-04:00Well, you obviously read exactly what you want to ...Well, you obviously read exactly what you want to into whatever it is you read...<br /><br />Where did the author say that he believed in equalizing anything?<br /><br />Equal rights does not equate to equal outcome. You do not have the millions that Ted Kennedy's kids do and you obviously never will but does that mean that you cannot apply to and be accepted to Harvard IF you are intellectually superior to a Kennedy kid?<br /><br />Equal rights means that a black person can sit anywhere on a bus just like a white person...it does not mean that the bus is going to get them any place faster than it does a white person.<br /><br />If the government allows for tax deductions for married hetrosexual couples and allows for legal protection of assets to married hetrosexual couples then our constitution dictates that we, as a society, provide the same "rights" to homosexual couples.<br /><br />That is equal rights: Its in the constitution.<br /><br />Now, you can claim that the term "marriage" is a religious term and if such then the government has to cease refering to the term "marriage" and the government has to cease discriminating.<br /><br />In regards to "owing" the government....<br /><br />If we "owe" the government nothing then we "owe" no debt of gratitude to those who serve their country...but you will be the first to argue that are veterans are "owed"TAOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452702225885449029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-83661472943356785332010-09-01T11:46:48.907-04:002010-09-01T11:46:48.907-04:00Wrong! We don’t owe the government a “great deal....Wrong! We don’t owe the government a “great deal.” We The People have charged the government with certain responsibilities stated in the US Constitution...thats exactly right!!!!WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.com