tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post8461881945500429313..comments2024-03-28T15:24:53.579-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Gingrich Speaking Out, In Criticism Of His Own Party...Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-83169366042333252052013-08-17T00:12:46.823-04:002013-08-17T00:12:46.823-04:00I'm hoping that Johnson runs again and this ti...I'm hoping that Johnson runs again and this time taps Huntsman as his VP/Secretary of State. THAT would be an awesome ticket (and then once elected they could nominate Ron Paul as the new FED chairman).Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-86744320119174025692013-08-16T04:29:26.395-04:002013-08-16T04:29:26.395-04:00Great bullet list RN.... but again we do have to b...Great bullet list RN.... but again we do have to be careful about #11. Like with "the world" going to single payer, and us not following.<br /><br />Standng still while everyone else moves forward..... lemmings off a cliff.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-30055644345124853362013-08-14T21:13:47.175-04:002013-08-14T21:13:47.175-04:00Let me put it in perspective for you...
1) Our f...Let me put it in perspective for you...<br /><br />1) Our founders were radical revolutionaries<br />2) The revolutionary war was a guerrilla war<br />3) The founders were educated Classical Liberals<br />4) They were forward thinking rather than backwards<br />5). The believed in limited government<br />6). They did not embrace no government<br />7). They KNEW society would advance, as well as grow and out of necessity change<br />8). They knew they couldn't provide for all circumstances, hence the amendment process<br />9). They were right, things change<br />10). Measured, reasoned change is always best<br />11). Standing still while the rest of the world moves forward is to go backwards<br />12). Is that the direction you wish to follow?Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-34904193991873055992013-08-14T20:21:29.461-04:002013-08-14T20:21:29.461-04:00Therein lies the balance between conservatism and ...Therein lies the balance between conservatism and its opposite (constant change for change's sake). I'm not sure what the good word for the opposite is. Progressive/liberal doesn't quite fit, as that bunch can be very hidebound and resistant to chance in its own way, so "constant change" doesn't fit there either.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-13620350054685109112013-08-14T19:29:05.244-04:002013-08-14T19:29:05.244-04:00This is true. Nor do you have to stop every step f...This is true. Nor do you have to stop every step forward.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-5072788196289412202013-08-14T19:11:29.451-04:002013-08-14T19:11:29.451-04:00Sometimes, being the "party of no" is a ...Sometimes, being the "party of no" is a great idea, if it is bad proposals that must be stopped.<br /><br />You don't have to rubber-stamp every Great Leap Forward, every abuse of the ever-expanding super-state, you know.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-48668334966349781682013-08-14T18:58:15.075-04:002013-08-14T18:58:15.075-04:00If only it could be so Will. But, I suppose there ...If only it could be so Will. But, I suppose there is always hope. <br /><br />I seem remember a President who once ran on "Hope and Change." We still are "hoping the change might still be good."Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-23263285282212346422013-08-14T18:54:11.935-04:002013-08-14T18:54:11.935-04:00"The media won't help because these guy a..."The media won't help because these guy are perpetual sound bite machines. No one reports news any longer."<br /><br />On this Ducky we completely agree.<br /><br />"... I don't see much from the Dems but crony kapitalism."<br /><br />Yep, neither party represents true Capitalism any longer. Given your spelling with a "k" I'm guessing you have no use for real CAPITALISM either. Maybe I'm incorrect?<br /><br />"Hard times and probably hopeless(ness) on a national level."<br /><br />And I thought I was the pessimist Ducky!Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-16944542856167534762013-08-14T18:34:38.284-04:002013-08-14T18:34:38.284-04:00He has moments of lucidity like this and I'm a...He has moments of lucidity like this and I'm always left to wonder, why the hell can't he be like this all the time?Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-85230150278769981452013-08-14T18:29:54.156-04:002013-08-14T18:29:54.156-04:00Pressure your leaders?
Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, Ted ...Pressure your leaders?<br /><br />Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz? You might as well try to talk sense to Louie Gohmert (R- cuckoo bananas).<br /><br />What Gingrich, early architect of the "party of no" strategy and hypocrite, fails to admit is that Republicans have to purge the crazies.<br /><br />The media won't help because these guy are perpetual sound bite machines. No one reports news any longer.<br /><br />It's sunset in America. While it's good to see the party of Raygun take the bus I don't see much from the Dems but crony kapitalism.<br />Hard times and probably hopeless on a national level.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.com