To hear conservatives tell it the homeless have the life. There's a homeless man in the big YO, a late 30-something blond guy with raggedy clothes who walks along that endless shopping plaza known as Central Ave. and who drinks coffee from cups that people throw away outside of Barnes and Noble. So one day we're driving along and my Republican friend, God bless him, says to me "look at that guy, he doesn't have a care in the world." Now I will admit sleeping under the stars on a 10 degree night does have a certain romantic appeal to it but I think this is why the Republican, whoever he is, will lose the next election to HillObama, that and lack of health insurance for millions of Americans. Now I understand the government paying your medical bills amounts to a form of European-style socialism but what is Republicans' alternative? It's like they don't even talk about it, it's not on their radar screen
WAR WAR WAR
so who better has their finger on the PULSE?
While I do agree that the Republicans don't offer real solutions for health care, on the flip-side the Democrats offer no solution to fighting al Qaeda. It is the federal government's job to protect us, not to keep us healthy.
ReplyDeleteIt is the federal government's job to protect us, not to keep us healthy.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but by not even talking about it don't the Republicans feed into their own stereotype of being hard-hearted and uncaring? Use the bully pulpit, say more employers should offer health benefits and criticize those retail outlets, like Wal-Mart, who have part-timers working full-time hours without the status of being full-time.
This is not meant as a criticism Beth but on issue after issue you tow the Republican, conservative line pretty consistently. I'm more eclectic, I see Republicans not really being a populist party anymore and this is why they're gonna lose but anyway,
ReplyDeleteI'm giving my two weeks notice at work.
"what are you going to do?"
"I'm going homeless."
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ReplyDeleteI was just wondering if you ever take a nonconservative position just for the hell of it.
ReplyDeleteRE my "positions" sometimes don't we need a freshness though, a new way of looking at things? People whose opinions never change, whose views never shift or get modified later on in life, are not reasonable people imho, they don't see themselves as having views but instead are key possessors of the TRUTH. The spokesperson for the truth has the uncanny ability to pick it up, all of it, even if the rest of us struggle with gray areas. This is where feminism fails for example and conservatism strongly resembles it, though they most often take opposite views on things, the rigid robotic ideology is disturbing.
You do realize though Beth that Republicans are going to lose the Big One in '08 because they are no longer the populist party? Al-qaeda, yes a most important issue but what about the poor slob who needs an operation or other health care and has no insurance?
ReplyDeleteDemocrats offer no solution to fighting al Qaeda
they have been saying though for quite some time that we should have gone after OBL instead of Hussein. I'm tired of the conservative talking points like this one and I'm also tired of the Michael Moore talking points and most of all I'm tired of people who have a political outlook 24/7, it's like politics is a good enough reason for hating people nowadays.
I could care less if gays have unions, that is not a conservative way of thinking. I do believe welfare is necessary for some but I can recognize that it is abused. I do read your blog so you help me think outside the box. I am not going to go against things I feel are important just to be different.
ReplyDeleteI could care less if gays have unions, that is not a conservative way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteActually you do care otherwise you would be for gay marriage too, contradictory Beth, much like Obama's position. This is O'Reilly braggadoccio talk..."I don't care if they hang from the chandelier...yada yada yada...but don't change the institution." If gay unions aren't wrong then why should gay marriage be?
I do believe welfare is necessary for some but I can recognize that it is abused.
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, I don't think it is ever necessary to go on welfare if you have a strong family unit and community willing to help each other out. When I was on the outs I still held down a job and lived with an aunt who had a cheap 3 floor apartment building, Mom and Dad helped me out with a debt problem and I repaid them, see what I mean? In actuality you should be more conservative on the issue.
haha, Beth just got played!
Not that anyone should be obsessed with gays, tolerance is a virtue to any civil society, but you do realize Beth that as a Catholic the gay lifestyle goes against official Catholic teaching. You're still getting your values sorted out which is fine but if anything the Church is countercultural, not swept along by fashionable tides, and Her teachings offer a benchmark.
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