I was told the other day there is no difference between conservatives and liberals, republicans and democrats. Were all the same piece of filth.
People who don't have the ability to make a decision outside of a committee love to expose that there is no difference between a liberal democrat and a conservative republican. These are people whose hardest personal decision of the day is the size and type of beverage they want at Starbucks and still haven't decided after staring at the menu for five minutes.
Liberals look at the world in terms of pessimism, fueled by their desire to take every freedom you have and doling it back as if you have earned something special. Wrap it up in a shiny box with a big red bow and high taxes still equate to wealth redistribution. A liberal can't enjoy life when there is social inequity and the cure is increasing your taxes and decreasing the bar to get a piece of it.
Conservatives look at the world a bit more optimistically. A conservative mentality is not that they need a piece of some else's pie but there is a lot of pies out there, they just need to find theirs. Generally speaking conservatives are not concerned about the past but how to make their future better. It one thing to realize that life is not fair, its another to accept it and make the best way you can in life so it's better. Conservatives are not as much concerned with personal victimization as liberating the oppressed.
I am told that the media is more republican than democrat, ya know Fox News and all. But it astounds me at the deluge of negativity portrayed by local news. Bad news is not the currency of the right. For the first six months of my sons life, my wife cried every time the news was on wondering how we could have brought such a blessing into such bad times. Good luck finding anything positive about the Global War On Terror in any 'legitimate' news source. It used to be that the last refuge of anything positive in the newspaper was Sports or Lifestyles and now even those editions are riddled with bad news.
Liberals want to constantly remind you of where you are at in life and how someone took something from you. They generally are not concerned in your personal well being inasmuch as they want large groups to be dependent on them for support. Conservatives want to show you a path to reaching your dreams and tell you it will be a hard road with sacrifice and disappointment but with faith in yourself and personal growth anything is possible.
Lets use the example of The Underdog. Everyone loves the Underdog. Liberals because its an opportunity to entrap him in welfare and food stamps, forcing business to pay him a 'living wage' even though the Underdog is 24, has a family of three and no education. All the time telling him that life is dire and he's a victim of whatever can be checked off the list. Conservatives love the Underdog because its a chance to overcome the odds and persevere in the face of adversity. Becoming the best the Underdog can be and become a value to society and a contributor of the community. The Underdog story for the conservative is not a trailer park to mansion story but a Horatio Alger tale.
The bottom line is that only the non-thinking believe people that the right and left are the same. Believe in one side or the other, makes no difference to me. Its how our country works. But for the love of God or your higher power don't be so dense as to think we are all the same.
Now make your Starbuck order already, I'm just getting the black coffee straight up.
People who don't have the ability to make a decision outside of a committee love to expose that there is no difference between a liberal democrat and a conservative republican. These are people whose hardest personal decision of the day is the size and type of beverage they want at Starbucks and still haven't decided after staring at the menu for five minutes.
Liberals look at the world in terms of pessimism, fueled by their desire to take every freedom you have and doling it back as if you have earned something special. Wrap it up in a shiny box with a big red bow and high taxes still equate to wealth redistribution. A liberal can't enjoy life when there is social inequity and the cure is increasing your taxes and decreasing the bar to get a piece of it.
Conservatives look at the world a bit more optimistically. A conservative mentality is not that they need a piece of some else's pie but there is a lot of pies out there, they just need to find theirs. Generally speaking conservatives are not concerned about the past but how to make their future better. It one thing to realize that life is not fair, its another to accept it and make the best way you can in life so it's better. Conservatives are not as much concerned with personal victimization as liberating the oppressed.
I am told that the media is more republican than democrat, ya know Fox News and all. But it astounds me at the deluge of negativity portrayed by local news. Bad news is not the currency of the right. For the first six months of my sons life, my wife cried every time the news was on wondering how we could have brought such a blessing into such bad times. Good luck finding anything positive about the Global War On Terror in any 'legitimate' news source. It used to be that the last refuge of anything positive in the newspaper was Sports or Lifestyles and now even those editions are riddled with bad news.
Liberals want to constantly remind you of where you are at in life and how someone took something from you. They generally are not concerned in your personal well being inasmuch as they want large groups to be dependent on them for support. Conservatives want to show you a path to reaching your dreams and tell you it will be a hard road with sacrifice and disappointment but with faith in yourself and personal growth anything is possible.
Lets use the example of The Underdog. Everyone loves the Underdog. Liberals because its an opportunity to entrap him in welfare and food stamps, forcing business to pay him a 'living wage' even though the Underdog is 24, has a family of three and no education. All the time telling him that life is dire and he's a victim of whatever can be checked off the list. Conservatives love the Underdog because its a chance to overcome the odds and persevere in the face of adversity. Becoming the best the Underdog can be and become a value to society and a contributor of the community. The Underdog story for the conservative is not a trailer park to mansion story but a Horatio Alger tale.
The bottom line is that only the non-thinking believe people that the right and left are the same. Believe in one side or the other, makes no difference to me. Its how our country works. But for the love of God or your higher power don't be so dense as to think we are all the same.
Now make your Starbuck order already, I'm just getting the black coffee straight up.
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