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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 9:42:57 AM
From: Follies	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224777

Ken, Do you think increased dependence on the federal government, no matter how you measure it, is a good thing?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 10:22:23 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224777

Maybe I will switch my support to Sanrtorum. So you are finally fed up with Orbrama?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 10:35:31 AM
From: lorne	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224777

ken..."lorne, I'm not certain that Romney is conservative enough. Maybe I will switch my support to Sanrtorum. LOL!"..... Are you a communist...don't be ashamed ken there are lots of commies in the USA. A good portion of them in Washington state, bet you didn't know that huh ken? Well ken you vote for your " dear leader "...you poor lost thingie. LOL

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 11:21:12 AM
From: lorne	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224777

ken..just some history from your neck of the woods....oddly enough there is a " phillips " among people fired at Washington University for communist activity. ..."Those considered uncooperative at the Canwell hearings paid the price. The committee decided to charge Phillips, Butterworth and Gundlach, who had refused to testify, as well as Eby, Ethel and Jacobs, who had admitted past membership in the Communist Party but had refused to name others. Accordingly, their only charge against Phillips and Butterworth was that they were members of the Communist Party.'... Professor Ralph Gundlach Professor Herbert Phillips Professor Joseph Butterworth The Firings: Three Professors Sacked, Three Others Put on Probation washington.edu

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 11:24:10 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224777

ken. I am really curios..is washington state still a hot bed of communist party activity? I think they supported patty in last election in 2010. Is that true?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 4:02:44 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224777

New Yorkers Were Paid to Commit Vote Fraud February 11, 2012 \| Filed Under Crime, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Ethics, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, New York, Vote Fraud, Warner Todd Huston \| No Comments -By Warner Todd Huston A trial has been underway for a week in an upstate New York vote fraud case that has brought to light criminal actions committed by Democrats in city government in Troy, New York that seems to go back decades. Some of the first witnesses are also claiming that they were paid by Democrat officials to commit vote fraud. The case centers around fraudulent voter registrations and absentee ballots for the Working Families Party, a thinly disguised Democrat Party entity originally created by the disgraced community activist group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Up to eight Troy Democrats are being charged with various offenses such as falsifying business records and forgery. Jermaine Joseph, the first witness called to the stand in the case, testified that in 2009 he was paid $10 to sign a voter registration card. Joseph, a former Hudson Valley Community College football player, testified that after he signed his form he was paid $10 by someone from City Hall. Joseph went on to testify that he did not recognize the signature on the paperwork that prosecutors showed him that enrolled him in the Working Families Party. He also testified that he never filled out the ballot that bears his name voting a straight Democrat ticket. As New York Court Watcher Rusty Weiss says, “In essence, the victims here were unwittingly signing over their civil right to cast votes in the elections, at a price of $10.” A second witness, Omaira Rodriguez, testified that the signature on paperwork filed in her name was fraudulent. She never requested the absentee ballot despite her name on the paperwork. Later in the proceedings, New York State Police Investigator John Ogden testified that he found a witness that said she had been given “30 ballot envelopes wrapped up in a newspaper” by former Councilman Michael LoPorto. Ogden also said that political operative Tony DeFiglio revealed to him that such fraud had been going on for at least 25 years that he knew. This trial will go on for many more months, but it does tend to show the vote fraud endemic in the area. These sorts of things are going on all across the country, unfortunately. ____________ “The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.” –Samuel Johnson Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, RightPundits.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008. For a full bio, please CLICK HERE.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123820)	2/11/2012 4:04:00 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224777

Adam Carolla: ‘The Government Fks Everything Up They Touch’ Posted on February 11, 2012 at 1:49pm by Madeleine Morgenstern Print » Email » Comments (73) Comedian Adam Carolla — who broke the Occupy movement down in an epic rant in November — went on a similar diatribe against big government Thursday during “The Adam Carolla Show” podcast, burned up over the announcement that Los Angeles County would be imposing a $1,000-fine on people caught throwing Frisbees at the beach: “The beach is a great little microcosm of what is going on with this country. We’re going to save everybody because God forbid some kid could get hit with a Frisbee or someone could take in third-hand smoke or some dog could run across someone’s beach towel. Yes, it is true, we’ve eliminated any possibility of somebody being concussed by a Nerf football, but we’ve also eliminated all possibility of fun. So seriously, the beach, which used to be six pack, couple of cigarettes, a Frisbee and your dog and some tunes cranked up has now gone to turn the radio down, put the cigarette out, pour the beer out in the sand, put the dog back on the leash, put the Frisbee away and here’s a $1,000 fine. Better or worse? By the way, I know we always think in our society, hey we’re moving along man, we’re marching toward the light. Is this f–king progress to you?” [...] “Who decided that it was the government’s job to protect us from ourselves? I understand the part where they protect us from Al Qaida, but the protection from the selves and they do everything for you — you guys don’t understand, the government f–ks everything up they touch. Please stop looking to them to help you.” Content warning** — very strong language: Carolla‘s Occupy Wall Street made national headlines and was prominently featured on The Blaze and on Glenn Beck’s radio program. Carolla defended Beck when he was subsequently asked whether he thought Beck’s admiration of him was a liability, saying the media was “slanted toward the left.” Related: Adam Carolla to Beck: ‘I Dug Ditches’ and ‘Know What It’s Like to Grow Up Poor’