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

To: Paul V. who wrote (137280)	7/8/2012 6:21:06 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	11 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224756

Paul, You are correct. Ridicule is a very effective weapon to use on those who are "power freaks." That is why I ignore loco! It seems to me that you are making things up as you go along. I didn't see anything in alinsky's works that suggested that ridicule was only a very effective weapon against power freaks. And let's be real, you alinsky followers are trying to gather power with alinsky tactics. It sure seems like progressives are the power freaks in this equation. Individuals on this site need to study the Koch brothers, Rex Sinqfield and other billionaires while considering their self-interest, and how their self-interest compare with their own personal values and needs Oh geez, do we really need to drop trou and compare billionaires? The left has so many billionaires who have bought themselves progressive politicians that it is downright hypocritical to bring up billionaire donors. Look at who wall street gave their money to in 2008. Who do the unions support? Who does Soros support? Bill Gates? Warren Buffet? Who do 90% of the hollywood glitterati support? Just because Obama is willing to accept people's wedding presents as donations, doesn't mean that he doesn't have a bunch of billionaires and millionaires stuffing his pockets full of cash. And that wedding gift thing has to be funny to even you. I'd find it funny if it wasn't so pathetic. Next Obama is going to be working the freeway offramps for handouts and pimping out Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Nancy Pelosi on Craigslist. At least Romney earned his assets. As far as anyone can tell, Obama got his as political favors. I'm sorry, but community activism and teaching just aren't millionaire making jobs. I'm sure that it will come out that he got his money through "investments"....LOL Progressives are the power freaks. Remember that conservatives, and tea partiers in particular, want to disempower the government. We want LESS centralized power. Progressives want more government power and control. Ridicule should work very well against them now that we are keen to alinsky tactics.

To: Paul V. who wrote (137280)	7/8/2012 12:33:54 PM
From: longnshort	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224756

Unemployment Rate Dropped In Every State That Elected A Republican Gov. In 2010 In 2010, influenced by the Tea Party and its focus on fiscal issues, 17 states elected Republican governors. And, according to an Examiner.com analysis, every one of those states saw a drop in their unemployment rates since January of 2011. Furthermore, the average drop in the unemployment rate in these states was 1.35%, compared to the national decline of .9%, which means, according to the analysis, that the job market in these Republican states is improving 50% faster than the national rate. Since January of 2011, here is how much the unemployment rate declined in each of the 17 states that elected Republican governors in 2010, according to the Examiner: Kansas - 6.9% to 6.1% = a decline of 0.8% Maine - 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6% Michigan - 10.9% to 8.5% = a decline of 2.4% New Mexico - 7.7% to 6.7% = a decline of 1.0% Oklahoma - 6.2% to 4.8% = a decline of 1.4% Pennsylvania - 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6% Tennessee - 9.5% to 7.9% = a decline of 1.6% Wisconsin - 7.7% to 6.8% = a decline of 0.9% Wyoming - 6.3% to 5.2% = a decline of 1.1% Alabama - 9.3% to 7.4% = a decline of 1.9% Georgia - 10.1% to 8.9% = a decline of 1.2% South Carolina - 10.6% to 9.1% = a decline of 1.5% South Dakota - 5.0% to 4.3% = a decline of 0.7% Florida - 10.9% to 8.6% = a decline of 2.3% Nevada - 13.8% to 11.6% = a decline of 2.2% Iowa - 6.1% to 5.1% = a decline of 1.0% Ohio - 9.0% to 7.3% = a decline of 1.7% On the other hand, the unemployment rate in states that elected Democrats in 2010 dropped, on average, as much as the national rate decline and, in some states such as New York, the unemployment rate has risen since January of 2011. This is yet another example of how the so-called “blue state” model is not working.