"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
You do whatever you want to do to denigrate or abuse a post that disagrees with you. Your editing frequently goes to the lengths of a complete rewrite, usually to abuse. For example, how many times have you entered a 'Blah' smilie instead of any actual words ?
This is something I've never done, not with your posts, not with anyone's. What wording I quote, I quote from previous posts as written, without redrafting it.
But, your measure of agreement, is .. ?I can't control them making a wrong argument.
Really ? Only 'OFTEN' ? Then ... this means they're also often RIGHT ?Lefties are often wrong.
Let's have an honest answer to this question, then. What, according to you, are they often RIGHT about ?
Did Lefties even emerge on to the world, at that point in history ?Your belief is wrong. Try sticking with a valid discussion point rather than your incorrect beliefs. The Founders believed so much in those rights that they were placed in the founding documents; your logic demands that they were also Leftie. I'm waiting for you to flesh out that argument a little further.
I'm sure your Founders understood that fighting for rights, and for what WAS right, was just and necessary. Do you deny this ? Therefore, the whole idea of them being 'natural' rights, as if they just grew on trees, makes little sense.
A Leftie, however, would insist that there were certain 'basic' rights that were inalienable. I believe I've cited our NHS as an example of one, as the Left claim it should be ?
A police force enforces the law of the State.That's not big government. A police force, national defense, and 2A rights are not big intrusive government.
National defence cannot even exist without Big Government decision-making, and backing, existing to support it. And tell me, by your reckoning, is your Homeland Security Department actually NOT any form of evidence of Big Government in action ?
Margaret Thatcher was NOT a Conservative, then ?Big government is not conservative.
Conservatives do not promote needless Big Government, theirs is a philosophy of individual reliance. That said, Big Government is, on occasions, mandated to solve a problem. In the UK, it was the only solution to marauding Unions. In yours, you have Homeland Security which has been given powers of intrusion, granted to them at State level, in order to effectively operate.
Should the Republicans win your next election, will you require them to disband Homeland Security ?
You're aware that our Conservative Government is committed to austerity measures, to bring spending under control. You are also aware how committed YOU are to opposing their approach. The only halfway logical abandonment of its being overturned would absolutely require a large-scale raising of taxes, in an effort to recoup the shortfall caused by relaxed controls on spending.It appears your Labour government has much in common with your Conservative government in expanding. Finally, please tell me how limited taxes, limited government, etc. is leftie.
This is in line with LEFT-wing political thinking, and as you must know, it's LEFT WING Parties who consistently oppose austerity regimes ..
.. as YOU YOURSELF do.
Yet you support an approach which defies it !I have. Repeatedly; small-government, pro-Constitution conservative.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
No he didn't. Maybe in the French and Indian War. He's been glamorized a lot. I want to see someone in sub-zero weather posing on the prow of rowboat. I'll stay in my tuck and watch from the bank, thanks. Generals didn't lead from the front then. And certainly not the commander of the entire army.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
No I don't. Your incessant whining doesn't need to be repeated.
Virtually zero.
They get torture right but probably for the wrong reason.
I don't care what a leftie would insist when they're wrong. Your stretching of logic is also wrong.
Homeland is big government in action and is largely ineffective. Kathianne has posted articles pointing this out but as I recall you failed to address them. National defense can be big government such as WWII but there is more than one way to wage war and supply armaments, etc. FDR to his credit, and in defiance of his advisers, chose one driven by the private markets as opposed to one done by a command and control structure.
Big government is not conservative. Just because a conservative might advocate big government doesn't make their big government solution conservative.
I hope the next Republican president will make Homeland effective and not just big. Your also wrong about the unions, deregulation of labor markets is not big government, it's small government by its very nature.
No it's not. Osborne pushed through some tax cuts. Lefties don't generally advocate cutting taxes and regulations as I do. You continue to lie and continue to fail to point out my desire to increase taxes.
Never have.
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
I wish I could interview someone from ISIS. It would be more along the lines of a mafia enforcer trying to get some last minute information out of a snitch that is dead either way.
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
Abusive remarking is not debate. Neither is editing what you prefer not to read.
Curious that you seem unsure.They get torture right but probably for the wrong reason.
Have a catch-up with whoever writes your scripts, then come back with some definite information.
I wouldn't know. It never happens.I don't care what a leftie would insist when they're wrong. Your stretching of logic is also wrong.
So, you DO want them disbanded ? Yes, or no ? If 'no' -- why not ??Homeland is big government in action and is largely ineffective.
What Kathianne posts holds zero interest for me.Kathianne has posted articles pointing this out but as I recall you failed to address them.
I'm not following, but then, it doesn't matter ... the fact remains that national defence cannot help but involve Big Government decisions and actions. The War on Terror, for example, involved these .. it couldn't NOT do so.National defense can be big government such as WWII but there is more than one way to wage war and supply armaments, etc. FDR to his credit, and in defiance of his advisers, chose one driven by the private markets as opposed to one done by a command and control structure.
It's not a question of approval of them. It IS a question of living in the real world, and doing what you must to deal with its many problems.
But since what I say about the necessity of some Big Government decisions and follow-up actions is true .. if YOUR 'logic' were also true, you'd be saying that there was no such thing as a Conservative Government !Big government is not conservative. Just because a conservative might advocate big government doesn't make their big government solution conservative.
Perhaps Lefties would love to claim it.
So ... NOT disbanded, then ? Excellent. So, you CAN approve of a Big Government approach !I hope the next Republican president will make Homeland effective and not just big.
Immaterial to anything I've discussed. My references to Unions has to do with Mrs Thatcher having no choice but to deal with them by wielding the power of the State against them.Your also wrong about the unions, deregulation of labor markets is not big government, it's small government by its very nature.
He does, and will, when he can. Likewise, he'll increase taxes when he must. Being a Conservative, he's a realist.No it's not. Osborne pushed through some tax cuts.
You express it indirectly. You do so by being so solidly anti-austerity. The only way that can be made to 'work' (and then, only temporarily, since it's no solution to fiscal weakness at all, ultimately) is to go in for tax hikes.Lefties don't generally advocate cutting taxes and regulations as I do. You continue to lie and continue to fail to point out my desire to increase taxes.
LEFT WING political Parties go in for such hikes. They ALSO fully agree with you about opposing austerity measures.
Funny, isn't it, that I can supply a list of countries' LEFT WING Parties who see things your way ... and equally 'funny' that this doesn't give you the smallest pause for thought ...
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It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
Neither is whining yet you persist.
I don't keep track of lefties like you do.
And that's why you're an delusional fool.
I want them to be effective and Constitutional.
Because you ignore what proves you wrong.
Incorrect assumption.
Incorrect assumption. You've advocated and defended big government actions even when not necessary.
Not when it's ineffective.
It's central. You do not understand conservatism. You can only defend what Mags did without having a base understanding.
Tax cuts worked. Tax increases do not. I've shown repeatedly in other threads that increasing taxes and cutting spending is a loser of an economic policy. If you want to call whatever the Brits are doing as austerity that's fine with me but it's not what I call austerity.
Laughable; when I don't say what you imagine to be true then you just make it up. Please supply that list of left wing parties that advocate for a reduction of tax rates and regulatory burdens otherwise you're a lying sack.
And for goodness sake, learn how to post in paragraphs rather than parsing a post sentence by half-sentence. It shows an amazing amount of immaturity on your part in how you discuss things.
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho