Hi,
My name is JohnnyMack and when I openly opposed the Iraq war in 2003 I was branded a liberal.
Hi,
My name is JohnnyMack and when I openly opposed the Iraq war in 2003 I was branded a liberal.
Socialist Commie Bastage!!!!Originally Posted by JohnnyMack
Oh... you know...
i think you mean "anti-american", JM.
i opposed the Patriot Act on the basis of it's name alone. then, and now. i also believe in civil liberties as a principle....not pick and choose like so many 2nd Amendment zealots who are howling now but didn't mind when the guv knew what books i checked out of the library 5 years ago.
because if it has to be called patriot act, it's a swindle.
“someone's controlling the vibes!"--apache dropout
Hi, I'm soonerscuba and I believe that modest regulatory control by a government entity into the market is a healthy and needed roadblock to a stable economy, of course I was branded Communist. I also disagreed with the Iraq war in 2003 and was told that by not supporting the president I was giving aid and comfort to the enemy and was branded as treasonous.
Boomer Sooner
Wow...like moth's to flame's.
Last edited by Turd_Ferguson; 10/20/2009 at 08:32 PM.
OleVet Posse Instigator
history shows (despite Adam Smith's invisible hand) that an unfettered market produces collusion and then monopoly.....not competition that benefits the consumer.
but "free market" is still a fun word to say that makes it seem like any conflict has been closed in the name of virtue.
funnier still, is when the board righteous Reaganites were complaining about the country being run by east coast elites. yeah, like that's a new thing since last January.
“someone's controlling the vibes!"--apache dropout
yeah, but i'm not sure you get who's being made fun of here.
“someone's controlling the vibes!"--apache dropout
I love that even the board's self-described "libertarians" can love the government-sponsored enterprise known as the University of Oklahoma football team.
Perhaps you should learn what "libertarian" means before you post.
If you think the State of Oklahoma foots the bill for OU football, well, I got a bridge I'd like to sell ya...
Oh... you know...
You know KC, we may agree on something. I don't really pick and choose on civil liberties and Constitutional rights either. E.g. Amendment VII is just as important to me as Amendment II. I guess where we might part ways is I don't think Amendment I = freedom from religion.
Instead, it simply means freedom to choose a religion, or chose none, and that Congress won't establish a "state religion" as governments have in many countries in Europe.
Put another way, all this athiest asshattery and feigned shock at the sight of a religious symbol on public property, coupled of course by certain religious folks' asshattery and deliberate tweaking the nose of non-believers by insisting on installation of various religious symbols on public property...sucks. Waste of time and resources.
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever they can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser; in fees, expenses and waste of time." -- Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) Lawyer and President who saved the United States.
"Without opportunities on the part of the poor to obtain expert legal advice, it is idle to talk of equality before the law"-- Justice Chas. Evans Hughes
Hi,
My name is KABOOKIE and I'm not pumping sunshine up Barak's anal cavity like some folks out in LA and I've been branded a racist redneck right wing christian zealot.
Smith explicitly states as much in Wealth of Nations.
"The choices we discern as having been made in the Constitutional Convention impose burdens on governmental proceses that often seem clumsy, inefficient, even unworkable, but those hard choices were consciously made by men who had lived under a form of government that permitted arbitrary governmental acts to go unchecked." INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) (Burger, C.J.)
Libertarian doesn't mean "It's OK so long as it doesn't cost anything."If you think the State of Oklahoma foots the bill for OU football, well, I got a bridge I'd like to sell ya...
"The choices we discern as having been made in the Constitutional Convention impose burdens on governmental proceses that often seem clumsy, inefficient, even unworkable, but those hard choices were consciously made by men who had lived under a form of government that permitted arbitrary governmental acts to go unchecked." INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) (Burger, C.J.)
Hi, my name is Sooner Havok. I was labeled a liberal after I questioned the amount being spent in Iraq in 2005, more than a year after I cast my ballot for George W Bush.
If I am right, then religious fundamentalists will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If THEY are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
-Isaac Asimov
I wasn't going after his idea of Libertarianism, I was going after his idea that the government pays for OU football.
Oh... you know...
Ah. He didn't say that. He said it's a government-sponsored entity. Which it is. When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were turning a profit, they were still GSEs.
"The choices we discern as having been made in the Constitutional Convention impose burdens on governmental proceses that often seem clumsy, inefficient, even unworkable, but those hard choices were consciously made by men who had lived under a form of government that permitted arbitrary governmental acts to go unchecked." INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) (Burger, C.J.)
Usually when someone says 'sponsored', they mean 'paid for'.
Oh... you know...
Nevermind. This isn't even worth arguing. By any plausible definition of the word, the University and all ancillary departments and endeavors are government-sponsored.
"The choices we discern as having been made in the Constitutional Convention impose burdens on governmental proceses that often seem clumsy, inefficient, even unworkable, but those hard choices were consciously made by men who had lived under a form of government that permitted arbitrary governmental acts to go unchecked." INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) (Burger, C.J.)
From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sponsor
Sorry for picking the wrong meaning for words.Main Entry: 1spon·sor
Pronunciation: \ˈspän(t)-sər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, guarantor, surety, from spondēre to promise — more at spouse
Date: 1651
1 : one who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation and undertakes responsibility for the person's religious education or spiritual welfare
2 : one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing
3 : a person or an organization that pays for or plans and carries out a project or activity; especially : one that pays the cost of a radio or television program usually in return for advertising time during its course
Oh... you know...
Posting Permissions
