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Hannity is a walking talking point. he doesnt get paid 5 million a year to tell the truth
Perhaps that's a definition, but I do not believe it. I think one's view of open minded generally means the person agrees with you.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Well, that's not what it means...
Imagine those powerhouse Championship Teams... like the Packers of the 60s... or the Steelers of the 70s or the 49ers or Cowboys. Do you think any of those teams would have been successful is the Offense and Defense hated each other and saw their own teammates as the opposing team? No. They would have been the Buccaneers in their first year and out of the playoffs by the 3rd week.
America... don't buy into this crap. We're fucking Americans, dammit. Don't sell us off short because shitheads on the television and radio want higher ratings. If you do buy into this shit... you're the fucking second string punter on the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Hail, Hail!!!
amen brother. (i was a third string punter my first two years of college) i don't like fox news, though,...
~Ron Burgundy
Good thing you didn't mention Shaq and Kobe. What a weak rant.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
OK - well then how are conservatives close minded while liberals are open minded? I think both sides are close minded to the other sides views.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I don't belive that terrorists are the enemy. We are our own enemy. This divide leaves us acting poorly and creating problems rather than solutions. If we worked smarter together - the terrorist problem would be well under control.
We must live together as brothers
or perish together as fools
MLK
MLK was amazing in leading African Americans to where they are today. He believed in peace and he believed in us. We have basically let him win and dismissed him. We learned nothing.
i think what he means is that liberals are more likely to accept new ideas initially (which can be good or bad) where conservatives are more likely to resist change intially (which can be good or bad). It's a gross generalization of a label.
If it were only that simple....:D
I generally think of myself as a conservative because I favor small government and local representations having more power with a protectorate national government. Essentially that makes me a monitary conservative, but for the most part I am extremely socially liberal and in favor of the least amount of restrictions on liberty as is prudent and safe.
In regards to at least American politics I tend to believe at least politically that everyone is close minded especially given the voting results in elections and the failure of the American public to sway from the clutches of the two major parties both fearing assured destruction should the other one come to power. It's all rather silly really. No intelligent informed person can honestly believe a word that comes out of any politicians mouth anymore, if they ever could anyway.
My hope is the younger generations who still are bright eyed and in love with change will start voting small parties and bring some real earnest competition into all of our political elections. Then, we might get some actual decent legislation passed, because someone will be watching the pork, and it won't be simply to stick it to the party that is currently 4 seats down in the congress or out of the presidency.
The majority of our issues foreign and domestic are because of our politicians, not inspite of them.
Most of the time merely the way the information is phrased to the public can sway the opinion of liberals or conservatives one way whether or not the idea is that far from thier beliefs. Our culture has changed to reactionary rather than listening first it's one major obstacle in our foreign policy.
Right - I know that's what he means. I'm saying that it's wrong. For example - if the "new idea" were to increase military spending, the liberals wouldn't accept it.
Again, both sides are close minded to the other side's views.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I have refereed adult (beer league) hockey for years and I had this conversation with another ref after a game a while back. I'm probably one of the most laid back people that I know, and he is an aggressive, argumentative type of person. In the same game we each made a different borderline call. In his case, the player argued, and he argued back, it escalated, and everyone was pissed off for a while at him. In my case the player argued, I let him blow off steam for a few seconds and I skated away. A few minutes later at their bench, he was calmer and I told him what I saw, and he told me what he did, and we agreed to disagree about the call. In the end, it was the same result as my partner's situation (the player served the penalty), but his approach left a whole team pissed off, and mine left everyone at least feeling better about the situation that it was handled fairly.
Our government seems to take the stubborn argumentative approach to everything, and it leaves our own citizens and a lot of the world pissed off.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
i agree on both parts of this...it's a piss poor generalization and I particularly agree with your last statement.