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To my great dismay my daughter and grandchildren are all liberals. My daughter is not as bad as when she was young, but she is still a liberal. I worry about them; liberals need someone to protect them. They can’t protect themselves except with words and there can’t always be policemen around. And the police are not obligated to protect individuals but to enforce the law.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.

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Until each and every one of us can command our own army, we (liberal, conservative, moderate, or none of the above) will always need "someone else" to protect us, won't we?

Indeed, isn't that one of the main reasons people band together to form communities and countries?

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liberty wrote:To my great dismay my daughter and grandchildren are all liberals. My daughter is not as bad as when she was young, but she is still a liberal. I worry about them; liberals need someone to protect them. They can’t protect themselves except with words and there can’t always be policemen around. And the police are not obligated to protect individuals but to enforce the law.
Congratulate yourself on doing a good job bringing her up, lib. You could have done a lousy job, like Mike Huckabee, and we'd all have to suffer. Well done.

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my daughter and grandchildren are all liberals.
Lib, are they aware of the sorts of views that you have expressed around here about "liberals"? (They're "communists" they're "fascists", they hate America, etc.)

If so, it must make Thanksgiving at your place very interesting... 8-)
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ex-khobar Andy wrote:
liberty wrote:To my great dismay my daughter and grandchildren are all liberals. My daughter is not as bad as when she was young, but she is still a liberal. I worry about them; liberals need someone to protect them. They can’t protect themselves except with words and there can’t always be policemen around. And the police are not obligated to protect individuals but to enforce the law.
Congratulate yourself on doing a good job bringing her up, lib. You could have done a lousy job, like Mike Huckabee, and we'd all have to suffer. Well done.
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Someone should call the LAPD and wise them up.

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“to taze and to shoot” :shrug
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ex-khobar Andy wrote:
liberty wrote:To my great dismay my daughter and grandchildren are all liberals. My daughter is not as bad as when she was young, but she is still a liberal. I worry about them; liberals need someone to protect them. They can’t protect themselves except with words and there can’t always be policemen around. And the police are not obligated to protect individuals but to enforce the law.
Congratulate yourself on doing a good job bringing her up, lib. You could have done a lousy job, like Mike Huckabee, and we'd all have to suffer. Well done.
My mistake was allowing her to think for herself from a very early age. If I had known she would have turned out like this I would have indoctrinated her. At least she is not ashamed of her ancestors like her children are and she does know how to shot a gun. I wouldn’t trust any of my grandchildren to own a gun.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.

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Lord Jim wrote:
my daughter and grandchildren are all liberals.
Lib, are they aware of the sorts of views that you have expressed around here about "liberals"? (They're "communists" they're "fascists", they hate America, etc.)

If so, it must make Thanksgiving at your place very interesting... 8-)
When you love people you avoid subjects that might divide. And as long as there is life there is hope. And some liberals are not fascist, but just weak and well meaning.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.

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Big RR wrote:Until each and every one of us can command our own army, we (liberal, conservative, moderate, or none of the above) will always need "someone else" to protect us, won't we?

Indeed, isn't that one of the main reasons people band together to form communities and countries?
What is wrong with Mr. Colt.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.

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liberty wrote: "....

My mistake was allowing her to think for herself from a very early age. ..." .

That's how you make liberals all right. Pretty reliable method too.

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rubato wrote:
liberty wrote: "....

My mistake was allowing her to think for herself from a very early age. ..." .

That's how you make liberals all right. Pretty reliable method too.

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:ok :lol:
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liberty wrote:My mistake was allowing her to think for herself from a very early age.  If I had known she would have turned out like this I would have i⃥n⃥d⃥o⃥c⃥t⃥r⃥i⃥n⃥a⃥t⃥e⃥d⃥ brainwashed her.
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rubato wrote:
liberty wrote: "....

My mistake was allowing her to think for herself from a very early age. ..." .

That's how you make liberals all right. Pretty reliable method too.

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Spot on, rube.

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liberty wrote:
Big RR wrote:Until each and every one of us can command our own army, we (liberal, conservative, moderate, or none of the above) will always need "someone else" to protect us, won't we?

Indeed, isn't that one of the main reasons people band together to form communities and countries?
What is wrong with Mr. Colt.
How many shots do you have? Can you take out an entire army with one? Can you shoot down a bomber or intercept a missile with one? No, you'll need a lot more than Mr. Colt to defend yourself against a major attack.

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rubato wrote:
liberty wrote: "....

My mistake was allowing her to think for herself from a very early age. ..." .

That's how you make liberals all right. Pretty reliable method too.

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Judging from the responses to this post, I guess this will come a as a surprise to some of you...

Believe it or not, it is possible to be raised in an environment where you are encouraged to think for yourself from a very early age, and not wind up becoming a liberal... :o 8-)
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Lord Jim wrote:... Judging from the responses to this post, I guess this will come a as a surprise to some of you...

Believe it or not, it is possible to be raised in an environment where you are encouraged to think for yourself from a very very early age, and not wind up becoming a liberal...
PFFT! LJ, you're such a silly goose. Where did you hear this kind of garbage?
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Judging from the responses to this post, I guess this will come a as a surprise to some of you...

Believe it or not, it is possible to be raised in an environment where you are encouraged to think for yourself from a very early age, and not wind up becoming a liberal... :o 8-)
Of course. People with anti-social personality disorder can crop up anywhere.

Malthus' father was what people today would call a liberal/progressive reformer, an optimist who believed in changing things for the better. Malthus was a reactionary conservative and first came up with his theories to make his dad shut up. (His theories, at that time, were used to prove among other things that you should not bother to feed, clothe, or house the poor because that would just create more of them.)

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rubato wrote:
His theories, at that time, were used to prove among other things that you should not bother to feed, clothe, or house the poor because that would just create more of them.

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To be fair to Malthus he didn't say that: others twisted his words to make that conclusion. In later editions of his book he made it clear that his intention was to make sure that resources (i.e., food supply) remained adequate for the anticipated increase in population.

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rubato wrote:Conservatives were isolationist and fought against th US arming for war in the 1930s because the whiners didn't want to pay taxes. Or, like Lindbergh, they were defeatists like Liberty.

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Lindbergh was an antiwar activist so what did he do that was any different than what you guys did during the Cold War?
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.

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