Does a "small town" American have it right?

[gatordowneast]

Written as a letter to the editor in the Tawas City, Michigan newspaper in 2010. (small town on Lake Huron...pop 2000)

Is he right or is America just "evolving" as the Progressives would say?

What has America become?


Editor,


Has America become the land of special interest and home of the double standard?

Lets see: if we lie to the Congress, it's a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we're racist and if a black person dislikes whites, its their 1st Amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don't burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of communist and socialist threats by renaming them progressive; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama's policies you're a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.


You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it is wrong to use an animal.


We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.


And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who's at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes; tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their reelection campaign.

What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?


- Ken Huber

Tawas City

[wgbgator]

Yeah, he doesnt have much right at all.

[MichiGator2002]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

Yeah, he doesnt have much right at all.

I would love a bit more specificity as to on which points where you figure he went wrong.

[gatordowneast]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

Yeah, he doesnt have much right at all.

Hope you are being sarcastic. If not, please enlighten us. How are the rest of us screwed up in our thinking?

[rivergator]

Originally Posted by MichiGator2002

I would love a bit more specificity as to on which points where you figure he went wrong.

Let's see, if you dislike a black person, you're not a racist. We're not prevented from executing mass murderers. Today's progressive is not a communist. If you protest Obama's policies, you're not declared to be a terrorist ... Seriously where do people get that stuff?
I really wonder how stupid you have to be to believe that anyone who protests Obama is now labeled a terrorist.

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by gatordowneast

Hope you are being sarcastic. If not, please enlighten us. How are the rest of us screwed up in our thinking?

I mean, the thing is so full of strawmen it could catch fire at any moment. I really hope its you who are being sarcastic or unserious.

[gatordowneast]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

I mean, the thing is so full of strawmen it could catch fire at any moment. I really hope its you who are being sarcastic or unserious.

Educate us.

[exiledgator]

Smells like chain mail.

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by gatordowneast

Educate us.

How about you explain what's true there, because pretty much everything is either just false, a strawman or weird equivalency (like how watching porn on TV in private is somehow comparable to a nativty scene in public?).

[wgbgator]

I will agree that is a truthful representation of the conservative id.

[bluelang]

[OaktownGator]

Occasionally I've seen some kernels of corn in my chit... doesn't mean the whole load belonged a dinner plate.

[gatordowneast]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

How about you explain what's true there, because pretty much everything is either just false, a strawman or weird equivalency (like how watching porn on TV in private is somehow comparable to a nativty scene in public?).

Who smacked the guy's opinion down? I believe that would be you. So what is wrong with what the man states? You have no issue with pornography in private or at movies or on TV and yet you have no issue with the ban of nativity scenes at churches? Huh???

[mocgator]

Originally Posted by gatordowneast

Written as a letter to the editor in the Tawas City, Michigan newspaper in 2010. (small town on Lake Huron...pop 2000)

Is he right or is America just "evolving" as the Progressives would say?

What has America become?


Editor,


Has America become the land of special interest and home of the double standard?

Lets see: if we lie to the Congress, it's a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we're racist and if a black person dislikes whites, its their 1st Amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don't burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of communist and socialist threats by renaming them progressive; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama's policies you're a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.


You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it is wrong to use an animal.


We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.


And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who's at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes; tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their reelection campaign.

What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?


- Ken Huber

Tawas City

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[rivergator]

Originally Posted by gatordowneast

Who smacked the guy's opinion down? I believe that would be you. So what is wrong with what the man states? You have no issue with pornography in private or at movies or on TV and yet you have no issue with the ban of nativity scenes at churches? Huh???

who is banning nativity scenes at churches? I ask again, where do you guys get this stuff?

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by gatordowneast

Who smacked the guy's opinion down? I believe that would be you. So what is wrong with what the man states? You have no issue with pornography in private or at movies or on TV and yet you have no issue with the ban of nativity scenes at churches? Huh???

Nativity scenes are banned at churches? Dude, you're not even making sense.

[gatordowneast]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

How about you explain what's true there, because pretty much everything is either just false, a strawman or weird equivalency (like how watching porn on TV in private is somehow comparable to a nativty scene in public?).

"In public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process." Huh? Is this not f'd up? Glad we sent our kids to private schools if this is the case.

[llm85]

Actually, this one ("you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer") should read: "you can kill an unborn child, but it is illegal to kill an unborn sea turtle."

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by gatordowneast

"In public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process." Huh? Is this not f'd up? Glad we sent our kids to private schools if this is the case.

So, you even you are saying if. Seems even you are hedging on the veracity of his claims.

[JerseyGator01]

The Obama administration has labelled pro-lifers as terrorists on multiple occasions.