You poor, poor pitiful souls , PS and BB. Still hung up on labels and generalities and ca ca.
"Collectivist", another Randroid word injected into almost everything you write, PS. Tell me, what is a church except a "collectivist" enterprise, subsidized by "We the People"? I say it's time to tax all of the churches and then we won't need to raise taxes too much on those poor little rich folks- or we simply stop the income deductibility of donations to churches. Let's see what happens to those religious coffers.
You say the "purpose for which government existed was to ensure your individual liberty to live your life in accordance with your own conscience" and "How is it possible that "progress" today now means that the primary purpose of your life is once again to support the goals and objectives of the government?" That's it? All you ever pontificate about is the "individual", rarely about the "WE" in our founding documents. Why? If government is primarily to "ensure your individual liberty" etc. then why oh why do WE heavily subsidize churches and businesses with very very tax-favorable policies? Why do WE enrich the military-industrial sector with endless contracts? Where is your outrage or even mild disapproval for any of those encroachments on "your own conscience"? Wrong question because it only and ever is all about you so if it's "right" for you, it must therefore be right for everybody. What does your conscience tell you, I wonder?
And you BB, what the heck are you ever writing about that deals with the subject at hand? Genocide? Say what? Do you mean something like the "wars" we are always fighting? What are you referring to this time?
Randroid
A follower of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy, with emphasis on the more cultic aspects of the movement. Often marked by exclusivist rhetoric, dogmatic individualism, and determinedly narcissistic self-praise.
To a Randroid, being nice, charitable, altruistic and fair is to be a morally reprehensible person and such things are vices.
A hero to them is a selfish man who takes what he wants, does what he wants and cares only about himself.
Randroid
A follower of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy, with emphasis on the more cultic aspects of the movement. Often marked by exclusivist rhetoric, dogmatic individualism, and determinedly narcissistic self-praise.
To a Randroid, being nice, charitable, altruistic and fair is to be a morally reprehensible person and such things are vices.
A hero to them is a selfish man who takes what he wants, does what he wants and cares only about himself.
PrintSmith wrote: Ryan is a budget wonk archer - very few have his detailed knowledge of the federal budget, which is why he was chosen to lead the committee and the youngest ever to be chosen for that position. There is no substitute for knowledge - something that last 4 years have once again demonstrated.
Wonk - someone who has no real world experience or skills, has not accomplished anything, yet posits himself as an "expert". Interesting that Ryan claims himself as a "budget wonk" and a "deficit hawk", yet he voted for every single Bush budget, the unfunded tax cuts, two wars without any mechanism for paying for them, medicaid prescription benefits, TARP, the list goes on. If he is such an expert on the budget and deficits, why the hell has he not put his votes where his mouth is now?
"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you can be batman. Then always be batman." Unknown
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