tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post4313513264514286306..comments2024-01-09T09:45:48.706-07:00Comments on The Wisdom of Soloman: On My Mind, On A WednesdaySolomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934220245789538762noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-52716738237392312392011-04-05T07:03:17.843-07:002011-04-05T07:03:17.843-07:00And that, my friend, is the biggest load of surren...And that, my friend, is the biggest load of surrender I've ever read. It saddens me immensely that you are essentially throwing up your hands and giving up on America.Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-47552562293061676462011-04-04T22:31:18.992-07:002011-04-04T22:31:18.992-07:00Hey Fuzzy..
I can't say I follow political f...Hey Fuzzy.. <br /><br />I can't say I follow political folly near as closely as I used to, so I didn't know Trump was doing his own birth certificate release, of sorts. <br /><br />Hypocrisy on the left, though? Who'd have thunk that? <br /><br />I would ask that you consider this, in your consideration of Trumps "accomplishments" regarding the "birther" issue - <br /><br />You know what you know - all that information that you described to me in this comment - because you follow this sort of thing, as you yourself described. As I mentioned, I follow politics much less intensely than I have in the past. However, I still follow more and know more than your average voter. With that I am sure you can agree. Yet I knew nothing of whatever Trump has done, with respect to a release of his own “fake” birth certificate, and I actually pay attention to information sources that might bring that kind of story to light. <br /><br />The average voter watches Katie Couric or Brian Williams, and those two (or any of the Sunday shows) will never report about how hypocritical the leftists are. They might, at best, offer up that Trump is a “Birther,” though, and therefore to the general public (again because of what they’re fed by the MSM) Trump is a fringe lunatic at best. And it’s not like there’s any dissenting point of view on “The View,” where Whoopi and Behar think Trump is a racist for even suggesting the possibility that Obama might have some hidden information about his past. Poor Elizabeth Hasselbeck can’t get a word in edgewise for the most part, and she’s certainly not confrontational enough or given enough of an opportunity to counter-point the leftist slant there. And have you checked the front page of msn.com or yahoo.com lately? Not likely to find much insight there; likely just more “Trump is a Birther” fodder. <br /><br />Even O’Reilly (the most watched hour on the only right-leaning cable news network) during his three night Trump extravaganza, didn’t get into all of what you described.<br /><br />A final thought – tonight I heard Brit Hume make a statement that I consider very valid. He said that Republicans don’t want their candidate to be the issue this election; they want Obama to be the issue. <br /><br />I agree. I would add that this automatically releases Bachmann, Trump, Gingrich, and Palin from their desire to run, because they will each certainly be made into more of an issue by the MSM than anything we honest brokers know Obama is really all about. <br /><br />And that, my friend, is what really matters. Of course it's important to you that you see the progs’ hypocrisy, but you are the rare, well informed person who pays attention. And of course we want a President that most closely represents our values, but we must accept that the MSM is bound to screw with the election, so we need someone who flies a bit below the radar yet can accomplish the mission.Solomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934220245789538762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-89046517002795964972011-04-02T08:27:49.036-07:002011-04-02T08:27:49.036-07:00Bravo Fuzzy!
A certificate of live birth is diff...Bravo Fuzzy! <br /><br />A certificate of live birth is different from a long-form birth certificate. If I am required to show my long-form birth certificate to register my car in a different state (they wouldn't accept my certificate of live birth) then every candidate for President should be required to release their long-form birth certificate to prove that they were born in the United States. That's my position on the issue.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-67105851218847241782011-04-02T08:17:14.564-07:002011-04-02T08:17:14.564-07:00Great post, Sol. One thing that I'm not sure ...Great post, Sol. One thing that I'm not sure about, though, is the Trump/"birther" issue. The thing is that we've been conditioned by leftists to run for the hills if anything about BO's birth certificate is mentioned. We're performing seals on the issue. We clap on cue when someone shrieks "down with birthers"--that bugs me. I don't like being manipulated. It's a thing.<br /><br />Here's how I see it: Trump is being not only smart but rather savvy in this issue. When he released his "fake" birth certificate, I made the rounds of the leftist sites (Slate, Kos, etc.), and I was giggling and laughing and roaring as I read leftist loon after leftist loon not only call into question the document Trump's office had released but what that said about him, his citizenship, etc. It was freaking hysterical. Not sure if it was planned, but I can tell you this, leftist hypocrisy on the topic of eligibility was blatant. And of course, the only thing missing was any self-awareness at all. Trump's offered a fake birth certificate, they cackled: what's he hiding, they demanded. And all without any obvious understanding of the validity not only of their own questions but of the same ones about BO's birth certificate and other records.<br /><br />The "birther" thing is a joke, played on the right to silence them. Period. And Trump has, either intentionally or not, revealed that once and for all. <br /><br />Personally, I do believe that BO is a U. S. citizen, but I suspect that he probably defrauded the federal government in applying for student loans/grants/aid. I think it's far more likely that he rode the gravy train to government handouts that he really wasn't eligible for. One thing is certain, he's hiding something. Or many somethings. It's just too weird that he won't release his long-form, his college transcripts/records, or really anything at all. And that he's spent literally millions hiding this info. How do you get to be editor of the Harvard Law Review without ever once, ever, publishing a single article or presented a paper/scholarship at a conference? That's not how academia works. There's a there there.Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-72409200178552556542011-04-01T06:55:32.915-07:002011-04-01T06:55:32.915-07:00Sol -
The only thing I disagree with you on is w...Sol - <br /><br />The only thing I disagree with you on is when you said that George W. Bush is very much like his father. In my opinion W is more conservative in some ways but also like his father in other ways. Don't get me wrong it is obvious that His father played an important role in his life and influenced him but some of his political views are more conservative than his father's in my opinion. George W. Bush's immigration policy irked me the most. I don't think he would have sued a state like Obama & Co. are doing. <br /><br />I have looked at things more critically also since Bush left office. I have researched the Patriot Act and found it to be unconstitutional and gives too much power over to the government, invades our privacy, and takes away some of our liberties. The Patriot Act either needs to be repealed or revised greatly. I am pretty sure that I differ from you on Iraq though, and I give an explanation as to why in my latest post.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-5143955516190159592011-03-31T22:39:08.955-07:002011-03-31T22:39:08.955-07:00Teresa -
You and I do not disagree so much about...Teresa - <br /><br />You and I do not disagree so much about Bush, in the sense than I too believe Bush was and is "an ethical and moral man with flaws," as you said. I concur.<br /><br />Obama, on the other hand? I am not so sure.<br /><br />I see indicators that make me want to believe he has morals, but then I see actions, and I see who he surrounds himself with, and I just can't believe anyone with morals would act as he does. <br /><br />His position regarding Israel pretty much sums it all up for me, when it comes down to it. How anyone can say Israel is in the wrong, given what they literally put up with by their neighbors? Beyond comprehension.<br /><br />In an effort to do the right thing, W. made mistakes. That's okay.<br /><br />My issue with both Bush and Obama, and many other presidents before them, is that the founders believed America should not invade other nations by force in order to offer the world the possibility of individual liberty. That is a progressive concept, which is one reason why Bush was, although a Republican, somewhat progressive. <br /><br />Additionally, in both cases we (America) faced no imminent danger. While it is true that both nations were under tyrannical rule, many nations have situations far worse than Iraq or Libya, yet for whatever reason these men decided these nations deserved our attention at that level. <br /><br />My question than becomes, "Why?" Who gives is the moral authority to decide that a nation is in such a place that we are supposed to now be their caretaker of sorts? <br /><br />This is the "lesson" many liberals - the honest ones, not the hyper-partisans - wanted America to learn from the Bush years. I believe I did learn that lesson and have somewhat refined my political beliefs accordingly, to be more in line with a true "Constitutionalist" perspective.<br /><br />The more time passes since the George W. Bush presidency, the more I see that he is very much like his father. Both are good men, but both were much more big-government "Republican Party" men than conservatives guided by the Founders' principles.Solomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934220245789538762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965825415349936737.post-63932175826608137312011-03-31T18:21:54.136-07:002011-03-31T18:21:54.136-07:00Great post, Sol!
The only thing I disagree with ...Great post, Sol! <br /><br />The only thing I disagree with you on is that in my opinion Bush was different than Obama. I honestly don't know whether Obama lives by any kind of moral compass or not. I agree with Bill Maher when he stated that he believes Obama to be a secular humanist, just like his mother was. Bush was an ethical and moral man with flaws. <br /><br />I am proud to be called a partisan by the Left because it means that we're doing something right.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.com