dstraito
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I believe Linda Campbell is highly indicative of Liberal thinking. They fail to see the dangers the policies THEIR party is creating and anyone that disagrees the simply resort to name-calling and trying to discredit the messenger or a group of people instead of addressing the issues.
Her story appeared in the Star Telegram at the following link:
I'll include the text at the bottom of this post.
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/columnists/linda_campbell/story/1600678.html
My response:
What about Linda Campbell’s “Can we please act like United States?” article?
She mentions the POTUS speech to the kids as a once-in-a-lifetime event not an indoctrination.
Maybe so many people would not suspect a presidential message if so many of the executive decisions were not suspect. Refusal to denounce communists who were not vetted and made special advisors, refusal to denounce radicals promoting with beliefs of forced abortions and mandatory sterilization are real issues to a lot of people.
Is this the America Linda wants back?
Maybe she can answer some of these questions then.
What exactly is the scope and nature of a “Civilian Army” equal is size and training to the US Army? Who exactly is the enemy here?
Is the America she envisions one that ban hunting and either outlaw meat or tweak the regulations to make it prohibitive to acquire it?
Is Linda’s view of a “United” America one in which all people agree with HER point of view and all that disagree are part of a “MOB” or are considered un-American?
When people don’t agree with HER Party’s view, its okay to consider them mindless opposition when they point to other countries failed initiatives into Socialism and Health Care? By all means, lets not learn from history!
I guess HER mainstream Americans are all okay with Radical views on the environment, destructive economic policies, Communists advisors in our Government and destroying the US Constitution. I guess HER mainstream Americans are FOR a huge buildup in Government, Economic spending and expansion programs that are unsustainable, destruction of American Businesses and the progress towards Socialism and/or Communism.
If HER mainstream Americans get their way this will NOT be the United States. This will NOT be America. This will be a third-world equivalent of a once great nation.
Keep me out of the mainstream if that’s the case. Yes they can and if they do, watch out America!
Linda Campbell's column:
Obviously there is a difference of opinion about what is mainstream!
Her story appeared in the Star Telegram at the following link:
I'll include the text at the bottom of this post.
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/columnists/linda_campbell/story/1600678.html
My response:
What about Linda Campbell’s “Can we please act like United States?” article?
She mentions the POTUS speech to the kids as a once-in-a-lifetime event not an indoctrination.
Maybe so many people would not suspect a presidential message if so many of the executive decisions were not suspect. Refusal to denounce communists who were not vetted and made special advisors, refusal to denounce radicals promoting with beliefs of forced abortions and mandatory sterilization are real issues to a lot of people.
Is this the America Linda wants back?
Maybe she can answer some of these questions then.
What exactly is the scope and nature of a “Civilian Army” equal is size and training to the US Army? Who exactly is the enemy here?
Is the America she envisions one that ban hunting and either outlaw meat or tweak the regulations to make it prohibitive to acquire it?
Is Linda’s view of a “United” America one in which all people agree with HER point of view and all that disagree are part of a “MOB” or are considered un-American?
When people don’t agree with HER Party’s view, its okay to consider them mindless opposition when they point to other countries failed initiatives into Socialism and Health Care? By all means, lets not learn from history!
I guess HER mainstream Americans are all okay with Radical views on the environment, destructive economic policies, Communists advisors in our Government and destroying the US Constitution. I guess HER mainstream Americans are FOR a huge buildup in Government, Economic spending and expansion programs that are unsustainable, destruction of American Businesses and the progress towards Socialism and/or Communism.
If HER mainstream Americans get their way this will NOT be the United States. This will NOT be America. This will be a third-world equivalent of a once great nation.
Keep me out of the mainstream if that’s the case. Yes they can and if they do, watch out America!
Linda Campbell's column:
I want my country back.
The one where a message of personal responsibility and the value of a good education is celebrated, not denigrated with suspicion and hostility.
The one where the opportunity to hear from the president of the United States is seen as a once-in-a-lifetime event, not decried as propagandistic indoctrination.
The one where public debate is engaged by reasonable people concerned with solving common problems, not radical voices making stuff up to misinform, inflame and divide.
This country is called the "United" States for a reason.
It’s because once upon a time representatives of a motley collection of colonies considered it in their best interest — for the present and the future — to come together under a federal government that could serve their common needs while letting them have a degree of autonomy.
We aren’t the "Secessionist" States, the irresponsible pandering of our opportunist Texas governor notwithstanding.
And despite the color-coding labels used by pundits and others who find it clever, we aren’t even the "Red-or-Blue-Choose-Only-One" States.
Maybe I’m deluded, but I believe that a majority of Americans still respect the office of the presidency and its occupant — whoever that might be — even if they consider some of his actions ill-conceived, disappointing or wrongheaded.
A majority believes that it doesn’t promote the general welfare to demonize our national leaders as socialist or fascist, evil conspirators, lawbreakers or liars.
A majority believes that no individual, political party or interest group has a monopoly on good ideas, and that we don’t progress by living in bubbles where we listen only to those who look and think like us.
A majority believes that extremists on the airwaves, the Internet and elsewhere do not contribute to domestic tranquility by stirring fear, spreading malice and reaffirming our worst biases.
If our leaders are misleading us, acting above the law, abusing their office or otherwise breaking their commitment to those who elected them, then of course they should be called out and voted out. But seeing sinister conspiracy behind every Web head is using free speech as a cudgel, not a tool for enlightenment.
The vitriol aimed at President Barack Obama’s back-to-school address is emblematic of mindless opposition.
Culture conservatives are adamant about wanting public schools to teach kids values such as respect, hard work, personal responsibility and patriotism. But heaven forbid the president of the United States should talk to students about hard work, personal responsibility and dedication to their goals and to their country. That somehow smacks of indoctrination.
Sheesh!
Because President George W. Bush took the country into war on false pretenses, disregarded the law on wiretapping and treatment of detainees, and damaged the Justice Department’s reputation for fairness, his most vociferous critics wrongly insisted that he could do no right.
Because President Obama hasn’t righted the economy, has called for healthcare reform that could carry a mind-boggling price tag and advocates some ideas that challenge right-wing ideology, a relentless minority stubbornly — and wrongly — works to caricature him as a menace to America.
Loyal opposition this isn’t, because loyal opposition isn’t bent on destruction. It’s dedicated to constructive criticism that leads to better laws, better policies, a better future.
Four years ago, I wrote about mainstream Americans worried about staying afloat during repeated downsizings, about paying for their healthcare, about whether their kids would find a decent job.
I believe mainstream Americans want solutions to a very real healthcare crisis, not knock-down drag-outs at town hall meetings. They want rational discussion about improving the economy, putting people to work, making college affordable, reducing the federal deficit, and enabling people to provide for their own and their families’ physical and emotional security.
They’re worried about problems that we can work with our government to fix. Now, if only cooler heads would prevail and stop getting sidetracked by phony controversies fanned by extreme voices who don’t speak for the majority of Americans.
The one where a message of personal responsibility and the value of a good education is celebrated, not denigrated with suspicion and hostility.
The one where the opportunity to hear from the president of the United States is seen as a once-in-a-lifetime event, not decried as propagandistic indoctrination.
The one where public debate is engaged by reasonable people concerned with solving common problems, not radical voices making stuff up to misinform, inflame and divide.
This country is called the "United" States for a reason.
It’s because once upon a time representatives of a motley collection of colonies considered it in their best interest — for the present and the future — to come together under a federal government that could serve their common needs while letting them have a degree of autonomy.
We aren’t the "Secessionist" States, the irresponsible pandering of our opportunist Texas governor notwithstanding.
And despite the color-coding labels used by pundits and others who find it clever, we aren’t even the "Red-or-Blue-Choose-Only-One" States.
Maybe I’m deluded, but I believe that a majority of Americans still respect the office of the presidency and its occupant — whoever that might be — even if they consider some of his actions ill-conceived, disappointing or wrongheaded.
A majority believes that it doesn’t promote the general welfare to demonize our national leaders as socialist or fascist, evil conspirators, lawbreakers or liars.
A majority believes that no individual, political party or interest group has a monopoly on good ideas, and that we don’t progress by living in bubbles where we listen only to those who look and think like us.
A majority believes that extremists on the airwaves, the Internet and elsewhere do not contribute to domestic tranquility by stirring fear, spreading malice and reaffirming our worst biases.
If our leaders are misleading us, acting above the law, abusing their office or otherwise breaking their commitment to those who elected them, then of course they should be called out and voted out. But seeing sinister conspiracy behind every Web head is using free speech as a cudgel, not a tool for enlightenment.
The vitriol aimed at President Barack Obama’s back-to-school address is emblematic of mindless opposition.
Culture conservatives are adamant about wanting public schools to teach kids values such as respect, hard work, personal responsibility and patriotism. But heaven forbid the president of the United States should talk to students about hard work, personal responsibility and dedication to their goals and to their country. That somehow smacks of indoctrination.
Sheesh!
Because President George W. Bush took the country into war on false pretenses, disregarded the law on wiretapping and treatment of detainees, and damaged the Justice Department’s reputation for fairness, his most vociferous critics wrongly insisted that he could do no right.
Because President Obama hasn’t righted the economy, has called for healthcare reform that could carry a mind-boggling price tag and advocates some ideas that challenge right-wing ideology, a relentless minority stubbornly — and wrongly — works to caricature him as a menace to America.
Loyal opposition this isn’t, because loyal opposition isn’t bent on destruction. It’s dedicated to constructive criticism that leads to better laws, better policies, a better future.
Four years ago, I wrote about mainstream Americans worried about staying afloat during repeated downsizings, about paying for their healthcare, about whether their kids would find a decent job.
I believe mainstream Americans want solutions to a very real healthcare crisis, not knock-down drag-outs at town hall meetings. They want rational discussion about improving the economy, putting people to work, making college affordable, reducing the federal deficit, and enabling people to provide for their own and their families’ physical and emotional security.
They’re worried about problems that we can work with our government to fix. Now, if only cooler heads would prevail and stop getting sidetracked by phony controversies fanned by extreme voices who don’t speak for the majority of Americans.
Obviously there is a difference of opinion about what is mainstream!
