Yeah. Another day off. Here’s sumpin’ from Ron.
Ron on.
Turned on the telembizyun this morning after feedin the 4-legged hairy guys and immediately heard some dude askin a “guest” just exactly what the left WANTS. Good fargin question. Exactly what I’ve been askin for months.
Couldn’t believe what I heard – this was a local station, BTW, and not one of the big alphabet networks. First thing that came outta the guy’s mouth was “Well, we want the Republicans to listen to reason and work with us [JHC!] to solve critical issues that Trump has shoved to the back burner with –“
At that point, the talking head asked “What critical issues, specifically?”
“Well . . . there’s absolutely no reason to repeal Obamacare. All it needs is some adjustment, and we simply cannot afford as a civilized nation to take away 20 million people’s health care that was promised to them by President Obama.”
“But aren’t the vast majority of those millions just people who were involuntarily put MedicAid because they never bothered to sign up before?”
“Oh, that’s not the point at all. And with Trump attacking CNN and most other media as fake, nobody’s paying attention to a problem that drives one-sixth of our economy.”
“Congress has spent a lot of time doing just that, trying to replace the ACA with something better.”
This went on for another 3 or 4 minutes while I got my pills together and fixed something for them to land on in my belly. Then I changed the channel to The Twilight Zone, a fitting segue, IMO. Holy shi’ite — “listen to reason and work with us” . . . what cheek.
Got me to thinkin ‘bout just how wrong some of the liberal thinking can get from time to time. For instance, the Moochelle lament that this country was built on slavery. Y’know, if you think about that for a minute, it won’t wash.
See . . . about 80 years after the country became independent and recognized, it tore itself apart with a devastating civil war, a war which ENDED slavery. So, all the rebuilding, all the development, all the work to put it all together again from the ashes and rubble, especially in the South and border states, couldn’t have been done by slaves – there weren’t any. And very little of the business and infrastructure in the North was built by African slaves – white slaves, maybe, but not black. Read the real history, if you can find it after the revisionistas got their mouses on it.
And another thing – that “we’re a nation of immigrants” business. Misleading bullshit. We’re a nation of Americans, American citizens who speak English and pay taxes and generally live by the rules governing successful societies. That’s what a “nation” is. Anybody who comes here or stays here illegally and refuses to speak English and assimilate into the existing culture is an alien, a lawbreaker, a trespasser, a parasite – not an American, not part of the national structure.
And that health-care argument: “Health care is a right” and “the government should pay for it if people can’t afford it themselves.” Horse Doovers! It most certainly is NOT a right. Everyone has the right to the health care he can afford, and health-care providers have the right to refuse service to those they choose not to treat, at least if they’re not gummint subsidized . . . in my opinion.
In other words, we have the right to TRY to get health care, but there’s no guarantee we’ll get it automatically. The Constitution never mentions it, not even once, any more than it mentions free abortions or gender-neutral restrooms or semi-auto firearms. The Declaration of Independence says we, as humans, have the right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and those are the only rights specifically mentioned in THAT document. And it says “pursuit,” not guarantee.
Then there’s that “America is racist!” mantra. Yes, of course. EVERYbody is. If you think about it, it’s natural. Same concept as loyalty to a high school or college. And the most racist of the bunch are the blacks. And you won’t find a more clannish bunch than the Chinese or Koreans, who barely assimilate into typical Western society. Ditto for the Somalis, Iraqis, Pakis, and all the rest. You wanna see racism, go try to live in Japan, or VietNam, or Zimbabwe as a white person.
I mean, let’s face it: we’re NOT equal. Never were. No such thing as equal. All things being equal, Soetoro would have as much chance becoming a viable candidate for PotUS as he would for the Masters golf tournament on Sunday afternoon. Find yourself a Hyannis Port Kennedy in a legal dispute with a Wisconsin dairy farmer named Oleson and watch who wins.
If we’re all equal, why do people who use sperm banks ask so many questions about the donor? And why is the NBA over 80% black, the NFL 70% black, and only 1% of pro golfers are black?
Aaaahhh, who gives a shit. Talkin about morons makes me weary.
Ron off.
Me too.