tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post7725202316028141474..comments2024-03-25T14:09:25.720-05:00Comments on The Old Jarhead: Forgetting Who We AreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-32926811505129095692010-06-14T12:28:57.082-05:002010-06-14T12:28:57.082-05:00There are really good and bad points about each sy...There are really good and bad points about each system. One of the things that bothers me about the Eco friendly people are that they're so entrapped in their own way of thinking that just like some conservatives, it's their way or no way. They will preach to you all day about how the world is coming to an end unless we all do something, but they're themselves unwilling to let up on anything they believe, such as social values. <br /><br />The other conservative ideas that I don't like are how most of the conservatives I read emails about are more than willing to tell everyone to join the military and wave the flag in their faces about how to be a "better" American. Yet the moment they learn about an American family (who because of the current economy) child gets sick and needs an operation, the conservative will say they're just not working hard enough, or they can choose to pay for the medical bills for the rest of their lives, nor perhaps have their home taken from them. That's not the America I want to live in, goodwill is dead if that's the case. Such an advanced society where a big screen TV is valued more than a person's health. <br /><br />I also recently told someone who couldn't afford to pay for their child's medication $1000 a month that they might just move to a Scandinavian country, sure the taxes are higher, and you have to learn a new language, but those people (yes being socialists) seem to actually care about their own people, and most of them don't have massive TVs either, but they somehow survive and are quite happy. <br /><br />Further, the idea of not throwing things like motor oil or antifreeze onto the plants because it will kill them. Taking care of the environment is now considered a new "socialist" idea? That's been around for much longer than 30 years - respect where you live and it will respect you and treat you well. I guess then I'm more of a socialist, than a throw your used motor oil and antifreeze wherever you want, capitalist. Aren't labels annoying anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-1221847482612091432010-06-04T17:25:23.901-05:002010-06-04T17:25:23.901-05:00Although "queasy" may be the understatem...Although "queasy" may be the understatement of the decade, the letter is sadly all too accurate.Socialism snuck in by changing its name to "postmodernism" which the elite found to be far more sophisticated - and less threatening.<br /><br /><br />Under cover of academic freedom and educational "philosophy," postmodernists have managed to do what other strains of totalitarianism only dreamed of: insinuate their beliefs into every aspect and level of education. <br /><br />I wrote a piece at American Thinger along those lines: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/postmodernism_a_unified_theory.htmlDEWEY FROM DETROIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598713003250290184noreply@blogger.com