Behold the fruits of progressivism:

[3rdnlng]

15 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

 

"Holmes and Khandelwal take issue with McKenna for throwing Calderon in jail, rather than offering him yet another chance at seeking treatment. In their eyes, you can’t use jail as a means to end homelessness or addiction."

 

He's got a roof over his head, three meals a day, and a structured environment.  So it sounds like you can.

But you can't throw a homeless person in jail!

[Tiberius]

On 3/29/2019 at 1:50 PM, Chris farley said:

todays "progressivism" is just yesterdays socialism/Marxism

 

 

Day in the Life of a  Joe Six-Pack Republican

 

Joe gets up at 6:00 AM to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised. 

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. 

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; it saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. 

Joe begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. 

It's noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression. 

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal student loan becausesome stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time. 

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dad's; his car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republicans would still be sitting in the dark.) 

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home. 

He turns on a radio talk show. The host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn't tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day)

Joe agrees. "We don't need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I'm a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have." 

 

---

 

Quotes from some more damn liberals:

If your workplace is safe; if your children go to school rather than being forced into labor; if you are paid a living wage, including overtime; if you enjoy a 40-hour week and you are allowed to join a union to protect your rights -- you can thank liberals. If your food is not poisoned and your water is drinkable -- you can thank liberals. If your parents are eligible for Medicare and Social Security, so they can grow old in dignity without bankrupting your family -- you can thank liberals. If our rivers are getting cleaner and our air isn't black with pollution; if our wilderness is protected and our countryside is still green -- you can thank liberals. If people of all races can share the same public facilities; if everyone has the right to vote; if couples fall in love and marry regardless of race; if we have finally begun to transcend a segregated society -- you can thank liberals. Progressive innovations like those and so many others were achieved by long, difficult struggles against entrenched power. What defined conservatism, and conservatives, was their opposition to every one of those advances. The country we know and love today was built by those victories for liberalism -- with the support of the American people.

--Joe Conason

 

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy which has marked the present age would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination, so far that we should never again see their religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.

--George Washington (letter to Sir Edward Newenham, Oct. 20, 1792)

 

The Rule of Law was consciously evolved only during the liberal age and is one of its greatest achievements, not only as a safeguard but as the legal embodiment of freedom.

--F.A. Hayek (The Road to Serfdom)

 

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

--Mark Twain

 

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

--Robert Anton Wilson

 

Conservatives who hate liberalism should contemplate whether conservatism or liberalism would better the world. Fascists and Islamic terrorists are hard-line conservatives. Do you really think their conservative nature makes things better? Now imagine if they all became liberals. They would no longer harbor an ideology that promotes war. Science would progress. Education and medical care would dominate their concerns. They might even see the benefit of a government similar to the first secular government in the world: the Constitutional government as founded by American liberals.

--Pelican the Politician

 

In every issue touched by the Rights Revolutions-- interracial marriage, the empowerment of women, the tolerance of homosexuality, the punishment of children, and the treatment of animals-- the attitudes of conservatives have followed the trajectory of liberals, with the result that today's conservatives are more liberal then yesterday's liberals.

--Stephen Pinker

 

[Koko78]

That belt is totally impractical. One or more of those beers will get warm by the time you get to it.

[RochesterRob]

11 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

Day in the Life of a  Joe Six-Pack Republican

 

Joe gets up at 6:00 AM to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised. 

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. 

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; it saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. 

Joe begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. 

It's noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression. 

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal student loan becausesome stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time. 

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dad's; his car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republicans would still be sitting in the dark.) 

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home. 

He turns on a radio talk show. The host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn't tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day)

Joe agrees. "We don't need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I'm a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have." 

 

---

 

Quotes from some more damn liberals:

If your workplace is safe; if your children go to school rather than being forced into labor; if you are paid a living wage, including overtime; if you enjoy a 40-hour week and you are allowed to join a union to protect your rights -- you can thank liberals. If your food is not poisoned and your water is drinkable -- you can thank liberals. If your parents are eligible for Medicare and Social Security, so they can grow old in dignity without bankrupting your family -- you can thank liberals. If our rivers are getting cleaner and our air isn't black with pollution; if our wilderness is protected and our countryside is still green -- you can thank liberals. If people of all races can share the same public facilities; if everyone has the right to vote; if couples fall in love and marry regardless of race; if we have finally begun to transcend a segregated society -- you can thank liberals. Progressive innovations like those and so many others were achieved by long, difficult struggles against entrenched power. What defined conservatism, and conservatives, was their opposition to every one of those advances. The country we know and love today was built by those victories for liberalism -- with the support of the American people.

--Joe Conason

 

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy which has marked the present age would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination, so far that we should never again see their religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.

--George Washington (letter to Sir Edward Newenham, Oct. 20, 1792)

 

The Rule of Law was consciously evolved only during the liberal age and is one of its greatest achievements, not only as a safeguard but as the legal embodiment of freedom.

--F.A. Hayek (The Road to Serfdom)

 

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

--Mark Twain

 

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

--Robert Anton Wilson

 

Conservatives who hate liberalism should contemplate whether conservatism or liberalism would better the world. Fascists and Islamic terrorists are hard-line conservatives. Do you really think their conservative nature makes things better? Now imagine if they all became liberals. They would no longer harbor an ideology that promotes war. Science would progress. Education and medical care would dominate their concerns. They might even see the benefit of a government similar to the first secular government in the world: the Constitutional government as founded by American liberals.

--Pelican the Politician

 

In every issue touched by the Rights Revolutions-- interracial marriage, the empowerment of women, the tolerance of homosexuality, the punishment of children, and the treatment of animals-- the attitudes of conservatives have followed the trajectory of liberals, with the result that today's conservatives are more liberal then yesterday's liberals.

--Stephen Pinker

 

  So collusion is dead on the Soros Cubicle Farm?  

[3rdnlng]

27 minutes ago, Koko78 said:

That belt is totally impractical. One or more of those beers will get warm by the time you get to it.

Yes, that's a problem but I wonder why someone wants to vote for any of the dem candidates who want to take such fine health insurance away from 180 million people?

[Tiberius]

28 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  So collusion is dead on the Soros Cubicle Farm?  

They probably are still colluding. Secret meetings with Putin. 

[Koko78]

12 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

Yes, that's a problem but I wonder why someone wants to vote for any of the dem candidates who want to take such fine health insurance away from 180 million people?

 

The same Democrat candidates that seem to think that piss-warm beer is acceptable. We invented refrigeration for a ***** reason, you ***** Europhile asswipes!

[Joe Miner]

1 hour ago, Koko78 said:

 

The same Democrat candidates that seem to think that piss-warm beer is acceptable. We invented refrigeration for a ***** reason, you ***** Europhile asswipes!

 

Make better beer and you could drink it room temp.

 

The cold is there to kill the flavor, not enhance it.

 

 

[Chef Jim]

On 4/2/2019 at 9:40 AM, reddogblitz said:

 

Actually, I'm not saying send homeless people to Dallas .  Here's what I said regarding the people to move to a city where they can afford to live:

 

 

This would not include people that are addicted to heroin or alcohol or suffer from mental illness and live in a box.  it's more people on the cusp of not being able to afford to live in Seattle and are enterprising and want out. 

 

 

 

If they are enterprising why should I have to pay to help them move someplace they can afford?  

[B-Man]

I see that we still let the children distract from the thread when they cannot answer with any facts

 

we should avoid that.

 

 

Seattle Isn't Dying Yet, But The Latest Debate Might Kill It - Forbes

 

Seattle is splitting, not dying | March 27 - April 2, 2019 | Real Change

 

Fed Up in Seattle: Citizens of the ultra-progressive city have lost ...

 

https://mynorthwest.com/1366107/seattle-leaders-angry-repeat-assaulter-jail/

Edited April 29, 2019 by B-Man

[snafu]

2 hours ago, Tiberius said:

Day in the Life of a  Joe Six-Pack Republican

 



 

I count SEVEN beers.

Thank you Trump!!!

 

 

 

[Chef Jim]

3 hours ago, 3rdnlng said:

But you can't throw a homeless person in jail!

 

How about euthanize.  Can we euthanize them?? 

3 hours ago, Koko78 said:

That belt is totally impractical. One or more of those beers will get warm by the time you get to it.

 

Pfffftttt.  If that's the case you're not drinking them fast enough.  Whoops...gotta run.  late for my AA meeting. 

[Dante]

On 3/29/2019 at 10:50 AM, Chris farley said:

todays "progressivism" is just yesterdays socialism/Marxism

 

 

Rebranded Communism. If nothing else they understand marketing.  Tyranny is as old as dirt. Anything but progressive. Progressive like cancer I guess.

[Koko78]

1 hour ago, Chef Jim said:

Pfffftttt.  If that's the case you're not drinking them fast enough.  Whoops...gotta run.  late for my AA meeting. 

 

I could shotgun the beers, but then what would I need the belt for?

[reddogblitz]

All of this stuff is true if Joe Six Pack has a job with a real employer. If he's trying to make it in the "gig economy" he doesn't have any of this stuff cuz he's a private contractor.

 

The tech industry with the "gig economy" is rolling all of these protections gained and fought for by unions and "liberals" in the early 20th century back.  Buy your own health insurance. No overtime.  No holiday pay. No sick days.

 

Seriously, I hope some liberal will start working on this. 

Edited April 29, 2019 by reddogblitz

[TakeYouToTasker]

5 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

All of this stuff is true if Joe Six Pack has a job with a real employer. If he's trying to make it in the "gig economy" he doesn't have any of this stuff cuz he's a private contractor.

 

The tech industry with the "gig economy" is rolling all of these protections gained and fought for by unions and "liberals" in the early 20th century back.  Buy your own health insurance. No overtime.  No holiday pay. No sick days.

 

Seriously, I hope some liberal will start working on this. 

 

What in world could you possibly have against individuals operating as sole proprietors and selling their labor, one business to another? 

[B-Man]

ONLY SOME LIVES MATTER: 

 

The Wrong Narrative: Seattle elites show little sympathy for a woman raped by a homeless man.

 

 

 

Also, a lot of our “elites” are trash. So are “progressive activists.”

 

 

 

.

[B-Man]

 Emerald Trash Heap — Seattle is overwhelmed by garbage and filth, but the city’s leaders won’t admit it.

 

 

 

 

 

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[ExiledInIllinois]

Behold the fruits of the scared conservative:

 

On 4/29/2019 at 6:03 PM, reddogblitz said:

All of this stuff is true if Joe Six Pack has a job with a real employer. If he's trying to make it in the "gig economy" he doesn't have any of this stuff cuz he's a private contractor.

 

The tech industry with the "gig economy" is rolling all of these protections gained and fought for by unions and "liberals" in the early 20th century back.  Buy your own health insurance. No overtime.  No holiday pay. No sick days.

 

Seriously, I hope some liberal will start working on this. 

AKA: A 1929 Mulligan.  It failed the first time.

[reddogblitz]

2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Behold the fruits of the scared conservative:

 

AKA: A 1929 Mulligan.  It failed the first time.

 

What failed the first time?

 

40 hour work week?

Paid vacation?

Paid holidays?

Overtime pay?

Employee funded health insurance?

Retirement benefits and contribution to Social Security by employers?

 

All of these and more are being rolled back by Big Tech and the "gig economy" was my point.  Private contractors can work as much as they want.  They don't need paid vacations or paid holidays or overtime pay either, right?

 

You see this as progress or in any way better for a Joe Schmuck worker?  

Edited May 14, 2019 by reddogblitz