Who is the azbob?

[Duff Miver]

I'll tell you who he isn't.

He isn't the man who stuck his thumb in the sucking chest wound of his buddy in a God-forsaken rice paddy.

He isn't the man who served his community as mayor, alderman, police officer or school teacher.

He isn't the man who poured steel, laid asphalt or roofed buildings alongside other working men.

He isn't the man who borrowed every penny he could to start his dream of a small business , and worked 24/7 to make it a success.

He isn't the man who adopted an abandoned child.

He isn't the man who gave his last ten dollars to a homeless person.

He isn't the man who spent two weeks at his own expense, and worked 20 hour days cleaning up after hurricane Hugo.

He isn't the man who teaches English to immigrants at his local library.

He isn't the man who volunteers three nights a week at the free clinic.

He isn't the man who thinks the maid who cleans his toilet is an equal human being.

None of the above.

He's Joe Neocon:

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare
his morning coffee. The water is clean and safe because some tree-hugging liberal fought for maximum water-quality standards.

With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His
medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical
plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid
medical insurance - and now Joe gets it, too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe
to eat because some girlie-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the
meat-packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is
properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents
because some crybaby granola liberal fought for his right to know what he
was putting on his body.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air is clean
because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop
industries from polluting our atmosphere.

He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to
work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees
because some fancy-pants 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 good pay, medical
benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some commie leftist 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 ridiculous liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some
bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC because some godless
liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who gamed the banking system just before the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some liberal whiner decided that
Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.

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. His car is
among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal traitor
fought for car safety standards.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His 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 electricity until some big-government liberal (FDR) stuck his nose where it didn't belong and created the rural electrification act.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on
Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking,
quiche-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe
wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk
show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives
are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved conservative Republicans
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! All Americans should take care of
themselves, just as I have.

 

[THE KOD]

that about sums it up

not sure if he will agree with this tho

 

[Skulnik]

CrotchEater, you're not entitled to your own FACTS, you're a Liberal LIAR!!!!

JMHO











In exploring the reaction to the consistent findings that conservatives are more charitable, one cannot help but chuckle at the left?s inability to accept the facts. In Dec. 2008, Ezra Klein attempted to dismantle Brooks? findings. In addressing religiosity, Klein wrote, ?A recent survey from Google similarly found that self-identified conservatives gave more to charity than did self-identified liberals. But they also found that ?if donations to all religious organizations are excluded, liberals give slightly more to charity than conservatives do.??

Klein goes on to question whether religious giving constitutes a ?membership fee? of sorts. If more non-religious individuals on the left spent time working with churches and faith-based non-profits they?d realize that the vast majority serve populations in need and do, in fact, work in the charity realm. Dismissing all donations to ?religious organizations? would be silly, as it would literally ignore an insanely large portion of the charity work that is conducted (and funded by conservatives) in America and beyond. During such difficult economic times, many of these charities are very literally preventing families from plunging into the abyss of poverty. Perhaps Klein?s most intriguing quip was, ?Saying that conservatives give more to charity is another way of saying that conservatives are more religious.? How does one even begin to argue with that logic?

In a separate report for the Hoover Institution, Brooks explains that religious individuals are more likely (25 percentage points) than secular persons to give monies and 23 points ??more likely to volunteer time.? So, even if Klein?s downplay-religious-giving theory held, plenty of evidence shows that conservatives are more apt than liberals to, at the least, give their time.

Interestingly, Nicholas Kristof (a self-described liberal) of The New York Times wrote on this same subject back in 2008. Unlike others on the left who sought to dismiss Brooks? data, Kristof wrote, ?We liberals are personally stingy.? Kristof went on to cover other research that backs up Brooks? findings. According to Kristof, ?The ?generosity index? from the Catalogue for Philanthropy typically finds that red states are the most likely to give to nonprofits, while Northeastern states are least likely to do so.?

True charity starts at home. It?s one thing to advocate spending tax-payer dollars to solve social problems, but it?s an entirely different (and, in my opinion, more noble) beast to invest oneself in a cause, both through financial investment and volunteerism. While conservatives tend to oppose some social programs that will add to yearly deficits and, subsequently, the national debt, they are the most apt to personally involve themselves in fixing social problems. At a time when local, state and federal budgets are beyond strapped, we should at least credit conservatives for investing in America?s future.

Billy Hallowell is a journalist and commentator who focuses on faith, media and society. Through journalism, media, public speaking appearances and the blogosphere, Hallowell has worked for more than a decade to inspire and motivate his generation. He has been published and featured in political and cultural books, textbooks, articles and Web sites that focus on the youth of America and its role in the future of our world.


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