SchoolGirlHeart wrote:My family doesn't discuss politics at family gatherings any more. If they did, I would leave. They don't just say, "I disagree with you".... They call names and get ugly.
Mac McAnally put it best, IMHO: No amount of talking can change a mind that's been made up.
You been to my family reunions, Jen?
We don't discuss (1) politics or (2) religion . . . it gets ugly!!!
Gentilly ... 42 years is a long time to wait .... a Northeast Texas woman can hope.
My love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain.
Key Lime Lee wrote:I think a Parrothead can damn well be anything they want to be...
Lee, can I even be a liberal?
I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
It's a good time.
Eleven longhaired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus...
Key Lime Lee wrote:I think a Parrothead can damn well be anything they want to be...
Lee, can I even be a liberal?
I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
It's a good time.
SPEW!!!!!!!
What if you come across a half-breed registered Independent, like me?
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Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
Key Lime Lee wrote:I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
Key Lime Lee wrote:I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
Key Lime Lee wrote:I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
It's a good time.
That was funny!
I don't care WHO you are!!
My love is staying an anchor tied to you with that silver chain.
Key Lime Lee wrote:I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
I hate labels. I'm conservative about some thing and Liberal about others. I'm probably more of a Libertarian. Registered Independent. I don't think that Bush is the best man for the job but I don't think John Kerry was either. Don't like the religous right and I don't like Jesse Jackson. I think we need a strong 3rd party in this counrty. I think both parties are out of touch with the middle class man and woman. It scares me that the people who want to reform social security won't even be drawing it in their old age. Have you seen the retirement that that Congress and the Senate benifit from?
Key Lime Lee wrote:I think a Parrothead can damn well be anything they want to be...
Lee, can I even be a liberal?
I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
a1aara wrote:It scares me that the people who want to reform social security won't even be drawing it in their old age. Have you seen the retirement that that Congress and the Senate benifit from?
I think they'd take better care of social security if there was no congressional pension.
"Nonsense! I have not yet begun to defile myself." - Doc Holliday
Key Lime Lee wrote:I think a Parrothead can damn well be anything they want to be...
Lee, can I even be a liberal?
I'll ask for you at the next meeting.... we usually gather in the old growth forest and say Wiccan chants while the smell of patchouli wafts in the air. Then we hand out hoards of hard working Republican's money to a bunch of other lazy-ass hippies.
It's a good time.
ROTFLMAO (and that's never happened before.)
You, my friend, are a rare breed. I haven't met too many liberals that are funny as hell. Glad you came to the party.
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" ~ Satchel Paige
Sure they can. That's what makes us such a great group. Put a handful of us in a room and limit the conversation to politics and there would likely be some heated arguements, but fire up the blender, pop in A1A and all is good.
Perhaps I have lived a life that is far outside the normal for conservatives. From elementary through graduate school, I never experienced a teacher or professor trying to influence, or as many conservatives often put it, brainwash students with their beliefs. I tend to parallel these claims with the age old liberal media myth. I don't doubt it happens from time to time, but to hear conservatives talk, and I do listen to conservative talk radio also, you would question when teachers find time to teach between all their propaganda.
Do I dare disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
a1aara wrote:I hate labels. I'm conservative about some thing and Liberal about others. I'm probably more of a Libertarian. Registered Independent. I don't think that Bush is the best man for the job but I don't think John Kerry was either. Don't like the religous right and I don't like Jesse Jackson. I think we need a strong 3rd party in this counrty. I think both parties are out of touch with the middle class man and woman. It scares me that the people who want to reform social security won't even be drawing it in their old age. Have you seen the retirement that that Congress and the Senate benifit from?
Wow.... How scary..... I agree completely. Especially about politicians being mostly out of touch.
Elrod wrote:I think they'd take better care of social security if there was no congressional pension.
You got THAT right, Brother Elrod!
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
Fins in Low Places wrote:Perhaps I have lived a life that is far outside the normal for conservatives. From elementary through graduate school, I never experienced a teacher or professor trying to influence, or as many conservatives often put it, brainwash students with their beliefs. I tend to parallel these claims with the age old liberal media myth. I don't doubt it happens from time to time, but to hear conservatives talk, and I do listen to conservative talk radio also, you would question when teachers find time to teach between all their propaganda.
I wonder if it's different in different parts of the country. Did you grow up in Tennessee? I grew up in the cradle of liberalism, Massachusetts, and I can tell you from first hand experience, the teachers definitely brought their beliefs into class. And lest you think that was a figment of my parents' imagination, I also grew up in a liberal family. However, THAT having been said, my parents are what I think of as old-style Democrats: they're liberal when it comes to gov't, but very conservative in their personal lives.
The teachers do the same thing today in my keets' classes......
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
a1aara wrote:I hate labels. I'm conservative about some thing and Liberal about others. I'm probably more of a Libertarian. Registered Independent. I don't think that Bush is the best man for the job but I don't think John Kerry was either. Don't like the religous right and I don't like Jesse Jackson. I think we need a strong 3rd party in this counrty. I think both parties are out of touch with the middle class man and woman. It scares me that the people who want to reform social security won't even be drawing it in their old age. Have you seen the retirement that that Congress and the Senate benifit from?
Wow.... How scary..... I agree completely. Especially about politicians being mostly out of touch.
Elrod wrote:I think they'd take better care of social security if there was no congressional pension.
You got THAT right, Brother Elrod!
Hey let me throw in an ITA. I'm also registered independent, more of a liberatarian. Unfortunately because most democrats come across as so off base I rarely find one to vote for. So I end up choosing reps. who I don't really agree with either.
I grew up in Philly in an Irish/catholic neighborhood and went to Catholic schools. Definitely democratic. Yet I never felt like a teacher tried to influence me or even wanted us to see his way until college. There i felt outnumbered. I've worked in alot of schools and never felt uncomfortable like I do in this one. When I get my cert this is not where I'll be looking for permenant employment.
Navy Seals are Cooler then Pirates You Can Dream Anyway, There's always next year!!!
In fact, now that I'm thinking of it.... maybe my parents are really libertarians..... I think my mother voted republican once, and pretty sure my dad voted for Ross Perot.
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
