NJ Bill to Ban Breathing: as in any substance or vapor that can be inhaled and exhaled
Author: wanderingsickness
Bart Stupak Cave-In on Health Care
Bart Stupak Cave-In on Health Care
Sums up the news of the day.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
Good News: Obamacare to Create 16,500 New Jobs!
Good News: Obamacare to Create 16,500 New Jobs!
Bill that takes away public access to the state’s gun permit database has been approved by Indiana lawmakers.
Bill that takes away public access to the state’s gun permit database has been approved by Indiana lawmakers.
EPA may order Florida to cut speed limit to 55 to reduce ozone
EPA may order Florida to cut speed limit to 55 to reduce ozone
Wanted: Universal Translator for Political Speech
Young Turks: Glenn Beck’s view of FDR
This discussion of Glenn Beck from the Young Turks sums up so neatly the political divide between the left and right in America. It shows how the left and right have very different definitions of the following:
- Rights
- Where the middle ground is in America
- History
- Communism
- Health Care
- Facts
- Oppression
Just as Americans and the British are separated by a common language, so are the left and right in America. If someone from the UK said “I like a fag when I’m pissed,” (i.e. “I like a cigarette when I’m drunk”), I wouldn’t assume they are crazy, because I know they have different meanings for the same words.
I’ve heard countless discussions just like this one, where one side refers to opposing views as making “no sense at all.” When people start with completely different definitions and make no attempt to understand other side’s definitions, it should come as no surprise that the other side sounds crazy.
I wonder if the universal translator on Star Trek would work for political speech?