There’s nothing un-conservative about loving thy neighbor. There are lots of other examples of Conservatives loving their neighbor, but I’m sure they would not help. Suffice it to say, there is a big difference between hating the sin, and hating the sinner. The person should be loved, but the sin should always be denounced …even when you are guilty of the same sin. We ALL fall short, thus the reason for Jesus’s crucifixion.
Jesus was a Conservative, point #2. He said, there is NO way to the Father, but by me. It’s not “whatever feels good”. It’s not happy works, like my cutting neighbors trees that were downed in Hurricane Ike. It’s not a “let’s all sing happy songs, and it will all turn out ok” way. There is only ONE right way …like it or now.
Nuff about that. I’m sure this will start a flame war …but I still love you.
:)
As far as oil goes, Joe M basically summed it up. I agree we need to do anything we can, to stop sending our American money going to countries that want to destroy us and our way of life. Wind, Solar, Nuclear, Electric, harmonic mumbling, I don’t care. If it will cause motion, we should be using it.
But, you need to look at who’s stopping ANY movement. It’s a Democratic Congress Leadership with the queen of facelift at the helm. She will stop at nothing to make GB look bad, whether you will admit it, or not. At the same time, Republicans did nothing when they had the majority either. It was all get-along, go-along politics.
Tax incentives? Well, maybe. I don’t have all the answers. But, I do think if the Government can require AM/FM radios to be installed in all autos (in order to get emergency broadcasts), there are certainly some equally inexpensive features they could require to also be on all Autos manufactured that allow them to run on alternative fuels. Take your pick between flex-fuel or natural gas. Both are inexpensive and would open the ability for the free market to invest the capital necessary to alter current gas stations so they could provide those fuels. As it stands, we are at another chicken and egg scenario, and no businessman is going to be able to fiscally justify the investment to their stations.
Peon, its a waste of time arguing with you – You actually make sense and seem like a pretty smart good natured guy. Im sure our core differences are actually very minimal.
If we all were more like this, liberals and conservatives would get a long great and we wouldnt be going through many of these problems.
Free Market, I guess we disagree on what govt is. I think govt should be run by the people, for the people. Therefore on a small island, it would really equate to simple “cooperation.”
Thats it, people just working together for the greater good.
Govt doesn’t have to be bad. Its just that what you equate with “govt,” is really corruption caused by evil powerful people.
That’s why communism and socialism don’t work. Conceptually they are great, but we don’t have the morality at this point in our evolution to give so much power to a central entity.
…that socialism and communism do not work. No matter the size of the problem or the solution to that problem, I would prefer an entrepenuer over a beaurocrat any day.
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Mike,
Wow …this has really turned the topic.
But, I’ll play. FYI, Jesus was a Conservative.
There’s nothing un-conservative about loving thy neighbor. There are lots of other examples of Conservatives loving their neighbor, but I’m sure they would not help. Suffice it to say, there is a big difference between hating the sin, and hating the sinner. The person should be loved, but the sin should always be denounced …even when you are guilty of the same sin. We ALL fall short, thus the reason for Jesus’s crucifixion.
Jesus was a Conservative, point #2. He said, there is NO way to the Father, but by me. It’s not “whatever feels good”. It’s not happy works, like my cutting neighbors trees that were downed in Hurricane Ike. It’s not a “let’s all sing happy songs, and it will all turn out ok” way. There is only ONE right way …like it or now.
Nuff about that. I’m sure this will start a flame war …but I still love you.
:)
As far as oil goes, Joe M basically summed it up. I agree we need to do anything we can, to stop sending our American money going to countries that want to destroy us and our way of life. Wind, Solar, Nuclear, Electric, harmonic mumbling, I don’t care. If it will cause motion, we should be using it.
But, you need to look at who’s stopping ANY movement. It’s a Democratic Congress Leadership with the queen of facelift at the helm. She will stop at nothing to make GB look bad, whether you will admit it, or not. At the same time, Republicans did nothing when they had the majority either. It was all get-along, go-along politics.
Tax incentives? Well, maybe. I don’t have all the answers. But, I do think if the Government can require AM/FM radios to be installed in all autos (in order to get emergency broadcasts), there are certainly some equally inexpensive features they could require to also be on all Autos manufactured that allow them to run on alternative fuels. Take your pick between flex-fuel or natural gas. Both are inexpensive and would open the ability for the free market to invest the capital necessary to alter current gas stations so they could provide those fuels. As it stands, we are at another chicken and egg scenario, and no businessman is going to be able to fiscally justify the investment to their stations.
Out…
Peon, its a waste of time arguing with you – You actually make sense and seem like a pretty smart good natured guy. Im sure our core differences are actually very minimal.
If we all were more like this, liberals and conservatives would get a long great and we wouldnt be going through many of these problems.
Ok, we agree. I’m going to close this post. Never had one that kept me so busy.
:)
Let’s go get a beer now.
So Mike I see you did not dispute my comment about YOUR example about the island. When you can answer that, then I will address your other comments.
So Mike I see you did not dispute my comment about YOUR example about the island. When you can answer that, then I will address your other comments.
Free Market, I guess we disagree on what govt is. I think govt should be run by the people, for the people. Therefore on a small island, it would really equate to simple “cooperation.”
Thats it, people just working together for the greater good.
Govt doesn’t have to be bad. Its just that what you equate with “govt,” is really corruption caused by evil powerful people.
That’s why communism and socialism don’t work. Conceptually they are great, but we don’t have the morality at this point in our evolution to give so much power to a central entity.
…that socialism and communism do not work. No matter the size of the problem or the solution to that problem, I would prefer an entrepenuer over a beaurocrat any day.