[Rhodes22-list] Jesusland - Wally the Liberal

[Clarke, Donald R (Don), NEO]

Steve,

The Homeless shelter has been a real focus of mine lately. There is nothing more frightening for a family than to be with out a home. There are no TV's or dryers or in some cases cars. I have seen the faces of the kids who are truly scared for themselves and their parents. They take on the guilt of the parents and are inconsolable. I send the slackers out the door but there are very few of them. The need is real and the response from government is indifference and confusion. So the volunteers make the difference one family at a time. 



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From: 	rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Steve
Sent:	Monday, November 29, 2004 2:36 PM
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Don
Your actions as noted below sound sincere.  However,
lets look at one of your issue. 

If the economy is so
> wonderful why is our case loads growing, why is the
> traditional family our best customer. Why is
> government so uncaring?

Now this is not critizing your works but lets look at
your above statements.

We are coming out of a recession that was created by
Clinton economic policies.  You must verify this on
your own.  I have stated it in the past.  It is
verifiable.  The so called traditional family being
your best customer.  Could it also be that more poeple
who do not need welfare are simple lineing up for
freebees?  I have seen several news show where there
are lines of people line up waiting on Commodities
distributions and I will say that the lines are real
long.  Watching this on a liberal network; the spin is
how poor everyone is & how they look like the middle
class.  Switch it over the a more balance network
where anchor goes over and ask a few questions; here
are a few of the responces:

How many TVs in the house? average was 3
Do you have a microwave? all yes
Washer & dryer? all yes
Cable TV? all yes
How many cars? average was 2

Just so you know; I am on top of the percentages of
who is poor & who is not.  The poor are being taken
care of and there are a great many programs to help
them get jobs.  Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,
all are still here and we even have a new entitlement
under the Bush administration for Drug benefits.  The
Liberals promise it but the Republican delivered.  

Now again, your good works should be applauded.  I do
my fare share but I won't go into what they are.  My
points with Wally & Bob are that they are only
throwing out that liberal goom & doom and that is just
plain nonsence.  You sound like a very smart man & I
think you can see that this country is on a good path
and it is getting better now that Bush has corrected
all the policies the Clinton had put in place. 
Anyway, that liberal gloom & doom doens't cut it with
me.  People can take care of themselves and the ones
that REALLY can't; this country has program on top of
more programs to help them out.  People must learn to
do for themselves.  Government does not need to be in
the business of wiping people asses.  And my tax
dollars are NOT needed for that either.
Steve

--- "Clarke, Donald R (Don), NEO" <drclarke at att.com>
wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I can remain silent no  longer.
> 
> Were is your heart, your compassion?
> 
> I am a Liberal in the great American tradition, 
> that person you seem so to loath.
> I learned to be a Liberal while serving my country
> and trying to win the hearts and minds of another.
> Instead of winning them over to me, they won me
> over. A great man a lover of peace once told me in
> the last hours of his life that as imperfect as
> their life was it was theirs and America need not
> worry about them as in time they would join the
> community of nations as a productive partner.  This
> officer of the army of the north was so right and
> history has proven him true. He told me to go home
> and help my countrymen. As so I did.
> 
> In my spare time I worked at the food bank, and the
> homeless shelters since only action shows the true
> person. If compassion is to be real there must be
> action. In the many years I have do this work there
> have been many ups and down and it sometime seen
> endless. But in the last 3 years the people coming
> to these services have changed. These are not the
> typical down and out person but the "there for the
> grace of God go I" where misfortune has turned to
> despair.  Formally successful people set a drift.
> You would think that government should be there to
> help but in my area the  local Republican
> administration considers those desperate people as
> unimportant and are left in the hands of Liberals of
> all kinds who care and act. If the economy is so
> wonderful why is our case loads growing, why is the
> traditional family our best customer. Why is
> government so uncaring? More than a few great men
> have said that the measure of a great nation is how
> we care for those most in need. I see a lot of
> conservatism but not much compassion. 
> 
> I have been lucky to have been able to do so many
> wonderful things in my life including owning and
> sailing the Rhodes22 but nothing makes me more proud
> than to help a family regain the dignity that
> economic freedom brings.
> 
> Liberal is not a dirty word but in fact a proud
> American tradition of caring and acting. Come join
> us we could us your help!
> 
> Don Clarke
> S/V Certainty
> 
>  Liberal
> 
> a person who favors a political philosophy of
> progress and reform and the protection of civil
> liberties
> 
> a person who favors an economic theory of
> laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
> 
> broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
> "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad
> sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his
> opponent's opinions"
> 
> having political or social views favoring reform and
> progress
> 
> tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism,
> orthodoxy, or tradition
> 
> in political speech now in the U.S. a liberal is a
> person who believes it is the duty of government to
> ameliorate social conditions and create a more
> equitable society. Liberals favor generous spending
> on the welfare state; they exhibit a concern for
> minorities, the poor, and the disadvantaged and
> often see these conditions as a product of social
> injustices rather than individual failings.
> 
> A person who believes that the government should
> actively support social reform within the existing
> system. Liberals stress the importance of individual
> rights and believe the government should promote
> equality in affairs of private citizens and
> businesses. (See CONSERVATIVE)
> 
> Just a touch of humor
> 
> 
> A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN
> 
> 
> Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with
> water to prepare 
> his morning coffee. The water is clean and good
> because some 
> tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum
> 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 - now Joe gets it too. 
> 
> He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs.
> Joe's bacon is 
> safe to eat because some girly-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 
> conten! ts because some crybaby 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 environmentalist
> wacko 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 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
> excellent pay, 
> medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and
> vacation because some 
> lazy liberal union members fought and died for these
> working standards. Joes 
> 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
> stupid liberal didn't 
> think he should lose his home because of his
> temporary misfortune. 
> 
> Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so
> he can pay some 
> bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the
> FSLIC because some 
> godless 
> liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from
> unscrupulous bankers who 
> ruined the banking system before the Great
> Depression. 
> 
> Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage
> and his 
> below-market federal student loan because some
> elitist liberal 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 
> 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 stuck 
> his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural
> electrification. 
> 
> 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, 
> cheese-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 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."
> 
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