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Post by Conservator on Aug 31, 2009 10:56:24 GMT -5
So you admit that conservatives lack compassion? Ooh, ooh... can I answer? Sure compassion is not at the top of a conservative's description... it falls further down the list...behind silly things like logical, law abiding, liberty defending, and realistic...  |
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Aug 31, 2009 10:58:05 GMT -5
A lot of self-righteousness on this thread.
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Post by gridbug on Aug 31, 2009 11:49:51 GMT -5
It's the only sort of righteousness some folks have.
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Post by daworm on Aug 31, 2009 14:39:41 GMT -5
Conservatives reserve their compassion for those who cannot help themselves. Those who will not help themselves can go rot.
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Post by el Gusano on Aug 31, 2009 15:26:28 GMT -5
DaWorm is right. We are compassionate in that helping the economy will help EVERYONE, instead of dragging everyone down.
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Post by Warkitty on Sept 1, 2009 11:07:57 GMT -5
heee heeee! I love watching y'all work to prove that your really not big meanies.
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Post by vanstheman on Sept 1, 2009 11:14:45 GMT -5
Ding-ding-ding...WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! EXACTLY!
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Post by Bryan Stone on Sept 1, 2009 12:55:48 GMT -5
I know is school wikipedia.org won't fly but for this "conversation" I believe it'll be good enough,...
Burial criteria [Arlington National Cemetery]:
The persons specified below are eligible for ground burial in Arlington National Cemetery, unless otherwise prohibited.[13] The last period of active duty of former members of the Armed Forces must have ended honorably. Interment may be casketed or cremated remains.
Any active-duty member of the Armed Forces (except those members serving on active duty for training only).
Any veteran who is retired from service with the Armed Forces.
Any veteran who is retired from the Reserves is eligible upon reaching age 60 and drawing retired pay; and who served a period of active duty (other than for training).
Any former member of the Armed Forces separated honorably prior to October 1, 1949 for medical reasons and who was rated at 30% or greater disabled effective on the day of discharge.
Any former member of the Armed Forces who has been awarded one of the following decorations:
Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross or Air Force Cross
Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Purple Heart
Individuals awarded the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Intelligence Star which is considered the equivalent of the US Military's Silver Star and recognized as such by the President of the United States. [14]
The President of the United States or any former President of the United States.
Any former member of the Armed Forces who served on active duty (other than for training) and who held any of the following positions:
An elective office of the U.S. Government (such as a term in Congress).
Office of the Chief Justice of the United States or of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
An office listed, at the time the person held the position, in 5 USC 5312 or 5313 (Levels I and II of the Executive Schedule).
The chief of a mission who was at any time during his/her tenure classified in Class I under the provisions of Section 411, Act of 13 August 1946, 60 Stat. 1002, as amended (22 USC 866) or as listed in State Department memorandum dated March 21, 1988.
Any former prisoner of war who, while a prisoner of war, served honorably in the active military, naval, or air service, whose last period of military, naval or air service terminated honorably and who died on or after November 30, 1993.
The spouse, widow or widower, minor child, or permanently dependent child, and certain unmarried adult children of any of the above eligible veterans.
The widow or widower of:
a member of the Armed Forces who was lost or buried at sea or fell out of a plane or officially determined to be missing in action.
a member of the Armed Forces who is interred in a US military cemetery overseas that is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
a member of the Armed Forces who is interred in Arlington National Cemetery as part of a group burial.
The spouse, minor child, or permanently dependent child of any person already buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
The parents of a minor child, or permanently dependent child whose remains, based on the eligibility of a parent, are already buried in ANC. A spouse divorced from the primary eligible, or widowed and remarried, is not eligible for interment.
Provided certain conditions are met, a former member of the Armed Forces may be buried in the same grave with a close relative who is already buried and is the primary eligible.
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Post by daworm on Sept 1, 2009 15:08:32 GMT -5
Is there a law against being a meanie?
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Post by Warkitty on Sept 1, 2009 15:10:23 GMT -5
Nope, no law against it at all.
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Post by daworm on Sept 1, 2009 15:10:55 GMT -5
Whew! (But I'll bet someone is working on it!)
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Post by Warkitty on Sept 1, 2009 15:23:42 GMT -5
LOL I somehow am picturing that legislation being tried in the fictional court of "Boston Legal."
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Post by daworm on Sept 2, 2009 8:01:00 GMT -5
Not so far-fetched. Look at the laws on "hate crimes" or especially "hate speech". That line has already been crossed, its all a matter of degree.
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Post by Conservator on Sept 2, 2009 9:13:44 GMT -5
Freedom of speech... (unless it's offensive).
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Sept 2, 2009 9:16:27 GMT -5
"Freedom of speech... (unless it's offensive)."
...to liberals.
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Post by snarkalicious on Sept 2, 2009 10:40:02 GMT -5
None of you has obviously ever watched someone die of glioblastoma multiforme (the type of brain tumor Ted Kennedy had). It's a horrible way for anyone to die....
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Post by kroisis on Sept 2, 2009 22:36:48 GMT -5
www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.htmlSome interesting info floating about... "Picking his way through the Soviet archives that Boris Yeltsin had just thrown open, in 1991 Tim Sebastian, a reporter for the London Times, came across an arresting memorandum. Composed in 1983 by Victor Chebrikov, the top man at the KGB, the memorandum was addressed to Yuri Andropov, the top man in the entire USSR. The subject: Sen. Edward Kennedy. "On 9-10 May of this year," the May 14 memorandum explained, "Sen. Edward Kennedy's close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow." (Tunney was Kennedy's law school roommate and a former Democratic senator from California.) "The senator charged Tunney to convey the following message, through confidential contacts, to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Y. Andropov." Kennedy's message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. "The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations," the memorandum stated. "These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign."" Read the rest at the link posted above..
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Post by Tsavodiner on Sept 3, 2009 0:26:46 GMT -5
It's the only sort of righteousness some folks have. Especially when it's not backed up by $300 million dollars as Kennedy's was. |
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Post by gridbug on Sept 3, 2009 6:46:20 GMT -5
Lest we forget what this thread was for to start with - rest in peace Ted
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Post by daworm on Sept 3, 2009 15:46:34 GMT -5
I hear drowning isn't so hot, either...
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