The latest argument that Darwin was right.
Derrick Belcher, a libertarian in Alabama, is so furious that the government shut down his topless car wash business that he’s organized a petition for Alabama to secede from the union. There’s just one catch: the government that shut him down is the state of Alabama.
Okay, who wants to hit that one out of the park?
HT to LGM.
I got nuttin’.
How coincidental, GDad – so does he.
Maybe he should secede from the state of Alabama?
BINGO!
I wrote a poem in 2004 you might enjoy – If being a liberal means that:
you love liberty and freedom
instead of “Patriot Acts” and trampled rights.
you care for people
instead of corporations
you support education, teachers and free public schools
instead of religious indoctrination and acts that
leave many children behind
you care for children and their well-being
instead of corporate CEO’s and their fancy lifestyle.
Fine, then call me a liberal!
If being a liberal means that:
you believe in religious freedom
instead of “everybody think alike” doctrines
you believe women are equal and should be treated (and paid) as such
instead of being “subordinate” barefoot and pregnant
you believe in supporting our troops
instead of the lies that put them in harm’s way
Fine, then I’ll take the name liberal and be proud of it!
If being a liberal means that:
you don’t believe that oil should be purchased with blood
or that greedy corporations should get rich from war
you want to preserve and defend our environment
instead of raping the land so nothing will remain for our future.
And
you believe that some forests should be saved for the animals that inhabit them
instead of destroyed for big business profit.
you believe in clean air
instead of pollution and acid rain from factory smokestacks
Then, I’ll be a liberal!
If being a liberal means that:
you believe in families no matter of whom they are composed
instead of divisive (so called) defense of marriage legislation.
you know that some folks are different from others
not through choice but because they were made that way
you know that God made Adam and Eve
as well as Adam and Steve and Ellen and Eve
And
you believe that everyone has a right to live a life free from harassment and hate
instead of living with humiliation and fear
If being a liberal means all that- then I am a liberal, an American liberal, and proud of it!
Jay Cole Simser
Great! I agree.
Yes!
I think it all boils down to this:
Paddle faster, I hear banjo music!
Let’s just go ahead and give them Alabama, Mississippi, and the northern half of Florida, and all these idiots can have their own country. We’ll pay to relocate the residents with functioning brains to the remaining states. And of course the secessionists lose all the federal benefits they would otherwise receive, like defense, Social Security, and Medicare.