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A balloonist in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He spotted a boat below, lowered his altitude, and shouted to the man in the boat, 'Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.'

The boater consulted his portable GPS and replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.'

The balloonist rolled his eyes and said, 'You must be a Republican.'

'I am,' replied the boater. 'How did you know?'

'Well,' answered the balloonist, 'everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me.'

The boater smiled and responded, 'You must be a Democrat.'

'I am,' replied the balloonist. 'How did you know?'

'Well,' said the boater, 'you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault.'

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I’m glad you don’t wish to resort to name-calling. I haven’t and I don’t take kindly to it. Of course if you are implying that I have, the implication is unwarranted.

You said that you do not believe Obama’s exit strategy is the best method. Do you believe he will alter his plan once he is in office or that he will change his mind? McCain has an exit strategy that does not include a pre-determined time line. Are you saying that a time line is more important to you than an effective exit strategy? How does an immediate exit strategy exploit our “weak hand” for our best interests?

You seem to feel that having “a big pile of ammo” on hand is a prudent thing.  I agree that the realities of terrorism are with us to stay but I don’t subscribe to the idea that combating them in our streets is inevitable. If you do, how can you support a man who’s voting record and policies would take your handguns and almost all of your ammo?

Sorry, I’m not following your logic.

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Everything is permitted to be discussed here. And as long as we don't call each other names, no red arrows are founded. A different opinion is no reason for that. I have never given a red arrow based on an opinion that I did not like.

It looks to me that you try to get the easy way out Skip, I cannot see why quoting the relevant passages of Mr. Obamas book would bring you any bad reputation, on the contrary...

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Everything is permitted to be discussed here. And as long as we don't call each other names, no red arrows are founded. A different opinion is no reason for that. I have never given a red arrow based on an opinion that I did not like.

It looks to me that you try to get the easy way out Skip, I cannot see why quoting the relevant passages of Mr. Obamas book would bring you any bad reputation, on the contrary...

Can anybody explain to me why a got a red arrow for this post?

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There is no "right" to health care no matter how much the Democrats want to scream it from the rooftops and ANY such action by any branch of government would be acting unconstitutionally. With every right there also goes responsibility

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Hmm I believe we have things called amendments to take care of such things, but these are handled by the PEOPLE. Clif. Not by legislative OR judicial fiat. But, NICE try. And you are welcome to come play poker at my house where we use living and breathing Rules.BTW precisely what p[oint were your attempting to make , Cliff were trying to make believe I am an idiot or show yourself.

When we have things such as Roe v Wade which added  a right which is npot contained within the S Constitution, nor was there EVER and amendment passed. That is juducial fiat. Where do i come down on Roe v Wade....simple it is NOT a federal issue, nor is there any right to abortion. But it is very much a legitimate state and local issue.

There is no "right" to health care no matter how much the Democrats want to scream it from the rooftops and ANY such action by any branch of government would be acting unconstitutionally. With every right there also goes responsibility

Skip

Actually Skip, it's well within the powers of congress to mandate health care for all.  They are not limited to passing laws that reiterate rights already enumerated in the constitution. That would be rather redundant (And unecessary)  When they DO pass such a law (And for better or worse they will.  President Obama will sign it) it will be constitutional unless there is a serious deficiency in the law beyond it's premise.

I agree, Roe vs. Wade was a bad decision.  I do believe that women should have the right to abortion, but that isn't enumerated in the constitution.  It should have been left to congress to deal with.

As far as the last bit goes... Well it's a nice sound bite... innit?  Not much more than that though.We have the right to "life liberty" etc..  Where is the responsibiliy there?  If someone muders you your life is not on trial, only the actions of the killer.