3 August 2011 - Granite Grok

August 3, 2011

Civility – Fine for thee but only just so long for me

(H/T: Gallup via JammieWearingFool)  A plurality of Americans identify as Conservatives, 2 -1 over Liberals.  In listening to the political discourse lately, you have to wonder why the Liberal / Progressive Democrats (and Democrat Socialists) have violated their own Code of Civility that they imposed right after the Tuscon Massacre where Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was …

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Decency?

it’s all about the mean.  I listened to the Ray Stevens video that Tim posted, and near the end of the video, this line caught my ear: "Once you renounce any sense of decency, it gets easier and easier!" Which, given the topic and butt of the video and adding in Rick’s post, translates as …

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Terrorists And The New Civility

Outrage flooding in now even from overseas over former Vice President Dick Cheney likening some opponents of President Bush’s policies and administration to “terrorists.”

Is there a double standard here?

From Pindell’s site (emphasis mine): Newmarket Republican Chair Joe Barton will not resign from his position as state Republican Chair Jack Kimball requested following Barton’s Facebook post over the weekend that he would pay $1,500 to anyone willing to primary State Sen. Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry). Barton made the comment on the New Hampshire Republican Party’s …

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We’re supposed to be overjoyed over this debt agreement…..because?

Let me see if I have this straight: Congress just voted to add $3 trillion to the debt within a year so that Congress and Obama can spend even more money we don’t have later, and we’re supposed to be happy over that the pandering politicians (who are backslapping each other in having shown great …

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