What would you do? What would John Galt do?
You walk into a small beach bar on the ocean and a guy is sitting there. You have met him at this establishment before so you sit down near him and strike up a conversation. This is the sort of bar where patrons generally talk freely amongst each other. The man was in politics years ago in Kansas and occasionally brings up political topics. You know that his opinions are all over the map and have even moved to the pool table in the sand in order to not listen to him before. You try to steer the conversation away from politics, but he is not deterred. Then he says:
1) He is for raising the minimum wage
What would you do?
2) He states that minimum wage will not affect unemployment and the law of supply and demand has been repealed.
What would you do?
3) Then he says Obamacare is great.
WWYD?
4) After explaining that the only areas were the cost of medical has gone down are those the government stayed out of (e.g., Laser correction surgery), he says we are the only advanced nation without nationalized health care.
WWYD?
5) Then he says kathleen sebelius, who is from Kansas, is a wonderful women.
6) Then he calls you a racist, because you state Obama has the same philosophy Stalin, Moa, Hilter, etc.
7) Then he states we should get rid of the Constitution.
WWYD?
1) He is for raising the minimum wage
What would you do?
2) He states that minimum wage will not affect unemployment and the law of supply and demand has been repealed.
What would you do?
3) Then he says Obamacare is great.
WWYD?
4) After explaining that the only areas were the cost of medical has gone down are those the government stayed out of (e.g., Laser correction surgery), he says we are the only advanced nation without nationalized health care.
WWYD?
5) Then he says kathleen sebelius, who is from Kansas, is a wonderful women.
6) Then he calls you a racist, because you state Obama has the same philosophy Stalin, Moa, Hilter, etc.
7) Then he states we should get rid of the Constitution.
WWYD?
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like the original bill of rights, is financing his freedom.
I would explain that mother goose is pissed, and that
she doesn't like people telling her how to make eggs.
she wants him to understand that she loves him as
a gosling, and that she wants him to do well in life,
to the best of his ability.
and she wants him to give her credit for the eggs,
but to stay out of her way as she makes more.
I'm not Grimm, but he deserves a fairy tale, since
he's distributing one. -- j
2- Really? I understand that's what they did in communist countries? Would that work in a free society like ours?
3- Really? Hasn't it been the greatest full time job killer in American history?
4- Really? Isn't that why so many people from other parts of the world come to the U.S. for treatment of difficult medical cases?
5- Really? Is it because she's from Kansas also? Aren't all women just "wonderful" too?
6- Really? Isn't Obama a white guy passing as black? Isn't the mother who determines the culture or race of the offspring?
7- Really? Wouldn't that create a dictatorship, anarchy, totalitarianism? What would you replace it with, your own? What if other people want their own constitution? You couldn't be a politician anymore, would you?
When he turns to look at me with a stupified look, I'd just grin before walking away.
Those are not logical stances and cannot be won with logic. They are based on emotion, and must be won with counter emotional arguments. You have to bring it directly to them. For instance, if they own a home with a spare bedroom, they should be forced to provide that bedroom to a homeless person only out of "fairness." If they throw away food, they should be forced to have a homeless person sit with them at the table and share the meal out of "fairness." If they have more than 7 sets of clothing in their closet, they should be forced to invite the homeless in to select from their wardrobe to clothe themselves as the only "fair" thing to do.
6. Racist, oh really? I voted for him originally because McCain made an absurd out of left field choice when he picked Palen who has demonstrated she know how to do nothing more than fan the flames of discord and discontent instead of offering real solutions and bringing people together.
5. Sebellius demonstrated just how breathtakingly out of touch and incompetent she was by not knowing how to manage a website rollout. She may be a wonderful person, but she is an incompetent manager.
4. So what, just because all my friends may be jumping off a bridge doesn't mean its the smart thing to do. And just maybe the government doesn't know how to manage anything efficiently. Look at the VA.
3. Really, based on what conceivable measure.
2. Well, duh!!!
1. People should be able to live on the income from 40 hours a week of work. So raise it. The problem isn't minimum wage. The problem is a government that takes more than 60% of earnings in taxes of one form or another, then delivers a lousy return on the take. Congress is made up of incompetent egoists terrified to make meaningful decisions, and interested in telling people what they want to hear, blaming others for the very problems they cause in order to keep the best jobs they've ever had.
We are doomed to again collapse and be ruled. Alas, this time, it may be forever as we have created the technology by which we can be subjugated and controlled by the very few, from very far away. Prior to the mid 20th century, the populace and the governments were relatively equal in their power and it was merely a matter of numbers. Now, numbers are nearly immaterial.
Yes, I'm in a particularly dour mood today.
Similar arguments can be made for most of the other statements. Racist - then why did the majority of the voters (white) vote for a black man? etc., etc.
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VF-211, VF-124 & VF-302 (F-14 Tomcat) '84-'92 USS Kittyhawk, USS Nimitz.
It was a long time who in a galaxy far far away.
Thank you for keeping us in the air with great machines.
Cheers
1) Why stop there? Let's lower the maximum wage.
2) You can't repeal something that never existed.
3) Obamacare isn't great enough. It should be extended to all nations.
4) What about the non-advanced nations? See point three.
5) They play 6 on 6 girl's basketball in Kansas schools. Isn't this sexist?
6) Hitler and Stalin were both socialists. Don't you support Obama's effort to bring European socialism to our shores?
7) Yes, it was a racist, sexist, homophobic, specist document promulgated by fat, lazy, white male slave-owners. We don't need no stinking Constitution. By the way buddy. Fivedollargold is short on bread. And you've got a thick roll of bills. Help reduce income inequality. Share some of that stack, will ya?
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