Misery Loves Company
May 20th, 2008
"We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,"
– Barack Obama
Translation:
"Vote for me, and I will make sure that you are as miserable as the rest of the world. Then, maybe they won’t hate you so much, America."
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:24 am
I thought much the same thing when I heard this… My first thought was “I don’t recall asking for the approval of other countries. This is why I live here.”
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Come on, don’t be silly. We have to cut back on our profligate use of energy — it’s as simple as that. It will save us a lot of money and will help with global warming. Why pick on Obama for saying the truth?
May 24th, 2008 at 5:25 am
I’m not insinuating that we all shouldn’t try to conserve energy. I’m ‘picking’ on Obama because he is stating that we should be FORCED not to drive SUV’s, FORCED to turn down our heat, and FORCED to eat a certain way.
Conserving energy should be a voluntary thing while living in a free country. Anything more than that is tyranny.
Premarital sex causes illegitimate children, and is a huge cost to Americans, both economically and socially. You don’t see me running off at the mouth about chastity belt legislation. Forcing global warming legislation that intereferes with me and my family’s every day living choices is like a Christian forcing every single person in America not to have sex. We need to respect the rights of people’s choices in their daily lives. If we don’t, we are headed for complete government oppression.
May 24th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
“If we don’t, we are headed for complete government oppression.”
I personally believe the words “If we don’t” should be omitted from that sentence
May 24th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Well if it isn’t my favorite realist, The Dan Miller Experience!
I’d love to stay and chat, but hubby is taking me out for sushi. Sooshin’ it up, bro. I need to escape for awhile and pretend that we’re not going to hell in a handbasket.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
That dipstick just scares the hell out of me. Happily, not my problem for much longer. (See the blog.)
Hope the sushi and sake were good.