You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate mur
I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there’s not much I can do about that. But I’m going to be honest. I’m going to continue to speak my mind, and that’s who I am…
In a free society, how can you commit a crime against yourself?
If you’re patriotic, stand up for the Bill of Rights because once they strip your rights from you, you will pay hell to get them back. You will and we’re in the process of it right now.
It’s convenient how everyone who supports waterboarding and torture, or “enhanced interrogation techniques” as they like to call it, have never experienced it themselves. Yet everyone who has, myself included, are firmly against it.
My attitude when I’m in Mexico is I wake up in the morning with nothing to do and I go to bed half done. I don’t wear a watch. When I live down there, I do nothing according to time. I eat when I’m hungry and go to sleep when I’m tired.
All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays… a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.
Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn’t: Go stick your head in the mud.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people’s business.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.
I don’t think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There’s always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.
I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn’t interact directly with government.
Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.
The first thing out of Fidel Castro’s mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, ‘You’re a man of great courage.’
Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.
My position is that it isn’t government’s job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide… but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
Let me say this: I’m paranoid of the government. They’ve lost my trust. They’ve lied to me so many times that I don’t know what to believe from them anymore.
I tend to like to read history – recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer’s imagination.
There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can’t possibly all be served by government.
Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.
A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.