Well, Air-Eng, the cost/benefit of saying “no” depends on what the question is. The long-term cost of a “no” could be astronomically high, perhaps costing even your very life. One example: if we don’t change our farming practices, there WILL be a devastating global pandemic. 99% of our poultry comes from factory farms, with the birds packed so tightly that they can barely move, and standing in their own filth. The birds have been selectively bred to the point that they can barely stand up on their own and virtually no natural resistance to disease. So they’re pumped full of drugs so that most of them can survive until slaughter. The 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic killed at least 24 million (perhaps far, far more) people worldwide, and perhaps as many as 1 in 4 people in the U.S. fell ill from the disease. A 1997 study of victims that had been buried in frozen ground in Alaska originated in chickens. Farm conditions were far better in 1918 than in 1997, so despite our medical advances, our “modern” farming methods have created an environment that is absolutely perfect for creating the next supervirus.
I’m certainly willing to pay higher taxes if it means that we’ll be safer (from foreign invaders, criminals, and environmental threats), if it makes our country stronger (better infrastructure), or if it makes our people better (better education at all levels). People or companies left to their own devices will typically serve solely their own needs. With a weaker government, we’re all more susceptible to the ill effects of people or companies who will advance their own causes regardless of the impact on others.
The Left worked mightily to portray the Tea Parties as racist, but that didn’t work because it wasn’t true. So now the Lefties are trying for infantile and ignorant. Odd, but that’s how I’ve long thought of the Left. Infantile and ignorant also describes this cartoon.
@pschearer A little reminder: cartoonists have been portraying the New Year as a baby for over a hundred years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby(underscore)New(underscore)Year
And of course this year we have to tolerate the newest crop of shiny, self-serving, sock-puppet “politicians.”
I wonder if liberals will ever comprehend the difference between people who expect a return on money they were forced by law to pay into a pyramid scheme and people who just want something for nothing. Probably not.
leedb over 13 years ago
And food stamps bought the tea bags.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
get a bran, morans! keep the government off my medicare!
jay_dallas over 13 years ago
I wonder if this is how the Romans felt as the Visigoths descended on the city…
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member over 13 years ago
Wow, that is one UGLY baby you got there.
junco49 over 13 years ago
A baby only Momma Palin could love.
Wallbanger over 13 years ago
Very mature…
fishbulb239 over 13 years ago
Well, Air-Eng, the cost/benefit of saying “no” depends on what the question is. The long-term cost of a “no” could be astronomically high, perhaps costing even your very life. One example: if we don’t change our farming practices, there WILL be a devastating global pandemic. 99% of our poultry comes from factory farms, with the birds packed so tightly that they can barely move, and standing in their own filth. The birds have been selectively bred to the point that they can barely stand up on their own and virtually no natural resistance to disease. So they’re pumped full of drugs so that most of them can survive until slaughter. The 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic killed at least 24 million (perhaps far, far more) people worldwide, and perhaps as many as 1 in 4 people in the U.S. fell ill from the disease. A 1997 study of victims that had been buried in frozen ground in Alaska originated in chickens. Farm conditions were far better in 1918 than in 1997, so despite our medical advances, our “modern” farming methods have created an environment that is absolutely perfect for creating the next supervirus.
I’m certainly willing to pay higher taxes if it means that we’ll be safer (from foreign invaders, criminals, and environmental threats), if it makes our country stronger (better infrastructure), or if it makes our people better (better education at all levels). People or companies left to their own devices will typically serve solely their own needs. With a weaker government, we’re all more susceptible to the ill effects of people or companies who will advance their own causes regardless of the impact on others.
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
The Left worked mightily to portray the Tea Parties as racist, but that didn’t work because it wasn’t true. So now the Lefties are trying for infantile and ignorant. Odd, but that’s how I’ve long thought of the Left. Infantile and ignorant also describes this cartoon.
ponytail56 over 13 years ago
what the left tries to pass off as thoughtful, to any one capable of cogent thought comes off looking just plain brainless
1effinday over 13 years ago
@pschearer A little reminder: cartoonists have been portraying the New Year as a baby for over a hundred years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby(underscore)New(underscore)Year And of course this year we have to tolerate the newest crop of shiny, self-serving, sock-puppet “politicians.”
Yukoneric over 13 years ago
Now, how do we get free medical care and the wages of our elected officials. Why can the one form MO build a million dollar house in D.C……………….
runar over 13 years ago
@pschearer - If it’s infantile and ignorant, you’re in the right place.
MisngNOLA over 13 years ago
I wonder if liberals will ever comprehend the difference between people who expect a return on money they were forced by law to pay into a pyramid scheme and people who just want something for nothing. Probably not.
donschneider44 over 13 years ago
pschearer…..thanks for the dose of reality ! people like you really DO exist…..Rrrrrrraaaaaaaaalph !
MisngNOLA over 13 years ago
Besides, I’d probably turn down Erin Moran too. I never coud figure what Chachi saw in her.
Thomas R. Williams over 13 years ago
Homage to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth?