My Tweets

These are Tweets I have posted on Twitter.com beginning in August of 2011.  Except where noted, these are my original thoughts, ideas, and opinions.  I will continually update the list as I create new tweets.

• Liberal elites disguise their contempt for the huddled masses under a veneer of patriotism and a cloak of contrived compassion. 8/29/11
• A courageous liberal would admit they don't trust ordinary citizens to make good decisions for themselves or for other people. 8/31/11
• An honest liberal would confess America is best served by a pervasive government that preempts citizens' freedom to make reckless choices. 9/1/11
• A candid liberal would admit a democracy only functions to their liking when the people and their elected officials are intellectual equals. 9/2/11
• An emotionally healthy liberal would admit they are politically blinded by their own personal challenges, shortcomings, and disappointments. 9/5/11
• A self-confident liberal would admit the use of vitriolic tactics and exclusionary strategies expose the shallowness of their arguments. 9/6/11
• An open-minded liberal would admit that anger, resentment, envy and bitterness are unstable foundations for ideological convictions. 9/9/11
• An enlightened liberal will admit no other society has ever produced more prosperity for more of its people for a longer duration than ours. 9/12/11
• A rational liberal would be outraged at those who take advantage of and abuse our nation’s capacity for compassion and generosity. 9/15/11
• A respectful liberal would see conservatives first as fellow citizens and neighbors and would respect their right to hold opposing beliefs. 9/17/11
• An ideological liberal sees the world as a rational place and doesn’t understand the very nature of humans and bullies in particular. 9/19/11
• A committed liberal has no doubt that, “if you have more than me, then you are unquestionably selfish, corrupt and without compassion”. 9/21/11
• A rational liberal will admit that regardless of how many times we redistribute the wealth, it will return to the most ambitious among us. 9/22/11
• A realistic liberal would admit poverty in America is more a function of personal choice than circumstances and events. 9/23/11
• A forthright liberal would confess liberals are more compassionate with other people’s money than they are with their own. 9/25/11
• Sensible liberals accept the reality that greed is a ubiquitous human vice and has no unique or exclusive relationship to capitalism. 9/29/11
• A self-assured liberal embraces conservative values as essential elements of a healthy democracy and the best protection against tyranny. 10/1/11
• A narrow-minded liberal believes heretofore questionable behavior is, in and of itself, the justification for continuing similar behavior. 10/9/11
• Near-sighted liberals mistake the welfare of the individual for the welfare of the nation. 10/12/11
• Liberal compassion is the art of getting someone else to do something in order to lessen their own guilt and to avoid doing it themselves. 10/17/11
• There’s a difference between poverty and being poor. If you can’t recognize the difference, then you are refusing to see the world as it is. 10/21/11
• Poverty is the state of believing tomorrow exists only if you survive today and wake to see the sunrise. 10/21/11
• Poverty is the state of having no reason to believe in your neighbors’ willingness and ability to offer a helping hand. 10/21/11
• It is possible to be poor in America; it is difficult if not impossible to live in a state of poverty. 10/21/11
• Being poor is the state of believing that tomorrow will come and that your neighbors are willing and able to provide a helping hand. 10/21/11
• Poverty exists in America only as a term to inflame class warfare and to sustain victimization identity. 10/21/11
• Even the poorest among us should pay their share of any tax, if for no other reason than to know their voices are not for sale. 10/24/11
• Sharing the results of our labors and prosperity should always be a personal initiative, not the mandate of any corporate or governing body. 10/25/11
• Labor Union executives have marginalized their members who have thus become the pawns of these ambitious and self-serving bullies. 10/27/11
• Liberalism is the effect of an undeveloped work ethic and the absence of the self-reliance necessary to compete in a free market economy. 10/28/11
• Liberals who reject divine creation also reject the fundamental theorem of natural evolution -- ‘survival of the fittest’. 10/29/11
• “Socialism (liberalism) is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy...” ~ Winston Churchill 11/1/11
• “...its (Liberalism’s) inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” ~ Winston Churchill 11/3/11
• Liberalism is the salve that relieves the regret of knowing one doesn’t have what it takes to successfully compete in a free market economy. 11/6/11
• I don’t understand why many liberals feel they are justified in ignoring laws and statutes which offend their conscience and sensibilities. 11/7/11
• Liberalism is the residue of prolonged prosperity where prudence and sacrifice are replaced by instant gratification and self-indulgence. 11/9/11
• Why are peaceful conservative protests deemed fascist while violent liberal protests are deemed exercises of free speech? 11/10/11
• Why do enlightened liberals believe governments are better stewards of our money and managers of our affairs than the people themselves? 11/14/11
• If character is not the most important attribute we look for in choosing a candidate, then we must admit the shallowness of our allegiances. 11/19/11
• If you don’t lie, cheat or steal, or associate with people who do, shouldn’t you expect your elected officials to behave in the same manner? 11/21/11
• To earn the right and privilege to challenge another's loyalties, we must first examine those loyalties we steadfastly maintain and defend. 11/25/11
• Disrespect and insulting language in the arena of debate are the fruit of a bitter heart that knows nothing of confession and forgiveness. 11/27/11
• Is it possible the early 20th century eugenics movement, supported by notable American progressives, had the Wall Street Occupiers in mind? 12/6/11
• America had better wise up; the rest of the world wants the prosperity we have enjoyed and they’ll work just as hard as we did to get it. 12/10/11
• Life without hope is as empty as marriage without love, as purpose without ethics, as honor without sacrifice, as faith without conviction. 12/12/11
• Have you ever asked yourself, “Who is the safest and most reliable person in whom to place, nurture and protect my hope?” 12/13/11
• “A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” ~ George Bernard Shaw 1/29/12
• “The inherent flaw of capitalism is the unequal sharing of its blessings.” ~ Winston Churchill 2/3/12
•  “The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” ~ Winston Churchill 2/3/12
• It is irrefutable, conservatism created our land of prosperity and opportunity, and every other political ideology seeks to constrain it. 2/3/12
• Liberalism is the ideology of those who look to contemporary culture for what is important, and what they ought to believe. 2/4/12
• Liberalism is the enemy of individualism, self-reliance, accountability, mutual respect, charity, and moral and ethical behavior. 2/6/12
• The liberal mind cannot allow the truth to be revealed if the consequences pose a threat to their ideology and stature. 2/17/12
• Fairness, equality, liberty, compassion, and patriotism exist in the liberal mind simply as slogans for manipulating the uninformed. 2/18/12
• Who knows what lies at the heart of a liberal but surely you’ll find ignorance of human nature and/or the despair of envy. 2/19/12
• Liberalism is far less an ideology than a state-of-mind, driven more by emotion than by intellect, practicality and reason. 3/26/12
• Liberalism is the conscious choice of affiliation and collectivism over individualism and self-reliance. 6/28/12
• The desire to help others with your own resources is compassion. The desire to help others with someone else's resources is socialism. 6/29/12
• I graduated in 1972 with $5,000 in student loans. I paid it back in 5 years. My loans are equivalent to $27,500 today. Where’s the crisis? 8/10/12
• Individualism is not a vice – it is the quality from which the foundation and character of our heroes and mentors is developed and refined. 8/17/12
• Obama’s record is not a function of competence or experience; he’s achieving exactly what he intends to do – destroy the neocolonial empire. 8/30/12