tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3164694539231906000..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The contempt of the LeftPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76511969872828706062010-08-31T07:40:24.266-05:002010-08-31T07:40:24.266-05:00Funny!! Wall in your "islands" to keep u...Funny!! Wall in your "islands" to keep us out. As someone said shades of "Escape from New York". That was a prison wasn't it? Your walls would be a good place to keep your criminals along with all your other waste. We'll keep our freedom and our food, energy, medical supplies, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18616184168651572982010-07-05T16:47:47.617-05:002010-07-05T16:47:47.617-05:00Interesting, isn't it, that near the end of th...Interesting, isn't it, that near the end of this delusional tripe, the author says this....<br /><br />"Republicans have succeeded in making the word "liberal"--which literally means "free from bigotry... favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded"--into an epithet"<br /><br />And not 2 sentences later, says this.... <br /><br />"...we should condemn their politics, exposing their conservatism as the anti-Americanism that it is, striving to make "conservative" into an epithet."<br /><br /><br />The irony is, they don't even SEE the disconnect....Teresa in Fort Worth, TXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35365481561491228382010-07-04T14:34:32.531-05:002010-07-04T14:34:32.531-05:00They think food magically appears in grocery store...They think food magically appears in grocery stores. Else, food materializes in tractor-trailer rigs.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43802662382463101262010-07-04T12:15:26.106-05:002010-07-04T12:15:26.106-05:00I'm just curious where these urban islanders p...I'm just curious where these urban islanders plan to get their food from. Window and roof gardens, I expect. Good luck to 'em.Chris In Texasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13940203193311654752010-07-03T11:36:23.476-05:002010-07-03T11:36:23.476-05:00Remember this site anytime anyone proposes getting...Remember this site anytime anyone proposes getting rid of the Electoral College. If we ever (God forbid) go to popular majority vote, these urban islands can by, sheer numbers, out vote the rest of the country and decide who will be president.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251128534108054655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63819565108859132042010-07-02T15:23:44.690-05:002010-07-02T15:23:44.690-05:00All I can think of is the movie "Escape From ...All I can think of is the movie "Escape From New York". <br /><br />All it would take is for the truckers, trains, ships and airplanes to take a 5 day vacation from delivering to the cities. They'd be begging to be allowed to be humble citizens in any red state.Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62012023221796190472010-07-02T10:45:39.206-05:002010-07-02T10:45:39.206-05:00Wing: To condense what you said, car ownership pro...Wing: To condense what you said, car ownership provides the ability to vote with your fee...uhhh, gas-pedal.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43689214160048939182010-07-02T10:43:30.048-05:002010-07-02T10:43:30.048-05:00These are the same people who passionately hate th...These are the same people who passionately hate the suburbs, and the commonality of car owning, because they both represent the ability and history of people who've had enough of cities and the destructive, restrictive policies enacted therein to <i>leave.</i>On a Wing and a Whimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41852995149304718782010-07-01T20:49:50.456-05:002010-07-01T20:49:50.456-05:00Labrat, I think you hit the nail on the head.
I ...Labrat, I think you hit the nail on the head. <br /><br />I just moved to Seattle. The Stranger is the weekly throwaway that people pick up when they need to find something to do on the weekend or clean their windows. They pride themselves on writing inflammatory articles like this. From what I've seen so far, only a tiny percentage of Seattleites would agree with the statements made. It's a polarizing article written just to raise people's hackles.<br /><br />At least, I hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32728913822573461622010-07-01T17:56:34.288-05:002010-07-01T17:56:34.288-05:00We are out-breeding them. Christians have kids. Po...We are out-breeding them. Christians have kids. Post-Christians don't.<br /><br />Their only hope is immigration of fellow leftists.<br /><br />Obvious haters don't worry me nearly as much as the mealy-mouthed and the deceitful. These people outed themselves.Tom Bridgelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098048586042365606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29625505149162923722010-07-01T12:43:21.204-05:002010-07-01T12:43:21.204-05:00I submit that we have not come up with a counter b...I submit that we have not come up with a counter battle plan because theirs so completely represents the reasons they can't keep consistent political control so well it should be framed.<br /><br />I love the line about how "urban voters can't get a hearing"- bullshit. They represent the centers of population density and those of us who DON'T live in urban centers feel their influence most keenly whenever votes come up on issues that urban voters simply have no experience with.<br /><br />What's actually happening is that just living in a city does not magically make people sympathetic to the whole or even anything approaching the bulk of their agenda. They are talking to a demographic that is much smaller than they believe it is.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76002308372139830122010-07-01T12:41:35.924-05:002010-07-01T12:41:35.924-05:00All the outrage aside, the only defense us "r...All the outrage aside, the only defense us "rubes" have against these people is our land. We are the type of people who don't want to get involved in other people's lives and don't want to tell others how to live. If you find living in an area where a closet rents for more than my car is worth PER MONTH, then you go right ahead. If you want to shack up with anyone and everyone, that is again your business. The only thing we ask is to be left to our own choices and consequences. Unfortunately this leaves us with two very large disadvantages:<br />1) A minority in politics<br />2) A lack of political leaders, simply because none of us want to be politicians (and we wouldn't trust anyone who did).<br /><br />Thus our only defense against these people is our land. In owning the land and large portions of it, we maintain dominion over swaths of area and if we're lucky, local government in that area. Our land becomes literally a natural border against the encroachment of those who think your desire to not live under 10 tons of concrete and huddled masses is wrong.<br /><br />Unfortunately the other side realizes this, and so they have strategies to make our land ownership difficult or impossible. If you don't believe me, consider the following:<br /><br />1) High taxes (both property and inheritance) make family land difficult to maintain through the years. Often large farms are sold off, and sold to urban developers with their McMansion designs and "communities".<br /><br />2) Eminent Domain has been expanded to allow seizure of property if someone else can promise (but not even deliver) a higher tax revenue (see Kelo V. New London)<br /><br />3) More and more uban areas are turning to forces annexation to take outlying land and bring it under rule and control of the city.<br /><br />Lastly, I would like to address a point about being described as racists and sexists out here in the rural areas.<br /><br />I have lived in urban areas, and I have lived in rural areas, and I have been many different places around the country. Without a doubt the most racist and sexist and bigoted people you will meet will be in urban high population areas. It's not overt, you will never see someone walking down the streets of NY waving a confederate flag or holding a "god hates fags" sign, but you will find subtle, hidden but constant racism and bigotry. The hate and anger that permeates from people in urban areas is amazing. And while some rural dwellers may be more vocal about their bigotry, it has been my experience that the more urban you are, the more likely you are to be judged on your behavior and your actions than anything else.<br /><br />Hold on to your land folks, and buy more if you can. I'm here in NC now, and the spread of urbanism and the mindsets that seem to travel with it is like a disease, once it takes hold, it's impossible to get rid of.tpmoneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43683597043353202162010-07-01T11:33:35.492-05:002010-07-01T11:33:35.492-05:00Fine. Lettem sequester themselves in their private...Fine. Lettem sequester themselves in their private ghettos. Just how long do they think they can exist without the rest of the "red" areas? I'll bet with the food gets scarce, they'll think different. <br /><br />And, what about transporting needed consumables? I don't think these elitists would allow refineries, oil and gas wells inside their enclaves. Don't forget, too, that the main highways all run through those hated rural areas. Ditto for the aqueducts to southern California.<br /><br />I'd give them six months before they come crawling to us.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84621128958125057832010-07-01T11:08:44.471-05:002010-07-01T11:08:44.471-05:00They--rural, red-state voters, the denizens of the...<i>They--rural, red-state voters, the denizens of the exurbs--are not real Americans. They are rubes, fools, and hate-mongers.<br /></i><br /><br />If they don't have the common sense to understand how ridiculous they are for publishing a sentence like that, then I have no time and no pity for they.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55748184998368279122010-07-01T11:02:09.046-05:002010-07-01T11:02:09.046-05:00So they're finally being honest about the urba...So they're finally being honest about the urban elite versus rural rabble mindset. Sounds a lot like the things written by Stalin and his ilk about the kulaks back in the 1920's. Could we be looking at the radical fringe that becomes the mainstream that becomes the second American Civil War?<br /><br />I grew up in a predominantly Democratic rural state, and you never heard anyone talk bad about Democrats who happened to live in the cities and didn't really care about rural issues. This is just sad. <br /><br />When they finally construct the walls to their shining urban areas, I hope they remember that it's the "rubes" in flyover country that grow their food and manufacture their shiny new technological toys.DaddyBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508543148426098384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69679019990978509272010-07-01T10:35:18.970-05:002010-07-01T10:35:18.970-05:00Funny how them big cities seem to have all the cri...Funny how them big cities seem to have all the crime, and are busted to boot. Must be that enlightened leftist rule. What is scary to me is the hatred, from the party of "inclusion" and "tolerance"- the hate list is pretty well defined now-<br /> <br /> Religion- all is good except Christianity which is evil.<br /> <br /> White males- all bad, unless they represent us or give us money.<br /><br /> Guns/self defense- all bad , unless a white male or Christian is killed.<br /> <br /> Free speech, the ultimate expression of enlightenment and openess, unless it is an idea we disagree with.<br /> <br /> Etc- we all know the mantra.<br /><br /> Remember that FBI infiltrator who got inside the Weathermen and was listening as Ayers and co were discussing inviting the North Koreans, Cubans, and North Vietnamese into the US after the "victory over capitalism", and talking aout having to MURDER TWENTY FIVE MILLION American citizens and the logistic of same?<br /> Those people and thier disciples are the ones with the "vision of the new America", and in the seats of power. <br /> One more thing- has anyone caught the video of Stark of California openly mocking folks at a town meeting? He was mocking people who were sincerely concerned about border security- I have never seen the like- this guy was very obviously NOT WORRIED AT ALL about being re-elected- draw your own conclusions.ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83145332483076735562010-07-01T08:52:59.779-05:002010-07-01T08:52:59.779-05:00I'm quite ok with their taking their "Isl...I'm quite ok with their taking their "Islands of Civilization", their cities--so long as they take ALL of each city. The Watts, Harlems, South Sides, the ghettos and blights.<br /><br />I wish all this contempt were limited to one side of the political spectrum, as these dolts seem to think. It'd make life so much easier.<br /><br />AntibubbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29160151787940299872010-07-01T07:51:37.771-05:002010-07-01T07:51:37.771-05:00It would not accomplish our gracious host's go...It would not accomplish our gracious host's goals, but I'm tempted to smile sweetly and inquire as to where their food and fuel come from. <br /><br />That is a mindset so entrenched that I'm not certain how one goes about changing it. As for resisting the tactics, that will require some thought.<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41414290870109686662010-07-01T07:36:19.986-05:002010-07-01T07:36:19.986-05:00Wow, does that diatribe call out for a good fiskin...Wow, does that diatribe call out for a good fisking! It is wrong in so many ways. While it is true that "progressives" do live in urban "islands" and are surrounded by the rest of us, I'd like to remind those progressives to start playing nicely with the rest of us lest we cut off their food supply! Food, which of course is grown in non-progressive areas!<br /><br />chicopantherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79256961008105178912010-07-01T07:01:20.988-05:002010-07-01T07:01:20.988-05:00"But even if it doesn't, ours is a superi..."But even if it doesn't, ours is a superior way of life. Wherever people choose to live in this country, they should want to live as we do." And THERE you have the liberal mindset - if YOU don't find their ideas of 'Utopia' appealing, YOU ARE <i>WRONG</i> ..................... jacka$$es .................. I forget who did the experiment {Maslow?} that found overcrowding leads to higher crime/violence - the scientist used rats, but was able to extrapolate his findings & apply them to humans - sorry, but "sharing" walls causes me SEVERE stress - ideally, we'd be on ~ 20,000 acres, nearest neighbor a mile or so away ..................<br /><br />Semper Fi'<br />DMDiamond Mairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673366797250424810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2960664395116761242010-06-30T23:46:16.440-05:002010-06-30T23:46:16.440-05:00Is calling my state a shithole some type of revers...Is calling my state a shithole some type of reverse psychology tactic? Am I supposed to come around, begging to be let into the golden gates of your "urban archipelago" because you despise my hometown? Congratulations on living the dream in your perfect Manhattan life. Where, exactly, does your food come from? Where do you get the soy and sugar for your half-caf soy caramel latte? Go ahead and insult the people who grow the food that fills your mouth. Watch them go Galt on you. Good luck growing wheat on the windowsill of your charming pre-war loft.Verity Kindlenoreply@blogger.com