You proclaim that my comments are snide and oft reek of insults, but somehow comments from people like yourself, MasterPo and even TML somehow escape your notice? This isn’t Fox and if you say something inane, then expect to be called out for it. What is wrong with asking you to back up your assertions with a tad bit of thinking? No, you would rather cower behind a sound bite provided by your favorite shows than actually provide anything even remotely substantive?

The problem with the Right is that they have forgotten how to think, and how to reason. They gravitate toward echo chambers and seem ill suited when confronted with their own moral and mental ineptitude. Which is not to say that the right are stupid, but rather lazy when it comes to their views of late. And justifiably so, when those poorly held views put real people at risk, and ignore real problem, then they should be called to account for those views.

You, however, are uncomfortable because I have pinched a nerve that you know is true, but are unwilling to acknowledge (even to yourself I would suspect). Specifically, you are okay with people suffering and dying as long as the money keeps rolling in. And any delusion that this isn’t you is refuted handily by those views you continue to express on these pages. Don’t like that particular view of yourself? Then make a change.

If you are going to disagree over something as substantial as healthcare at least acknowledge the cost of your beliefs is measured in human suffering and lives lost. Be willing to look at those third world mobile hospitals that have to provide care in this country and understand that your views perpetuate this nightmare. But you can’t even acknowledge your own culpability, and withdraw into that cowards shell of yours screaming “the evil liberal is berating all of us”.

Look around you, spoiled little baby boomers are throwing tantrums everywhere you look, and you would have the audacity to whine that I’m hurting your feelings?

Money can be made without harming others – why is that so difficult a concept to understand? Let’s go for an advanced lesson, we can and should prioritize things above money! You do it in your own lives, so why can’t you find the political fortitude to extend that thinking into our culture and our politics?

You can’t, and that truly is sad.

Peace.
Rick Beagle

Since you asked for my opinion, here it is.

This is a personal finance blog, I assume the primary focus here would be about personal finance. Money. There are already plenty of blogs that cater to politics. I sincerely doubt anyone’s basic views on anything are actually altered by internet discussions.

Casual participation here is not an accurate window into my persona. But you are free to believe whatever you desire. If thinking my motto is “money before people” makes you happy, so be it.

When your ideologies don’t not mesh with those expressed here, you casually hurl insults and innuendos to paint misleading caricatures of huge segments of the population – both on the political left and right. Closing with “peace” reeks of insincerity. Such behavior make your arguments appear bitter and hollow.

Your ramblings give readers a bead on your mentality, nothing else.

Lurker Carl

Take a read at all of the comments on here and tell me I don’t have a bead on the Right’s mentality? Of course you are too polite (cough cowards) to admit it…. Money before people is your motto, and has been the hallmark of both the conservative and Republican brand since the ’80s.

Putting it out there without the usual dressings should make you ponder whether that really ought to be your beliefs.

Mull that over for a bit.
Rick Beagle

Which is where liberals and conservatives differ.
Conservatives don’t know what to do with people like you, other than to tell you that you are a failure, and dismiss any concerns you might have. You simply do not have a net worth that is “worthy” of their attention.

They won’t admit it publicly, but they think you are a loser, who should work harder to get a better job. You should get more education, training, or whatever, so that you can acquire a larger paycheck and thereby become a “real person” in their eyes. They don’t know how you should do this, they just know you should.

Greed before people might as well be the motto of the Right.

Liberals think people should be first, because everyone has value.
Peace.
Rick Beagle

w/e. having a conversation with you is like talking to a piece of furniture.

Peace.
Rick Beagle

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/6/790313/-An-old-doctor-curmudgeon-argues-for-health-care-reform

Again, my well wishes for your Mom!
Peace.
Rick Beagle