Political Wrinkles  

Go Back   Political Wrinkles > General Forum > Open Discussion
Register FAQDonate PW Store PW Trivia Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Open Discussion Discuss Contract for the American Dream at the General Forum; Originally Posted by Coyote There's such a thing as inspiration, that comes from outside oneself and fuels the dream and ...

Reply
 
Share LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11 (permalink)  
Old 08-13-2011, 09:29 PM
lizzie's Avatar
Zen Warrior
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: a state of being
Gender: Female
Posts: 5,976
Thanks: 4,658
Thanked 3,786 Times in 2,306 Posts
Default Re: Contract for the American Dream

Quote:
Originally Posted by Coyote View Post
There's such a thing as inspiration, that comes from outside oneself and fuels the dream and encourages it.

This is not such a bad thing.

Go Van Jones - don't let the smears get you down
True inspiration comes from within. The ability to model and parrot comes from without.
__________________
"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running." -anonymous
Reply With Quote
  #12 (permalink)  
Old 08-14-2011, 08:07 AM
762nato's Avatar
Scholar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: nj
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,315
Thanks: 1,311
Thanked 882 Times in 641 Posts
Default Re: Contract for the American Dream

This is reminecent of the Hitler Youth or the Red Guard in 1960's China.
__________________
ΜΌΛΌΝ ΛΆΒΈ (come and take them)

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, but he did invent global warming
Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)  
Old 08-14-2011, 08:21 AM
dabateman's Avatar
Common Sense-Common Good
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 14,517
Thanks: 1,865
Thanked 7,654 Times in 4,441 Posts
Default Re: Contract for the American Dream

Quote:
Originally Posted by 762nato View Post
This is reminecent of the Hitler Youth or the Red Guard in 1960's China.
And church camp...
__________________
How can actions that are wrong lead to a greater good? - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek)
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to dabateman For This Useful Post:
  #14 (permalink)  
Old 08-14-2011, 09:06 AM
Longshot's Avatar
Resist. Now.
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Gender: Male
Posts: 583
Thanks: 266
Thanked 227 Times in 155 Posts
Default Re: Contract for the American Dream

Quote:
Originally Posted by cnredd View Post
This video would be hysterical if not for the fact that the people that put these kids up to this are dead serious...

Van Jones and MoveOn Use Kids to Push Left-Wing Initiative

I'm surprised these kids aren't wearing brown shirts...Maybe they're carrying little red books...
I DO agree with bringing home the troops.
__________________


When you think of it, it doesn't take a lot of brains to be a socialist. All it requires is the desire to have something that doesn't belong to you and the absence of character to justify the use of force to get it on your behalf. -- Lawrence W. Reed
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Longshot For This Useful Post:
Reply

Tags
american, contract, dream, for, the

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:50 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0