Hard work isn't enough. You got to believe
[B]ipartisanship means tarring and feathering politicans from both major parties.
Personally, I'd be delighted to live in a country where happily married gay couples had closets full of assault weapons.
What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not an elite at all. That is, they aren't particularly smart, or competent.
As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend your taxes, it always seems to go to some guy in a leather chair downtown you never heard of.
[T]he notion that a belief in self-reliance cannot coexist with a spirit of generosity is crap. In fact, one is far less likely to find a spirit of generosity among the advocates of governmentally-required "compassion".
[W]hen you align yourself exclusively with one party, and weaponize yourself in that party's cause, you're going to pay the price when the other party is in power. That's the price you pay for whoring yourself out.
We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.
A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.
While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.