tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post5764054031865185205..comments2024-03-28T22:09:54.924-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: What Is a Liberal?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-89472732698008408532018-02-25T20:17:44.153-05:002018-02-25T20:17:44.153-05:00In the South, when we say something is special it’...In the South, when we say something is special it’s synonymous with “That boy/girl just ain’t right.”Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-49370500723642348632018-02-25T19:54:45.416-05:002018-02-25T19:54:45.416-05:00The Republican Party is a Special Party for Specia...The Republican Party is a Special Party for Special People, at least that's what they keep telling themselves over and over and over again.Dave Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429379083970699093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-87323750982696006932018-02-25T11:40:17.568-05:002018-02-25T11:40:17.568-05:00For once I like your Sunday sermon because you poi...For once I like your Sunday sermon because you point out those contradictions on religion and politics in USA. <br /><br />Didn't Jesus was pissed of by those merchants outside the temple? He also was quite on the spot for those temple priests who were just praising the Lord without being humble enough towards the rest of the people. <br /><br />Your comparaison with USA's politic polarisation is interesting. <br />As long as «religion» and politics will be part of your government system, USA will always go around and around.... And I'm not even thinking of how the NRA is trying to interfere in the USA's politics. They have the power of BIG money.<br /><br />May I tell you that the names «liberals» and «conservatives» have not the same signification here in Canada. First they don't refer to any religion beliefs and are more representative of the way those party can make our country progress. <br /><br />Must say that our «conservatives» are known as «Progressive Conservative Party» and in comparaison to your parties, it's more like a Democrat party even more oriented on a real social democracy. <br /><br />Your hate or bad ideas on «socialism» gives you the kind of country where it's all about «me, myself and I» and where only money is the main value denying equal rights for ALL Americans. Just, as an example, see how your health care system works (or more, doesn't work) with such a big money system at the mercy of those big insurance companies and where you have to show your credit cards to get in an hospital. <br />Something you'll never see here in Canada. <br /><br />Your government is one of a «Republic» as ours is one of a «Social Democracy».<br />Your politics are polarized in a bi partisan system while here in Canada we can choose to vote for multi partisan system of 4 parties on the federal government and, for the province of Québec, also for 4 different parties and even a fifth one for our next 2018 election because the NDP federal party is going to open a provincial party for this next autumn election. <br /><br />Two countries and two radical different ways of seeing those words and ideas.JiELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290330475832440721noreply@blogger.com