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elliemae
2010 May 11, 1:32pm
Commissions are built into the policies. Prepaid burial plans are death policies too, high commission. Life insurance is a way to provide for people after you die - but it's important to keep up with the policies to make sure they reflect the changes in your life.
RayAmerica
2010 May 12, 1:58am
Life insurance is a way to provide for people after you die
Once again, proof a liberal can make deep, profound observations.
simchaland
2010 May 12, 6:53am
Life insurance is a way to provide for people after you die
Once again, proof a liberal can make deep, profound observations.
Once again a conservative is showing his ability to state the obvious without actually understanding what the obvious means.
RayAmerica
2010 May 12, 7:33am
Once again a conservative is showing his ability to state the obvious without actually understanding what the obvious means.
I get dissed even when I pay a compliment to a liberal.
elliemae
2010 May 12, 12:57pm
You really need to follow what others think of you and quit taking yourself so seriously. Laughter is a wonderful thing. I laugh at your posts all the time and for that, I thank you.
It's good to have a sense of humor - but it's more than a bit pathetic when you're the butt of the joke and you don't know it, rayray. Yea, I'm talking to you - and your approval of my post was so awesome! I did the happy dance, knowing that you like me - right now, you really like me!
RayAmerica
2010 May 14, 2:21am
It’s good to have a sense of humor - but it’s more than a bit pathetic when you’re the butt of the joke and you don’t know it, rayray. Yea, I’m talking to you
Insult #501 from ellie "I never insult anyone" mae. Pretty funny that you always imagine yourself being "attacked" when you're the one doing the attacking. What exactly is the name of the complex you're suffering from?
simchaland
2010 May 14, 4:37am
It’s good to have a sense of humor - but it’s more than a bit pathetic when you’re the butt of the joke and you don’t know it, rayray. Yea, I’m talking to you
Insult #501 from ellie “I never insult anyone†mae. Pretty funny that you always imagine yourself being “attacked†when you’re the one doing the attacking. What exactly is the name of the complex you’re suffering from?
Pot calling kettle... Come in kettle, it's pot...
elliemae
2010 May 14, 7:18am
Pot would make him easier to understand. Or 'shrooms. My favorite part is that he misses the hidden references.
There's no such thing as an exchange of ideas with rayray - it must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room...
simchaland
2010 May 14, 7:22am
Pot would make him easier to understand. Or ’shrooms. My favorite part is that he misses the hidden references.
There’s no such thing as an exchange of ideas with rayray - it must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you’re the smartest person in the room…
Wait, you mean to tell me that there is actually "thought" involved for Rayray? When did this evolutionary leap happen?
elliemae
2010 May 14, 7:28am
It was an obscure quote from the movie Broadcast News. It certainly applied here. Rayray's attacks on anyone with whom he disagrees (basically anyone with an independent opinion) are wearing - and appear to have driven away so many other posters.
Come back, little Sheba! We miss you all!
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Wikipedia says "Liberalism (from the Latin liberalis, "of freedom"[1]) is the belief in the importance of liberty and equality... ...The revolutionaries in the American Revolution and the French Revolution used liberal philosophy to justify the violent overthrow of tyrannical rule, paving the way for the development of modern history in tandem with liberal history.... ....Words such as liberal, liberty, and libertarian all trace their history to the Latin liber, which means "free"... ....Liberal could refer to "free in bestowing" as early as 1387, "made without stint" in 1433, "freely permitted" in 1530, and "free from restraint"—often as a pejorative remark—in the 16th and the 17th centuries."
At the core, liberalism is about what you would or would not allow.
Would you allow corporations to contribute to political campaigns?
Would you allow corporations to dictate their own salaries and bonuses?
Would you allow federal workers to have a union?
Would you allow medical doctors to practice without a license?
Would you allow citizens to seek medical care from a "doctor" who does not have a license?
Would you allow people to eat food that is known to cause disease if consumed in excess?
Would you allow people to consume in excess?
Would you allow businesses to sell to people in excess of their needs?
Would you allow a wealthy person to live in luxury while their neighbor goes without?
Would you allow police to ask for proof of citizenship/visa?
Would you allow police to create random checkpoints for drugs or drunk drivers?
Would you allow US military to attack and occupy foreign nations?
Would you allow US military to detain foreigners for extended periods with no trial?
Would you allow people to carry concealed weapons?
Would you allow people to use narcotics?
Would you allow people to use alcohol?
Would you allow people to sell alcohol?
Would you allow people to sell narcotics?
Would you allow people to manufacture their own alcohol?
Would you allow people to manufacture their own narcotics?
Would you allow government to restrict travel?
Would you allow people to travel without restriction?
Would you allow public nudity?
Would you allow burning of the American Flag?
Would you allow cruelty to animals?
Would you allow people to express racism, bigotry etc...?
Would you allow the government to punish people based not on what they do but an opinion of why the did it?
Would you allow someone to see you naked as a requirement for your free travel?
Would you allow corrupt and/or bankrupt corporations to fail?
Would you allow the government to take money from savers/workers to bail out speculators?
Would you allow people to smoke?
Would you allow people to smoke in public?
Would you allow tobacco ads on TV?
Would you allow alcohol ads on TV?
Would you allow prescription drug ads on TV?
Would you allow nudity on TV?
Would you allow pornography on TV?
Would you allow pornography on network/public TV?
Would you allow people to educate their children free from government interference?
Would you allow people to seek the medical treatment of their choice?
Would you allow parents to seek the medical treatment of their choice for their own children?
Would you allow the free exercise of religion?
Would you allow the right to bear arms?
Would you allow the right to bear any and all arms?
Would you allow government to require background checks as a stipulation for acquiring the right to bear arms?
Would you allow government to require registration as a stipulation for retaining the right to bear arms?
Would you allow people to not buy health insurance?
Would you allow people to not save for retirement?
Would you allow people to opt out of government entitlement programs?
Would you allow states to succeed from the union?
Would you allow a private bank to debase the currency?
Would you allow citizens to establish their own currency?
Would you allow people to prohibit homosexuals in their place of business?
Would you allow homosexuals to refuse to hire heterosexuals at their place of business?
Would you allow Muslims to refuse to hire Jews?
Would you allow people to refuse to join the military?
Would you allow people to work for a wage that is acceptable to them without interference from the government?
Would you allow businesses to refuse to pay "minimum" wage?
Would you allow people to work for benefits that are acceptable to them (including none) without interference from the government?
Would you allow government to take money from workers in the form of payroll and income taxes?
How much money would you allow government to take from workers in the form of payroll and income taxes?
How much would you allow government to restrict travel?
How much would you allow government to tell parents how to educate their children?
How much would you allow government to restrict what companies can sell or do?
How much would you allow government to dictate the rules and choices of the people?
How much salt would you allow people to eat?
How much beer would you allow people to drink?
How much meth would you allow people to do?
How much hate speech would you allow people to do?
How much money would you allow businesses to make?
How much money would you allow wealthy people to have/keep?
How religious would you allow people to be?
How much time on the internet would you allow?
How much of a carbon footprint would you allow?
How much liberty would you allow?
How liberal are you?