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Nope, only the ones without brains, our who think they have a right to Other People's Money. Wait, I forgot, that fits plenty of Romney supporters, too.

Well, first of all, socialism, being immoral and unethical, based in envy and sloth, can't be the best system. Capitalist-based systems are unquestionably the best. I feel so strongly about this, I recommend the US does something different and tries a capitalist health care system immediately...

I have to agree to have my paycheck raided to support others to make it anything other than immoral, unethical, and yes, illegal theft. Anybody whose paycheck is raided without his explicit consent has been robbed. No way around it. It's legal, ethical, and moral to tax for the general...

Has every individual agreed? I haven't. No one can agree for me. I bet most people haven't agreed to that.

Prior to the founding of the 13 colonies as we knew them, in the early days of the pilgrims, the settlements actually had socialist systems of which English Lady and OVM would be proud. No one went without clothing, no one lacked a roof over their head, and no one went hungry. Well, any more...

And that changed things, how? If someone is compelled to provide for someone else not his minor child, he has been enslaved.

At least the president can go fork himself.

To say that someone is entitled to food, drink, and medical care is to say that someone is obligated to provide it. In the case of adults, that's slavery. Apparently, the British and Canucks don't find that as abhorrent as I would have thought.

That's because of an international agreement, not an inherent human right. It's a matter of morals and ethics--you take away someone's right or ability to provide for their self, you incur a moral and ethical obligation to provide for them. Same with house pets. When we domesticate an animal, we...

These aren't human rights; they're somebody's idea of human rights, which they titled a Universal Declaration. There is no such thing as a human right that someone else is compelled to provide.

Within the confines of both the federal and state constitutions, and human rights, yes. Food, housing, and medical care are not human rights, btw. I know some will claim they are. There is a lot of federal finding of state and local law enforcement, also, all of it unconstitutional, and...

I've never read an account of Christ engaging in humor or satire, but the gospels don't go into that. He did many things, human things, that aren't documented in the gospels, because that's not their purpose. Additionally, Christ had the most important ministry in the world, and He knew He had a...

Aaaaaah, I knew someone would twist my position that way. I didn't say anything about only paying taxes if it goes toward what I want. I said income redistribution (i.e. welfare-type programs) is theft. As was pointed out in another response, the government is only authorized to spend money on...

I think what Turtle was referring to is that the Law is summed up in this: Love your neighbor as yourself. That's what the Bible tells us. But yes, Christ and the salvation available to the elect are indeed the subject of the NT, as well as the OT, for that matter.

I'm happy to hear that. But being compelled to help me is another matter. Having your earnings that you worked for confiscated and redistributed makes you a slave, not charitable. That's why the Church and other civic organizations are the only proper collective venues for charity, after family...

I agree with some of what you wrote, but the following is pure, unadulterated crap. Freedom necessarily entails the freedom to fail. If you are protected from falling by a safety net built from earnings confiscated from someone else's paycheck, then they're not free. What one person receives...

That doesn't cover treating someone's false religion as true. You do the other man no favors when you do. I'm fully in favor of freedom of religion; my own is protected that way. But do you think you would get that same courtesy in one of the 3rd-world Islamic hellholes? Even at Gitmo, we give...

"HOW DARE YOU CALL US VIOLENT? I'LL KILL YOU!" There's an annual Draw Mohamed Day, instituted in response to the fanatical, 7th century cavemen's violent attacks on others who have drawn their false prophet. I participate, though I confess I don't actually draw my own but re-post the best of...

And it's not just the gummint's feelings, but others who feel rights should be delineated not by law, but how they feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel. Weenies every one of them.

I think most people, aside from D12 neocons, has figured out that freedom is gone. But for those who havent figured it out, this writer puts it well. Someone famous once said: "Any festering moron can learn from his own mistakes; it takes a genius to learn from the mistakes of others." (or...