This guy “gets it.” Conviction such as his is very attractive in every way.

Best quotes: As a conservative Republican, I believe that WAR SUCKS! Oh, but there are things that suck way worse than war, y’all. Slavery, genocide, tyranny… peace through strength, y’all!……

The Vote Reaper…..this one even has a lightsaber fight!

…and music from POD!
I like dat. Thanks for the link.

It reminded me of conservatives in Minnesota — furtively checking from side to side while talking politics, making sure that neighbors and fellow parishioners hadn’t overheard the conversation.

Try being one in West Los Angeles… I’m moving to OC.

Anywho, the lovely gent that sat near him on the bus was there from Bagdad, Iraq. My husband says that besides being called his new “American friend” all day, this man proclaimed his great love of America and the soldiers and how great it was that they were there and the great things they were doing for them continuously.

You actually made me tear up there.

I love that. The gratitude, especially during the voting, just means so much that I wish we saw more of it on TV. It might help remind people what’s at stake and what we’ve gained.

Thank you.

It was the way he kept looking from side to side while talking about conservatism.

It’s a rap culture thing, Ed.

You wouldn’t understand.

“America is not better than everybody else, America IS everybody else”

That is the greatest line!! I’m going to wait to watch the rest of his videos this afternoon with my girls when they get home from school. They are very staunch conservatives, and seem to be in the minority in their high school here in AZ, and are very outspoken about their views. I love giving them great talking points. They kill the science teacher with global warming every year. Tag team her. One is a senior this year and one a junior, just when she thinks she’s escaped them back they come. I suspect she’ll retire just because my girls. I love it. She carries water for Algore.
FWIW-My husband just returned from a business trip in Beirut, Lebanon. For whatever boneheaded reason he signed up for a bus tour of some of the coastal areas. Who knew people were going there for vacations? Anywho, the lovely gent that sat near him on the bus was there from Bagdad, Iraq. My husband says that besides being called his new “American friend” all day, this man proclaimed his great love of America and the soldiers and how great it was that they were there and the great things they were doing for them continuously. Some of the other foreigners, not so much. (Can you say French) Rich says that this man didn’t have to say these things and could have ignored him just like the french did. Without a doubt he was happy to meet him and shake his hand just because he’s an American citizen. Cool stuff, I couldn’t imagine a greater honor. Rich says he really misses being in the military at times like that.

Bubba Redneck on August 8, 2008

I can see how he might have meant it the way you understand it, but he should’ve said it more clearly if he did.
Too many Americans are totally myopic, or else they look down on the 94%.
My wife is a Filipina, so maybe that colored my interpretation.

If so, it’s reflects what I believe is a majority opinion in America.

Your first paragraph’s moot because we already have a consumption tax that is working just fine in the US. It is called the sales tax.

Your 2nd paragraph is moot because we can issue temporary tax credits for twice taxed money. It’s not like we haven’t ever issued tax credits before.

There are better arguments against a consumption tax, but these aren’t it.

I don’t think we’re better than anybody else. This is America. We are everybody else.

Great speech except for this quote.
Thankfully, most Americans realize that 94% of humanity lives elsewhere. Anyone born in France or Nigeria or Thailand is just as valuable as any American. Those “nobodys” are made in God’s image, too.
The sooner we stop looking down our noses at foreigners, the sooner we will become even better than we are.

jgapinoy on August 8, 2008 at 9:21 AM

This is an excellent quote! We are an extremely diverse nation, probably the most diverse nation on the planet, so his quote is quite accurate; people from all points of the compass have flocked to these shores. Even the ancestors of the Indians, both North and South American, came from Asia. I am also thankful the 94+% of humanity lives elsewhere; no single continent can handle all of humanity, nor were any meant to. We as Americans

hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;

and that all men, everywhere have the right to pursue the blessings of freedom.

That being said the young man in the video, nor anyone else for that matter, is saying or implying that the massive chunk of humanity not living here is less than human. We have all been made in the image of God and we will all give an account of ourselves before God when He calls us home, regardless of nationality. We all God’s children and are all equal in His eyes and He loves us all equally. Remember, God did not save the Holy Roman Empire, but He saved a lot of Romans.

:)