I think he stole it from Jack Sparrow!

Biden's take on doctors showing up at Democrat rallies. Funny. Does he realize they were the protestors?

I believe the difference between the left and the right has always been how they define things. An example, the word Equality. The left want equal results for everyone, while the right want equal opportunity for everyone.

It's all good!!!

You just have to laugh at ole Joe.Poor guy just doesn't have a lot of gray matter upstairs.Equating his Democrat policies and buddies with "moral".Ha ha.Moral and Democrat together are an oxymoron.

My point was not to say all Libertarians are atheists. Since that was the impression I gave, Mia Culpa... I apologize. I too have a strong Libertarian streak, but believe we need to be guided by a strong morality. This does not mean we cannot have our failings at times. We are not Gods ourselves

It seems that my points have been seen today as self-righteous. This outlook is false, but it is possible I'm not explaining myself clearly enough.

Spoken like a true politician:
Of course, it's moral to take money away from people who probably didn't vote for me and give it to people who probably did. I should do everything I can get away with to make you behave the way I think is best, because, I'm smarter than you.

I actually agree with what you are saying, to a point, and I have often stated if you fight a war to begin with, you better fight to win. It is also a good reason why our officials should consider all options prior to waging war. Our country has a tendency to wage war and then consider the implications of doing so after the fact. It is that "cart before the horse" approach that gets us in trouble and keeps us in countries for years on end. Stop bringing a knife to a gun fight, especially when you have a 50 cal. at home.

On the larger question of morality, if we expect morality of anyone, by what standard should that morality be held? Traditionally, this country was founded on Judeo-Christian values as a whole even if the individuals of that group did not espouse a Judeo- Christian Philosophy. With Judeo- Christian values came the idea that all people are inherently good, and freedom with responsibility. Somewhere along the way, we seem to have forgotten the responsibility part. The greatness of this philosophy is not lost on me. God-given rights are declared under the first ten amendments of our Constitution. Those rights are not given to us by the Federal Government as some believe, rather by the grace of God. If we live based on the Objectivist philosophy, then we have no right to anything in this world, or do we just express that the Bill of Rights are rights bestowed on us by Mickey Mouse? If there is nothing intrinsically "God-given" about anything then it stands to reason that all of it is a lie anyway. Right?

So ask yourself my friend, what real difference rests in the Statists, like Snarky and Dud(e), who believes in a highly controlled populace based on the superiority of Government over the electorate and an Atheistic Libertarian whose concept of "freedom" leads to uncontrolled Anarchy. I fear the guy with the shotgun, who uncontrolled, blows a hole through my kids head for looking at him wrong as much as I do the thievery and control of a despotic and imperialistic Federal Government. Also, you have no cause in believing that the VP is wrong. By his own moral standard, he is correct.

A life with a belief in nothing greater than ourselves is a sad, torturous, and fearful life indeed.

Every time I hear Biden speak it scares the hell out of me to think that "OhNo and Joe 2012" is a possibility.

you're making a case for a larger stimulus from govt in the face of large, deep recessions.

and to that I say "well done!" :-)

From Henry Morganthau’s diary in 1939 “We have spent more, borrowed more, and raised tax rates higher than ever before and have nothing to show for it! The problem with FDR was not the lack of stimulus, but the social policies that drove business away. The NRA drove many companies out of business with price and wage fixing that took away cost advantages from smaller companies who were lean to stay in business (Goodyear Tire & Rubber was a big winner from this). He also hammered the people he was claiming to help by massive Excise Tax increases. Excise revenue went from $540 million in 1929 to $1.364 billion in 1935. While he raised income tax rates from 25% in 1929 to 81.2% in 1940. Income tax revenue actually fell from $1.096 billion in 1929 to $540 million in 1934. The income tax and corporate income tax provided 81% of revenue in 1929 but by 1940 only provided 53% (and 1940 had a 50% Excess Profits tax on business (retained earnings today)). Why grow business with stimulus when Uncle Sam is there to immediately remove it? In the early 30’s the largest provider of FREE protein was Oscar Meyer, by the end of 34 he was only a bit player since the funds were no longer !

morales, we don't need no morales...at least here in az......we gots too many morales, garcias, lopez's already...oh crap!!!!

morals!!!! we don't need no mo' of dem either.......

it's fryday damnit!!!!!!!!!!!

Only thing we need from Washington is secure our borders (which they do very badly) and maintain our infrastructure (which they also do badly). I think the states and individuals can take care of the rest. What a stimulus that would be!

right, and as the argument goes...the govt spending he was doing in an attempt to fix the problem wasnt big enough. govt war time spending on industry was however.

you're making a case for a larger stimulus from govt in the face of large, deep recessions.

and to that I say "well done!" :-)

Bob Barr is as much a libertarian as neal boortz is. they aren't.

Matt, I indeed use a-theism explicitly to justify being a jerk but am a politico-ideologically arch-ultra conservative & extreme reactionary a-theist thus meaner than a July rattle snake; I strongly resent opprobrious characterization of my purpose in adopting a-theism. I rather expect to be praised & approbated therefor by people who should be perceptive enough to realize I am the sort who gets things done because I signally lack any puerile fear of hell. Just think how much more effective against pervasive evil, specially communism, Franco, Chiang, Cromwell, Joseph McCarthy, the shah of Iran, George Wallace, the junto of south Korean army general officers that ousted Rhee & other self righteous autocrats & authoritarians would have been had they shed the vapid inhibitions of theistic codes & just forthrightly done what needed doing! Give me a capable a-theist any day over an irresolute theist compulsively dithering on whether or not winning would be a sin. Success is self validating, mister.

Is this Veep for real? Is this the same Veep that threw out more expletives at a "Memorial Service" for a Patriotic Senator (?) last week or was that a dream I had? (BTW: wondering how the Veep got away with that little "slip"....) And he wants to talk about morals?

"The new version would be -- the democrats will give you a fish, the republicans will let you earn/save enough money to buy a fishing boat and become independent -- oh, wait, now I see what's happening -- too bad the Dem lovers can't see what's being foisted upon them."
Maybe that is somewhat true for the D's but you are SOOOO FAR off when it comes to the R's. The R's (and the D's) would bail the fisherman out once he became to big to fail!

"You have to listen to Lewis Black for the difference between Democrats and Repoublicans: "Democrats are a party of no ideas, while Republicans are a party of bad ideas."

Libertarians? ha, Did Bob Barr even win a single state? Libertarians are the retarded kids that sit in the back of the classroom"


What in the h-e-double hockey sticks does this even have to do with the story above? You come on a Libertarian web site just to incite Libertarians? No one forces you to come here and disparage Libertarian ideas. Since so many of you Statists DON'T PARTICIPATE in those type of sites, the Daily Kos and Move On are great web sites for your brand of hatred. You will be right at home there. You ought to check them out. Have a blessed day!

Dude, if you get your politics from Lewis Black, you are part of the problem and not a part of the solution.

He was a Bush basher on Comedy Central, which continues to support a left wing bias.

Biden's hair plants went in a bit too deep I'm afraid.

You have to listen to Lewis Black for the difference between Democrats and Repoublicans: "Democrats are a party of no ideas, while Republicans are a party of bad ideas."

Libertarians? ha, Did Bob Barr even win a single state? Libertarians are the retarded kids that sit in the back of the classroom

There is an old parable that says, give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day -- teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. The new version would be -- the democrats will give you a fish, the republicans will let you earn/save enough money to buy a fishing boat and become independent -- oh, wait, now I see what's happening -- too bad the Dem lovers can't see what's being foisted upon them.

it's not about morality, it's about basic economics.

unless of course you thought the great depression was super awesome. then, you're right, nothing to see here.