Comments on: A thought for the Fourth https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Steven https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170130 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:58:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170130 I have always liked Robert Benchley’s analysis of the two kinds of people in the world: “There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don’t.”

]]> By: Bob From Virginia https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170044 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:01:19 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170044 You are right rickl, and we all know which candidate they voted for in 2008.

]]> By: rickl https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170033 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:57:41 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170033 There are some people whose idea of liberty extends no further than “sex & drugs & rock’n’roll”.

]]> By: SteveH https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170025 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:19:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170025 Democrats value liberty. They just define it in a rather odd way. As in having liberty with the spoils they themselves haven’t earned.

]]> By: waltj https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170023 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:37:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-170023 Some of us value liberty. Others value a handout and don’t care if they have to sacrifice their liberty to get it. Somehow, they equate this to “getting over on the Man”. Except that the Man now calls the shots.

]]> By: Bob From Virginia https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169996 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:24:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169996 Doom wrote “The truth is, it was never a vast majority, or even a majority. As I have it, only 1/3 of Americans wanted freedom. ”

If you are referring to the revolution that whole “one third support the rebellion, one third oppose and one third don’t care”; that comes from a letter someone wrote early in the struggle. A more accurate measure is enlistments; patriot enlistments outnumbered Tory nine to one.

We will find out this November how well liberty is still valued in the US.

]]> By: brad https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169992 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:38:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169992 The incoming majority has no use for liberty….

]]> By: John https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169991 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:34:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169991 Have a good time Neo.

Happy 4th.

]]> By: Nolanimrod https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169969 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:00:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169969 Neo, I cherish your web site. Easy on the bombast. You are cut a pass for the day.

]]> By: Vieux Charles https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169964 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:22:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/04/a-thought-for-the-fourth/#comment-169964

It occurs to me that that are two kinds of people in the world, those who value liberty very highly and those who don’t.~ Neo

Sadly, the country is split with those who value liberty being slightly less than those that don’t.

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