The Savage Republican

I know that if you've followed the battle between Israel and Hezbollah, you've heard the many on the left admonishing Israel for a "dis-proportional" response. And you also have the the usual suspects calling for yet another cease fire, but emphasizing that Israel bear the brunt of a "measured response and draw down."
I remember the quote from the movie "Patton" where George C. Scott says "The politicians always leave us with another war to fight." Israel has done everything asked of it. Cease fires, withdrawals from Gaza and the West Bank and the myriad promises from the U.N., Clinton/Albright, the Dayton accords, Roadmap to Peace, the Oslo Accords, promises of a peaceful, self-governing Palestinian populace, yada, yada, yada...And by fully complying what has Israel got? Shootings, murder bombings, many civilian deaths, attacks on their soil, killed and kidnapped soldiers, rocket attacks and the derision of the world.
And the expectation is that Israel should do what has proven a failure? Many times a failure. As Captain Ed states "To use a crude analogy, if someone is stupid enough to bring a knife to a gunfight, it doesn't mean that those holding the guns have a moral obligation to fight with knives instead." As a Lt. General once said "If you want to compare war to a football game, I want to win 200-0 or 300-0." The left has always been about "fairness". The left seems to think that war is resolved and criminals mollified with cease fires, proportionality, candle light vigils and balloons for peace. They seem to think that bargaining with evil will yield pleasant results. Always remember, evil wants it all.
And evil is never satisfied with anything less.
I hope the gun Israel brings to this fight is a 120mm smooth bore gun tube. Attached to a Merkava Mk-4 Main Battle tank.
Yah.
That should work.

OK – so it’s 8am and I’m listening to the Fox 9 Morning News anchors talking about the story that MNDOT is broke. They discuss all the possible reasons for the lack of funding (like the fact that there are a lot more road projects being undertaken by the state). Alix Kendall, the female anchor, then goes on to mention that all of the members of the Minnesota House and Senate are not going to campaign on this because it means they have to talk about because (wait for it…..you know what’s coming….”
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THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE TAXES TO DO IT!!!!!

That’s right – every answer to every problem in the state is raising taxes! The schools aren’t teaching your kids – raise taxes and throw more money at the problem. The city you live in is over-run with criminals and there aren’t enough cops on the street – go crying to the state demanding that they RAISE TAXES to give you more money. You have a problem the government will give you money to solve it. To HECK with the fact that we are going into the next budget biennium with a surplus – RAISE TAXES!

Remember when the last biennial budget was set up, the state had serious budget deficit. As a result, projects had to be postponed – spending had to be curtailed. It is part of the adult process called BUDGETING - a process that each and every family in Minnesota has to deal with. You can’t spend more money than you take in! However, this year it was announced that the state was taking in more than it was spending, because of that, the state will now have MORE MONEY to spend on things like roads.

No Alix - raising taxes is NOT the answer. There is a budget surplus and once the legislature convenes, the money will be in the budget to start the construction projects that were put on hold.

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The left, fairness and a gun in a knife fight

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