The 50-Plus Things The Milwaukee Left Says You Won’t Hear on Talk Radio, Plus A Point By Point Refutation Of Same, All In Response To The New Book By Charles J. Sykes Titled 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School: Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Educatio

No.	50+ Things The Milwaukee Left Says You Won’t Hear on Talk Radio	But To Heck With Them, Here's What I Say ...
1	Might does not make right.	Awfully repetitious, these first four. Which doesn't make them right.
2	Repetition doesn’t make anything right.
3	Ditto wishful thinking.
4	Ditto the size of your IQ.
5	Size only matters if you’re insecure.	Only on Number 5 and you already got some Freudian thing going on. That's OK, I hear it's No Big Thing for you guys.
6	Guns do kill people.	Especially in Milwaukee's inner city. During deer hunting season, no so much.
7	The rich get rich and the poor get poorer; it’s the Republican way.	Then why does your side have all the richest Senators?
8	You are your brother’s and sister’s keeper.	My brother Tim is going to be just thrilled to hear this.
9	People don't choose to be poor, any more than they choose to be gay.	Are you saying that poor gay people have no free will at all?
10	The Fairness Doctrine is not an “Equal Time” rule.	The Fairness Doctrine is neither.
11	The economy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around. – Gaylord Nelson.	OK, you tell that to the Big MegaConglomerates trying to make big money off the Global Warming hysteria.
12	When you go to war, God is not on anyone’s side.	Yeah, I hear He was pretty much this way, that way on the whole Dachau-Auschwitz thing.
13	Reagan raised taxes.	He probably needed the money to bring down the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain.
14	I'm sorry.	No wonder NPR is sooooo boring.
15	I was wrong.
16	I shouldn't have interrupted you.
17	Bill Clinton isn't still President.	Thank God!!
18	George Bush made a mistake.	Yeah, he raised taxes after promising not to.
19	Gays are human beings.	Except before birth.
20	The American public turned against the Vietnam war before the press did.	Yeah, they wanted LBJ to quit fooling around and win the damn thing.
21	There were no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq.	Because all the poison gas had been used up already on the Kurds.
22	Saddam Hussein was not behind 9/11.	And Adolf Hitler was not behind Pearl Harbor either.
23	Abstinence programs don't stop teens from having sex.	And homicide laws don't stop murders, either.
24	Abortion is a choice best left to a woman and her doctor, not the government.	And starving a wife to death is best left to a husband and his judge.
25	Prayer doesn't improve test scores.	And a 1450 SAT (730 Math, 720 Verbal) probably won't get me into Heaven, either.
26	You are not entitled to your own facts.	Hey, we Conservatives tried sharing the facts with you, but you didn't want them.
27	Joe Wilson didn't lie. Valerie Plame was covert.	And she did such a great job of infiltrating Al-Qaeda, too.
28	Bill Clinton was incredibly popular.	With the ladies. In his own mind, anyway.
29	Al Gore didn't say all those things you think he said.	With our buddy Al it's not so much what he says as it is the fascinating way that he says it.
30	Climate change is real.	And "Global Warming Is A Bad Thing" is a real tough sell here in Wisconsin.
31	Tax cuts don't increase revenue.	Except when they do.
32	The Clinton Administration employed more women and minorities in top positions than the Bush administration.	Not quoting Hillary's Talking Points until Number 32: Priceless.
33	Illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than American citizens.	A small consolation, since that number should really be zero anyway.
34	Universal health care is cheaper and of better quality in most Western nations than our "free market" approach in the US.	Which is why all those Canadians come down here to the USA for their health care.
35	Compassionate Conservatism is neither.	See Number 10 above.
36	When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. – Mother Teresa.	Or in the case of the Ukraine, because Stalin starved them out.
37	Blaming parents for their out of control teenagers may feel good but it does not lower homicide rates.	And similarly, excusing parents for their out of control teenagers may feel good but it does not lower homicide rates.
38	Iraq was not a breeding ground for Al Qaeda terrorists until the United States invaded.	And there weren't any Nazis in Germany until the United States invaded on D-Day.
39	No Democrat was ever caught fondling a FEMA director and saying, "You are doing a heckofa job Brownie."	But a Democrat was caught committing perjury with that famous blue dress.
40	Politicians should leave the science to the scientists.	And they do, unless the scientists want tax money.
41	Political scientists should learn that politics is not a science.	Then how come so many of you guys majored in Political Science?
42	Medical decisions should be between doctors and patients, not between big insurance companies and their accountants.	And if you're worth millions like Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), you don't have to worry about any of this.
43	Even people that I disagree with are innocent until proven guilty.	Except for George W. Bush, eh?
44	Being poor is not a character defect.	But being rich really lets you put those character defects you may have into full bloom.
45	You didn’t grow up rich in the suburbs because you’re so smart. (You were born on third base; that doesn’t mean you hit a triple.)	Most of us were born in the suburbs because our parents had moved out after numerous court decisions had made most major cities unlivable.
46	Radio airwaves belong to the public; broadcasting on them is a privilege, not a right.	Try telling that to all-liberal-all-the-time-and-still-funded-by-my-tax-dollars NPR.
47	The greatest tragedy in mankind's history may be the hijacking of morality by fundamentalists.	Or it's abandonment by the liberals.
48	The poor go to heaven, too.	John Kerry is going to be terribly disappointed when he finds this out.
49	In fact, it has been said that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”	Richly demonstrated by Ted Kennedy for the past 45 years.
50	Taxes are not inherently evil.	Then why is your hero Warren Buffet so good at avoiding them?
51	The US health care system really isn't the best in the world	I have a big scar running down the middle of my chest that says otherwise.
52	Dick Cheney is not omniscient	You are absolutely 100% correct on this one: He can't see through lead.
53	The president really can't just do anything he damn well pleases. Even if he's a Republican.	But when we told you this during the Clinton Administration, you told us to go to Hell.
54	The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bertrand Russell.	Fools rush in, where wise men fear to go, but wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know? ---- Ricky Nelson
55	Gay marriage won't hurt your marriage.	So get to it and start convincing other folks of this so that the law can be changed. Let me know how it goes ...
56	Poverty causes social problems.	Or is it the other way around?
57	The Constitution mandates a separation between church and state.	In most communities, it's about 10 feet from the lot line.
58	The right to privacy is a constitutional guarantee.	See also The End of Privacy: The Attack on Personal Rights at Home, at Work, On-Line, and in Court by Charles J. Sykes
59	Justice Scalia has expressly repudiated strict constructionism.	But for some reason, you guys still hate him.
60	The U.S was founded not on Christian but on Enlightenment principles.	A Tale of Two Principles: Enlightenment = French Revolution Christian = American Revolution A Tale of Two Revolutions: French = Guillotine American = No Guillotine
61	Bill Clinton was, at worst, slightly right of center.	And that's why I never understood why you liberals abandoned your moral principles so readily for that guy.
62	It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena… attributed to Theodore Roosevelt.	This quote actually used to be on Charlie's web site. Now it's on mine.
63	The United States is the only country in the world to have dropped nuclear bombs on a civilian population--twice.	You don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Uncle Sam. Too bad for the Japanese that Jim Croce wasn't born 40 years sooner.
64	Be a class act. Class seems to be inextricably related to kindness, consideration, and a general recognition of human worth. -- Roy Beers.	Mmmm.....beers
65	Being black in America is hard. It doesn’t just give you special privileges.	See Number 6 above.
66	Being gay could not possibly be a choice since no child who ever heard the hatred tossed around playgrounds would ever choose it.	But all in all, pretty mild compared to being a Chicago Bears fan in Wisconsin.
67	Living in poverty is hard work. It’s not for the lazy.<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]-->	You want to know what's really hard work? HTML markup.
68	The truly conservative position on gay marriage would be to insist upon it.	A lot of gay-related items on your list. Is there something you want to tell us?
69	We’re going to need all the immigrants we can get here to pay into Social Security to support the Baby Boomers in retirement.	Oh, so that explains your opposition to reforming Social Security.
70	Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.	Pretty good for a bunch of agnostics, I'm truly impressed! Thank God that those Gideon Bibles are still free.
71	Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.
72	Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
73	Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall be satisfied.
74	Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
75	Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
76	Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
77	Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
78	Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.
79	If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.	This post will be a real test of that for you guys, eh?
80	Really -- hair is supposed to move!	You guys are just jealous because Charlie still has hair.
81	Jessica McBride is not a journalist.	As opposed to those real journalists who fabricate all those stories that their left-leaning newspaper and magazine employers have had to retract lately.
82	Midnight fireworks can backfire.	... but not nearly as bad as the Giant Burrito from 7-11. Trust me on this one.
83	Paul Bucher has never been a judge, not even for one day.	And neither has Judge Reinhold, oddly enough. And as for Paul, we kinda like to think of him as "The Terminator".
84	George W. Bush is the evil twin.	No, the evil George W. Bush we've been holding back for Terms 3 and 4. Sorry to spring the news on you like this, but you have another 8 more years to go.

Comments

[Tom McMahon]

In our Two Parallel Worlds, I think any argument that is considered a refutation in one would automatically implode in some sort of weird electron-positron annihilation in the other.

[xoff]

If you consider this refutation, it's a good thing you are not competing in debate.

[Dave Munger]

7 - Double the income of every American and you double the gap between the rich and the poor (500-100=400; 1,000-200=800) Is this a bad thing?

30 - Causation and what we should do about it are things we DON'T need evidence for, we can just assume.

31 - All those business interests who only care about the bottom line and have the Republicans in their pockets? They DON'T actually generate more profit do to the kinds of policies they support.

36 - ... so instead we petitioned the State to have it force other people to do it against their will, in the least efficient way known to man.

37 - Not as good as taking credit when your kids turn out right.

40 - If they fund someone else's pet theory instead of mine, it's a WAR ON SCIENCE!!!!!!

48 - But only if they have proper class consciousness, otherwise they are traitors.

50 - Hang on, I'm trying to write this down, "Taking other people's stuff away from them without their permission, not at all troublesome morally..." Go on.

51 - Which is why conjoined twins born in America are always jetted down to Venezuala to be seperated.

52 - True, he's no Thomas Sowel.

53 - Janet Reno, on the other hand...

54 - Said the guy who's got all the same basic political convictions he formed in Junior High.

55 - When people speak of "the institution of marriage", they don't mean "the personal relationship between my wife and I". Some students of history believe that there are such things as venerable societal institutions, which may be inadvertently harmed by well intentioned government tampering.

56 - Solution: Higher taxes.

57 - "Congress shall make no law.." = "Certain religious observances shall be forbidden in certain venues", am I getting this all down right?

58 - ... which only applies when it conflicts with national security interests, or in cases of certain types of infanticide.

61 - Thanks for reminding me that Nixon was pretty left-wing himself.

62 - But dissent is patriotic. Inherently, without regard to context. Except during a Clinton presidency.

63 - So it wouldn't be fair not to give Iran a chance.

65 - Unless you are also a professional athelete.

68 - TRUE conservatives fanatically insist that institutions which pre-date all governments be drastically altered by legislative decree, without first discussing whether there may be any unintended consequences to such a policy, because "equal treatment under the law" means "equal access to scarce material goods" like entitlements, insurance and stuff". Which is why it is unconstitutional for anyone to get tax breaks that everyone dosen't get.

69 - But not legal immigrants, naturalized citizens, English speaking Asians and Europeans, assimilable African refugees, or overtaxed hot Scandinavian models. Just tuberculotic Hondurans who will never be allowed to vote, to be used as serfs.

70-78 - Political posturing counts just the same as actually practicing these virtues, right?

[Tim]

Fred thinks toilet paper is brilliant, being full of it, you know.

Tom, they're mildly amusing. I have an issue with number 43. I don't recall George being impeached, yet, though he has been wrong on nearly everything.

FYI: I have a brother named Tom, and he has a pacemaker. Weird synchronicity going on here.

[Fred]

I feel like I just watched a Guiness commerical...

Brilliant.

I do find it amazing that this crowd is still grousing about the whol gay marraige thing. In a year when Dawn Marie Sass wins all Democratic ideas had their best chance ever.

This idea lost, look at your own party faithful for the blame. Amazing how they only have concern for anything with an (R) after their name.