Friday, December 14, 2012

The Ten "Cannots"

Interesting history to these bullet-point "Cannots".  You can read the story here, but I'll post the "Cannots":

  • You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
  • You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
  • You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
  • You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
  • You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
  • You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
  • You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
  • You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
  • You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence.
  • And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
Just so happens that #s 1, 6, and 8 are very pertinent to the post below.  The nice thing about Conservatism is that you don't have to change the story every couple of weeks, or decades.  That's why Conservative values are called the Permanent Things.

It's also why John Boehner is NOT a Conservative.

10 comments:

VSO said...

Yes!

Anonymous said...

Reagan violated most of these by raising taxes 3 times and spending like a drunken sailor.

Anonymous said...

You cannot destroy the rich by raising their taxes to where St. Ronnie believed those rates should be.

Anonymous said...

St. Ronnie was a deficit spender of the worst kind. And apparently full of crap.

Saint Revolution said...


TO: AnnOfGreenFables
12/14/2012 4:25 PM
12/14/2012 7:30 PM
12/14/2012 11:05 PM:

Just stop.

You are such an awful blogger...just stop. Put yourself out of your misery, go burn your manssiere, and accept your "partner"'s strap-on.

Just awful.

ISPs actually sell internet access to people like you?

Certain "challenged" folk should have to pass some sort of assessment and substantiation before they're given WWW access where they might hurt themselves.

Here...here's exactly four squares of toilet paper. If you can show us you know how to wipe your stupid ass, then we won't kick it.

God bless me.

Anonymous said...

Who's AnnofGreenFables?

St. Ronnie raised taxes and was one of the worst deficit spenders in American history. His actions prove that he didn't believe in most of those "cannots". It's just talk. Another reason why conservatism is just a fraud.

Anonymous said...

And didn't Darth Cheney say that Reagan proved that deficits don't matter?

Anonymous said...

St. Revolution, God doesn't bless you. He blesses everyone. And what makes you seemingly better than anyone else? Seems like you have a personality disorder. I suggest you seek help.

Anonymous said...

St. Revolution, God doesn't bless you. He blesses everyone. And what makes you seemingly better than anyone else? Seems like you have a personality disorder. I suggest you seek help.

Anonymous said...

I agree.

No one is going to take you seriously when you make comments that show your emotional instability. Making disgusting comments and then following them up with God Bless Me is really odd. You should find something more constructive to do with your free time.