Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man, a known liberal/progressive and Pres. Obama supporter, went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Now by chance a certain tea party member came down that road but fearing thieves went another way and never saw him the man.
Likewise a unemployed work was headed that way but ran out of gas money and did not reach the place where the liberal was.
And due to budget cuts, no police and other persons came down that road.
But then a certain drone, belonging to the Government as it journeyed overhead, flew over the man and a government official saw it in his monitor and reported it to his boss, Mr. Mitt Romney, where the Pres. Obama supporter lay. And when he heard it Mitt said, ‘this Obama supporter is too dependent on the government, he believes he is a victim, and he believes government has a responsibility to care for him, he needs to take personal responsibility and care for his own life, so don’t worry about him, let him lie. If someone comes upon him then hopefully they will take care of him.’ So he sent no one to him to bandage his wounds, give him medicine, convey him home, house him, or take care of him. So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
And he said, “Mitt Romney because he showed him how to be independent and not rely on the nanny State.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Comment 1: Loren M. Lambert - We're missing the point. I don't pretend to know what is in Mitt's heart and I could concede and agree that he may be one of the most generous people on earth. I could say the same about Pres. Obama and Mark you have no idea one way or another how "God" or any other supreme being however you view him or her judges either of these men. Furthermore, I agree with Mitt and you that government should be as limited as possible. However I do not agree with you and Mitt that government, especially our government, is inherently evil and has no role to play, in a balanced manner, when individuals, families, communities, states, or the nation is beset with unanticipated or overwhelming emergencies. I would also note that I favor approaches that do not create government agencies or bureaucracies and work within a modestly and sparsely regulated free enterprise system. Nevertheless, when certain industries, despite grave, systematic and deplorable inefficiencies or harmful consequences that put them on notice that they need to voluntarily reform their industry then fail to ameliorate the inefficiencies and damages their causing, government should and has every right to step into the breach. But I, like all Americans, have to compromise when I know my specific ideas will not win the day. I could overhaul health care in a less heavy-handed way than has been done but the reality is, obviously, I have no power but my vote. Given this, the most likely person to have made any change has been Pres. Obama who has in fact through the very shrewd, ingenious and competent efforts succeeded--however imperfect the end result has been. It is the best result that could possibly be achieved under current circumstances. You need not respond Mark because I could write your response for you. You have nothing new or insightful to add to the conversation except for the old, trite, ineffective platitudes of the past that you simply regurgitate and never address how anything you are saying can solve real problems suffered by real people.
Loren M. Lambert © September 17, 2013
Now by chance a certain tea party member came down that road but fearing thieves went another way and never saw him the man.
Likewise a unemployed work was headed that way but ran out of gas money and did not reach the place where the liberal was.
And due to budget cuts, no police and other persons came down that road.
But then a certain drone, belonging to the Government as it journeyed overhead, flew over the man and a government official saw it in his monitor and reported it to his boss, Mr. Mitt Romney, where the Pres. Obama supporter lay. And when he heard it Mitt said, ‘this Obama supporter is too dependent on the government, he believes he is a victim, and he believes government has a responsibility to care for him, he needs to take personal responsibility and care for his own life, so don’t worry about him, let him lie. If someone comes upon him then hopefully they will take care of him.’ So he sent no one to him to bandage his wounds, give him medicine, convey him home, house him, or take care of him. So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
And he said, “Mitt Romney because he showed him how to be independent and not rely on the nanny State.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Comment 1: Loren M. Lambert - We're missing the point. I don't pretend to know what is in Mitt's heart and I could concede and agree that he may be one of the most generous people on earth. I could say the same about Pres. Obama and Mark you have no idea one way or another how "God" or any other supreme being however you view him or her judges either of these men. Furthermore, I agree with Mitt and you that government should be as limited as possible. However I do not agree with you and Mitt that government, especially our government, is inherently evil and has no role to play, in a balanced manner, when individuals, families, communities, states, or the nation is beset with unanticipated or overwhelming emergencies. I would also note that I favor approaches that do not create government agencies or bureaucracies and work within a modestly and sparsely regulated free enterprise system. Nevertheless, when certain industries, despite grave, systematic and deplorable inefficiencies or harmful consequences that put them on notice that they need to voluntarily reform their industry then fail to ameliorate the inefficiencies and damages their causing, government should and has every right to step into the breach. But I, like all Americans, have to compromise when I know my specific ideas will not win the day. I could overhaul health care in a less heavy-handed way than has been done but the reality is, obviously, I have no power but my vote. Given this, the most likely person to have made any change has been Pres. Obama who has in fact through the very shrewd, ingenious and competent efforts succeeded--however imperfect the end result has been. It is the best result that could possibly be achieved under current circumstances. You need not respond Mark because I could write your response for you. You have nothing new or insightful to add to the conversation except for the old, trite, ineffective platitudes of the past that you simply regurgitate and never address how anything you are saying can solve real problems suffered by real people.
Loren M. Lambert © September 17, 2013
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