Comments on: McDonnell Continues to Push for Sale of ABC Stores

By: Pat.Herve

Pat.Herve — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:46:36 +0000

I still do not know what the sound byte “privatize ABC” means.

By: Moon-howler

Moon-howler — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:40:54 +0000

Taxpayer, Let me be very clear. You have been offensive on this blog, in particular to me. Knock it off. It isn’t up to you to be calling people out. The blog is for discussion, not the sniping you do on a continual basis.

I am simply not going to tolerate it any more. You are intentionally trying to goad while the rest of us are trying to discuss.

Sorry it has come to this.

By: Rez

Rez — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:56:54 +0000

@George S. Harris Well, since I am a conservative, we will not likely agree on much. But that's okay with me. It will be some interesting debates. Wolfie and I don't agree on much sometimes either. I want to help my fellow man, I just have a conservative fiscal view that I think works better than government funding. So from that standpoint I am probably libertarian by nature.

By: George S. Harris

George S. Harris — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:22:53 +0000

@Rez
Rez–I try to not rise to the bait, but sometimes just cannot help myself. I have been a liberal for all of my 77 years and I really dislike people who say “liberal” and “progressive” like they are the filthiest words they know. I am firmly convinced that if liberals are associated with being progressive that conservatives are more than likely associated with being “regressive.” They want us to revert to 16th century America because they believe they know exacty what the founders were up to in Philadelphia and I say the founders didn’t have a clue about what it would be like today and more than we have any idea what it will be like in another 250 years.

By: George S. Harris

George S. Harris — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:17:01 +0000

@Formerly Anonymous If you left because of me--shame on you. And I don't recall you being mentioned in this thread. Think about the old heat and kitchen thing.

By: Rez

Rez — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:18:18 +0000

That’s pretty funny stuff. My family will get a chuckle when they find out that their old conservative dad might have been called a liberal progressive fascist. Don’t let it get out, I might have to quit some of my organizations.

By: PWC Taxpayer

PWC Taxpayer — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:02:12 +0000

Geez, enough already. The personal attack – go away response is to be expected here. Call out a liberal or socialist ideology and its the same old thing. I don’t expect the arguments presented to be acknowledged anymore than I do the labels/definitions. I am tested and I like it. I push and like being pushed. I sometimes learn and I sometimes learn how to present the case by better understanding the reaction.

I just wish you liberal progressive facists felt the same way.

Calm down. Its a blog – nothing more.

By: Rez

Rez — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:56:46 +0000

Captain, I am done believe it or not. I am certainly not perfect — just ask my wife–I would just like to offer some friendly advice (which you probably don’t need from me). My suggestion is that I get very wary of reading something that has a personal insult attached no matter what the opinion on the subject may be. I have personally found that telling someone that they are crossing the line is more effective for the majority of readers. Following that with the opinion or fact you want to get across will enhance and not diminish.

Or to put in marine terms, don’t fall for the bait. Baiting is all too common on blogs. One thing I try to do is write a reply I would LIKE to send, get it out of my system, then post something that is less insulting. (Or I go into Timeout like Wolfie said–:) )

In other words–

Illegitimi non carborundum

As far as the ABC stores go, I lived for awhile in Florida which at least used to have state stores. I have to admit I hated to go to them as I found them ill kept and had dumpy “bars attached”. I know VA ABC is not the same. But I also don’t know the real economics of the situation. Part would depend on the amount of taxes and the fees like licensing fees in the future to offset the loss in profits.

By: Formerly Anonymous

Formerly Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:51 +0000

Mr. Harris,

Sorry, I can’t let your last post go without comment. How about when you attacked me for daring to state my opinion on an issue in a thread dedicated to the topic? Who did I consistently put down or denigrate? You were the third and final person to attack me here and were a major factor in my deciding to leave.

I could say far more on the subject, but I am confident you would only use it as a justification for your previous attack on me.

By: George S. Harris

George S. Harris — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:07:05 +0000

@Rez
Rez–Thanks for comments about my service–just tried to do my part. As to TP–sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. It seems to me that he has crossed the line several times and nobody is taking him to task. I have chosen to do so. I realize that in doing so I probably have had to lower myself to a different standard, but TP constantly puts down anyone who is not ultraconservative and does not agree that all liberals are communists or whatever other nasty term he can come up with. I intend to keep on takinghim on as long as he wants to be denigrate everyone who does not agree with him. If it means I have to wrestle with a pig, I guess I will despite the fact that the pig will enjoy it.