Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

WOW...How dare someone post this kind of un-verified and slanderous stuff. Never ceases to amaze me of how much people think they know about what others say and do when they are "with like thinking friends"...

We are all anonymous. Slander is not an issue.
Maybe I was insulted by the way Democrats were characterized.

Take a look at the polls. Even FOX news sees a move to the left.

I surely do hope and pray that some folks do not make a decision against moving to TV based on a minority representation by knuckleheads on the bus, this forum or any where else.

They are in the 1%!!!!!!

Politics is not the real life....please remember that.

btk

After reading all this it came to me that the overwhelming opinion about The Villages is that it is a great place to live, even for those on the left.
And furthermore the overwhelming political leaning is conservative or right. I have to believe that the number of happy conservatives sets the back drop and tone for the wonderful place The Villages has become.

Therefore I must surmise that if the USA as a whole was right leaning and conservative like The Villages it too would be a wonderful place to live. Not saying it is not a wonderful place, just could be more like TV!

Tell me where I am wrong?
EB

Originally Posted by tonyafd

Once again you side stepped the issue that was presented. So the public unions are the new enemy. I'll bet that came from FOX news.

I think that you've forgotten to use the less tolerant names for those ethnic groups that are traditionally Democrat. You know the ethnic names that you use when you are with like thinking friends.

Since you've seen fit to characterize the typical Democrat, I feel obliged to draw parallels between the Republicans and the Nazi's. Ideally you would like to outlaw the unions. The Nazi's did that. Minorities and gays that didn't quite fit the Fascist ideal were dealt with. Don't you wish they could go away too? The Nazis found a way. Communists and Socialists were sent to the death camps.

Man, you are really out in left field, heh? You profile someone you never meant because he gave real facts about the membership of the democrat party. I expressed no opinions of the dems membership. I merely told you who is under the tent. There sounds like a bigot amonst us.

Originally Posted by villagegolfer

I would say that average middle America can identify more with Republicans then Dems. Democrats are now associated with union labor (mostly public union) minorities, and the fringe groups like homosexuals, progressives, communists, socialists etc.

You are saying that the gay and lesbian population of the USA are "fringe groups"? That definitely sounds like you are bigoted toward them. How about some of the Republicans who are gay and lesbian? Do you consider them to be part of "fringe groups" or does that hatred only stick to the Democrat gays and lesbians?

Originally Posted by buggyone

You are saying that the gay and lesbian population of the USA are "fringe groups"? That definitely sounds like you are bigoted toward them. How about some of the Republicans who are gay and lesbian? Do you consider them to be part of "fringe groups" or does that hatred only stick to the Democrat gays and lesbians?

How dare you? This is low even for your ilk. Where is the hatred? It is a fact that most homosexuals align themselves with the democrats. Your discredit yourself when you use the bigot card all the time.

Would you care to talk about issues on neutral ground over a beer? Maybe we can find common ground and bury the hatchet.

Originally Posted by buggyone

Would you care to talk about issues on neutral ground over a beer? Maybe we can find common ground and bury the hatchet.

I would never consider imbibing in alcohol beverages with someone who publicly called me a hateful bigot. Are you for real?

"I don't know if your builder's attorneys have resolved this yet, but my readings revealed that the IRS has contested the notion that your town centers are bona-fide government bodies. Therefore they are contesting the builders right to issue tax exempt bonds." I don't know where this came from??

Two basic problems are that The Villages are alleged to be a gated community, they ignore that anyone can
go through the gate and that The Village's do not have its own Police
force. Have not heard anyone say the contention about bona-fide town
centers?? Many Cities and Towns have town centers.

Originally Posted by buggyone

You are saying that the gay and lesbian population of the USA are "fringe groups"? That definitely sounds like you are bigoted toward them. How about some of the Republicans who are gay and lesbian? Do you consider them to be part of "fringe groups" or does that hatred only stick to the Democrat gays and lesbians?

It's semantics. Fringe group, minority group; not too much difference there. If VG said minority group, a word popular with you of the liberal and leftist persuasion, you would have been fine with it I imagine.

Accusing VG of hatred? Over the top and uncalled for IMHO in light of the context of his post.

Originally Posted by notlongnow

After reading all this it came to me that the overwhelming opinion about The Villages is that it is a great place to live, even for those on the left.
And furthermore the overwhelming political leaning is conservative or right. I have to believe that the number of happy conservatives sets the back drop and tone for the wonderful place The Villages has become.

Therefore I must surmise that if the USA as a whole was right leaning and conservative like The Villages it too would be a wonderful place to live. Not saying it is not a wonderful place, just could be more like TV!

Tell me where I am wrong?
EB

Seems like logic

Originally Posted by PennBF

"I don't know if your builder's attorneys have resolved this yet, but my readings revealed that the IRS has contested the notion that your town centers are bona-fide government bodies. Therefore they are contesting the builders right to issue tax exempt bonds." I don't know where this came from??

Two basic problems are that The Villages are alleged to be a gated community, they ignore that anyone can
go through the gate and that The Village's do not have its own Police
force. Have not heard anyone say the contention about bona-fide town
centers?? Many Cities and Towns have town centers.

Copy the heading above into Google and read. The magic number is 355 million dollars. Has it been resolved yet. Are Spanish Springs and Sumpter Landing towns? Does the builder have the authority to issue tax free bonds on what is a large housing development?

When I say bona-fide I mean are they like the incorporated towns around you with elected officials, or are they just concentrations of commercial properties made that way by the builder?

Originally Posted by notlongnow

After reading all this it came to me that the overwhelming opinion about The Villages is that it is a great place to live, even for those on the left.
And furthermore the overwhelming political leaning is conservative or right. I have to believe that the number of happy conservatives sets the back drop and tone for the wonderful place The Villages has become.

Therefore I must surmise that if the USA as a whole was right leaning and conservative like The Villages it too would be a wonderful place to live. Not saying it is not a wonderful place, just could be more like TV!

Tell me where I am wrong?
EB

I read Pat Buchanan. I read Chomsky. I need both. Left leaning thinkers are censored out of life in the Villages. That is a quality of life issue for me.

Yes it would be nice if the USA was the Utopia that you have in the Villages. But we have bank failures, foreclosures, offshoring of good jobs, illnesses leading to indebtedness and poverty. Ambition is good, greed is not. The right is excessively greedy.

But you got yours didn't you. What if they take it away?

Originally Posted by tonyafd

I read Pat Buchanan. I read Chomsky. I need both. Left leaning thinkers are censored out of life in the Villages. That is a quality of life issue for me.

Yes it would be nice if the USA was the Utopia that you have in the Villages. But we have bank failures, foreclosures, offshoring of good jobs, illnesses leading to indebtedness and poverty. Ambition is good, greed is not. The right is excessively greedy.

But you got yours didn't you. What if they take it away?

Who is the arbitrator of what's "too greedy"? One man's "ambition" may be another man's "greed".

"The right is excessively greedy" is a silly statement; I'm sorry but it is.

"you got yours, didn't you. What if they take it away"? Who are "they".

Originally Posted by RichieLion

Who is the arbitrator of what's "too greedy"? One man's "ambition" may be another man's "greed".

"The right is excessively greedy" is a silly statement; I'm sorry but it is.

"you got yours, didn't you. What if they take it away"? Who are "they".

Excessive greed is the CEO that found a new way to cheat hard working rank and file workers out of a decent pension through creative new accounting techniques. Excessive greed is getting an auditing company to misrepresent your financial status. Excessive greed is corrupting companies that rate your bonds. Excessive greed is bundling low quality mortgages into packages called securities and then buying securities that protect you against their failure. Excessive greed is Enron.

I didn't get mine yet. I'm still working. If they take away my pension and S.S. I will be screwed.