Do we have a right to live? 

This topic of rights and natural rights seems to pop up on this forum regularly from time to time. The answer always seems to come down to whether or not you believe in some super natural being that grants you rights when you are born. The "inalienable rights" always seem to have some root in religion and not the physical world.

To a religious person, rights are bestowed by their creator and to a non religious person, rights are bestowed by whatever government, ruler, or person that has ultimate power over others. These perspectives apply to all rights including the right to life itself.

It is for the same reason that liberal talk shows never survive. They can't backup their beliefs in a two way discussion.

What!!?? Are you kidding me??! Name one conservative talk show that actually participates in a two way discussion. They use the same "debate" tactics seen here. Insult, name call, shout down with pre-perpared stock answers and when all else fails, hang up on the caller. I listen to Rush, Michael Savage, Mark Levin and Sean Hannity on a pretty regular basis when I'm driving. I flip flop between them and NPR. I only have respect for Mark Levin but even he is prone to ridiculous theatrics and abusive treatment of anybody that doesn't brown nose him on the phone.

There was a guy they used to have on named John Bachelor who was conservative and had fascinating shows, but they dropped him here because I believe he made people think and people don't want to do that. They just want to hear the words and then repeat them. His show was like a conservative version of NPR with guests on to discuss things instead of just the idiots of America calling in.

Your eyes are brown.

He is exaggerating, but he is not that far from the truth. The left is dissatisfied with America and where it has been. They speak of "transformation" all the damn time. When you hear their ideas for this transformation, you realize they don't want America to be... well, America at all. They would much prefer a humble, socialist European state.

Given enough time and success at the transformation I'm sure there would be a movement to change the name of our country to something less offensive, more inclusive and representative of the indigenous peoples of North... uh... well insert the happiest naive word you can think of here. Or maybe just the United States of Namaste.

I'm only half joking. If you listen to the origins of most of the Left's ideas, meaning San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, etc and you close you're eyes and concentrate on this kind of thinking, this idea of "transforming" the country and even renaming it once the transformation is closer to completion, is much more clear.

The reason the right wing is so nasty and angry is people on the right like the country we are and have been. They like it a lot. They don't want "transformation" and ultimately, the Left is winning and the Right is losing. Frustration is bound to set in.

The big problem the Left doesn't fully comprehend is, if the Right is truly forced up on the ropes with threat of extinction too soon, the Right is well armed and it will be a blood bath. They will likely wait a generation or two until their control of the media and the education system is successful in indoctrinating 80%+ of the young people to the "correct" way of thinking, the courts they control have open the way to implement all their great new ideas and their laws, taxation and regulations wear the Right down to the point they are very weak.

Make no mistake, the Left intends to bury the Right. They are hopeful they can do it with "proper" education and not force.

I love that the folks on the left are so much more concerned about where the leaked emails are coming from, or what motives are involved, than what is actually in the emails!

A note today from a liberal I know following news stories today regarding the leaked emails: "man I might have to vote for Gary Johnson, this shit is getting ridiculous".

Woo Hoo!! This is Gary's year!! 

We also don't know if the change will be beneficial or detrimental to us.

For example....A warmer climate moves food growing area farther north, where there is more land, thus more land available for food production.

That's true, but warmer climate also drives more powerful weather systems. So we also have to consider huge rain fall, floods, stronger hurricanes, stronger tornados, extended droughts and huge freakish snow fall.

Yeah, he's another old white guy, but he has radical Muslim friends, so that makes him "diverse", right??   

Then you should read a little more. He's been a good governor with conservative bonafides, unlike the guy at the top of the ticket.

The ranking I saw was he has been an OK governor with mediocre approval ratings.

https://morningconsult.com/state-governor-rankings/

His particular conservative bonafides are the ones I care least for personally, but it is easy to say that he is way more conservative than Trump. Trump really isn't a conservative, or a liberal. He's just Trump. Ralph Kramden goes to Washington, with Pence as Ed Norton.

BTW, here is what the real Ralph Kramden thinks of Trump-