After finishing the linked article it's pretty clear which side of the fence the author shoots from. But to go one step further, I'd say as I stand in the middle of the road that just as the right-wing radicals have usurped the RNC, the left-wing radicals have hijacked the DNC. These people are very similar to the radical islamists, radical christians, radical jews, radical gays, radical environmentalists, radical fill-in-the-blank crowds in that they fester and foment in their philosophically walled worlds, creating enemies of folks outside that don't see it their way. No wonder respect seems to be the vanishing value of so many of today's cultures.
Get used to it. We're not going back anytime soon. We're inching toward WWIII. Not a prediction, just an observation based on history. And just as WWI wasn't anything like WWII, this one will be radically different. Pun intended.
The louder one group yells, the louder the other group(s) yell back. Democracy does pretty good when things are relatively quiet and peaceful. It's when the noise and clamoring starts spiralling up that things begin to unravel. When everyone wants their changes to take effect right now. The old guard can't pull off their usual delaying tactic of forming any more committees to discuss the issues. No one wants to negotiate or give in. Having activist judges creating changes only results in clogged courthouse dockets with everyone waiting months or years for the inevitable Supreme Court decision. Dicking with the Constitution won't solve anything either. You still have the bogeyman of interpretation to contend with. God, where's Rodney King when we really need him? Don't answer that...
allan
at March 21, 2004 10:38 AM
Bush and Kerry are just two sides of the same coin. Both of these Skulk and Boners are bought and paid for by the big money corporate interests who have learned to 'play' the political system in this country to their own advantage. When Bush's popularity began to wane in the polls, almost overnight Kerry became the defacto Demo candidate and Nader was brought out and dusted off. Look at the sources of Nadir's funding -- he is being sponsored financially this time around by corporate interests who know that votes shifted to him will hurt the Demos more than the Reps.
It is all a pack of lies, done up in a pretty little media kit. But I will still vote for ANYBODY who shows a chance of defeating Bush.
After finishing the linked article it's pretty clear which side of the fence the author shoots from. But to go one step further, I'd say as I stand in the middle of the road that just as the right-wing radicals have usurped the RNC, the left-wing radicals have hijacked the DNC. These people are very similar to the radical islamists, radical christians, radical jews, radical gays, radical environmentalists, radical fill-in-the-blank crowds in that they fester and foment in their philosophically walled worlds, creating enemies of folks outside that don't see it their way. No wonder respect seems to be the vanishing value of so many of today's cultures.
Get used to it. We're not going back anytime soon. We're inching toward WWIII. Not a prediction, just an observation based on history. And just as WWI wasn't anything like WWII, this one will be radically different. Pun intended.
The louder one group yells, the louder the other group(s) yell back. Democracy does pretty good when things are relatively quiet and peaceful. It's when the noise and clamoring starts spiralling up that things begin to unravel. When everyone wants their changes to take effect right now. The old guard can't pull off their usual delaying tactic of forming any more committees to discuss the issues. No one wants to negotiate or give in. Having activist judges creating changes only results in clogged courthouse dockets with everyone waiting months or years for the inevitable Supreme Court decision. Dicking with the Constitution won't solve anything either. You still have the bogeyman of interpretation to contend with. God, where's Rodney King when we really need him? Don't answer that...
allan at March 21, 2004 10:38 AM
Bush and Kerry are just two sides of the same coin. Both of these Skulk and Boners are bought and paid for by the big money corporate interests who have learned to 'play' the political system in this country to their own advantage. When Bush's popularity began to wane in the polls, almost overnight Kerry became the defacto Demo candidate and Nader was brought out and dusted off. Look at the sources of Nadir's funding -- he is being sponsored financially this time around by corporate interests who know that votes shifted to him will hurt the Demos more than the Reps.
It is all a pack of lies, done up in a pretty little media kit. But I will still vote for ANYBODY who shows a chance of defeating Bush.
Kim L. Ground at March 23, 2004 11:11 AM