On 12/14/2006 at 3:17:29 P.M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My Mom, always told me, never discuss Religion or Politics. Wise advice for the bar room, family reunions, holiday get-togethers and the like. Not so wise in the arena of public debate where ideas have consequences involving public policy: civil rights, health care, stem cell research, the environment, multi-cultural education, patriotism, etc. In those circumstances, better advice from AIDS activists who coined, "Silence equals Death" and Holocaust survivors who resolved, "Never Again!" Everyone has a political view, or not and religious views, or not. When he goes on a rant, he does just that. This is a free country, where opinions, don't always coincide, agree? Toomy goes off on a rant about this or that, ,,,, The archived messages of this group will show that my criticisms are aimed exclusively at the content, tone, and rhetoric of the columns and posts here. "Nothing personal" as they say. Happy Holidays! =========================================================== 74 percent of Americans knew the Three Stooges, Larry, Curly and Moe, by name; only 42 percent could name the three branches of our government. 77 percent could name two of Snow White's seven dwarfs while only 24 percent of Americans could name two United States Supreme Court justices. Zogby Poll: _NYC; Good Thing We Citizens Aren't Tested - New York Times_ (http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30915F7345A0C768CDDAB0994DE404482) ============================================================
