I tend to chop off my sig. on threads/messages that are clearly personal discussion/viewpoint threads (as much of this list tends to be) rather than professional ones to make clear that my opinions are personal and have nothing to do with professional business.
As for knowing/working with someone who I have serious disagreements about on issues like politics, as long as they conduct themselves in a reasonable manner in the workplace, I don't have an issue with people having different opinions. That's what personal freedom is all about. I'm far more interested in talking and working with people who are informed and intellectually engaging than people who merely agree with me. Where is the fun in that? As for running for office and having a record online, I thought about running when Duke Cunningham was kicked out of office in my district. Whatever I've said is in the public record and I'm fine with it. My bigger concern is that my district is more conservative than I am (believe it or not), especially on issues like immigration, where I am more or less on the same page as Bush in wanting to see a guest worker program to bring all the gray market labor into the regular economy. On Jan 29, 2008 11:03 AM, Todd wrote: > I don't give my last name, but it's hardly difficult to figure out who I > am > with just a little searching. Also, the Internet handle I use is pretty > unique. I was the first person to ever use it and one of only 3 that I > know > of who uses it even to this day, so there is no anonymity there. > > I have shot my mouth off on this list a few times over the years and said > some things I probably wouldn't have said in hindsight, but am I afraid of > any of it? Not really. Am I embarrassed about it? Not really. > > PT PS: I would love to have the guts to run for office and have someone > bring up something I said online in the past just so I could look them in > the eye and ask, "So? What's your point?" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
