lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thom Hartmann co-authored a book on the Kennedy assassination. >> > > I know he wrote a book on this. I have not read it. > It's a good read, phone book thick and very fascinating. > Have you > >> read it? I listen to Thom all the time and he is a bit on the fence >> about 9-11 too. He may not like name calling, which some of us find >> funny, but does like to make jokes about BushCo and Republicans. >> > That's > >> one of the best ways to get to them too. >> > > Most conservatives I know are embarassed by this administration and are > as anxious as the rest of us to move on to something else. They pretty > much did not get what they wanted other than a couple conservative > supreme court justices. And of course if there is a coverup, or a > cospiracy, lets expose it. But I find it more beneficial to to > discuss things in a civil manner as opposed to what is often the tone > here. I don't get Thom Hartman any more where I live, but I have heard > him say, that liberals must adopt the "best practices" conservatives > utilize to influence public opinion. And he holds Rush as a stellar > example of how liberals should present their view. It is his opinion, > as I understand it, that part of the problem with the liberal point of > view, is in how it's presented. > > I like Thom. I am not in full agreement with him. But compared to > someone like Randy Rhodes, he is a giant, IMO. > You can download free podcasts of Thom's show from places like www.green960.com. Thom (like Alan Watt) is a bit of a history buff and backs up what he says from history. He's even read one of my posts to his message group on his show. He didn't agree with me but I felt that he really didn't understand what I was saying. Randi says some dumb things on her show sometimes because she doesn't have the intellectual background of Thom but folks love her spirit. She quit Air America the other day and is on NovaM starting Monday and will be on the station whose link I posted above.
You miss the whole point of what being a liberal is about. It is not about marching lockstep like the Rush "dittoheads." I got a real kick out of Ed Schultz, a former conservative sports announcer who turned liberal and hosts a progressive talk show (also available at the above link) as when he was starting out he complained about the liberals going off in different directions and not marching in lockstep. But then he figured it out. Being liberal means you probably won't subscribe to everything the liberal sitting next to you does. Furthermore a liberal may find themselves agreeing with some conservatives sometimes, especially the ones who want to preserve the Constitution. There's the area where we can unite people and kick the ones out of the country who want to shred the Constitution. I see nothing wrong with the tone here on FFL. If you want to get "spiritually drunk" there are other "bliss" groups that cater to discussion on "spiritual" topics. The only problem I have here is the chaos that the group falls into with their posting habits which is probably due mainly to computer illiteracy though we have some seasoned computer experts here who commit the same crimes. The chaos is amusing considering that enlightenment should bring an organized mind. :-D
