Once again that analogy does not work, because doing nothing in terms of voting does not make things worse than voting for a candidate that is bad.
Travis On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:05:12 -0800, Lowell C. Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I might add the "Jim Cramer" rule. (He's a financial/market commentator and > is the "Cramer" half of "Kudlow and Cramer".) I name it after him, not > because he coined in this field, but because he inspired it. He says on his > radio show that "I can't make you money if you lose money on a bad stock." > Well, applied here, that comes out as "You can't move ahead on freedom if > you move back." Sometimes, in the stock market, you make a sale on > something that you lose money on. But you make the sale anyway because if > you hang on to the stock, you lose even more. > > Sometimes in politics, you vote for a guy/gal who will take away some > freedom because the only viable alternative is going to take away even more. > > > > Lowell C. Savage > It's the freedom, stupid! > Gun control: tyrants' tool, fools' folly. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:42 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Political Expediency... > > > > Travis Pahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: > > > > >i am not opposed to compromise as much as some seem to think I am. I > > >am willing to accept a compromise so long as it moves me closer to my > > >ideal. > > > > The problem is that that's not always within your reasonable choices. For > > instance, neither pleading guilty nor defending a charge may move you > > closer to your ideal, but the guilty plea may entail the best compromise. > > Similarly, dental work usually moves one closer away from ideal, but > > you'll > > still have better & worse choices regarding things to do with your mouth. > > > > Truly I So Briney, > > Robert in the Bronx > > _______________________________________________ > > Libnw mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > List info and subscriber options: > > http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw > > Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw > > _______________________________________________ > Libnw mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw > Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw > _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
