Jim wrote: > Note that he didn't sign any contract to put what he said into > practice. Not even a verbal contract.
What a load of sophistry this is. Try this at home, if you have young children. Tell them that you are going to buy them a gift they've been craving for. And see how that noncontract, a legally nonbinding promise made in the most informal manner, plays out in your relationship with them. Then report back to us. Obama could have criticized the workers for seizing private property not of their own. He could have said that it was up to the courts to settle the issue. He could have remained silent. But, no, the guy sympathized overtly with the workers, who are taking direct action to have their bosses' obligations with them met. Obama is not just a private citizen. He is the president elect. His words carry weight. If what he's really been plotting all along is to stab these workers in the back, then his casual words are going to increase the cost for him. If you cannot see this, or if you shift the conversation to x, y, or z irrelevant, side issues, then this discussion is pointless. (As far as I'm concerned, because I have no doubt you can reply that it is pointful, because LBJ etc.) _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
