Sharon a good comment! On Jul 17, 1:47 pm, Sharon Fuentes <[email protected]> wrote: > good morning Keith, > > Sounds like quite the adventure you are on. Please note that not everyone > who is liberal thinks that conservatives are dumb, stupid or misinformed. > It is this thinking on both sides of the isle that has brought much > contention and dysfunctionality with the government as we know it today. I > believe that the media like to stretch it one way or another so that they > sell their schmootz to their listeners and followers-it sales. There has to > be a balance somewhere and there has to be willingness on both sides to > engage in a meaningful discourse. The biggest hindrance between the parties > in doing this (my opinion) is that we are too ideologically ingrained now > and march to the beat of the ideological drumb. It makes me very sad to > read the posts here where people are cursed at and categorized as retards > simply because of a difference of opinion. We have shifted to a whole level > in a decremental fashion where discourse is near meaningless and the > exchange of ideas is minimal at best because their is hardly any meaningful > discussion or explanation as to why people think as they do. We are all > adults and do not need to call one another retarded because we do not think > alike-let the 8 year-olds on the playground do that. I will never > underestimate the intelligence of a conservative-Karl Rove was brilliant > getting Bush to the White House and that said-anyone who thinks that some of > these elected officials are not intelligent-are shortsighted in their > perspective-for these not so smart elected officials are setting policy > (whether we agree with it or not) which is why it is imperative to have > mixed parties controlling the Senate, HOR and Executive offices. No matter > what party is in power, we as citizens can only hope that the best > decisions are made (often not the case) and if we are not happy-we need to > vote their bottoms out of office and begin anew. However, that is not so > easy since we have the lowest if not one of the lowest election turnouts in > all the world. I have seen things here in this country that if it were > anywhere else, citizens in Europe would be in the streets marching in > protest. But we don't. All we want is what media will feed us- hollywood, > professional sports, etc, our mere existence and our gadgets. If > politicians said tomorrow, they planned to ban all internet access and a > seizure of all smart phones was to occur-you might get a rise from the > average citizen. But we have become complacent and that is due to > ignorance, lack of education about what is happening in the world and > Washington, and the blind trust that those who are elected will make choices > that are best for this country and this is a dangerous place to be no matter > what party you support. > > S > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Keith In Köln <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for sharing this article Dick. I rarely if ever read the NYT > > Magazine, (even though I have it bookmarked on my Homepage here on my > > laptop); I would not have seen this article had you not posted it. > > > Kerry has always struck me as the proverbial, "Plastic Politician", much > > like John Edwards affected me, (and there have been a number of Republican > > politicians that I can also put into this same category). > > > I am here in Fulda, getting ready to go to "Observation Post Alpha"; > > placed at the Fulda Gap in Geisha, which during the Cold War, was where > > "We" believed that the Soviets would enter if they did in fact choose to > > attack Western Europe. There are still remnants of the old German > > Democratic Republik border, and during my last few days here in Germany, I > > wanted to see it. The point being, is that I had a few minutes to read the > > article and comment before I have to check out of the Hotel. > > > I was watching Bill Mahr on Piers WhuzHisName, (the guy who replaced Larry > > King on CNN) sometime this morning, (CNN International) and the writer for > > the NYT, as well as Kerry, reminds me of that arrogant "Bill Mahr~Clueless, > > Far Left Liberal" mindset. Mahr literally thinks that all individuals who > > have conservative viewpoints are dumb and stupid, yet, when you hear Mahr > > quote, "Facts", none are accurate or even remotely close to the truth. > > > I have seen Kerry do the same thing, on the floor of the Senate. > > > That same perspective resounds the the Obama Administration.Note all of the > > promises that have been made, "Closing Guantanamo" to,giving reassurances > > to Afghani Warlords of United States Troop involvement at least through > > 2014, and as Kerry put it, "A foreign policy of, 'Engagement' ". > > > The NYT's writer never challenges any of these hoaxes, and reports them as > > factual, accurate and truthful. The far left extremists also believe this > > to be an accurate description of what has transpired, just as they believe > > that raising taxes on less than one percent of the populace, those who are > > most responsible for creating jobs in this Nation, and by blaming tax > > breaks for corporate jets for the entire $14.3 trillion deficit, will > > justify the continuous outrageous socialistic style spending spree by the > > Obama Administration, all the while, the goal is to continue to rile up the > > increasingly large number of people who get checks from the government. > > > And folks like Studio, Steve, Moe SugarShack and others keep marching > > down that same path to Utopia.....Thinking that all conservatives are ill > > informed and dumb.... > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:38 AM, dick thompson > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/**07/17/magazine/john-kerry-our-** > >> man-in-kabul.html?nl=**todaysheadlines&emc=tha210<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/magazine/john-kerry-our-man-in-kabu...> > >> -- > >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > >> For options & help > >> seehttp://groups.google.com/**group/PoliticalForum<http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum> > > >> * Visit our other community > >> athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> * It's > >> active and moderated. 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