Hi Jim,
I was puzzled by your message. But now that I know your frame
of mind when you wrote it, I understand. I do know that I can
sound over zealous myself. You should see my friends start to yawn
when I rant on about the many sins of BushCo. They can't really
believe BushCo is that bad & dark. And like Todd said
a week ago, I won't win over many advocates that way. Mainly
I want to wake them up, but I can be too much. I get wound up when I
realize all the good that could be done with the money that is
thrown down a black hole to corporate interests; money that is
siphoned off from the middle class and poor.
I think good ideas from any political party is great. (I like the
thoughts
of the Greens especially.) Mainly I love any idea/program that elevates
people
and gives them optimism and appreciation of life.
E.g., I hate it when art, music, and/or gym are removed from schools. When
I was a kid I had these courses. Now they're being eliminated due to costs.
These courses enriched my life a lot.
No, we won't get good politicians until we totally revamp the
candidate selection process. Need to get corporate money/influence
out of the system. In 2004, Bush had 200+ million dollars of money
for his election campaign, way beyond the rest of the field. We need to
level
the playground so all candidates have the same money to use. Also
TV stations should allow all candidates equal and free time to get their
message
to the voters. The voting system too needs to be
made reliable and open to all citizens, i.e., votes cannot be manipulated
either
electronically or physically and citizens cannot blocked from voting. IMO,
as
of now, it doesn't look good for November 7. Those Diebold & ES&S machines,
with
their built-in hackable back door are in a lot of states. They've not been
independently
certified. They've failed all real tests done on them. They're designed to
be easily hackable.
See: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
Voting fraud will be with us again, it appears.
Peace, D. Mindock
> Hi D..
>
> D. Mindock wrote:
>
>>Hi Jim,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi D,
>>>No not now - this should have happened after we invaded Iraq and prior
>>>to the second four years.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Better late than never. We need to stop the Bush regime, now. It is a
>>loose cannon.
>>
>>
> You are certainly right about that and I pardon the pun.
>
>>>I honestly am not a progressive or a conservative. I simply listen to
>>>both sides of an issue and look for the truth that comes from each then
>>>decide where America as a people will benefit the most - NOT where I
>>>will benefit or where my special interests lie,
>>>
>>>
>>
>>My special interests are: fairness, life (live & let live, here and
>>abroad),
>>equal justice for all regardless of whatever, equal
>>opportunity for all, world-class education for all through 4 years
>>college;
>>stop the polluting of our air/water/food, low cost single payer healthcare
>>for all, investing in sustainable energy sources, and reducing our greatly
>>bloated Pentagon budget so that we can pay for all the infrastructure
>>repairs/upgrades needed to our social and physical fabric.
>>
>>
> Those are worthy values, and I would like to see the same but it takes a
> wise and honest administration to implement them without creating a
> monster that in the end would not achieve the goal. I wonder do you
> think our society could elect someone that wise and honest the way we do
> it now? I under stand taking steps in the wrong direction are worse
> than not taking any.
>
>>
>> but where the most
>>
>>
>>>Americans will stand to benefit (without the loss of life and liberty to
>>>someone in another country as a result of the benefit to these
>>>Americans.).
>>>I believe JFK said "ask not what your country can do for
>>>you but what you can do for your country"
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Yes, I believe he said that.
>>
>>
> I kind sounded like I was preaching a bit didnt I, Sorry, just venting
> frustration.
>
>>
>>
>>>I understand some issues are
>>>very complicated and do not have simple answers but when you jump on a
>>>party line that says " this is bad" and "thats good don't bother to
>>>think", then you have just become blind to the real solutions.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Basically, all I have been saying that BushCo represents special interests
>>and
>>not the American people. He has lied to Congress and "we the people".
>>His values and actions have resulted in a degraded environment, a
>>disastrous
>>war in Iraq (more pending?),
>>fraud, spying on us all, etc. These are bad.
>>
>> I believe the best solution is his immediate
>>removal from office. This is good.
>>
>>
> I was not in disagreement with you, now that I read it back sounds kinda
> condensending, Sorry again. I only think that to truly get effective
> change that will meet our goals I think we need to do (from your list)
> "world-class education for all through 4 years college" first and we
> need to develop socially as a people right along with that.
>
>>You can think on this. I encourage free thinking on all issues. Are there
>>any issues
>>am I blind to?
>>
>>
> Again I am sorry if I sounded like I was aiming at you, I merely do not
> like party think and I value honest and sincere thoughts from Right and
> left thinkers. I think you do to, but there are many that do not.
>
> My best,
> Jim
>
>>There is nothing complicated about GW Bush. He's a pretty linear guy.
>>
>>Peace to all, D. Mindock
>>
>>
>>
>>>Best,
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>D. Mindock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/10305
>>>><http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/10305>
>>>>
>>>>Now Is the Time for a Left-Right Alliance
>>>>
>>>>A rebel alliance already exists that could stop Bush administration
>>>>attacks on the Constitution
>>>>by Thomas R. Eddlem
>>>>
>>>>I'm currently a life member of the John Birch Society and formerly
>>>>served on the staff of the organization for 13 years.
>>>>
>>>>So why should any left-winger reading this care a fig about what I have
>>>>to say?
>>>>
>>>>Because of a conversation I had with another conservative magazine
>>>>writer recently. In frustration at the unconstitutional excesses of the
>>>>Bush administration, I blurted out to him: "The only people doing any
>>>>good out there are the people at Air America." I expected to shock him
>>>>with the statement, but his two-word reply shocked me: "And MoveOn.org."
>>>>
>>>>We were both exaggerating for effect, but fact is, as my journalist
>>>>friend continued, "We probably only disagree on, maybe, 25 percent of
>>>>the issues." I'd have put the percentage a little higher, though I
>>>>tacked an ending onto his sentence: ".and those issues aren't especially
>>>>important right now."
>>>>
>>>>When Air America started, I told myself and my friends that it would
>>>>fail because it would be redundant. The Left already controls all the
>>>>television networks besides Fox, along with most of the major
>>>>newspapers. But here we are a year later, and the most penetrating news
>>>>analysis on television is - and I'm not exaggerating here - Jon
>>>>Stewart's Daily Show on Comedy Central.
>>>>
>>>>I tuned into the Boston Air America affiliate when I became a community
>>>>radio talk show host almost two years ago, thinking that I could use a
>>>>few of their wild statements as a springboard to bounce my counterpoint.
>>>>And although I got a few yuks out of quips about "Airhead America," I
>>>>found that I agreed with the hosts more than I disagreed with them.
>>>>
>>>>They criticized the Bush administration for deceiving us into the Iraq
>>>>war. No problem there. They criticized Alberto Gonzales for his torture
>>>>memos. Again, no problem. They criticized deficit spending, the PATRIOT
>>>>Act, and corporate welfare. Hurray, hurray, and hurray!
>>>>
>>>>So I called into a few "progressive" radio talk shows, identifying
>>>>myself as a "right-wing radio talk show host," and explained my
>>>>understanding of these issues. Stephanie Miller told me that I was a
>>>>"not a very good right-winger." A liberal show host at my radio station
>>>>even called me a "liberal."
>>>>
>>>>But my views haven't changed one bit since I joined the John Birch
>>>>Society during the Reagan administration. So this is not a conversion
>>>>story.
>>>>
>>>>What's changed is that the Bush administration has simply gotten that
>>>>bad and that, according to some polls, we are almost at the point where
>>>>most genuine conservatives realize it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thomas R. Eddlem is a native of the Boston area of Massachusetts and a
>>>>graduate of Stonehill College. He is a radio talk show host in
>>>>Southeastern Massachusetts and is a frequent contributor to The New
>>>>American magazine.
>>>>
>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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