Hi again Keenan, I'll try to address issues you brought up in this
post

Your reference to Puritanism, seems to be rooted in the gay rights
issue. I wonder if you are "out" and feeling threatened, or is this
just a hypothetical discussion for you. Now maybe that is not a PC
question to ask, so feel free to ignore it if you choose.

Isn't choice great! The Puritans came here inorder to exercise free
choice, and in so doing, chose to live in a land where others chose
differently. However it is also a democratic land where the majority
rules, and the minority is protected from the tyranny of the majority,
by the courts. The Majority is currently identified as the moral
mojority, and so is opposed to the immoral minority. I am not saying
that this is true or right, just that it is reality.

The minority, now has the choice, of dealing with it, or slinking
away. I admire you that you are not slinking! That things are
difficult for you, no doubt! We were there for a long time, and only
recently have rallied the troops to take significant ground. Now is
not the time for us to get lazy either. We will keep pressing on, and
you can choose to get onboard or not. That is your choice!

Our choice is that we do not want to have Gay Marriages blighting the
landscape, nor wanton abortion polluting our collective conscious.


Regarding blacks feeling intimidated at the polling place, I feel that
is generally a bogus charge. There may be places this occurs, it is a
big country, but I am sure we would have heard more, if it was
rampant. But it sure sounds politically powerful. And there is the
core of the problem for Liberals. They keep trying to find some magic
bullet to propel themselves into power, without really having a viable
platform. Now that would be really hijacking the election, if they
could have pulled it off, like feeding bogus exit polls to their
sheep, which made them feel real good for awhile, but the let down was
a real bummer. Of course if you can blame it on some "old white
dudes," hey, what a coup. Keep on believeing this BS, if it makes you
feel better.

Mm. Only y'all ain't born with equality of opportunity. But I spose that's
just some crackpot liberal thinkin' there eh?


For a change, I think you got it right, sort of! We obviously are not
born with equal opportunity, but then that is not what the
Constitution is talking about. The Constitution says that we are all
born equal, and that there are certain inalienable rights. Health
care, or driving a Rolls, and living in Aspen, is not one of them. I
live in Colorado, but not Aspen. I drive a hardly rolls, and I have to
pay for my own health insurance. I have a black neighbor who has a
newer car, - a management job, that I expect provides insurance, and
both of us could go up to ski in Aspen. Ain't America great,
independent of our skin color, we can go any place we choose. The
only thing that really holds us back, is our own vision of who we are
and where we want to be!

Luckily most voters realized that the above program is unacceptable,
if for no other reason, than who was going to pay for it? The promise
was that taxes would be raised on the rich. That works until there are
no more rich, and then they come after you and me, or at least me! No
thankyou!

LOL. Again, y'all were sayin' somethin' 'bout settin' up a false dilemma?

I am self-employed, which means I get to pay all my own taxes, and I
know how much I pay. I have paid a lot for a long time, and I am not
rich. I would not mind being rich, mind you, then I could maybe afford
to take a vacation or move up to Canada. But then I would spoil it for
you, and that luckily for you, is not a false dilemna.

Similiarly, enviro issues are presented in the same way. If we sneak
it under the radar, make enough distracting noise, noone will realize
the finacial costs of these programs. The problem, is that we have
fallen for this before, and noone was buying it this time. Especially
considering that for the last 30 or 40 years Nader and his crowd, have
been singing the same song, but tell us the problems remain. That is
why he was ignored this time more than ever before. The fact that
Kerry, gave lipservice, to pacify the eco-warriors, only proves that
they are easily distracted!

Uh. Whatever all that means. The environment IS the economy. It just ain't
rightly recognized as such by certain folk.

Clueless in Canada, the fact that you don't get what that means, only
shows how much out of contact you are with the issues that are
important to the majority of US voters. The environment is "not" the
economy, it is only a part of the economy. In a previous election, we
were told that "It is the economy, Stupid!" The Dems are still singing
the same song, but the band has moved on! The economy is always
important, it is just what the money is going to be spent on, and how,
that changes.


OK, well, back to regular programming.

And that is a big part of the problem, is that liberals have fallen
back on their regular programming that worked for them in the 70's,
failing to update their prime time offerings. Any TV station that did
that would not last from one season to the next, how is it that the
Dems think they can go for decades without changing, their song and
dance!

Thanks, Tinkerntom, aka KnesisKnosis, Life, Live it!