----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Bad intelligence
> On 11/8/06, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> On 11/8/2006 8:34:23 PM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >> > >> > I just hope that all the talk from both sides about partnership >> > rather than >> > partnership amounts to something more than politics as usual. >> > >> >> Did you mean "partnership rather than partisanship"? > > > Yep. My bad... intelligence? ;-) > > >> I believe that the message to republicans is not that conservatism >> is >> undesirable, but that the extremes of conservatism are not places >> the >> country wants to go. The exact same message should be understood to >> apply to liberals/progressives/democrats. >> The people of this country have for the greatest part grown tired >> of >> polemics and greatly desire to find a "sweet spot" where we can >> find >> balance. > > > Well said. I wonder if the present situation is bad enough for our > people > to truly rebel against all the powers, political and otherwise, that > have > drawn power from divisiveness. I think that is entirely up to the citizenry. Perhaps sending e-mails to ones elected representatives and expressing ones concerns rather than listening to talk radio or reading political blogs would be one place to start. I think the kind of political discussions such as the ones we have here are also a healthy sign. >I find myself wondering what is the best way > to accomplish that. How does one rebel against divisiveness? By not participating in the process of division. We here on this list are quite lucky people. We get to discuss issues with others who relate to us what the part of the elephant they perceive is like and in our discussion come to gain some hazy idea of what the whole elephant is like.. There is the choice. We can argue about the elephant or we can create a synthesis of the elephant. As a general rule I think I tend to learn more about some subject from people whose views are very different from mine. I may not come to agree with them, but I benefit from greater understanding of a subject by learning how it affects or is seen by those with differing views. I'm riding an elephant and say "An elephant gives a bumpy ride" A fellow under the elephant's feet replies "Bumpy you say....................." >It's easy to > say that I reject those who preach "I'm right and you're wrong," but > there > hasn't seemed to have been much left. As you say, perhaps Obama is > part of > what remains, worthy of support. > By the same token, in this election we lost Dewine (R-OH) who by all reports was a pretty good Senator. Sending the message has already incurred some cost. xponent Tangibles and Intangibles Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
