rumsfeld resigned! No further information just now On 11/8/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/8/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The good news is that we'll see change in Iraq. I've heard the new > > slogan is "Truth, Accountability, Progress". We'll see. That being > > said that's no more a strategy than, "we're going to fight, and we're > > going to win." > > > How do you see a change coming in Iraq when the executors of the war all > remain in place? Congress can only bitch and moan and call meetings, but > beyond that, their only real power would be to withhold the necessary funds, > which is something they simply won't do, lest they be seen as abandoning our > troops. > > So we'll see if the Dems can best Bush by actually defining a > > strategy, executing, and measuring and adjusting rather than repeating > > slogans. > > > So congress will issues some strong statements against the war....Bush will > smirk and continue unabated. I still don't see change. > > As for liberal vs. conservative, last night proved those terms are now > > meaningless. Here are the questions you should ask yourself and > > others: > > > They aren't meaningless, they've just shifted definitions. I stated a while > ago that I believe they've shifted to define what a person believes on > social matters. To that end, I really believe that last night's vote was a > reproach to the rise in social conservatism and religious indoctrination in > this country. > > Maybe that's just wishful thinking. I guess the only thing I can say with > certainty is that MY vote was directly intended as a vote against the > religious and socially conservative right. > > 1.) Do you believe the government is always the best tool to use to > > solve social problems? > > > This used to designate "liberals", back when that term applied to > governance. Now it implies "conservatives", as it applies to moral > applications written into law. > > Hence the shift. > > 2.) Do you believe the liberty of the individual is the highest moral > > government should advocate or do you believe that government should > > define and enforce its own morality? > > > See 1. > > The first question determines your fiscal polarity and the second your > > social polarity. > > > Perhaps, in very simple terms. > > -- > Anarchist reactionary running dog revisionist > Hindu muslim catholic creation / evolutionist > Rational romantic mystic cynical idealist > Minimal expressionist post-modern neo-symbolist > > >
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