Of course it's Same Old, Same Old. Look, we're all well aware that things are freaking insane-- but we are rather comfortable anyways, so screw it!, right?
It's sorta entertaining, from a certain perspective... but from a progressive viewpoint... we're going nowhere, and not too fast. The people who speak truth, and would *really* bust some reform, won't even come CLOSE to getting any power to do so. We're pretty happy having our cake 'n eating it too. Am I evil? I am, man! And I love me cartoons. Nothing to see here, move along. -- The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life. Karl Jaspers On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: >>this is pretty questionable. I only got halfway through the article >>due to time constraints but it requires parsing to decide who was >>abusing power here. If it was Palin that would of course be wrong. If >>the ex brother in law was in fact a violent drunk who was also a cop, >>that is of course a problem. If all this only came out because he went >>to a convention with another woman, it makes me question the validity >>of the issue. >> >>There may well be a problem here but I do not find that it is clearcut. > > Frankly they're all at fault. The ex brother in law for obvious reasons. Then > because there was not quite enough evidence to get him out of the State > Police, she abuses her power as governor and tried to get him fired. When > that doesn't work because the Commissioner of the State Police insists on > following the law (big surprise there), she uses her gubernatorial power to > get the State Police Commisssioner fired. Now the republicans are touting her > as anti-corruption? Sounds like the same sort of anti-corruption attitude > that led to the recent DA firings. Same old, same old. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267245 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
