I didn't get that from Sam's message at all. On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote:
> > That is a very nice bit of justification there. You seem to have no > problem with pork etc., as long as it benefits you. And damned all > else. How self centered. And really it makes you come across as > having no principles, or at least none that you are willing to stick > with, if the price was right. > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You cave too easily, so if you are against using public funds to build > > a stadium and the stadium get's built with your money anyway you need > > to stay out or get labeled a hypocrite? > > > > It actually the thing that stinks the most about politics, you should > > be allowed to speak out against wasteful spending, but if the money is > > being given out against your will it should still be spread evenly and > > fairly or not at all. We all have to pay for it in the end. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Immensely. > >> > >> I hope you can see that what troubled me most is that what came across > >> in your initial post was so....anti-Judah. > >> > >> This makes me think of another gripe I have with politics in this > country. > >> > >> Lets say Bob, a Democrat, from Indiana proposes legislation that > >> stands to benefit millions of people, and Steve, a Republican, from > >> Arkansas, opposes the legislation, and even runs a campaign based on > >> his opposition to the legislation. Fast forward 6 months, and Steve > >> has had an opportunity to _really_ think about this legislation and > >> realized that it will benefit millions of people and decides to get on > >> board with Bob to get it passed. > >> > >> Steve will be labeled a 'turn coat', or any other phrase you can come > >> up with. He will be vilified, by both Democratic and REpublican > >> opponents to the seat he holds. > >> > >> To me this is bullshit. This attitude does nothing but breed > >> stubbornness and the likelihood that no one will ever publicly support > >> something they previously publicly opposed. > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329391 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
