Treasonous is much too harsh. That is a part of the problem. while we can decry the behavior, by using words like treasonous it shuts down the conversation.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes it does...well said Scott. Even the most partisan folks of Reagans time > would compromise with democrats to get their job done. This constant > obstruction and things like signing pledges with third parties...to > me...gets to the level of being treasonous. The reason I say that is > because when they put politics above the good of the nation, they are > violating their oaths of office. Doing so is no different, in my eyes, to > assisting the enemy during war time...in fact some have. Look at Romney's > investments in China that have done things like purchase oil from Iran...in > violation of US embargo laws. Whether or not Iran is the enemy or not can > be debated...but when you...as a US citizen...have a controlling interest in > a company that does things that is contrary to the mission and policies of > the US government...that is treason. The casual attitude these folks have in > this regard makes me think that if they can find a way to profit from it, > folks like Romney would sell us out without a second thought. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > [email protected] > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:51 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: If they take Jerry Jones and the Cowboys with them... > > > I just hate this sore loser crap. Between the Romney death threats, wanting > to secede, and everything else, it irritates the shit out of me. > > it is the political version of 'I am going to take my ball and go home'. > > I fear for the future of our country...not because of what party sites in > the White House or controls the Senate or the House, but because politicians > have lost (or purposely abandoned the ability to compromise. > > The best course of action will not always be the way democrats say is best. > The best course of action will not always be the way republicans say is > best. Often times, the best path would be somewhere in the middle, or with a > mix of ideas from both ideas. > > I have said this many times in the past, in Washington, 'compromise' now > seems to mean 'we will threaten you until you agree to our terms'. It's > bullshit, and it needs to stop. > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:33 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I was going to say, NY, FL, CA all had pretty big numbers on their >> petitions. >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > I think you mean the "New" slave states >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/19/south-asian-workers-new-yo >> rk-exploited-underpaid-report >> > >> > . >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Larry C. Lyons >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > I bet those states map pretty closely to the old slave states. >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:358320 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
