I said in my initial message:
"I'm starting a new thread because I don't want to talk about people. I
don't want to beat on issues that have been debated by the worst, the best
and all the rest."
I simply wanted to try and take the names and parties away from the current
scene of events and try and get at least someone to make a suggestion of
where in our chronological past are we. Instead I'm still seeing names,
parties and prerogatives. Have we pushed ourselves so deep into our
political identities that we can't disassociate them for at least one
message thread?
As the child of a History teacher I've been told time and time again that
large events repeat themselves. I am simply trying to ascertain where it is
on that mystical timeline that we are right now.
Let's try to objectively summarize things:
- There is a single nation that, over the course of the last 100 or so years
has built up a large military force and who now is tasked with handling or
helping with every major struggle worldwide.
- The actively voting population of that said country is split on the means
and actions of handling international affairs.
- The governing body of this country is split almost evenly, supposedly
based on the core political, philosophical and ideological differences.
- The minority opinion is currently pushing a doom-and-gloom, our way or
doomsday message that is being ignored by the majority.
- The majority opinion is trying to push through policies and ideals that it
has been trying to work with for several years, much to the consternation of
the minority.
We could continue the list for some time... We're all bright people on this
list, who's with me to take up this challenge and try and find out what
point we're at in the past and take some guesses as to where we're going.
Until Later!
Hatton
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:37 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Political thoughts - reality check
A good example of polarized is evidenced by the squabble in the Texas
legislature over redistricting in order to ensure more republicans get
elected
to the US congress.
They could not pass it is a regular session because the Democrats
prevented a
quorum by walking out
Then in two later special sessions, there was another Walkout.
Now in the third special session, and everyone is there, the republicans
in the
House and the Republicans in the Senate in conference cannot agree on
whose home
district will be eliminated in the final bill.
In the final analysis it is self interest between republicans causing the
stalemate. The whole economy and support for schools is being held
hostage by
the Governor pending passage of "his" bill.
This, with the attempt to disenfranchise Democrats who supported Bush in
his
first election, is polarizing the entire state. Combine this with the
layoffs,
unemployment, and drastic drop in salaries and other compensation, the
Republicans will need all the tricks in their bag to win re-election in
2004
Add to this Bush's speech only today, "The economy is improved, it just
needs a
little more work. Tell this to the 9 million looking for work who cannot
find
jobs, and the increased enlistments in the Army, etc, by high school
graduates
who cannot find jobs.
Were it not for the huge spending rate by the Defense department - the US
economy would be in the middle of the worst depression, even exceeding the
1929
event.
No nuclear or WMD in Iraq - No person or money from Iraq contributed to
9/11 as
we were led to believe. lies and more spin, but dubya is falling on his
face,
but he is taking care of his friends and contributors.
Wonder how many more Republicans will wake up and smell the roses in the
months
to come?
|
| > TRUE STATEMENT:
| > History repeats itself.
| >
| > QUESTION TO CONSIDER:
| > Was America this divided and polarized before, during and after
Prohibition?
| > What about just after the Great Depression hit? Or maybe the Dust
Bowl
| > (which hit around the same time). What about when our country was
founded?
| >
| > Having grown up in the South I thought everyone fought on the side of
the
| > colonies during the Revolution... only some small mention was made
about
| > Loyalists. Now that I live up here (Buffalo area) I'm seeing things
like
| > Old Fort Niagara... a Loyalist base during the Revolution.
| >
| > So, back to the original true statement that History repeats itself...
what
| > are we about to see?
| >
| > Until Later!
| > Hatton
| >
| >
|
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