Thanks, Ray. I am aware of the Scopes Monkey Trial, was taught it in school.
I am neither a Democrat, nor a Republican -- I am an Independent. I agree with Roger's earlier assessment that there is effectively little difference between the Reds and the Blues. I believe a two -party system is not in our best interest because it is a system that clearly promotes demagoguery and blind ideology, and just like Orwell's 1984, the ideology can change, but Big Brother is seldom your friend. --Doug On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Parks, Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote: > > I truly believe that the Republicans among us are attracted to this > > Fundamentalist "Christian" orientation. > > > Coming late to this discussion I just had to throw in a monkey > wrench. Specifically, a Scopes monkey wrench. The prosecutor of the > Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925 was William Jennings Bryan, three-time > Democratic Party nominee for President and Secretary of State under > Woodrow Wilson. In your lifetime, Doug, the Republicans have attracted > fundamentalists, but before the Democratic party change in the sixties, > the Democrats were the fundamentalists. Common factors are the American > South and populism. > > -- > Ray Parks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Consilient Heuristician Voice:505-844-4024 > ATA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 > http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 > http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 > > > > >
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