On 12/5/05, Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/5/05, R. Quenett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > mutilated misquotes
> > from Alma J Wetzker's 5 Dec 2005 classic prose
> > may follow:
> >
> > " I recognize that there is no good solution. Can we find a good
> > compromise?
> >
> > No.
> >
[snip]
>
> This country was founded on the principle of equality for all
> (although it was much later that 'all' came to include women and
> blacks and other racial groups). With broad brush strokes,
> conservatives believe that equaliity means equali opportunity to
> excel; liberals (an aside: that word has suffered almost a 180 degree
> shift in meaning over the course of the 20th century) believe that
> equality means equal outcomes for all, and no one must be allowed to
> excel if all do not. Thus the popularity of Canadian or European style
> government controlled medicine with the one group and its rejection by
> the other.
>
Equality for all was meant to be "under the law" where there's an
incredible shortcoming in equality, or Bill Gates would be in prison
as a common criminal. Unfortunately, I can't get any attorney or law
enforcement agency to take my complaint that Gates & company stole
money from me seriously, but that is exactly what has happened on a
number of occasions (despite their EULA that says if I disagree with
the EULA return the software for a full refund).
The US Bill of Rights grants folks the right to the pursuit of
happiness, not the attainment of such (or the denial of happiness to
others). Equal treatment by the government (particularly the judicial
branch) is what our forefathers wanted. Not equal (should I say
equally mediocre) medical treatment for all. I also don't believe
that required turning the US into a police state with the Nazi
Homeland Security Hipocracy. In fact, I'd say that's
unconstitutional.
So between liberals and conservatives, I think constitutionally, we've
attained nothing, Hillary Care notwithstanding. Oh well.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
--
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
- Nemesis Air Racing Team motto
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