Kasey wrote: > I don't believe everything is political, however I will > concede that all actions could have political ramifications.
I do get that. > It's all in the eye of the beholder. I don't believe if I buy > jeans that I openly support child labor. Nor do I believe > not buying them will stop child labor. The choice to buy > or not buy for me is price. Sometimes I get so sick of all the "imperialist" rhetoric and steady drip of guilt trips that I sincerely wish everyone would go back to buying only goods made in the U.S. even if it costs 100 times as much. I remember a time when stuff did cost a lot. You couldn't afford to buy a big closet of cheap clothes and get a new TV or stereo every couple of years or every new gadget instantly like we do now. I lived like that once and I would do it again gladly just to stop hearing this **** used as a weapon against us. Raising the price of food gets a bit trickier. People can do without new clothes and gadgets, but they can't live without food. Obviously people with families and lower incomes would be severely hurt by major price increases or price controls on food. Can't get around that one. > I for one had my first job at 11, and it was picking peaches, and apples for ten cents a peck. > I hate peaches to this day. But I liked the small amount of > money I got at the end of the week. I've also worked stocking > shelves at the local stop and shop. I've never been ashamed of > any honest work I've done, and I've never refused honest work > when I needed a pay check. For a while I worked one full time job > and two part time jobs. I have also had an almost identical work experience and know what it is to be poor. > If I support a democrat because I like his views am I a democrat? What if I vote > for a democrat for one thing and a republican for another? I've done that a number of times. Maybe we are just "impure" political sluts, Kasey - haha ;-) > I believe the majority of Americans are smart enough to look beyond patriotism > and see the facts, as they perceive them to be. That's true and something to remember amidst the rhetoric. Kakki
