> JP: > > Here's a wild and crazy idea, how about we try not stereotyping anyone? How > about we try taking the high road and debate issues with support and have > evidence and data instead of speculation, rumor and innuendo? How about we try > questioning those who are our representatives legitimately and demand > accountability instead of just making thinks up? > > You know what now is the time for? Now is the time to set a higher standard. > Now is the time to say "No More" to stretching the political canvas from one > mayor to the next or one highway to the next. Now is the time to say "No > More" to just making things up and shouting them loudly in order to make people > think you know what you're talking about. Now is the time to say "No More" to > intellectual dishonesty and scare tactics. > > In a time of heightened fear, spurred by color coded "warnings" and > fictitious alerts, why would you even ask the question of whether the Mayor is going to > call out the National Guard for 35W? What is there to gain from such > postings? So someone saw someone at a game, why is it immediately they're > socialixing "to screw over all of us working folks"? Got evidence? Or just innuendo? > > I, like many others, don't agree with public subsidies for a stadium, I > really think that owners can pay for that stuff themselves especially considering > the lack of living wage jobs, but you know what I'm comfortable and confident > with? The fact that I have an opinion based on actual fact. How do you claim > moral superiority when you engage in the same tactics as your alleged > aggressors? How do you question anyone's position when yours is based on rumor, > hearsay and sarcasm? > > This is a time for serious people, because we have serious issues. It's a > time to raise the level and the standard; to debate the actual issue, not who > was talking about it. It's time to be about solving the problems in the City > rather than just complaining. Talk is cheap, it's time to "ante up and kick > in", and keep your eyes on the Prize. Take any position you want, but have an > idea, a suggestion or a solution. We've got a lot that needs to be done, and it > can be accomplished a lot better if people are working to get those things > done and not just to get sound bytes in.
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