Thank you, Julio. I agree 100%. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Julio Huato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim wrote: > >> Note that he didn't sign any contract to put what he said into >> practice. Not even a verbal contract. > > What a load of sophistry this is. > > Try this at home, if you have young children. Tell them that you are > going to buy them a gift they've been craving for. And see how that > noncontract, a legally nonbinding promise made in the most informal > manner, plays out in your relationship with them. Then report back to > us. > > Obama could have criticized the workers for seizing private property > not of their own. He could have said that it was up to the courts to > settle the issue. He could have remained silent. But, no, the guy > sympathized overtly with the workers, who are taking direct action to > have their bosses' obligations with them met. Obama is not just a > private citizen. He is the president elect. His words carry weight. > If what he's really been plotting all along is to stab these workers > in the back, then his casual words are going to increase the cost for > him. > > If you cannot see this, or if you shift the conversation to x, y, or z > irrelevant, side issues, then this discussion is pointless. (As far > as I'm concerned, because I have no doubt you can reply that it is > pointful, because LBJ etc.)
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