See below in BF 10/25/2011 1:35:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Billy, Thanks for making the effort. I think that the positive and negative spins both have merit, and that as radical centrists we need to elucidate radical thought from all over the place. Here’s one... you know you are a Radical Centrist when you are willing to consider and ponder ideas from widely disparate sources. Thanks , Chris. I like the above. Probably would be a good idea to develop this theme. Mostly the focus here has been L v R, sometimes L & R, but not that often is it really "ecumenical" in scope. There really is a world of alternatives to think about and one of the features of C-Span, which really turns me on, available nowhere else, are the "third party" debates the channel hosts each election. In terms of channels, I definitely am a C-Span person. Brian Lamb always amazes me because of how utterly fair he tries to be to all sides of issues. He may sometimes go too far, but so do I, and maybe it is a good idea to simply be thankful for what he does. Billy And Billy, you certainly qualify. I am regularly surprised by the wide-ranging sources of the articles you post. You certainly aren’t a Fox-only or MSNBC-only kind of guy. I fall a bit short in that category because I can't tolerate spending any time with either of those channels. Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RC] You know you are a Radical Centrist when-- Chris : You got me there. Seems as if you nailed me for an RC heresy. I should have also made something of the positive side of the ledger, not just the negative side. OK. You know you are a Radical Centrist when : You like any number of ideas that the Democrats in Congress and the Republicans in Congress have proposed as solutions for our problems and are dismayed by partisan bickering that gets nothing done. You like some of the ideas proposed by the Obama White House which seem to offer promise to solve some of our problems and are dismayed that Republicans cannot bring themselves to accept at least a few administration ideas as worthwhile. You liked some of the ideas which George W Bush advocated which might have helped the nation deal with its problems and were dismayed that Democrats were so unwilling to even listen to what the administration was saying. The problem is that none of this is very funny. Also, a biggie, it seems to me that most of what DC has offered to us all recently, both parties, has not been worth very much. The "hate" is supposed to be humorous by way of exaggeration. Trouble is that sometimes the word can be taken very literally, because of disgust at both parties. Regardless, neither party is 100 % warped and evil, and such a negative assessment is only deserved, say, 80% of the time. Billy ==================================================== 10/25/2011 12:56:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: Can you create similar set of statements using an antonym for the word hate? Chris From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _[mailto:[email protected]]_ (mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]) On Behalf Of [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:14 PM To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Cc: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Subject: [RC] You know you are a Radical Centrist when-- You know you are a Radical Centrist when : You hate the Congress for the many of the same reasons that Democrats hate Congress and Republicans hate Congress You hate Barack Obama for many of the same reasons that Democrats hate Obama and Republicans hate him You hated GW Bush for many of the same reasons that Democrats hated Bush and Republicans hated him. --------------------- Cheerful thought for today Billy -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
