Re: J.D. Goes Hard on Conservatives
At 10:25 PM 1/12/2004 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very interesting John, seriously. Thoughtful. Does your dad disagree with you on these topics? I don't want to assign viewpoints to my Dad without him hear to defend himself, but I would say that he probably agrees with me on somewhere around 40% of the above positions so its probably a decent mix.I don't know how relevant that is though. JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. - George W. Bush 1/29/03 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: J.D. Goes Hard on Conservatives
In a message dated 1/11/2004 10:38:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: O.k., in response to Bob Z.'s challenge, I am going to do nothing but criticize conservatives in this post. 1) George W. Bush allowed too many people to be executed in Texas. (I opposed to the death penalty in almost all cases.) 2) Any Republican who criticizes the Bush Administration's recently proposed immigration policy is wrong - this is a great policy that, if anything, does not go far enough. They are doubly wrong if they think that was only proposed to pander to a certain ethnic group. It is the right policy, it is good for America and it is good for Hispanics. They are tripply wrong if they criticize it on the grounds of not respecting the law. America's current immigration laws are disastrous and non-sensical.Perhaps the dumbest comment on this issue comes from Sean Hannity who correctly notes that a guest-worker program is a necessity, but incredibly, proposes to exclude all the illegal immigrants over here who already have jobs. Hannity also incredibly thinks that this is a disastrous thing for our borders - when in fact, by making it much easier to enter the country, the Bush Administration will effectively put the old coyotes - professional human smugglers - out of business, thus making it much harder to sneak into the United States. 3) President Bush is wrong to have underfunded the US National Park System. The crown jewels of America should not be falling into disrepair and suffer from critical understaffing. 4) Any Republican who doesn't admit that the war on drugs is a failure is whistling in the dark. This probably includes just about every politicians in America, sadly, Democrat or Republican. There needs to be a basic recognition that demand creates supply, and prohibition simply increases the price - and incentive to supply. 5) President Bush was wrong to abandon his proposed carbon emissions trading program. 6) The Catholic Church should recognize that non-abortifacent contraceptive pills are not inherently sinful, and are instead a new technological development not forseen by previous theologians. (Note, conservative Catholics love the ban on contraception.) 7) The Catholic Church should welcome homosexuals into the priesthood, as the natural conclusion of the celibate lifestyle it currently teaches that homosexuals are called to. 8) The Catholic Church is far too prone to over-officiousness. The new General Instructions of the Roman Missal, which seems a product of the Church's conservative wing, is entirely symptomatic of this problem. 9) President Bush should have found a way to veto at least one spending bill at some point. A 50% increase in transporation spending since 2000, while an entirely understandable outcome of a nearly 50/50 Congress, still seems like much too much in our current fiscal situation. (Couldn't these Congressmen have been bought off with increased National Park spending? :) 10) I oppose the isolationist wing of the Republican Party who advocate withdrawl from the WTO and opposed the invasion of Iraq and the expansion of NATO. 11) I oppose all anti-sodomy laws that criminalize homosexual behavior. 12) I think that the tablet of the 10 Commandments in the Alabama courtroom was unconstitutional. 13) The National March for Life is wrong to prevent Homosexuals for Life from being an official sponsor of the March. 14) The conservatives who have criticized President Bush for praying in a mosque are wrong. Ditto fot those who criticized the Pope for doing that. Ditto for those who criticized President Bush for calling Islam a religion of peace. 15) President Bush should have pushed harder for his faith-based-initiatives, particularly as a part of tackling the larger problem of urban renewal. 16) I think that I disagree with almost everything that Pat Robertson says. Anyhow, I am sure that there are many more, but I hope that I've made my point JDG Very interesting John, seriously. Thoughtful. Does your dad disagree with you on these topics? But I do think you are on the conservative end of things. I think most americans do not share your view that Clinton should have been removed from office for his sexual escapades and his lies in a civil suit to cover this up. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
J.D. Goes Hard on Conservatives
O.k., in response to Bob Z.'s challenge, I am going to do nothing but criticize conservatives in this post. 1) George W. Bush allowed too many people to be executed in Texas. (I opposed to the death penalty in almost all cases.) 2) Any Republican who criticizes the Bush Administration's recently proposed immigration policy is wrong - this is a great policy that, if anything, does not go far enough. They are doubly wrong if they think that was only proposed to pander to a certain ethnic group. It is the right policy, it is good for America and it is good for Hispanics. They are tripply wrong if they criticize it on the grounds of not respecting the law. America's current immigration laws are disastrous and non-sensical.Perhaps the dumbest comment on this issue comes from Sean Hannity who correctly notes that a guest-worker program is a necessity, but incredibly, proposes to exclude all the illegal immigrants over here who already have jobs. Hannity also incredibly thinks that this is a disastrous thing for our borders - when in fact, by making it much easier to enter the country, the Bush Administration will effectively put the old coyotes - professional human smugglers - out of business, thus making it much harder to sneak into the United States. 3) President Bush is wrong to have underfunded the US National Park System. The crown jewels of America should not be falling into disrepair and suffer from critical understaffing. 4) Any Republican who doesn't admit that the war on drugs is a failure is whistling in the dark. This probably includes just about every politicians in America, sadly, Democrat or Republican. There needs to be a basic recognition that demand creates supply, and prohibition simply increases the price - and incentive to supply. 5) President Bush was wrong to abandon his proposed carbon emissions trading program. 6) The Catholic Church should recognize that non-abortifacent contraceptive pills are not inherently sinful, and are instead a new technological development not forseen by previous theologians. (Note, conservative Catholics love the ban on contraception.) 7) The Catholic Church should welcome homosexuals into the priesthood, as the natural conclusion of the celibate lifestyle it currently teaches that homosexuals are called to. 8) The Catholic Church is far too prone to over-officiousness. The new General Instructions of the Roman Missal, which seems a product of the Church's conservative wing, is entirely symptomatic of this problem. 9) President Bush should have found a way to veto at least one spending bill at some point. A 50% increase in transporation spending since 2000, while an entirely understandable outcome of a nearly 50/50 Congress, still seems like much too much in our current fiscal situation. (Couldn't these Congressmen have been bought off with increased National Park spending? :) 10) I oppose the isolationist wing of the Republican Party who advocate withdrawl from the WTO and opposed the invasion of Iraq and the expansion of NATO. 11) I oppose all anti-sodomy laws that criminalize homosexual behavior. 12) I think that the tablet of the 10 Commandments in the Alabama courtroom was unconstitutional. 13) The National March for Life is wrong to prevent Homosexuals for Life from being an official sponsor of the March. 14) The conservatives who have criticized President Bush for praying in a mosque are wrong. Ditto fot those who criticized the Pope for doing that. Ditto for those who criticized President Bush for calling Islam a religion of peace. 15) President Bush should have pushed harder for his faith-based-initiatives, particularly as a part of tackling the larger problem of urban renewal. 16) I think that I disagree with almost everything that Pat Robertson says. Anyhow, I am sure that there are many more, but I hope that I've made my point JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. - George W. Bush 1/29/03 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
