on 6/10/04 9:25 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The real enemies in all of this are the people vs. big tobacco, not citizens >> vs. bar owners. > > Well Driscoll has come as close to the truth as any member of the > Progressive Protection League and Auxilliary is going to. > > The fact is, that the League are most interested in sticking it to Big > ______________<fill in the blank>, with a little self importance thrown in > for good measure. > > The "safety of the people" is only important in so far as it aligns with the > socialist's world view; let "safety" get in the way of the political agenda > and it'll be "let 'em fry!". > > I know it's necessary PR for the plebes placed under proscribed protection > (:-), but frankly listening to it makes me gag. > > Like I've said, this type of activism is as familar as an old cardigan to > socialists and their ilk.
I say, let 'im gag! I'm delighted to report and admit that I sit here in my old cardigan and wallow in those words, socialist and socialism. That's the ilk I am. Love being an ilk. I feel social, and I would far rather be social than capital. In fact, socialism is a really fine description of the finest governance systems throughout the world - far better than the despotism of the United States - but that's another story for another list. Don't y'all just love the way the Swifts of the world spit those words, "socialist" and "liberal" through their clenched teeth? I do love it. Let's keep it up. Maybe their teeth will crack and gag 'em. What gets me is the delusion that throwing around such terms they consider derogatory somehow touches the issue one iota. They never do, and Mr. Swift has little more to draw on, apparently, than those nasty "swear words" he finds so facile to describe us socialists. In any event, sticking it to Big _______ never gets it, because it's impossible to stick it to them - them being corporations who suck us dry of our capacity to live safely and securely. Tobacco - big or small - has sucked millions of their capacity to live, and now are using their customers - bars and restaurants - to keep the sucking alive and well in St. Paul and other cities trying to protect the public health - and that, Mr. Swift , IS the job of government. That says nothing about whose responsibility it is to do so. We are government. We have a duty to protect ourselves and our brothers and sisters. You don't want that protection? Go suck up the smoke somewhere. Want to disown the family? Leave. Doesn't this guy make a great target for satire? Man! Andy Driscoll Crocus Hill/Ward 2 ------ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
