On 11/5/08, Brian Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We all know that racism still exists. To just post a bunch of racist > comments without any commentary of your own to give it any context is > not helpful or even meaningful.
you weren't following along... > > > > it's going to be difficult to do as you say[but not as you do] in > > 'someone needs to take the first step' in healing the partisan > > divide...some yoke compared it to the civil war [might have been one > > of the authors of one of those conservative anti obama missives i > > posted], > > > Actually it was me. If that makes me a "yoke" (yokel?, I'm certainly > not something which can be used to harness beasts of burden) then I'll > be glad to accept your characterization. > > > > there...mindsets a century and a half old...well, that's not working > > for me and i suspect not gonna work for most of the people who > > support obama. > > > > i don't see any point in "uniting" with conservatives. they want too > > much. and offer little, if anything. > > > > Personally I see everything to be gained by uniting with > conservatives. It allows our government to start governing for the > people of the United States again rather then continuing to do things > which they believe only benefit their own party to the detriment of > getting the job done. That doesn't mean giving in to everything they > want or believe. It means finding a way to compromise in a way which > allows significant legislation to be offered to sort out and resolve > the very significant problems our country faces. > > no. sorry. conservatives don't want to compromise, you know that. [insert those posts i c/p from conservatives] [insert evidence of anti gay marriage propositions placed on ballots] [insert dictates pertaining to abolishing abortion rights] [insert prayer in school proponents] [discarding of evolution and insert teaching of religion/ID theories in public schools] ad naseum 'compromise' would be: not interfering with the rights of those who don't subscribe to the conservative agenda. -- "...don't tell them anything! they haven't even tortured you yet!" TRAC! TRAC! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
