Roundup and Commentary - 1/22/10

What you said is exactly what you intended to say. - Dr. Robert Anthony - Think

Blog Post:

SCrOTUS Flag and Pledge - Wingnuts & Moonbats

Commentary:

"Used correctly, the filibuster is a tool 'the minority [can wield] to place a check upon the power of the majority,' but when misapplied, it can also become a weapon used to create and enforce a tyranny of the minority over the majority."
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"Part of me likes the idea of term limits--because I agree that the longer one is in office, the more likely corruption becomes, and the more difficult an elected rep is to remove--but I also think there is value in having folks there who know what the fuck is going on, and how it all works."
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"While direct democracy sounds good, it looks a whole lot more like mob rule to me in practice." -
- TRUTH 101: EFFORTS TO END THE FILIBUSTER WILL BE FILIBUSTERED BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS - JANUARY 22, 2010, 5:04 AM comment

(Repeal of the 17th Amendment) "I'd have to give this idea more thought. I agree that it's easier to bribe and manipulate the few, rather than the many, but perhaps the state needs representation apart from the people at large." -
- Sane Political Discourse: Scott Brown Should NOT Have Been Elected on Tuesday! - January 22, 2010, 8:22 AM comment

"A lot of the gloating and chest-thumping will subside when Brown starts voting and these happy, happy people see that 'changing the game' is a whole lot harder than they think..." -
- The Oracular Opinion: Congratulations Scott Brown - January 22, 2010, 4:57 PM comment

Roundup and Commentary - 3/17/09

Worth Reading:
Perhaps too late for this year, but worth downloading for next year: Last Days of Man On Earth - St Patricks Day Podcast

Comments:
Marriage, the Constitution, and the law...: Take Government out of the Marriage Business: A better reconciliation on Gay Marriage

No one should be taking medical (or any other) benefits from military vets: Screw You, Mr. President! - Old Soldier (or, should the comment there not make the moderation cut: Military service and vet benefits)

Individual people should be too important to fail, unless they really want to...: Sane Political Discourse: Regulation vs Control

In Reply: "Seeing people left & right as individuals, rather than as groups that speak & act as one."

Apparently, Donnie thinks I fear you folks...

Not so much, actually....

No one at the 52/48 site--be they from the left or from the right (& yes, you folks do seem to ignore all the contributions from folks on the right, there)--is suggesting that you give up your principles, like Obama any better than you ever have, or adopt any other political philosophy... It's suggesting that you (& we) stop demonizing anyone & everyone who doesn't agree with you (or "us")...

That anyone would consider me any kind of Obama cultist is kinda funny. No Democrat, no Obama materials, & didn't even vote for the guy...

Jason has the right idea in his comment: "I suggest accurate, factual, but tough and firm criticism."

Sure, you can look to the way Bush was treated by some on the left (which many of you railed about incesently) & vow to to the same to Obama & Democrats (or "almost the same, except respectfully" in a sorry effort to appear less of a hypocrite than the vow itself evidences, given all that whining), but many Americans are tired of the whole thing, and will reject anyone on any side who goes that way...

@Griper:

repsac,
you ought to read your quotes of others with understanding and present them in that way before using them to promote yourself.

Promote myself? What in hell are you talking about, Griper? (What are the chances you'll actually answer?)

I copied what the man said... It's what the site is about. It's what many Americans are about. Not compromise, but respect & understanding for those with whom you differ. Yes, folks on the left need to be more respectful, too. Of course they do... We all do.

@Tom the Redhunter:

So what does "repsac" thing [sic] our reaction should be?

Respect for other Americans. Argument, based on the merits. Less divisive namecalling & appeals to worn out labels. Seeing people left & right as individuals, rather than as groups that speak & act as one.

I took a trip to his blog, where his last post is an attack on anyone who is not happy that Obama won. Conveniently, he doesn't say what our reaction should be, or what his would have been had McCain won.

My last post was about this same 52/48 site. It isn't an attack on those who aren't happy Obama won, but an "attack" on those who prefer divisiveness to respect. It wasn't about Obama, or anyone's reaction to the election results, at all... EXCEPT... I did post two RIGHTWING bloggers reactions to the election, as examples of folks who had the right idea as regards respect for others. (So much for Tom's "wingnut" theory...)

((Any of you folks who thought the fair professor was dead wrong about McCain from the start, and only voted for the runner up in the "Worst Republican Candidate (running) in the World" contest (I know... For most of you, Ron Paul was the "worst") because you had no other choice, you'll probably like Patrick M's "Sane Political Discourse" blog, one of the two I mention... Disagreement, without being disagreeable... (unless you throw the first punch... Then all bets are off, there...))
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