BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV

Subject: RE: BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV
From: akenaton
Date: 09 Sep 05 - 03:20 PM

Little Hawk.. In modern political administrations, we don't see much individuality. Its a case of "follow the party line" or else and the line being promoted by Mr Bush and Mr Blair is pretty unpalatable to me.

As ever your words shine through the mire...Ake

Subject: RE: BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Sep 05 - 03:25 PM

For sure, Ake, party line and reigning political power does everything it possibly can to utterly quash individuality. I think it would amount to a veritable miracle if anyone of genuinely uncorrupted ideals achieved the leadership of a nation these days, given the political party process as it exists.

That's why I don't look to politicians to "save me" or solve my problems. They can't even save themselves.

Subject: RE: BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV
From: jimmyt
Date: 09 Sep 05 - 04:52 PM

Thank you Akeneton for your response. Littlehawk, I appreciate you and agree with you more than you might imagine. Art, The fact that you have a photo of me in your wallet in a designer thong does NOT make you gay. (necessarily, nor does it rule it out.) SRS, yes, blushing, that is in fact, me although I tend to "dress right" and the photo was a mirror image.

As for Conservative administrations, I will heartily agree that they do not tend to be as caring as they should. Neither do Liberal administrations. To me, the key is, political parties, administrations, etc are inherently self-serving and not particularly interested in much except keeping themselves elected and in power. Now, people, that is a different thing altogether. People are good. People, by and large, care about their fellow man. COnservative people, Liberal people,Socialist people. They are all people. People have noble ideals.

Not all of them, mind you, some of them are stealing, whether it is Nikes and TVs from the storm-ravaged New Orleans, or stealing from their stock-holders in Corporate America. Some People are takers, some are givers. THe distribution of good people crosses party lines without as much as a glance. Same with the bad ones. Again, all my opinion,and I hope no-one finds this offensive. jimmyt

Subject: RE: BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV
From: Ebbie
Date: 09 Sep 05 - 05:03 PM

I wish more people were like my next-door-but-one neighbor. They are registered Republicans and conservative. They are NOT neo-conservative. They don't accept this administration's claim to conservatis. They are as appalled as I at what our country has become under this administration and they are working as diligently as I to help other good people wake up. And truth be told, they are as inefficient as I at accomplishing that goal.

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Subject: RE: BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV
From: jimmyt
Date: 09 Sep 05 - 05:10 PM

well said Ebbie! I feel that I might fit that description. Change is better effected by discussion and logical explanation rather than making people feel stupid.

Subject: RE: BS: Death Sentence For Stealing Damaged TV
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Sep 05 - 06:09 PM

Good man, jimmy! I agree with you entirely. That stuff you wrote about political parties vs. the common people is so good it ought to be carved in gold on Capitol Hill or Mount Rushmore or somewhere.

People, indeed, have noble ideas! It's a great shame that the political parties do little more than insincerely pander to some of those ideas while seeking only to gain power and hold on to it.