Hi, TLC, Ylang, Poet et al!
Wow, I'm having trouble keeping up reading your posts ... because they contain such salient -- and profound -- points about so many aspects of the U.S. political system.
Some great minds here. Best I can do is say, DITTO, to so much that's been written here already within the few days of this board's existence. Such as Ylang's note of "where's the outrage?"
YOu guys are a lot more articulate than I am about politics. My education in it is lacking. Avoided it (goverment classes, etc.) Hated politics. And, I realize this year, particularly Republicans.
My mental image for years has been one of used car salesmen -- or worse, "tin men" in the 'salvage business,' perhaps <g> with hair plugs, capped teeth, cheap leisure suits and attitudes. Sole goal: screwing people -- the lessers. Through POWER. Control and manipulation. Will stop at nothing to obtain that power.
ANYWAY ... TLC -- (hi! like your 'looseing' board and your alias and old profile -- the one with your (was that you?) photo at your trading desk/office with the oversized '60s style gag sunglasses? LOL)
Want to respond to what you note here:
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The main thing I find unpleasant is the division that has occurred between friends who have lots in common, and
happened to vote for different people. I think that is the most unfortunate part of this entire drama. I have my own
opinion on why this has happened, and who is most responsible for it, but that's not germane to the conversation>>
Great big ditto on that one from me. I have a couple of good friends (R/L) for years -- since college. I've known they had rather "Republican" points of view, but until now, I never realized that they hold what I see as a great contempt for anyone (make that, EVERYONE) who is not "just like them."
Among many startling aspects of the woman who I considered my best friend since early college, one is terribly blatant to me -- she's racist. It was the Lieberman candidacy that compelled her to reveal -- in conversation/email -- this aspect of her 'value system' of which I had no inkling before. It's that tired, racist ideology that "All blacks all want to exist on welfare" she doesn't put it quite this way, of course, while sending her children to Catholic schools (they're not Catholic) to avoid the "crime," etc of public schools with all those dangerous "other kinds of people -- the poor, etc." She instead rants LOUDLY along the lines of, "why should her hard-earned tax dollars be squandered on them ... undeserving, LAZY, selfish louts."
I don't believe I'll ever view this friend in the same light. I can't. It's intolerable to me. In anybody, much less with alleged 'good friends.'
Okay, it's very obvious to me I'm in the 'right place' here ... as John says, what a comfortable environment.
Poet, thank you for creating it for us! (PS, if I overlook some typos here, hope you'll understand. John gets on me for that -- I write so much I don't take as much time as I should to proofread my posts here on SI).
Good day to all, now ...
'b-i-a'
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