Comments on: Just Tell Me Why Part Two: The Cut of His Jib http://www.jawfish.net/wp/archives/184 "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Walt Kelly Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: john http://www.jawfish.net/wp/archives/184/comment-page-1#comment-1346 john Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:03:58 +0000 http://www.jawfish.net/wp/archives/184#comment-1346 Well don't we come around again to the differences between parties? Sure the government is ( intentionally) paralyzed, but I'll argue the populace is too: passively accepting Homeland Security, government snooping, and the Iraq war, unwilling to pay for government services but ignoring the much-higher cost being paid to 'privatized' contractors and on and on. John Well don’t we come around again to the differences between parties? Sure the government is ( intentionally) paralyzed, but I’ll argue the populace is too: passively accepting Homeland Security, government snooping, and the Iraq war, unwilling to pay for government services but ignoring the much-higher cost being paid to ‘privatized’ contractors and on and on.

John

]]> By: turkeyLurkey http://www.jawfish.net/wp/archives/184/comment-page-1#comment-1345 turkeyLurkey Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:56:26 +0000 http://www.jawfish.net/wp/archives/184#comment-1345 The one thing I would like to disagree with is the division into democrat blue and republican red. I am not so sure I believe in blue and red divisions as useful. It is not the <i>country</i> that is paralyzed by division: it's the <i>government</i>. If the congress, the executive in its relations with congress, and yes, even the judiciary were not mired in the legacy of the Newt Gingerich "hate, don't cooperate" system, we'd all be living with each other just fine, because differences of opinion would be shades in the political palette, not mutually exclusive hate speech. The one thing I would like to disagree with is the division into democrat blue and republican red. I am not so sure I believe in blue and red divisions as useful. It is not the country that is paralyzed by division: it’s the government. If the congress, the executive in its relations with congress, and yes, even the judiciary were not mired in the legacy of the Newt Gingerich “hate, don’t cooperate” system, we’d all be living with each other just fine, because differences of opinion would be shades in the political palette, not mutually exclusive hate speech.

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