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| taoman1121 (profile) wrote, on 10-28-2008 at 2:06pm | |
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| My dad sent this article to me and some of my uncles today: http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-05-1.html My response: Looking at the recipient list just now, I found myself playing a game of "one of these is not like the other." I do appreciate the opposing viewpoint though. Mr. Card actually had me for a while, up until he started engaging in the same mean-spirited mudslinging and finger-pointing that he accuses our Congress of. To tell you the truth, I'm still boggled we're having this discussion when it comes to our Congress. The Democrats took it over four years ago and have gotten about as much done as the former occupants. It seems, at this point, we should be able to agree on one thing: that the majority of our elected officials are about as effective as the Detroit Lions (please note that this has been the true for both for approximately the same period of time). I can tell you one thing that your favorite bleeding-heart liberal nephew/son believes: he wouldn't have voted for that bailout plan if he was given the chance. God forbid the lenders (and the homeowners, for that matter) take responsibility for getting us into this mess. Then again, this in some way probably highlights my naive ignorance when it comes to macro-economics... I really gotta take a class in that stuff. I can tell you one (other) thing though, it's never been a better time to be a poor graduate student living in one of the most expensive urban hubs in the U.S. Economic crisis? What economic crisis? Oh, by the way, you can't give much credence to anything that Orson Scott Card guy says. He writes sci-fi. I read a book he edited about 'Lost.' Seriously. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card What, are we going to start looking to Kurt Vonnegut for political viewpoints now? ;-) All my best, J. |
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angel_bob | 10-29-08 12:29am We can't. The poor man's dead. :(
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taoman1121 | Re:, 10-30-08 1:45am Oh we can, and we will continue to. His spirit's gone, but his words live on, etc. etc. God, I miss him.
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Angel_Bob | Re: Re:, 10-30-08 8:43pm I miss him too. I was super sad I never got to meet the guy and was way out of the country when he died.
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