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- Go to Contempt: How The Right Is Wronging American Justice -- Catherine Crier
Thanks, TAPS. Unfortunately -- and all indications are pointed toward the
right -- it is going to get worse. Those of us who are a bit more tolerant, a bit more fair-minded, a bit less fanatic, far less sanctimonious, and far more inclined to keep the Constitution an all-inclusive document for the free will just have to weather this radical storm and repair the mess after its passing. For it will pass. Let us hope more with a quick whimper than an endless roar. And sooner than later.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 13, 2006 at 8:23 AM
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Saul_Relative, there definitely is something askew in our land and it probably will get worse before it gets better. Interesting post. Good book review.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 13, 2006 at 8:08 AM
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Didn't you know, Blanche? The 60's ended; I am so sorry. LOL>
posted by
saul_relative
on May 8, 2006 at 5:42 PM
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Mais non, (I am totally faking this, I took Russian)..
in college. How about c'est la vie? Life sounds better than war. As in, "Make love, not war", back in the 60s. Whatever happened to that?
posted by
Blanche.
on May 8, 2006 at 5:27 PM
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Oh, jeez, easy with the French!! I might think you were talking about war
or something.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 8, 2006 at 5:23 PM
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Well, I was worried that GW might hasten the process, but I've since
decided c'est la guerre.
posted by
Blanche.
on May 8, 2006 at 5:20 PM
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Barring that Second Coming thing, I think you have a good chance of
going out the usual way, Blanche. Sorry. I'm such a party-pooper.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 8, 2006 at 5:19 PM
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ROFLMAO, well, I think you might get to catch a later flight, Saul,
not sure how that works, I'm not holding my breath, I just hope to get out of this life in the usual way.
posted by
Blanche.
on May 8, 2006 at 5:04 PM
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I guess I'll be stuck with the damned Tribulation bunch -- bunch of losers.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 8, 2006 at 5:03 PM
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Saul Relative,
Well, I have to believe you are right that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, and that some rationality will prevail. If not, I'm packing my bags for the Rapture (just kidding).
posted by
Blanche.
on May 8, 2006 at 5:01 PM
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I don't have a tried and true answer, Blanche, but I'll tell you what I do.
I write about it here and hope to the highest entity, if there is one, that someone somewhere will take heed and at least open their mind to the possibility that there is something terribly askew in this land. I also talk about it at work to anyone who will listen (lacing it with as much humor as my cynicism and sarcasm will allow), both co-worker and customer. Hopefully, I will have some impact.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 8, 2006 at 4:59 PM
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SaulRelative,
I am so torn as to how to fight. Part of what makes me so damned mad, is that they have taken what I consider to be my faith, a faith of love and compassioin, and made it into what you call an unbroken Nazi cross. That really torques me, as if they have the only answer, and "who is not with us is against us".
If I really get my dander up and fight, I'm told that I'm being too aggressive and angry, and I feel like, here on the blog as in the real world, somene who fights and argues with logic and facts gets railroaded out with playground taunts and name-calling. I could try to grow a thicker skin, but I really don't want to. So what is the answer?
posted by
Blanche.
on May 8, 2006 at 3:25 PM
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Just about the time I start to lose control, Blanche, I find even more
material that condemns the radical right. It's like an adrenaline rush, pushing me to expose, or at least try to expose, those who are pushing for the obviation of our Constitution. These people are Nazis with unbroken crosses, ramming their ultraconservative reforms down our throats. Come to think of it, it is enough to unbalance a person. Especially those of us who think. As Crier says, it may already be too late, but we've got to start fighting back. Now.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 8, 2006 at 3:21 PM
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SaulRelative,
I think I'll make a note of this book. It sounds like something my boyfriend and I would really like and have wondered about: how the hell did the Evangelical whackos get a hold of the Republican party and lead them so far down that garden path? I guess it may be the case that single-issue zealots can just bulldoze right over more "nuanced" thinkers (My God, I can't believe they tarred John Kerry for actually THINKING!).
Anywho, thanks for pointing this one out. I have to take a breather from politics, because sometimes it makes me so damned mad I can't see straight. Good for you, for keeping your balance.
posted by
Blanche.
on May 8, 2006 at 2:58 PM
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