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i guess all I can say is...go

Elusive Trope — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:04:39 +0000

In reply to Geeez another deep thinker

i guess all I can say is...go Butler!

(with the understanding that a lot of people are making a lot of money from the tournament, none of whom are the players)

Geeez another deep thinker

Richard Day — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:05:05 +0000

In reply to The Mortmain of the Patina

Geeez another deep thinker today!

I was intrigued by this:

A couple of days ago I was talking with long-time union guy, one who spent a number of years as a negotiator at the collectively bargaining table. At one point in the conversation regarding the current political situation in this country, he sighed “we were too successful and now too many of our members have become Republicans.” If the problem is how to bring these particular folks back to the liberal fold, then it means grasping the dynamics of perception and understanding--why does this message and not that message resonate?

I recall when the Teamsters decided to back Nixon. Of course tricky dicky looks like a socialist compared to what the repubs preach today!

My only point here is that the repubs are attacking unions so violently that a lot of those members are going to come back to the Dem Party.

My only other small point relates to something that has been on my mind lately.

There are Yankee fans and Boston fans and Twins fans....

I know i get caught up in seeing my party as a team.

Hell, I own no shares in the Twins. Rich bastards normally own these major league teams regardless of the sport (Hats off to Green Bay for sure!)

When the Twinkies lose this year, I will lose no money. It really will have nothing to do with my life.

People go nuts over sports when, materially speaking, their lives have nothing to do with sports.

So the repubs are like the yankees and the dems are like Boston.

I know i am guilty of cheering too much for My Team.

But damn, the propaganda spewed out by the repubs is pure filth and threatens my country every damned day!

How can I get in some huge argument with a dem because environmental standards must be increased to save our water and air when the repubs wish to destroy the EPA altogether?

How can I get in some huge argument with a dem because publicly financed employment is not being enhanced when the repubs wish to fire all the public workers or put them into poverty level salaries?

Oh well...

I don't have a butler,

we are stardust — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:11:15 +0000

In reply to nor do I, but it seems

I don't have a butler, either. ;o) (Hint: the butler did it!)

i was going to post this to a

Elusive Trope — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:14:29 +0000

In reply to (grin.) "Ambivalent but

i was going to post this to a blog that has since disappeared, but i think it appropos...can we all regardless of what furry creature we might be classified as by others just get along (and scratch each other's back...without expect the same in return)