I don't want to be that guy that is always contradicting everything, but there are so many topics and opinions flying around (conflicted, multi-layered issues that require some actual thought) that are receiving little in the way of civil debate/discourse. Some people understand what's going on (even with differing takes on the issues in question), but I don't think we get to hear from most of them. They're not on the big news payroll. We all need to take a deep breath and pull back a little bit. Let's listen to reasonable people. That doesn't mean they have to moderate or non-partisan or without a position, just reasonable... willing to rise above the political fray, if only for a moment and if only slightly.
Both quick reads.
A REASONABLE business perspective on the Washington flogging of Goldman-Sachs
A REASONABLE liberal perspective on the Arizona Immigration Law
So long as each side goes for the jugular by ratcheting up their opponent's position to the unlikely extreme, we'll get no where. If we work by that notion, the debates between the Fascist-Nazi-Rebuplicrats vs the Communist-Nazi-Demoplicans will yield nothing but (somehow) more outrageous and unproductive rhetoric. Fine, each side has an agenda and the extreme positions play a role... but they can not play a central role. It's time to grow up, behave like adults and get some shit done.
Pardonez moi pour "la merde," s'il vous plait.
Also, please pardon my poor French.
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