Comments on: Fred Thompson — The Favored Candidate in the Blogosphere?

By: Jacques

Jacques — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:57:04 +0000

If you haven’t made up your mind yet who to choose/vote for maybe this helps:

http://www.electoralcompass.com/

Discover your position in the political landscape for the 2008 USA presidential election.

Dutch initiative, English version

By: no2liberals

no2liberals — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:06:16 +0000

Henh…Ignatius J. Reilly, haven’t heard that name in a while.
This is funny, and I could see Adam doing this.
Ignatius J. Reilly responds to an African spam email.

Too bad the Boethian era ended so feebly.

By: Preston

Preston — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:53:43 +0000

I haven’t read it in 15 or 20 years but it was the funniest book I’d ever read at the time.

By: adam

adam — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:02:06 +0000

i had to dump him into the wiki, but i’m surprised how close you are. a few drastic differences but dead on otherwise. are you recommending the book?

By: Preston

Preston — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:39:39 +0000

i need nothing from you

You must be a real pleasure to be around. I’m thinking: Ignatius J. Reilly?

By: adam

adam — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:27:12 +0000

and my world is oversimplified?
for the final time, since you again misconstrued, my diagnosis is that the general public appears lacking in the motivation department, yet not in the loud mouth “why doesn’t the government save us” department.
my “prescription” since you assumed incorrectly is to encourage accountability and personal responsibility among the masses, not drown us in legislation and expand government to accomodate the apparent laziness. please feel free to quote where i recommended large scale immediate changes to the media and/or electoral politics.
“Do you really need me to point out that this(individual change) isnâ€™t going to improve anything?”
i need nothing from you; we can agree to disagree here.

“Conservative doesnâ€™t have to be a synonym for impotent.”
agreed; nor sedentary, dormant, anti-change, or laissez fair, as you often misunderstand.
it should, however, be synonymous with patient and cautious.

on the other end of the spectrum, liberal doesn’t have to be synonymous with victimized!

By: Preston

Preston — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:47:55 +0000

Man, kudos on being so optimistic. I donâ€™t think it will change jack on discrimination. Marc- Well, of course it doesn't change everything but take a look at an example outside of politics. When Jackie Robinson broke into the Major Leagues African Americans in many different sports began to reap benefits. From a different perspective, when Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France many Americans suddenly saw new horizons in the sport. It's not like they didn't know they could ride fast on a bicycle before but the limits of possibility expanded. Adam- your prescriptions simply don't fit your diagnosis. Just look at your first post where you repeatedly rail against the dysfunctional systems of media and electoral politics. Then you propose individual change. Do you really need me to point out that this isn't going to improve anything? Conservative doesn't have to be a synonym for impotent.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:17:33 +0000

press,

“I think your complaint was with the media, not the voters”
you think incorrectly. “their largely liberal bias encourages the dumbing down of news” is an issue for folks to overcome, but i’m not complaining.

“Your solution is no solution.”
wrong again; i just think if people want change, they should stop endorsing shit.

“Whatâ€™s your problem?”
you say “i don’t want to get into it…”but then you get into it. if you want to discuss something, by all means.

“African Americans and women have and continue to be discriminated in the workplace.”
i assume you meant discriminated against and there isn’t an adult alive who hasn’t discriminated and been discriminated against. please go easy on the victimology.
“a competent performance by Clinton or Obama will reduce that discrimination.”
are we talking sanctioned bias, personal bias, or both? by your logic it’s reasonable to assume that a competent performance by bush2 and/or clinton1 would reduce discrimination against people with a southern twangy accent. can you provide proof?

“Thatâ€™s exactly the problem ”
wrong a final time (at least until you retort). you misquoted me. i didn’t say:
“problem isnâ€™t our current system; itâ€™s a lack of participation”
i said: itâ€™s a lack of participation in it (the current system)…