Wullie wrote:You take a lot for granted in your perceptions of people. I'm having a large time with this. I read widely and from many sources. John and Sarah are a dog and pony show. She has never been a serious consideration of a candidate in my book. I'd rather see Newt Gingrich or Herman Cain step up to the plate and see if the GOP has enough balls to back either of them.
agreed, I could easily vote for Gingrich vs. a lot of Dems. At least, if the GOP had the stones to run him, we'd have an intelligent man voicing real solutions to serious issues.
You talk about compromise. Seems to me that there has been way too much compromise in the past away from the core values that made this country great. Now our very future is compromised as I see it.
such as? Which values? I'm not disagreeing, but I am sticking by the fact that our nation is governed by a system that elevates compromise. Further, I'd say that the essential nature of the society is FAR different than the sparsely settled, agrarian economy of the original nation. And, change has tried to accomodate that difference, and still retain fairness. It is a fair debate as to what has been lost, and why, however.
You talk of your money making money etc etc. That's cool, more power to those that can pull it off. However from my lowly viewpoint ( in your eyes ), I see an eroding dollar and maybe even the demise of the dollar. Then what, Mr Answer Man? How will your soft spoken intellectual chosen one handle that with all his ass sucking sycophants at his heels?
I'm on record here(repeatedly) as saying the nation has moved to a position where labor income is devalued and investment income is over-weighted. Should the dollar erode, by the time it does, those with money will be sitting on gold, silver, and whatever currency is most stable.
I am very skeptical about my boy's chance at living the "American Dream" as we've known it. I've taught him how think for himself, do for himself, work for his money, and respect his elders. I've taught him a lot of history that our fucked up educational system is re-writing or omitting. I hope to instill the belief in him that his reach should exceed his grasp. I've only been in his life for 7 of his 16 years, but I have made an impression on him.
and, for his sake, I hope you continue to do so, by that description. There, you see, in our different ways, for similar reasons, we fear for those we love. That alone should be bringing Americans together to solve some serious shit, but not so far......
