[Rhodes22-list]Politics: Marc and Brad

[ed kroposki]

Marc, Brad:

I went thru some of this with Bill about a month ago.  You may have seen my
questioning him about using the N.Y.Times as an accurate source.  When I
checked the articles that he claimed as accurate, they gave as their source
other news agencies.  This is known as circular logic, but not necessarily
factual logic.  He claimed his sources as factual and questioned why I was
attacking him personally.

Marc asked the same question about his alleged or claimed unbiasedness that
I asked.  Bill took these as personal attacks on him and not questioning his
data.  At that point, I dropped the debate.  We have to accept Bill as he
is, and just exclude his claims about being neutral.  He just does not
comprehend that he is not neutral to others of us.  Our pointing that out to
him only aggravates the situation.

In today's world, many social liberals do not or are unwilling to admit
their liberalism.  Locally, many democrats run for public office and will
not put their party affiliation on their campaign literature.  Their
argument is that running for office should be non-partisan.  When questioned
they say that they are politically neutral.  Are those who take such a
stance really being honest?  It is only my opinion, but to me the answer is
no.

In South Carolina, former Governor Dick Riley is a democrat and a liberal in
all senses of the words.  I have known the Riley family over 30+ years.
Dick is honest.  He was never afraid to admit where he stood.  He had the
support of many conservatives, Republicans and others because he was honest
in stating his beliefs and where he stood. 

Ed K 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Marc Steiger
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:41 AM
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Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list]Politics: Another Fearless Prediction

Rummy-
I agree with you to some extent.  The solution to the problem is also
Political, but I don't believe that it would have been easier without
blowing the country to bits as you described it.  What is the saying, in
order to make an omelet you need to break some eggs. 

Marc

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
R22RumRunner at aol.com
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]Politics: Another Fearless Prediction

Marc,
Oh, only the radical fundamentalists. Now I understand. And just how do
you  
determine who is radical and who isn't? There is no litmus test for
that. Now  
we've opened up an entire country to the radicals. Face it, there is no 
military  solution to the problem. It will have to be dealt with
politically, and 
it would  have been a whole lot easier to do that if we hadn't blown the

country to bits  and destroyed their infrastructure, both physical and
governmental.
 
Rummy
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