[Rhodes22-list] Politics - chiaroscuro

[P&M Beals]

I know I am new to this group but I did write a few weeks ago that I thought
Stan summed very eloquently why we have to remove Bush from office.
I am proud to remind my kids that I protested the war in Iraq in Feb. 03 in
NYC, and yet it saddens me that it went forward because we were so impatient
to get to those threatening weapons of mass destruction...

I respect a person who can think through, analyze a situation and when
presented with corrective information i.e. the intelligence was wrong...then
formulates a new position and advocates it.

That is leadership to me, not someone who is so dogmatic, one sighted and
unwilling to do anything differently than follow the misguided pals around
him...

There are plenty of great reasons to vote for Kerry.

Liberal and proud of it in NJ Phyllis

> From: Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
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> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:56:30 -0400
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics - chiaroscuro
> 
> Steve Alm wrote:
>> ...
>> Other liberals: me, you, Bill, Saroj, Lou, Todd, Anne, Lloyd, Skinner
>> (although I still don't know what "chiaroscuro" means) Wally (claims to be a
>> conservative but I think he's just "southern" but will vote for Kerry) and
>> possibly Ralph Zeto.
>> ...
>> Slim Chance,  lead singer for "Cool Duty"
> 
> Slim -
> 
> Sounds about right.  Sailors tend to be conservative,
> but wouldn't be alive if they didn't think.  As to
> my language -- I did read a dictionary under the covers
> with a flashlight when I was a kid.  Every now and then
> I take my vocabulary out for a spin and blow the carbon
> out.
> 
>> From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
> 
> Main Entry: chiar·oscu·ro
> Pronunciation: -'skyur-(")O, -'skur-
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural -ros
> Etymology: Italian, from chiaro clear, light
> + oscuro obscure, dark
> Date: 1686
> 
> 1 : pictorial representation in terms of light
> and shade without regard to color
> 
> 2 a : the arrangement or treatment of light and
> dark parts in a pictorial work of art
> 
> b : the interplay or contrast of dissimilar
> qualities (as of mood or character)
> 
> 3 : a 16th century woodcut technique involving
> the use of several blocks to print different
> tones of the same color; also : a print made
> by this technique
> 
> 4 : the interplay of light and shadow on or as if
> on a surface
> 
> 5 : the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow
> 
> My point was that we will never know enough to make
> a completely rational decision about the Iraq war.
> I doubt that anyone ever did.  All these decisions
> are made in the semi-dark, all issues are shades of
> gray.
> 
> Ultimately, it comes down to a gut decision -- who
> do you trust?
> 
> Keep on posting -- musicians have an interesting view
> of the world.  I know; I married one.
> -- 
> Robert Skinner
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