tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post9088005199467388696..comments2023-10-31T03:58:32.056-07:00Comments on Empathic Rationalist: Daniel Spirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-85929286191896233772007-09-26T03:18:00.000-07:002007-09-26T03:18:00.000-07:00I've decided to share my story. I'll probably post...I've decided to share my story. I'll probably post it sometime this weekend.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-68378689164620985312007-09-25T19:16:00.000-07:002007-09-25T19:16:00.000-07:00My favorite candidate this time is Dennis Kucinich...My favorite candidate this time is Dennis Kucinich. In fact, he's been my favorite for several campaigns now. When he bows out I'll go for Barack Obama, but I even have a little hope for John Edwards, haircuts and all. (The leadership of our country should not hinge on how much a person spends on his hair.) I look forward to your revelation of further decadence in the party of your choice. <BR/><BR/>Political parties are not about principles or ideology; they are about power.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-36884219102370541762007-09-25T16:56:00.000-07:002007-09-25T16:56:00.000-07:00I know of another great example of the decadence o...I know of another great example of the decadence of the Democratic Party but I am still deciding whether it is appropriate to write about it here next weekend. Stay tuned.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-26354849853584350092007-09-25T03:20:00.000-07:002007-09-25T03:20:00.000-07:00Now you're getting it. The fact is that the Democr...Now you're getting it. The fact is that the Democrats are no more against the war than the Republicans. We the people spoke to them, elected them to end the war and got a lot more lip service to the horribleness of this war but no action toward pulling our boys out. We can't be seen as <I>losing</I> the war, you see, because the Republicans would use that against us in the next elections. No matter whether the American people make it clear that if losing is our only option, we'll say we lost -- just get us out. <BR/><BR/>This is <I>deja vu,</I> that is Viet Nam, haunting us once more. We thought we had learned something, but what we cannot get through our heads is that politics is a system set up to shut out the voice of the people and provide power to one party or the other. Both parties, unfortunately, are equally corrupt, and the country is the loser for it. There will always be wars, and the lives lost are just collateral damage in the more important life of political parties.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.com