Posted on 03/27/2005 5:29:48 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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the ldotters aren't allowed to speak to one another. Sort of like when you tell kids they are not to say one more word to one another. Or like that imaginary line mothers draw down the middle of the back seat to keep kids from fighting.
and you also must be indifferent to the fact that one branch of government is out of whack and has way overstepped its bounds and the people we have trusted to respresent us don't have the courage to stand up and fix it.
Both of these have serious repercussions.
This reminds me of the McCain-Feingold debate. When I stepped up and said the GW Bush was not living up to his Constitutional duty you all called me (and many others) all kinds of names, told us we didn't belong in the party and that it was a brilliant political move. Then you said we were stupid because the Supreme Court would fix it.
So what happened? Oh yeah, we were right and you were WRONG.
Sort of like this time, except now someone is being murdered.
Why don't you take a break from FR and go play with your kids? I'm going to take a break for the rest of the day myself.
This is how you avoid the difficult moral and constitutional issues. If it makes you feel better to insult my tone, knock yourself out.
I am ignoring you!
Have a really nice day and try not to get into a fight.
Lucianne Goldberg? Wow - haven't heard that name in years. Her star sure has faded. lol!
Scottish dielect. Same root as 'like'. As in kind. Means from the same place of of the same name.
If that's what you have to do. BTW, 'ilk' means 'kind or type.'
It will be because the GOP has demonstrated that they are not worth the support we have been giving them.
Thanks!
Now why does it have such a distasteful connotation? Interesting.
And can we be of the same ilk and disagree on such large issues. Or are they sub-ilks or ilk fringes. Right wing ilk and Left wing Ilk all in the same group.
My dear, I am getting the last word, the very last.
Have a really wonderful day. We love you here. We are all of the same ilk. Your ilk is my ilk.
Hey troll.
Your spelling of Amerika gives you away.
Go back to DU.
I know. And I disagree with that policy, amongst others. But it's Lucianne's website and she can run it as she sees fit.
I also recognize that there's a demand for the kind of heavily controlled political discourse where you can only debate issues in the very theoretical sense and never have to worry about having anyone's feelings get hurt. It's just not to my tastes.
Well duh! She blew off her most loyal fans!
I don't know. I hope not. It would be awful if he is the last person with her. She is, however, well guarded against anyone who would attempt to help her.
yes. I am beginning to underrstand my mother and alot of southern women who refused, outlawed discussions of politics at gatherings. I always thought that was so silly. But down here, political discussions led to family schisms or shootings. I think she was wise and won't allow much political talk at my table. My sons in law love to provoke me and are so disappointed when they can't.
To recognize that winning this battle through measures beyond what has already been done risks losing the broader culture war we are currently involved is simple truth. If you want to believe that the truth dehumanizes Terri, that's your choice.
But I never said that this battle was irrelevant. I said this was a battle worth fighting. But, the broader picture is that we are engaged in a war with a judiciary that has made itself the law. If we throw everything we've got into this battle, we'll have nothing with which to fight future, potentially even more important, battles.
It is easy to play armchair general and say what you believe the president and the governor should do while accusing others of speaking in generalities while missing the broader point. But remember, you are not sitting in their seats. You are not responsible for taking a look at the broader picture. You do not have to face responsibility for the actions that would be taken. You do not have to consider how actions in this case might affect other actions in other matters at the moment. You do not have to take into account how drastic action might cause grave harm to the GOP in the 2006 Congressional elections.
Like I said, the battle is worth fighting. It is not, however, worth sacrificing all future battles over. That does not dehumanize Terri. It acknowledges that an injustice has been done and that we cannot fix it immediately. What we can do, though, is prevent it from ever happening again.
What a small thinker you are. Our country deserves better.
Dunno. I guess because someone of 'that ilk' is someone from somewhere else, therefore a stranger, therefore suspect?
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