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yours is a worthwhile project.

i read the first book in college. then i was idealistic.

now, especially since the democrats have corrupted public discourse, beginning with the removal of president nixon, the attacks on president carter for his religion, the attacks on president reagan, and the president bushes, and the cover-ups of president clinton's rapes, i've concluded that the majority of their supporters do not want intelligent discourse.

the goal of the democrats has been anti-democratic at least since the rise of fdr. democrats of the 20th and 21st centuries have supported tyrannies around the world-- lenin, stalin, mao, kim, fidel, and most recently, presidential candidate kerry's support of ho chi minh.

michael moore's films are a realistic statement of the current democrat plantation.

Thank you, ken,

You raise some important questions that we need to discuss. The role of religion in politics is certainly one. We both know how controversial that one is, even among conservative Christians. The question of Nixon and Clinton raises issues about by what standards we judge those in power. Your other concern about how do we encourage good behavior (or discourage bad behavior) by those who are in a position to ignore us (like dictators around the world) is one I'd like a good answer to myself. I don't think military choices are always the best. I believe there is such a thing as a just war, but there are conditions that need to be met to qualify as such, and they are not always met. I think insofar as we find nonviolent diplomatic solutions to regional conflicts, we are ahead of the game.

My point in starting this thread is to focus on the process by which we make the big decisions about policy. The point is not to find some infallible method--there is no such thing--but to find a good method. And a good method for me would be one that allows us to learn from experience.

I'm not here to defend the bad behavior of partisans on either side of the partisan divide. I'm here to ask how we can make things better.