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Recent content by ^graff
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Problem with being a Democrat is being a Democrat
"Only a candidate can have a solution to the problems. Parties can not have a solution to the problems." - Divine Comedy I love this analysis - as far as i can tell it's nearly always true. There are precious few cut and dry issues in today's politics, and the two parties are separated by a... -
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History books that warrant a good reading
The Collapse of the Third Republic (1875-1940) by William Shirer (author of the more famous Rise and Fall of the Third Reich published 1969 comprehensive, extremely well researched if you detest france's identity on today's world stage as much as i, this book is both satisfying and... -
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Who do you believe was the most intelligent president in the last 100 years
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on the futility of activism
That's what I meant by saying that my thoughts are indefensible - precisely that. I'm not going to purge myself of opinions based on this idea, but merely let it temper the passion with which they are expressed. I disagree with nothing you said - just wanted to get some people thinking in this... -
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on the futility of activism
Re: on the futility of marchare - Perhaps activism was the wrong word. By that i meant to convey the sense that a majority of the people posting in these forums seem to rush headlong down paths laid before them by others; these people, whom I may falsely label activists, seem to be doing... -
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on the futility of activism
Harshaw - I do not pretend to "grasp" the "true nature" of the discrepancy between what the average person knows and the actual forces behind many of the decisions made in our country. On the contrary, I am throwing the idea out there that for people to get so passionately riled up about... -
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on the futility of activism
Taking into account the vast chasm between the average American's grasp of our political situation and its true nature, it strikes me as pretentious to act as if one can be an effective judge of long-term trends in either domestic affairs or affairs of state, much less the deceptively complex...