We’re seeing now one insidious danger of entrenching a two-party system into the American process of governance–
What happens when neither party fields a compelling slate of candidates?
And while it might be desirable to restrict the final contenders to one of two parties, who on earth ever allowed Democrats and Republicans to decree (and subsequently legislate) that they would automatically be the parties?
To a motorcyclist, visibility suffers indignity quite well.
Any variation of “Look at that fool!” trumps any equivalent version of “What did we just hit?”
Don’t.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident”, sure, but you’ll notice they wrote them down anyway.
My, it was certainly wonderful to take in hours and hours of exaggerated rivalry theories, broken and questionable sports analogies, repeated redundant commercial noise,irrelevant sideline “insights”, and fancy computer-generated eye-candy on Game Day yesterday.
The actual football game also made for an interesting sidelight.
Speaking locally, in the midst of “The right says this” and “The left says that”, I’ve come to the conclusion that greed is bipartisan.
When a large number of people differ with a liberal’s viewpoint, the liberal immediately begins speaking of “outreach programs” and “educating the public”.
The concept that their own position might need to be reevaluated honestly never occurs to them. I see this disconnect as a glaring weakness in the liberal thought process, as well as an annoying elitist tiara.
On the other hand, in a disagreement a conservative tends to simply say, “I think you’re wrong”– which at least opens the door for the possibility of discussion.
I think highly of the person who can place their argument on the table and respond to disagreement with “Tell me your thoughts. Convince me.”
Continually testing one’s point of view in the harsh light of public evaluation is the mark of someone who values truth above ego.
This post wasn’t funny at all. I should have followed Dave Barry’s advice and inserted the word “weasel” somewhere.