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Sunday, January 15, 2006 In Search For An Answer I have been chastised for coming out against Extremism. I find it difficult to change that position. I reason that extremism genders fear. Fear seeks security as a remedy. Notwithstanding FDR's "You have nothing to fear except fear itself", fear is being used by the Bush administration as an excuse for a myriad number of questionable acts. It also is an easy cover for incompetence and corruption beyond anything in recent memory. We don't need extreme acts as much as we need clear, comprehensible proposals as to what to do with the problems we face. Iraq, Afghanistan, Health Care, Oil-dependency, War, Terror, the new Apocalypse horsemen DeLay, Abramoff, Rove and Reed; NSA wiretaps, FEMA, Cronies, the Porter Goss CIA, mis-Packing the Supreme Court, Constitutional Crisis, Infrastructure, Education, Theocracy, Global Warming, an outraging Deficit, 'Signing Statements' (Bush betrayal of McCain). Would you like to continue? There are I am sure many other items you would add to the list. But the point is, what is our side, the Opposition proposing? They are just complaining and many are indulging in extreme acts. No wonder so many people say politicians are all the same. K Street owns the lot. The Reds get the loot and the Blues want it. While I really can't forgive the Gang of Four (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice) for putting us in such plight, I question the effectiveness of extreme attacks against their acts. Why not continued Rove-like broadcasting of our positions without extremism or crudity? Recently I have received satirical poster casting Bush and Cheney as the two "Brokeback Mountain" cowboys. I laughed and then I was sad. Here was a great love story being lampooned by two who have show so little compassion or love. I am certainly not a bleeding liberal. I feel much at home in the Libertarian camp of the socially progressive and fiscally conservative. I also believe that the Hippy philosophy continues to offer something to our time. I was the only person named twice on the Nixon Enemies List when it was finally published in the Congressional Record . You can see why I am horrified by the Bush administration lack of compassion and fiscal irresponsibility. I spent five years working on the Liberty Tour of HAIR with the slogan "Freedom, Peace and Love". If those three principles are the foundation of a political platform today, we would have something that would give people Hope. Hope is what our world needs. Not fear. At a time when fascism threw the world into global war, FDR gave us Hope. When world-wide violence again threatened JFK, RFK and MLKJr., gave us Hope. That is why their assassinations are so for us to endure, still today. It is not Fear which will turn our scene around. It is Hope. |
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Extremism Is No Excuse Intelligent Design and Brokeback Mountain The Season's Message Want To Express It Again Remarks for Friends of Conservation Probably Our Major Problem Today All In The Name You Give It We All Have The Same Problems Questions About HAIR ARCHIVES December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006
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