Comments on: One letter can highlight hypocrisy; more letters should follow http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J Barron http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-23356 J Barron Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:51:28 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/#comment-23356 Walt Kelly said it best, IMHO: "We have met the enemy and he is us." (or should that be "U.S.)? This is actually good news: It is far easier to change one's own behavior than someone else's. Make an enemy of yourself and the world becomes your enemy. Make a friend of yourself and the world becomes your friend. It is our own behavior we need to change. We should stop being silent when we know we should speak up. We should stop failing to act when we know we should act. Above all, we should stop succumbing to fear when we know that courage is what is needed. We have lived under the thumb of terror long enough. It is past time that we develop backbones and start living as human beings. The naked truth is that the United States has a very mixed history. On the one side slavery, jim crow laws, the many decades of the Robber Barons, child labor, racial oppression, etc. On the other side the Bill of Rights, votes for all, due process, etc. It is long past time to cease rejecting the best of our heritage and celebrating the very worst and begin instead to reject the worst and start celebrating the best. Restore the rule of law! Restore free elections! Restore the free press! Reject politics of hate and divisiveness! Above all, impeach and/or try hem all: Bush, Cheney, Mukasey and all the rest including most especially Pelosi! (Intentional and aggressive gross negligence of sworn duty in the face of a national emergency is a very impeachable offense.) Stop watching Fox television and stop subscribing to any service that carries it! Stop getting your news from the lapdog mainstream media and start ferreting out the trustworthy sources on the internet. Start talking to your friends and neighbors about politics, giving due respect to their viewpoints and presenting opposing opinions and facts which they may have been ignoring. Make it more difficult for others to engage in our national sport of denial. Stop accepting it in silence when someone talks as if "humanist" and "liberal" were foul language. Firmly point out that democracies are founded on full and open discussion of a range of opinions. And then express yours about "liberals", "humanists" etc. Lies, propaganda and distortions of the truth cannot live in the light. Opposed the darkness. Begin living like human beings again. "You cannot be oppressed if your back is not bent!" Martin Luther King Walt Kelly said it best, IMHO: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” (or should that be “U.S.)?

This is actually good news: It is far easier to change one’s own behavior than someone else’s.

Make an enemy of yourself and the world becomes your enemy. Make a friend of yourself and the world becomes your friend.

It is our own behavior we need to change.

We should stop being silent when we know we should speak up.

We should stop failing to act when we know we should act.

Above all, we should stop succumbing to fear when we know that courage is what is needed.

We have lived under the thumb of terror long enough.

It is past time that we develop backbones and start living as human beings.

The naked truth is that the United States has a very mixed history. On the one side slavery, jim crow laws, the many decades of the Robber Barons, child labor, racial oppression, etc. On the other side the Bill of Rights, votes for all, due process, etc.

It is long past time to cease rejecting the best of our heritage and celebrating the very worst and begin instead to reject the worst and start celebrating the best.

Restore the rule of law!

Restore free elections!

Restore the free press!

Reject politics of hate and divisiveness!

Above all, impeach and/or try hem all: Bush, Cheney, Mukasey and all the rest including most especially Pelosi! (Intentional and aggressive gross negligence of sworn duty in the face of a national emergency is a very impeachable offense.)

Stop watching Fox television and stop subscribing to any service that carries it!

Stop getting your news from the lapdog mainstream media and start ferreting out the trustworthy sources on the internet.

Start talking to your friends and neighbors about politics, giving due respect to their viewpoints and presenting opposing opinions and facts which they may have been ignoring. Make it more difficult for others to engage in our national sport of denial.

Stop accepting it in silence when someone talks as if “humanist” and “liberal” were foul language. Firmly point out that democracies are founded on full and open discussion of a range of opinions. And then express yours about “liberals”, “humanists” etc.

Lies, propaganda and distortions of the truth cannot live in the light.

Opposed the darkness.

Begin living like human beings again.

“You cannot be oppressed if your back is not bent!” Martin Luther King

]]> By: Darlene http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-23097 Darlene Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:11:35 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/#comment-23097 This is exactly what Barack Obama is talking about when he says that change is brought about by the people. It's just that the people have to get involved. As noted above, it's easy enough to check out what your Reps and Senators are doing vote-wise, and who they're getting money from. Pick your favorite topic and check out how your elected representatives are doing, who they're really serving. Then write to the paper so others will know, too. This is democracy at work! This is exactly what Barack Obama is talking about when he says that change is brought about by the people. It’s just that the people have to get involved. As noted above, it’s easy enough to check out what your Reps and Senators are doing vote-wise, and who they’re getting money from. Pick your favorite topic and check out how your elected representatives are doing, who they’re really serving. Then write to the paper so others will know, too. This is democracy at work!

]]> By: distributorcap http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-22976 distributorcap Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:14:45 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/08/one-letter-can-highlight-hypocrisy-more-letters-should-follow/#comment-22976 we need more Hesters all of us should be writing and caling and emailing our reps until their staff explodes. I think schumer and carolyn maloney are sick of me by now -- too bad. i dont bother with hillary since she could care less about the senate we need more Hesters all of us should be writing and caling and emailing our reps until their staff explodes. I think schumer and carolyn maloney are sick of me by now — too bad. i dont bother with hillary since she could care less about the senate

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