[B5JMS] And so it begins???

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: Methuselah Jones <methuselah at altgeek.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:29:17 +0000 (UTC)
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Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Kerr
of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 

> "Jms at B5" <jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote in message 
> news:20041208060307.23255.00001564 at mb-m03.aol.com...
>>>> Florida scientists have grown a rat brain in a petri dish and
>>>> taught it to
>>>> fly a fighter plane.
>>
>> And it's nearly finished selecting the new members of its cabinet....
> 
> Petty insults?  Beneath you JMS.  I'm still waiting for you to inform
> us what the Democratic Party needs to do to fix the political system,
> since you already gave us so much information on what the Republican
> Party needs to do, immediately after telling us both parties were at
> fault. 

Political humor is as old as politics. Presidents, kings, emperors, clan 
leaders and chieftans have all been subjected to it. Joe's comment could 
apply to any president or other leader that appoints a cabinet, past or 
present, American or other. Automatically taking it and aiming at 
whatever politician you're supporting suggests that you are uncertain 
about that politician and/or your support of him or her. It's called 
"being defensive".

You notice that I'm speaking generically; I have no idea whom you support 
politically. Given the current political environment and your snide 
comment about "the Democratic Party" (which apparently is OK for you to 
do), I assume it's GW. This would also be in line with GW's philosophy of 
"If you're not with us, you're against us."

It's important to be able to laugh -- at life in general, and perhaps 
most importantly at ourselves. Mark Twain said, "Humor is the great 
thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and 
resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place." But I guess 
that only applies to people capable of recognizing humor.

-- 
Methuselah
"Being in a minority, even a minority of one, does not make one insane."
  -- George Orwell, "1984"


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:04:15 +0000 (UTC)
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> I'm still waiting for you to inform
>> us what the Democratic Party needs to do to fix the political system,
>> since you already gave us so much information on what the Republican
>> Party needs to do, immediately after telling us both parties were at
>> fault. 

You do recognize, do you not, that the Republican party currently controls the
House of Representatives, the Senate, the Executive Branch and some might argue
the Supreme Court as well, right?  That being the case, it's kind of up to the
people who are running things to fix it, is it not?

Right now, with the threat of eliminating the filibuster, the court of last
resort for any minority party, the democratic party has been effectively
removed from the process in a very significant way.

So much for the theory of checks-and-balances.

 jms

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