“We’re Americans… we’re the only country that can look at a sandwich made of ice cream and chocolate cookies covered with fudge and think… you think we could fry that?
Yes we can.”
–The G-rated portion of Bill Maher’s tribute to America
Add comment November 15th, 2008
Call me silly, but when I go to the doctor, I want him or her to listen to my symptoms, perhaps run an appropriate test or two, then make the diagnosis.
I DO NOT want my doctor to make the diagnosis before I walk in the door, then hunt for a symptom that might support his pre-diagnosis.
So why is it that so many of us listen to biased commentary on right wing talk-radio or on the new liberal media offerings?
Their job? To find whatever fact or half-quote supports what they already thought, what they’ve always thought, and what they’ll think forever no matter what REALITY is.
Clearly because we’ve made our decision too - as they have - and we’re just looking for someone to agree with us.
Good for entertainment. Bad for democracy.
Cocaine. When we need cod liver oil.
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“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” –Mark Twain
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Add comment November 9th, 2008
From an Amazon review of Os Guinness’s The Case for Civility:
“… Guinness charts a course for “a civil public square” in which citizens of any religion or of none are allowed and encouraged to let their voices be known and to respect those of others. He argues against both “the sacred social square” (where pluralism is defrocked and one religion dominates at the expense of others) and “the naked public square” (in which religious citizens are not allowed to participate socially and politically on the basis of their deepest convictions).”
Perhaps he’s onto something…
2 comments November 8th, 2008
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
–Abraham Lincoln, in his first Inaugural address,
as quoted by President-Elect Barack Obama in his acceptance speech.
Add comment November 7th, 2008
As we move forward with civility after Tuesday’s election, it’s worth it for critics on the left side of the aisle to note the grace demonstrated in the loss on the right side of the aisle. Do I hear the sound of bygones being bygones? Well, you just never know…
“I urge all Americans … I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited…” –John McCain
“No matter how they cast their ballots, all Americans can be proud of the history that was made yesterday. Across the country citizens voted in large numbers. They showed the watching world the vitality of America’s democracy and the strides we have made towards a more perfect union. It shows a president whose journey represents a triumph of the American story. It will be a stirring sight to watch President Obama, his wife Michelle and their beautiful girls step through the doors of the White House.” –President George Bush
“One of the great things about representing this country is that it continues to surprise, it continues to renew itself, it continues to beat all odds and expectations. You just know that Americans are not going to be satisfied until we really do form that more perfect union and while the perfect union may never be in sight, we just keep working on it and trying…” –Condoleeza Rice
Add comment November 6th, 2008
Worth remembering, as dissent is about to flip to a different side…
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. — Edward R Murrow
Add comment November 5th, 2008
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