Meeting in person is often difficult, expensive, and polluting. Progressives should hold more meetings online, using chat rooms or a meeting service like this...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 15, 2011 7:58 pm
Can't resist quoting this libertarian. The last sentence is the best. "When most people read statistics their eyes glaze over. When people like Christie...
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Martha Koester
fomalhaut2003
Mar 15, 2011 9:44 pm
Why don't you ask one of these amoral jerks if they know what increasing productivity does? They haven't internalized the basic fact that it means fewer and...
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Carol Davidek-Waller
dvdkwllr
Mar 15, 2011 9:46 pm
Dear, dear, dear. Nothing worse than a 'tiny mind in the grip of a single idea'. The state is not an abstract idea that can be made to conform to one or...
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Carol Davidek-Waller
dvdkwllr
Mar 15, 2011 9:59 pm
Earlier in the last century the concept of a shorter work week was presented as a way to deal with the obvious labor imbalance. Sounds good to me. Our fathers...
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LogicandCompassion
thepopoman2003
Mar 16, 2011 5:58 am
I find it mystifying how individually they can be so fun and personally engaging and intelligent and yet be so irresponsibly obtuse and sociopathic at the same...
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Carol Davidek-Waller
dvdkwllr
Mar 16, 2011 6:57 am
I don't think it can very comfortable for a person to experience the isolation that must accompany that kind of world view/pathology. The hallmark of a...
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LogicandCompassion
thepopoman2003
Mar 16, 2011 7:36 am
Sounds lonely. But they do care about their spouses pain right? Or is that because their spouse effects them personally directly. i.e. it's still all about...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 16, 2011 2:22 pm
I too have called libertarianism "sociopathic." Some of them probably have a deficit of empathy. But I'm sure most of them are pretty regular people, loving...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 16, 2011 2:40 pm
Here's the article:Â Are Libertarians Sociopaths? ... From: Donald A. Smith <thinkerfeeler@...> Subject: Re: [wa-liberals] Telling quotation from...
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mike@...
codayfamily
Mar 16, 2011 3:21 pm
I hope that this kind of discussion will migrate to the WA Liberals site. It is the kind of analysis and questioning that serves the common good. And we...
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Carol Davidek-Waller
dvdkwllr
Mar 16, 2011 6:44 pm
No, they don't care about anyone ekse's pain. I don't know if the answer to your question is known; whether certain types of inherited characteristics would...
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LogicandCompassion
thepopoman2003
Mar 16, 2011 8:44 pm
I posted my comment to it on the WA-Liberals web site. I also added to the one liners "Libertarianism is a Knee-Jerk reaction to communism". :) Dave...
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LogicandCompassion
thepopoman2003
Mar 16, 2011 8:45 pm
The "child" analogy definitely fits! Dave...
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LogicandCompassion
thepopoman2003
Mar 16, 2011 9:43 pm
I am a novice at writing and I thought it wouldn't hurt to take a class or read a book on argumentation and writing. If anyone has a good resource they want to...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 17, 2011 6:37 am
At the 41st LD meeting Wednesday evening, Goldy (David Goldstein) talked about the REAL Rob McKenna and about progressive media.   See the article at...
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Brian L. Gunn
rock_o_gibra...
Mar 17, 2011 1:35 pm
While Drew Westen's book, The Political Brain, is not a book about writing, per se, I think it is essential reading for anyone who wants to write about...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 17, 2011 1:46 pm
Damn. My writing style -- and Goldy's? -- might be too logical and unemotional and elitist for most people.  Humor, ridicule, and scandal-mongering work. ...
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LogicandCompassion
thepopoman2003
Mar 17, 2011 6:59 pm
Yes I think one-liners have been proven to be effective and they work on both parties. I think Clinton used them effectively. They would probably help get...
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rcosborn@...
rcosborn98058
Mar 18, 2011 1:20 am
Think of it as a street fight - that is what the other side does. Beat'em to the punch with zingers, ridicule sarcasm,etc., short and sweet. Then when you have...
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elaine phelps
b4giraffes
Mar 18, 2011 2:50 am
Lewis Carroll's Queen of Hearts had her own peculiar judicial process: "Sentence first; verdict afterwards." An appropriate paraphrase of this to describe the...
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Martha Koester
fomalhaut2003
Mar 18, 2011 4:18 am
Well, the left can do this--see the prank call fo Gov. Wanker from a guy pretending to be a Koch brother. We should do it more often. The difference ...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 18, 2011 5:45 am
Interesting thread. Some guy on the libertarian list sent out an email claiming that after Australia tightened its gun laws, crime went up. Another guy on...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 18, 2011 5:54 am
I worked a lot on the Meeting Service (http://truthsite.org/meeting/). Now, in addition to chatting (in the left window), you can view and edit documents (in...
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elaine phelps
b4giraffes
Mar 18, 2011 6:55 am
I've been married for 55 years, and yes, marriage is that wonderful, at least for me and my husband. For those who want it but are denied it, it's hugely...
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Carol Davidek-Waller
dvdkwllr
Mar 18, 2011 7:10 am
This sounds really great Don. I'll take a closer look on the weekend when I have some time. Carol To: wa-liberals@yahoogroups.com From: thinkerfeeler@......
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Carol Davidek-Waller
dvdkwllr
Mar 18, 2011 7:15 am
Guns, gays and sex are wedge issues that the 'owners' use to keep us busy while they pick our pockets. I support your agenda Don. Carol To:...
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Chad Lupkes
chadlupkes
Mar 18, 2011 2:40 pm
Nice work! On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Donald A. Smith ... -- Chad Lupkes - http://chadlupkes.blogspot.com Chair, 46th District Democrats -...
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Donald A. Smith
thinkerfeeler
Mar 20, 2011 2:43 pm
Our leaders don't lead. Governor Gregoire and the legislators have punted on the issue of raising revenue. If you ask them, they say "the people" have to...
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Chad Lupkes
chadlupkes
Mar 20, 2011 3:03 pm
If a majority of the people of Washington supported raising revenue, Eyman's initiatives would fail. Taking over the party organizations at a local or state...
