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Old August 16th 08, 03:14 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Andy Evans
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I think you'll find that conservatives are closer to traditional
thinking while liberals are more radical - working out things from
first principles.

So while the traditionalists are bemused and offended by "new
thinking", there are times in politics - dirty business that it is -
where the truth can only be found by working out things from first
principles.

If you use a logical and balanced approach and forget a lot of the US
and NATO hype, then you can, for instance, see how USA manipulated
the Balkans to its own ends in such a way that is - as Russia says -
not a million miles away from what's happening in South Ossetia.
Nobody is defending Russia's aggression where their sphere of
influence is threatened but nobody should be defending USA when they
did exatly the same in Grenada and numerous other places under the
Reagan doctrine.

Of course the US is a democracy and as such a better type of
government than others mentioned, but foreign policy is an entity in
itself, democracy or not, and it doesn't help to confuse the two or
create non-sequitors like "all democracies have better foreign
policies".


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Old August 16th 08, 04:23 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing,alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Tom Sherman[_2_]
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Andy Evans wrote:

To what are you replying to?

I think you'll find that conservatives are closer to traditional
thinking while liberals are more radical - working out things from
first principles.

So while the traditionalists are bemused and offended by "new
thinking", there are times in politics - dirty business that it is -
where the truth can only be found by working out things from first
principles.

If you use a logical and balanced approach and forget a lot of the US
and NATO hype, then you can, for instance, see how USA manipulated
the Balkans to its own ends in such a way that is - as Russia says -
not a million miles away from what's happening in South Ossetia.
Nobody is defending Russia's aggression where their sphere of
influence is threatened but nobody should be defending USA when they
did exatly the same in Grenada and numerous other places under the
Reagan doctrine.

Of course the US is a democracy and as such a better type of
government than others mentioned, but foreign policy is an entity in
itself, democracy or not, and it doesn't help to confuse the two or
create non-sequitors like "all democracies have better foreign
policies".


Then there is Ed Dolan, who merely likes to bark on the Internet.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now its labeled chicken.
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Old August 16th 08, 04:53 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing,alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Andy Evans
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To what are you replying to?
Then there is Ed Dolan, who merely likes to bark on the Internet.

I must have just fancied a bark myself. Was I off topic by any
chance?

I thought it was an all-purpose generic rant and I was bored with
fitting seats and mudguards on my ex's bikes.

Andy

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Old August 16th 08, 04:55 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Tim McNamara
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In article
,
Andy Evans wrote:

I think you'll find that conservatives are closer to traditional
thinking while liberals are more radical - working out things from
first principles.


That was what the Gingrich Revolution proclaimed they were doing, and
one could hardly label them "liberals" as such things are currently
defined.

I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more
conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" in Washington and
most state capitols around the US. Fiscal responsibility and a balanced
budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less
intrusion into people's private lives... the only freedom the
"conservatives" are concerned about these days is making sure favored
industries, corporations and cronies get free money from the taxpayers'
coffers, and don't have to put up with those pesky regulations.
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Old August 16th 08, 05:12 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Andy Evans
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I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" .... �Fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less intrusion into people's private lives...

That's just good government isn't it? Maybe liberals "intrude" more,
but people are pretty daft in the first place.

Andy
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Old August 16th 08, 05:31 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Tom Sherman[_2_]
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Tim McNamara wrote:
In article
,
Andy Evans wrote:

I think you'll find that conservatives are closer to traditional
thinking while liberals are more radical - working out things from
first principles.


That was what the Gingrich Revolution proclaimed they were doing, and
one could hardly label them "liberals" as such things are currently
defined.

I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more
conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" in Washington and
most state capitols around the US. Fiscal responsibility and a balanced
budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less
intrusion into people's private lives... the only freedom the
"conservatives" are concerned about these days is making sure favored
industries, corporations and cronies get free money from the taxpayers'
coffers, and don't have to put up with those pesky regulations.


Locally, good governance went along with having socialists (Dan Hoan and
Frank Zeidler) running things.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now its labeled chicken.
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Old August 16th 08, 05:32 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Tom Sherman[_2_]
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Andy Evans wrote:
I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" .... �Fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less intrusion into people's private lives...


That's just good government isn't it? Maybe liberals "intrude" more,
but people are pretty daft in the first place.

The Republican Party in the US has moved from being conservative to
reactionary.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”
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Old August 16th 08, 07:44 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
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In article ,
Tim McNamara writes:

I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more
conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" in Washington and
most state capitols around the US. Fiscal responsibility and a balanced
budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less
intrusion into people's private lives... the only freedom the
"conservatives" are concerned about these days is making sure favored
industries, corporations and cronies get free money from the taxpayers'
coffers, and don't have to put up with those pesky regulations.


I rather enjoyed George Carlin's remark about the American Revolution
being fostered by wealthy, white slave owners fighting to be "free."

I guess politics boils down to whomever deserves the Public Money
the most.

It is I. Without me around, the whole world would suck.
So support me, and you'll get to feel good about it.

Politics is just a condoned form of piracy.
We're /all/ pirates (especially the Greens.)


cheers, & bust outa the loop,
Tom


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Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
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Old August 16th 08, 07:49 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Tom Keats
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In article ,
Tom Sherman writes:
Andy Evans wrote:
I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" .... �Fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less intrusion into people's private lives...


That's just good government isn't it? Maybe liberals "intrude" more,
but people are pretty daft in the first place.

The Republican Party in the US has moved from being conservative to
reactionary.


I'd like to see Lou Dobbs suddenly get cream-pied
from stage right on live TV.

In mid-sentence.

Timing is everything.


cheers,
Tom


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Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
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Old August 16th 08, 10:03 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.racing
Tom Sherman[_2_]
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Tom Keats wrote:
In article ,
Tom Sherman writes:
Andy Evans wrote:
I call myself a liberal and yet I find myself, in many ways, being more conservative that the current crop of "conservatives" .... �Fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget, accountability for program outcomes, government having less intrusion into people's private lives...
That's just good government isn't it? Maybe liberals "intrude" more,
but people are pretty daft in the first place.

The Republican Party in the US has moved from being conservative to
reactionary.


I'd like to see Lou Dobbs suddenly get cream-pied
from stage right on live TV.

In mid-sentence.

Timing is everything.

This would be funny to see with all the shouting heads [1] currently on
television.

[1] aka Professional Hairstyles.

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now its labeled chicken.
 




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