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Re: THIS is why this whole war is a waste of time. - NO ITS NOT - GO BUILD SOME LEGO!!
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Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:00:24 GMT
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I agree with some parts of your argument, but I find much of your argument
to be egotistic and bordering on offensive. Humanity is born into freedom,
if you are a religious person it is a gift from God, if not it is a natural
endowment. Governments cannot grant rights, or freedom, all they can do is
take them away. If you look closely at the US constitution it does say we
give people the right to free speech, it says that the government shall make
no law regarding these matters.
As for Bush’s intellect, he is very highly educated, not that schooling is
the sole indicator of intellect. Achieving the position of President
requires a great deal of effort and sophistication, and it is pure naiveté
to imagine that an ignorant person can achieve that position. It is a common
practice by opponents of Republican leaders to paint them as idiots, recent
examples are Dan Quayle, Ronald Regan, and Gerald Ford. In his time the
sophistication of Abraham Lincoln was commonly questioned. It is a very easy
stance to take as one does not have to address the issues, they can simply
call names.
Now what I truly do not understand about your post is that you first
insinuate that the general populace of this country is equally ignorant of
world issues, caring more for television or athletics. Then you go on to
complain that the political system is not accessible to these uncaring
ignoramuses. Assuming that your belief in the inferiority of the American
people is true, why would we want these ignorant people controlling any
aspect of our public lives?
Now where I agree with you, I am not a fan of the two party system, I have
been an independent since I first registered to vote. I resent that a person
truly has to be a millionaire to win national office. I too would like to
see a wider variety of gender and race within the ranks of the candidates
presented, but I tend to be more “color blind”; I would never vote for a
candidate based on their race, what ever that race is. Your demand for a
black president is in league with a racist demanding no black president, it
places the race of an individual far above any thing else, including
ideology, ability, etc. As for your assertion about republicans, let me
remind you that here in the US the most powerful blacks currently in this
country are all Republican (Clarance Thomas, Colin Powell, and Condaleza
Rice). My only requirement for a president is that they be at least 35 and a
natural born citizen.
God bless America
Scott
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