tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post2333449241308556243..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-16573845441631330732009-08-10T18:25:08.801-06:002009-08-10T18:25:08.801-06:00What I can't understand is why we are so often...What I can't understand is why we are so often on opposite sides. Most of this, I agree with as well.<br><br>That argues that our goals aren't so different, just the paths we see to get there.<br><br>If we (as in we the people) could focus on what we have in common, perhaps we could accomplish a great deal more.Stephanie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-3249880700462321342009-08-10T19:35:26.599-06:002009-08-10T19:35:26.599-06:00I agree with the things you have written down. Now...I agree with the things you have written down. Now the question is how? How do we achieve this? Corruption seems to go hand in hand with power. I am not saying it is absolute, but it is rampant as all you have to do is turn on the television to hear story after story about liars and cheats and those who steal to make themselves have more than needed or earned. Is the US on a spiral into ruin? I have heard a few conservatives swear this is so, that the US is on a decline just as the decline of the Roman civilization. Hannady.com is just one of those.ettarosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13178737973585191754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-20239819550562881052009-08-10T21:00:53.595-06:002009-08-10T21:00:53.595-06:00@Stephanie B - Well, like I was just about to tell...@Stephanie B - Well, like I was just about to tell Ettarose, my trouble starts when I try to flesh out my goals into an action plan. That's where we always seem to get into it. :) I was thinking of attacking the health care thing by making a list of things that I think are wrong with the current system, and then turn it around into a plan for curing those ills. No pun intended. Like, one of the big problems is the insurance companies being greedy and of course wanting to turn a profit, and another is the congress listening to the drug lobby instead of the people. Maybe that would work with the long list on this current post - think of things that are keeping the things on my list from coming to pass.<br><br>I have too many thoughts (and words) inside me. I want to change the world. :)Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-5643755380479787902009-08-10T21:10:03.231-06:002009-08-10T21:10:03.231-06:00Hi Ettarose. I don't think we have to live wit...Hi Ettarose. I don't think we have to live with corruption. We just have to start sending people to Congress that promise to do what we tell them to. But that takes organization. The fix is in on reelections - these lobbyists give their congress boys big money to get reelected. That's the name of the game. Grass roots is the answer but nobody seems to be able to get started. I personally think we need a third party. And all of us will have to give generously for tv commercials to get our guys elected. I don't know if we care enough anymore to do that. Most people like to just sit on their behinds and complain instead of doing something about it. The Congressmen depend on that. But the answer is organization - because there is surely enough people who are fed up that would vote for a third party candidate. I just think the current two parties are too tainted and people are too tired of them. Start over. YOU should run. Get all the humor blogger misfits to vote for you. :) It would give you something to do. Good pay, too. Great retirement benefits. :) And then when you sold out to the lobbyists too like all the rest, you would pretend you didn't know us anymore. Cool. :)Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-64548714138918863272009-08-10T21:11:51.927-06:002009-08-10T21:11:51.927-06:00Hey Ettarose, I know what. We can run A. She's...Hey Ettarose, I know what. We can run A. She's all classy and everything. People would vote for her. As long as she kept her mouth shut so people didn't discover she was Irish, eh? That would probably be a drawback. :)Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-57561598503403379502009-08-10T21:22:42.597-06:002009-08-10T21:22:42.597-06:00@A. - Let me head you off at the pass before you w...@A. - Let me head you off at the pass before you wake up: I would never in a million years REALLY try to keep you quiet. You know that. Sigh. I do wish you could run though. Clean house in Washington. We need somebody. A LOT of somebodies. Good morning. Or good 4am.Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-29560640309996380422009-08-11T05:46:46.858-06:002009-08-11T05:46:46.858-06:00Too late, far too late. You know perfectly well I...Too late, far too late. You know perfectly well I would never in a month of Sundays be prepared to run on that selection of issues, and you also know where the stumbling block lies. Since I'm not prepared to discuss that again, you have indeed effectively silenced me.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-67382929820956949042009-08-11T21:46:10.224-06:002009-08-11T21:46:10.224-06:00It is too much Darfur and Zimbabwe all over again....It is too much Darfur and Zimbabwe all over again. There are more of us than "them" and we are too scared to get beaten about the face and neck to go for change. Why don't YOU run?ettarosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13178737973585191754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-65687933525460076492009-08-19T23:35:29.159-06:002009-08-19T23:35:29.159-06:00@A. You can run on anything you want to run on. Yo...@A. You can run on anything you want to run on. You don't have to run on my issues. You have time for a hobby. :)<br><br>@Ettarose - Hmmm. I'm not afraid to get beat. But I can't even make it into Humorbloggers, much less Congress.Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.com