Leon wrote:
> <aspasia> wrote ...
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:32:22 -0400, "Charlie Bress"
>> <left@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> <aspasia> wrote i...
>>>> This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address
>>>> occurred on the same day.
>>>>
>>>> And as it has been pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of
>>>> events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a
>>>> creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other
>>>> involves a groundhog."
>>>>
>>>> Aspasia
>>> Just another fallacy. The State of the Union address was Jan 28.
>>> Groundhog Day (US & Canada) is always Feb 2
>>> So what exactly was being pointed out?
>>>
>> I assume that the satirical comment (which I am not clever enough to
>> have composed) took poetic license to make a really funny point.
>>
>> Aspasia
>
> I don't think "funny" is appropriate. The "creature of little
intelligence"
> referred to is the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces, the leader
of
> one of our two powerful political parties and the "decider guy" on major
> economic and social issues. This scares me every time I think about it.
>
> Leon
>
>
I have managed to not be afraid for some time because the present boogey
man is soon to leave. And as far as former fear: both Adolf Hitler and
Josef Stalin are dead.
I admire McClain as a man of courage and great patriotism. But it stops
there. He is totally unreliable. And in any event we have to put a stop
to the packing of the Supreme Court with reactionary jurists. The next
president has to reverse that flow. We have a bunch of youngish
reactionaries. They are the real power in making long term policy for
the USA. This must stop. So, we have to gamble on a weak reed in Obama
and elect him.
FK
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