Letters to the Editor
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re: Virgo
OBAMA! Something NEW!
Wow, you could totally like write ad copy for like cool stuff...sorta like...
Tide Detergent! Something "Fresh"
Coke! Something FIZZY!
Pastor Wright! Something FISHY!
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Number Six
Thanks for your response.
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I accept Senator Obama's statement
Senator Obama has commented on disagreements with his pastor in the past, and has strongly commented on the issue today. I accept his statements, and I don't think he owes anything more. I have friends who are much more outrageous in their opinions than Obama's pastor. I've had pastors (growing up in the midwest) who were to the right of Fallwell and Robertson. But I loved those churches and the communities they helped build.
Are we all so pure that we've never associated with people or befriended those who may be viewed askance under the light of public scrutiny? I think not.
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DeloresFlower
Forgot to thank you for your reply earlier...It was a very well thought out argument on the mindset of the Black community but your last response was what I was looking for...Hope you weren't as disapointed with No Country as I was...Cheers...
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Now them's fightin' words odog...
How could you be dissappointed with No Country for Old Men?!?
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Something new, something old
Who's the dog we like to scold?
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Number Six
I acutally loved the first half (the scenery, dialogue and character build up) but I didn't really pick up on the themes of free will or death they were trying to convey in the ending...I guess I was just expecting too much...
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No Country...
I'm not sure I see a free will angle to the film. At least no more than anything else has. I think its more of a snapshot of a time where things are suddenly becoming more violent, much to the dismay of the old sheriff who can't grasp or follow the nasty ugliness and inhumanity he sees the world becoming around him. That was as I saw it the central idea that just about everything in the film evolved around.
I could go on, for hours even, as film really is my thing.
But I wouldn't want to get off topic or anything.
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Virgo
MadamFauntleroy & Delores Flower --absolutely LOVE you two. Always the voice of reason, historical context, ladylike, smooth, vibrant---LOVE IT!
Honey, I want you to know, I am no lady. I am a Madam not a Madame. I run a brothel of myth busting.
I think Odog ain't all that bad. Asking the right questions and we should all be cognizanr of the mixing of politics and religion.
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@Dawg: The Lee Shore
You're behind us now, and it's time to hold up an offering to the gods of the internet. Always liked the Lee shore in Moby Dick because you got that sense of transience as the past slipped under the horizon to be lost from sight forever. It's when you got that sense that Melville was out of his mind f'king brilliant.
My dispute with you is that you wouldn't let go. A common condition of mankind. But you can't understand people until you let go of yourself and try being them for awhile. Can't pour water into a glass that's already full and other zen bullshit that's totally true. We're all living in separate realities. If we're lucky, we can have shared experience, but it's a two way street. You sounded very much like a one-way street.
We can judge people on their ignorance, their hatred, and any number of faults stretching from here to armageddon (coming soon to a political campaign this fall). But that path only leads back to it's starting point. Every time. There's another path.
So I look at this preacher dude, and yes, he is an old school firery sob. But he had a lot of reasons to be angry that are not nonsense. To not see that is blindness. He's almost an icon now, a symbol of an era that appears to be passing. This guy took a stand the best he knew, and the times bound him and fixed his possibilities.
I think Obama sees him and his path and chose another. Obama wants to act on a greater stage, with a greater freedom, so he will chart a different course. That's the politics of change and hope.
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Inserting associations
Odog, Dude I like your handle because I have a dog who is like a four legged brother to me. Now I know I'm a smartass and all but people keep on putting together their own brittle associations around what Barack Obama stands for without really appraising the man alone. My dog whom I dearly regard as my closest friend is a mixed breed mutt that I found homeless and friendless in the street in down pouring rain. I named him Omar after the Egyptian movie star Omar Sharif. I gave him that name because I like it. Now I can assure you though he (Omar) has an Arabic name, he is in no way involved with international terrorism of any kind, and as far as I know is not on intimate terms with any radical underground cells involved in undermining the American way of life. Omar is a true blue mutt, a mixed breed. The best kind of dog. His colors are black and tan, and Omar is very well and truly, my main man. Though he is black in color he is not chauvenistic about the shine of his beautiful black coat, he is secure in that way. He's a true blue mixed pegigree American mutt. Now if you'd just stop looking under your bed for monsters, maybe, just maybe, you would have half the sense of my dog Omar. Maybe. Because I swear, sometimes I could easily believe that animals are a lot smarter than people
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@manos99
Because I swear, sometimes I could easily believe that animals are a lot smarter than people
Wouldn't disagree with that
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Regarding the topic: "Who wants..."
I suppose I could weigh in on the actual topic of the article, since (though in California) I have helped a number (18) of people change their registration from "decline," Independent, or Republican prior to our primary. I also helped a few more people register for their first time. I did this for the Obama campaign specifically, but for the Democratic party in general. I was not paid, nor were our efforts coordinated by the campaign; we just wanted to help. *Note: in CA you are free to participate in the Democratic primary as "decline to state," but we still found a few people who wanted to make their Democratic support official - both in protest of the current administration and in support of the excellent Democratic candidates.
All of the people we helped were tired of the direction we are headed in this country (the war, economy, health care, the border, etc.). In almost every case, they wanted to participate, wanted to change, and just didn't know how to do it. We set up a table at a night-time college for adults (with permission), and handed out registration forms and talked about the candidates. It was a fantastic experience, and we made a small, but I think meaningful, dent in just a couple of hours.
This is Southern California, and there are a lot of libertarian-type Republicans and independents in my neck of the woods. I met a Republican, ex-military, serving police officer who had read all of the candidates' books (he preferred Obama's story, but did not change his registration). I met a pair of nurses working toward their bachelor degrees after 12 hour shifts - they were divided between Hillary and Obama. Both nurses were registered Republicans, and, they said, "their votes don't usually count in CA." They wanted to be counted in this primary.
Every person we talked to seemed genuinely interested in participating in the Democratic primary, and there was much more negative sentiment expressed toward the Republican candidates (from mostly conservative people) than we heard voiced about Clinton or Obama. This was before the kitchen sink though, so who knows what they think now?
What I'm trying to say is that I really do believe there are people who want help or even just a nudge toward the Democratic party. It's our candidates and our willingness to work for their votes that they find inspiring. It is good for the Democratic party to put feet on the ground, and try to change people's minds locally. We should be proud of efforts like this. I know I am.
BTW - I should also note that my increased local political involvement is a direct result of Howard Dean's campaign 4 years ago. He can scream all he wants in my book.