Friday Open Thoughts: "Our National Past Time"

then when i get it done... or as close as i can without seeing it i copy it to here.
right away i hit the "draft" button & save. then once i get it exactly the way i want it i hit the "public" button & save/publish.

i hope this helps.

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

Heh...;-D

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White  

The cycle of incitement that afflicts our politics ensures that this dynamic bleeds into both sides of the aisle. For example, the liberal Campaign for America's Future recently declared that "Congressman Eric Cantor wants to eliminate Social Security," a flat-out "pants on fire" lie, as described by indispensable PolitiFact.

While "flat-out 'pants on fire' lie" may be correct, strictly speaking, I think the assertion that Rep. Cantor - and indeed the Republicans in general (along with some Democrats) want to remake Social Security in their own Wall Street image is arguably true in general.

Nevertheless, the point about the "cycle of incitement that afflicts our politics" is well taken in the sense that putting politics before policy is generally not a good thing for the people. (However, sometimes one must fight fire with fire.)

The piece as a whole is indeed a good read.

There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed. ~Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)