Comments on: Excerpt: Back to the Future http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/ A new book by GNN's Stephen Marshall Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: boredwell http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-930 boredwell Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:18:26 +0000 http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-930 yo,why put so much hurrah status on jon stewart's political insights. he has an agenda, too. somehow you don't care to recognize this. polarizing the left wing,ie,radical/progressive dems and the radical/conservative GOPers is not in the best interest of the nation, centrists included. centrists are political atheists-in-waiting: they don't want to believe anything! they instead prefer to listen, flip[over the same coin,resist making decisions based on reaction/emotion. they're not in the category of the armchair electorate: passive-complaining-basically disinterested. there is no way to logically "promote" or encourage centrism; like atheism,it is a state of mind-almost spiritual in its far-from-the-madding-crowd mindfulness. to promote centrism is to politicize it,engage it voice,view and center them in the inanity of circus politics and lock it into place. that is not centrism. a centrist would not agree in theory that to marginal the rabid factions of each party is a helpful thing. just the opposite-by limiting the fundamentalist right and fundamentalist left creates division that is not wholly american. how can one make any decisions if those people are not heard,too.we need their rabies to understand and be grateful we are centrists and to innoculate ourselves against the virus of self-aggrandizing,essentially defeatist, certaining specious POVs. america needs a lot of things. so many now are disenchanted as ever before. each administration has its foibles and endangers all of us when they foist them upon others as solutions-lacking foresight,hindsight and insight- to exra ordinary problems. centrist propose a different vision of government and its endemic ideology of showing strength rather than restraint. centrists understand this, their real strenght lies most naturally and logically on their native restraint. yo,why put so much hurrah status on jon stewart’s political insights. he has an agenda, too. somehow you don’t care to recognize this. polarizing the left wing,ie,radical/progressive dems and the radical/conservative GOPers is not in the best interest of the nation, centrists included. centrists are political atheists-in-waiting: they don’t want to believe anything! they instead prefer to listen, flip[over the same coin,resist making decisions based on reaction/emotion. they’re not in the category of the armchair electorate: passive-complaining-basically disinterested. there is no way to logically “promote” or encourage centrism; like atheism,it is a state of mind-almost spiritual in its far-from-the-madding-crowd mindfulness. to promote centrism is to politicize it,engage it voice,view and center them in the inanity of circus politics and lock it into place. that is not centrism.

a centrist would not agree in theory that to marginal the rabid factions of each party is a helpful thing. just the opposite-by limiting the fundamentalist right and fundamentalist left creates division that is not wholly american. how can one make any decisions if those people are not heard,too.we need their rabies to understand and be grateful we are centrists and to innoculate ourselves against the virus of self-aggrandizing,essentially defeatist, certaining specious POVs.

america needs a lot of things. so many now are disenchanted as ever before. each administration has its foibles and endangers all of us when they foist them upon others as solutions-lacking foresight,hindsight and insight- to exra ordinary problems. centrist propose a different vision of government and its endemic ideology of showing strength rather than restraint. centrists understand this, their real strenght lies most naturally and logically on their native restraint.

]]> By: thepoetryman http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-898 thepoetryman Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:37:10 +0000 http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-898 <b>Undoubtedly, they will fix one problem by defanging partisans who make a living on finding the cracks and fissures that divide the American people. But they could also create a situation in which the two parties finally, openly, turn into one.</b> Now that was a fine read and I would agree with your assessment and that closing line was spot on! Undoubtedly, they will fix one problem by defanging partisans who make a living on finding the cracks and fissures that divide the American people. But they could also create a situation in which the two parties finally, openly, turn into one.

Now that was a fine read and I would agree with your assessment and that closing line was spot on!

]]> By: Ian Wilder http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-461 Ian Wilder Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:39:22 +0000 http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-461 If Jon Stewart knows that the Democratic & Republican parties serve the same corporate masters then why was he groveling to get John Kerry elected? As to the success of Rudy "third-way" Giuliani, go look up his popularity ratings on September 10, 2001. He was a complete failure as mayor. peace, Ian Wilder If Jon Stewart knows that the Democratic & Republican parties serve the same corporate masters then why was he groveling to get John Kerry elected?

As to the success of Rudy “third-way” Giuliani, go look up his popularity ratings on September 10, 2001. He was a complete failure as mayor.

peace,
Ian Wilder

]]> By: Rob P. http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-191 Rob P. Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:58:31 +0000 http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-191 Giuliani is often touted as a successful 'social liberal, fiscal conservative' Republican. But Rudy's values are up for sale to the highest bidder. In his quest for the votes of the Bush-base conservative voting bloc, Giuliani flip-flopped on his support for same sex civil unions. An excerpt from the New York Sun (4/27/07) tells the story: "In a startling departure from his previously stated position on civil unions, Mayor Giuliani came out to The New York Sun yesterday evening in opposition to the civil union law just passed by the New Hampshire state Senate... On a February 2004 edition of Fox News's "The O'Reilly Factor," Mr. Giuliani told Bill O'Reilly, when asked if he supported gay marriage, "I'm in favor of … civil unions." Since he's willing to sell out gays and lesbians, who's next? Giuliani is often touted as a successful ’social liberal, fiscal conservative’ Republican. But Rudy’s values are up for sale to the highest bidder. In his quest for the votes of the Bush-base conservative voting bloc, Giuliani flip-flopped on his support for same sex civil unions. An excerpt from the New York Sun (4/27/07) tells the story:

“In a startling departure from his previously stated position on civil unions, Mayor Giuliani came out to The New York Sun yesterday evening in opposition to the civil union law just passed by the New Hampshire state Senate…
On a February 2004 edition of Fox News’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Mr. Giuliani told Bill O’Reilly, when asked if he supported gay marriage, “I’m in favor of … civil unions.”

Since he’s willing to sell out gays and lesbians, who’s next?

]]> By: swanny http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-146 swanny Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:30:47 +0000 http://www.wolvesbook.com/2007/06/26/excerpt-back-to-the-future/#comment-146 New York, New York June 27, 2007 For Immediate Release Barack Obama Leads the nation’s official online poll by a 16% margin. Over the last week Barack Obama has made steady increase in the online poll, ousting Rudy Guiliani, the previous week’s leading candidate. As the primaries get closer, the poll continues to adjust based on public sentiment. To take the poll, or to view the current results throughout, people may visit: http://www.2008presidentialpoll.com/ For a chance to be interviewed for a series on the current views of the American people in relation to this poll, be at: Washington Square Park New York City 12 Noon Thursday, June 28 2007 New York, New York June 27, 2007
For Immediate Release

Barack Obama Leads the nation’s official online poll by a 16% margin.

Over the last week Barack Obama has made steady increase in the online poll, ousting Rudy Guiliani, the previous week’s leading candidate.

As the primaries get closer, the poll continues to adjust based on public sentiment.

To take the poll, or to view the current results throughout, people may visit:

http://www.2008presidentialpoll.com/

For a chance to be interviewed for a series on the current views of the American people in relation to this poll, be at:

Washington Square Park
New York City
12 Noon
Thursday, June 28 2007

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