On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:19:46 -0700, Gunner wrote:
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:08:49 -0700, wrote:
On Oct 11, 2:05 pm, Gunner wrote:
It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now
and then -- just to loosen up.

Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more
than just a social thinker.

Nah. You got it wrong, mate. Joining a political party is non thinking,
ie the belief that assorted proven rogues and ruffians can somehow
improve society.

Actually...joining a political party is pro-active. Think of them as an
interest group. A group of people who have joined together to push a
common agenda. Being complex, not all members have the exact same
agendas, but pragmatic compromises are made for the "common good" as each
group sees it.

A thinking man picks the "interest group" that most meets his world views
and desires. With my interest group, its smaller government, lower taxes,
freedom and so forth.

With other action groups..say the Democrats, its Marxism, socialism,
progressivism, the Nanny State (as in the UK), limits on personal freedoms
and so forth.

True..Democrats "feel" rather than think. Few are rational, logical or
even reasonable, but shrug..we let even the retarded have their
groups..makes them feel good and they can have a sense of belonging, that
being the only sort of sense they are capable of.

THe right-wingers (who have co-opted the name "republican") do neither.

Their imprint is "You have disturbed me, and I must kill you."

Cheers!
Rich