A simple observation
The majority of the folks at Peach Pundit are conservative, so we don't necessarily line up ideologically, but they seem like good enough fellas, and I enjoy going their for discussion.
We have been finding some common ground regarding some issues as of late ... including imposing restrictions on MySpace and Facebook, banning drivers under 18 from using cell phones, removing foreign language courses from schools, banning transfats from our foods and, of course, Sunday sales of alcohol.
The thing is, it's not as if I'm the lone Democrat screaming in the wilderness about these issues. No, these are examples of legislation brought forth by Republicans in the Georgia General Assembly, and these are the things which are dominating large portions of the debate over there. So my question is ... why do you keep voting for these guys? It's not like we're talking about one or two issues here, but a bevy of them which feature the most far-reaching, intrusive and impossible to enforce laws out there (really ... how are we going to ban transfats without decimating the entire grocery industry in this state).
I'm willing to concede it would be hard for most conservatives to consider voting for a Democrat, but could you guys at least ponder that it might be time to quite shamelessly supporting folks who propose nonsense like this?
We have been finding some common ground regarding some issues as of late ... including imposing restrictions on MySpace and Facebook, banning drivers under 18 from using cell phones, removing foreign language courses from schools, banning transfats from our foods and, of course, Sunday sales of alcohol.
The thing is, it's not as if I'm the lone Democrat screaming in the wilderness about these issues. No, these are examples of legislation brought forth by Republicans in the Georgia General Assembly, and these are the things which are dominating large portions of the debate over there. So my question is ... why do you keep voting for these guys? It's not like we're talking about one or two issues here, but a bevy of them which feature the most far-reaching, intrusive and impossible to enforce laws out there (really ... how are we going to ban transfats without decimating the entire grocery industry in this state).
I'm willing to concede it would be hard for most conservatives to consider voting for a Democrat, but could you guys at least ponder that it might be time to quite shamelessly supporting folks who propose nonsense like this?
posted by Jmac at 6:57 AM
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Heh. The way you phrased this, it sounds as though you both oppose the existence of foreign language courses in schools.
When I read the "we've been agreeing" paragraph I thought you meant that you agreed that those things you list are good ideas. I almost smacked you from 12,000 miles away -- or however far away Chicago is from Athens. Whew.
I think people living in the Chicago-land area for more than five years should be banned from driving (cell phone or not) -- I've seen some crazy stuff since I've been here. People driving over medians, four cars turning left after the light turns RED making oncoming traffic who have a green light wait, one lane roads forcibly made into two lane roads by drivers -- it's madness.
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