tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post8099219739218458332..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: What's With This Extremism?wellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-20794404086666785542009-09-10T11:16:58.276-04:002009-09-10T11:16:58.276-04:00Sadly humans have never been anything but a brutis...Sadly humans have never been anything but a brutish bunch. Saw this article about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on CNN.com. Thought you'd enjoy... or at least find interesting.<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/mf.campaign.slurs.slogans/index.htmlUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04681200355928377615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-54258548440549136942009-09-09T14:18:42.601-04:002009-09-09T14:18:42.601-04:00Thief,
Perhaps you're right. I do indeed remem...Thief,<br />Perhaps you're right. I do indeed remember the rhetoric surrounding George Bush and the rhetoric which still surrounds Dick Cheney but somehow I still think that there's something new about the talk I've heard lately. However much people hated Bush, and I am sure the hate was just as intense, I don't remember us talking as though he was trying to deceptively infiltrate our system with some foreign ideology... maybe with lies and deception but not with real brainwashing type stuff like what Obama has been accused of. <br /><br />But I think you're right, for the most part this is nothing new. he partisanship has always been there but I think the scale has broadened... which is the opposite of what Obama's supporters had hoped for. <br /><br />Another issue is that I have probably spent too much time in Ramona where people never really stopped liking Bush and where Obama has been called Osama from the start. <br /><br />Good thoughts man, thanks for keeping me on my toes.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-55230678777741266572009-09-09T10:04:04.212-04:002009-09-09T10:04:04.212-04:00The extreme right has been getting a lot of air ti...The extreme right has been getting a lot of air time lately, especially with the hoopla about President Obama's speech, and that's really unfortunate - it's unfortunate that when the president does something that we all should agree with, many complain because they didn't vote for him and/or they hate him.<br /><br />I think you've got a very short memory, however, Wes, because I certainly heard similar rhetoric regarding George W Bush and Dick Cheney.<br /><br />"Not my president" anyone?<br /><br />And just mention the name Clinton to the extreme right and see what kind of response you get.<br /><br />Our country has been on a long journey toward this type of partisan political climate, and it didn't start in the 2000s, and neither did mudslinging...<br /><br />...the big question is how will the church show something different? How will we show that we are bigger than all of this?Brian Vinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221972114141282402noreply@blogger.com