Marini
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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania
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ORIGINAL: Marini
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl
What begs to be answered is this....
are the political parties of today the same as those of years gone by?
Of course not tazzy, I have made my point and I am down there.
You should start a thread on how and why the political parties have changed over the years.
I am going to say this as nicely as possible. For some reason you took offense to the fact that movements of "radical" people change the status quo, not politicians (like Lincoln) and not political parties.,... who usually try very hard to maintain the status quo... as is evident in how Lincoln TRIED to compromise on slavery, but couldn't.
I am just pointing out, no moderate ever gave the American people anything. Ours is a history of fighting against the status quo for more rights....
julia, you and I agree more often than you probably think.
I also enjoy debating and chatting with people with diametrical points of view, as long
as we can remain civil.
I totally agree that people like John Brown, were instrumental in leading the charges to end slavery, and that it almost always takes wars, protests, or revolutions to initiate changes in governments.
Like I always say, "The next revolution WILL be televised!"
And, as I have been saying for a couple of years, the next big revolution in America will more than likely be between the have's and the have not's as we continue to spiral into the looming depression.
I anticipate a great many events to occur as many that used to be middle class continue to spiral downwards.
Those that participate in the next big revolution will be a very eclectic group indeed.
Liberals will be joined by moderates, conservatives, and every ethnic group under the sun to protest their economic conditions.
The working poor that I saw living in motel rooms last night, included every ethnic group indeed.
A caveat though, there will be people in both parties involved in the next big revolution, people find common grown during bad times like a depression, and have a lot more in common than they usually would.
The next big revolution will be televised, on the internet, tweeted, facebooked and we will even be able to watch it on our smart phones.
< Message edited by Marini -- 7/27/2010 12:56:04 PM >
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Nelson Mandela
Life-long Democrat, not happy at all with Democratic Party.
NOT a Republican/Moderate and free agent
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