Original Sin? Bill asks

Leave it to me to take this into the political areana, but I’ve been reading a fascinating book, Cracking the Code by Thom Hartmann. Its really an intense read about communication and how to understand what we hear and how to better communicate with others that see the world from a different perspective. Some observations;

Conservatives see the world as inheritly evil, government is trying to take my money, what’s in it for me, those lazy welfare mothers are ripping me off, the only thing government should be about is police, prison, and the military, the free market is the only solution, fear, fear, and more fear, nothing should interrupt their accumulation of material wealth.

Liberals look the world with a what’s best for US attitude, hope for the future, the government can do things to help the people, WE THE PEOPLE, the framers of the Constitution were brilliant, the teachings of Jesus were pure, we must share our “common wealth”

I hear the conservative bemoan the welfare mother who is taking advantage of the system, and yet defend Dick Cheney who as CEO of Halliburton set up 44 shadow off shore companies to evade paying taxes. Which action do you think takes the most from our “common wealth”. The consevative complains about the size and interference of government, thinking that the free market will cure all. He does this as he enjoys the benefits of that government intrusion………clean air, clean water, fire and police protection, the interstate highway system, the military and national guard, safe foods and medicines, safer cars and other products, free public education through grade 12 for his children, and you’ll be damn sure he’ll accept social security and Medicare when he qualifies. He’ll champion the concept of “privatization” and never complain that we’re paying $1220.00 a day to a Blackwater employee to do the job an army sargent is paid $85.00 a day to do. He’ll sing the praises of the Bush tax cuts and ignore that 10% of the taxes he pays go to paying off debt from borrowed money from countries like Saudia Arabia and China. He’ll ignore that he will be leaving his children and grand children huge debt to pay off……..but what does he care………..he’s doing fine…….now. He will ignore that part of the reason he’s paying over $4 for gas is the weak dollar, caused by this foreign debt.  He’ll complain that its the greenies and liberals who have prevented oil drilling in American parks and off the coast, without knowing that ANWR at best would reduce our imports by only 4% and off shore would only satisfy 1.5% of our needs and only last 2.5 years.

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I was wondering, what percentage of conservatives believe in original sin compared to liberals?

Fear is a quicker motivator than hope [ look at what GW did in the 2004 election ] . We could probably count on one hand the times he has not used the fear tactic. But, hope is the better long range motivator [ look at what the most successful growth oriented companies like Microsoft do].

I don’t know about you, but I’m damn tired of “fear”. I’m looking for someone who can inspire us to reach our full potential, not just as an individual but as a society. I’m looking for someone who can restore America to the position of true greatness. And I’m damn scared that either Isreal and/or America [ the Bush neocons ] will bomb Iran and start world war 3.