Essay

[harleygirl65]

Not written by me, and there are parts of it I don't agree with. But there are parts of it that I, so definitely do.

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I want a divorce

By John J. Wall

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et al: 

Comments

[faryfly]

Heeheehee. I just might need dual citizenship for my weird artsy side though.

[phetch]

Wow, sadly, I found that all really offensive. For a country that has issues far less divisive now than say in Civil War times, and was still able to regroup as a country and work for many common causes forward, that people are completely unwilling to do so now blows my mind.

[harleygirl65]

Clearly this was meant to be tongue in cheek, and I'd agree that the issues facing us as a country now are not nearly as divisive as the example of the Civil War. But I think there are some very deep seated differences as to just what common causes we should be working toward.

[whiteotter]

Harleygirl, I have to admit that Wall's letter makes me hot under the collar as well. Would you be offended if I posted a response on my LJ?

[harleygirl65]

I don't mind at all Otter. Not being the author, I'm not likely to be offended by a rebuttal. :) And personally I think that even when we have philosophical differences, things that get us talking about them can be very positive.

[arkady_jo]

I'm always interested to hear about politics in the US; the divide seems to be much bigger than here. At times, it's difficult here to tell the difference between the party in power and the opposition

[harleygirl65]

It does get crazy here, no doubt about that.

I agree with you on the health care issue, that was one of the things that I differed with the author of the article on. Strongly. Health care in the US is a mess, and needs to be fixed. But it's something I think should be available to everyone.

As for politicians and corruption... I think our system has a lot of failings and a lot of corruption on both sides of the aisle; and the bigger the government gets the bigger the problem gets. It's frustrating.

[harleygirl65]

There is that! Why can't all law students be as smart as our MM's law student (or soon-to-be law student, anyway)?

The one that amused me... I thought ANWR was the wildlife refuge, and Anwar was Gabrielle's last name and Sadat's first name. Heh.