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BUT...after coming back and reading this WHOLE thread yet again, I have noticed that there may be ONE CONSTANT in each of our arguments that I think are very telling as to how some here present POLEMIC opinions, i.e. "the Party Line" and thus contribute to this forgone conclusion as an irrelevant exercise.

If any of you would ALSO re-read this, I think you would see that my earlier "treatise" on my views shows a willingness to look at BOTH SIDES in this debate and cast aspersions upon BOTH Political Parties, my fellow Americans, my fellow world inhabitants AND EVEN MYSELF... BECAUSE if I know ANYTHING, it's that NO ONE is ALWAYS RIGHT, and that WE ALL share in some way the responsibility of why this world IS not the way each of us would care to see it.

BUT, what I've ALSO noticed is that the move "conservative" or "right-of-center" each individual here is the MORE LIKELY to catagorically blame the "other-side" for ALL the ills of society.




That's indeed a phenomenon of politics that I've noticed and commented on before.
During President Clinton's administration, whenever I would criticize any of his policies or actions, one of my co-workers would automatically attack President Reagan's policies instead of defending what Pres. Clinton was doing.
Now I see the same thing on the opposite bank. Any criticism of President Bush is met with attacks on Pres. Clinton's policies, and even rehashing of old attacks on anyone who dared to oppose President Bush's re-election. Too bad zombies can't be relegated to the movies.
I've said before, All of our elected leaders should have their feet held to the fire for their actions, especially by their supporters. Instead we end up with some kind of party worshipping cult that attacks anyone who dares to voice an opinion contrary to their own personal sharia.

Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también