tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498093363683335601.post4371742519953440440..comments2011-07-27T00:37:01.436-04:00Comments on Shinobi-Wan Kenobi: Missing the Pointgrasshopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13313753868030422097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498093363683335601.post-10267151596287825572011-02-14T16:22:28.845-05:002011-02-14T16:22:28.845-05:00I think our political class largely lacks any real...I think our political class largely lacks any real conviction in what many of us think of as the core values of the country. Liberty, political equality, fairness, etc.<br /><br />And I suppose because of that, and because of other corruptions of our political class, we could be headed either for third world status, or for some kind of day of reckoning, such as we've just seen happen in Egypt.<br /><br />But whatever the outcome, sooner or later, something has got to give.Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498093363683335601.post-39201195198596756752011-02-14T14:13:10.953-05:002011-02-14T14:13:10.953-05:00Why thank you. It's always nice to hear that ...Why thank you. It's always nice to hear that I'm making sense. I think the thing that baffles me is that politicians don't seem to grasp it, and while my expectations of politicians aren't generally very high, the one thing I expect them to have an understanding of is basic civics.grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13313753868030422097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498093363683335601.post-82429868536131246642011-02-13T14:12:28.296-05:002011-02-13T14:12:28.296-05:00Your reasoning strikes me as not only logically so...Your reasoning strikes me as not only logically sound, but -- perhaps more importantly -- psychologically sound.Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.com