Citizens, Lend Me Your Ears (a Daily Kos soap box speech for today)

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Friday December 05, 2008 · 5:47 PM PST

2008/12/05 · 17:47

Citizens, lend me your ears. A matter ot the utmost importance is transpiring, and we the people must make a unified response.

I speak of the looting or the treasury by the bankers and the traders, and the failure of the government to oversee it. We must act, today, to make a change in this situation. Our very future depends upon our realizing what is going on and putting a stop today to it. This cannot wait.

Listen further over the fold.

ex VRWC

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 12:12 PM PST

2008/11/21 · 12:12

Let me introduce you to the Austin Allegro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...

This little car holds many lessons for us as we consider our auto industry today - for it is a stark symbol of an bygone era - the era of the British auto industry. For the Allegro can legitimately be considered the part of the last gasp of a once mighty company that has brought us many legendary marques such as Triumph, MG, the Mini, Rover, and many, many other cars that used to rule the road in Britain. Of course I am speaking of British Leyland. Its history is very illustrative, and I had the opportunity to observe it firsthand. Follow me over the fold...

ex VRWC

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 4:49 PM PDT

2008/09/16 · 16:49

Many of you responded and recommended my diary We Are Out Here. Since I was a dyed in the wool conservative (someone once told me I was to the right of Atilla the Hun), some of you asked me to give more insight into the conservative mindset. I will do my best.

In my experience, these three main points are part of a conservative worldview:

Conservatives believe that they are defending certain values against all challenges. Their view is 'there is an absolute standard of right and wrong, and I am one of its defenders'

Conservatives believe that something that challenges a preconception they hold is somehow suspect information and not to be trusted. Their view is 'I cannot get the straight story from anywhere but a trusted source, and I only trust sources who agree with me'

Conservatives believe that the United Stated holds a special place in the world, and that our way of life and policies, are above reproach Their view is 'I am a citizen of the greatest country in history. America does very little wrong and it is always justified'

More over the fold:

ex VRWC

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 5:15 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 17:15

We are out here - the Republicans or ex-Republicans who will no longer tolerate the racist, despicable slime machine that the right wing and the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has become. I know, for I am one of them. I am not your typical progressive, being an ex- Air Force officer (9 years), evangelical Christian, card carrying conservative, Rush/Hannity listener - an now an Obama supporter in John McCain's home state of Arizona.

And I know I am not alone - for one, my grown sons are with me. My older, now in college, proudly rides around with Obama stickers on his scooter. He, also, was raised an evangelical Christian, and goodness knows I subjected him to a conservative worldview.

So what gives? Why are we out here - the Rebublican Obama supporters, the ones you don't expect. More on my story below:

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Citizens, Lend Me Your Ears (a Daily Kos soap box speech for today)

The Austin Allegro

Responding To A Conservative

We Are Out Here- Updated