Thursday, December 9, 2010

Communications Abuses. Renewed Interest in the Excluded.

Gristmill. By Dint:

Role of an Elected Representative: To the Constituent Until the Beltway Lobby Pays More.
I represent you. What to do when your representative is unfaithful;  the one you brought to Washington goes off with somebody else.

Middle Class Remedy: Substitute Legislator Act.
 By this legislation, the Significant Other replaces any legislator who votes for tax breaks over the Two Fifty, absent real set-offs for the middlers. A Sadie Hawkins idea. Break the gridlock with substitute legislators.

Religious claims to exclusive use of "Christianity". Coexistence in a Time of Partisans
Empire-building in Christianity supersedes religious messages of founders. What is lost by rejecting other views. Nestorian Christians. Coptic. Orthodox. 

Twisting word meanings. Capitalism Starts with Welfare; Inheritance as Welfare
Better times began - think Plymouth - with a free dole of land and seed. Welfare can spur activity, or enable dependency.  Freebies like inheritances serve the same purpose. 

Fact-free Slogans.
Gay and lesbian rights.  Is orientation relevant to factors that make a steadfast soldier steadfast.

Immigration: Deportation March; or Rhapsody
Immigrants are bad for America! Out with the undocumented! How long does that little sound bite last, when we see hard working, contributing populations that we let in for years without fuss. Our contribution, our invitation. Two approaches: one punitive and self-righteous after keeping the barn door open for ages, the other practical and recognizing the value of new folks

Concepts for co-existence. Pragmatic Secularism
Keep religious precepts religious, unless they can be framed in a secular manner for valid secular purposes

Entitlements. One size fits all. Inheritance as an Entitlement
The freebies to the well-off such as inheritances, breed dependence and sloth.

 Dominion. A Mistranslation leads to Creation Abuse.
The kind of responsibility given to the human as to fellow living creatures is not the dominion the NRA espouses.

Congressional representation.  Obligation to constituent, or self.
Transparency in perks, special interest contributions, recuse from voting on the issue dear to the heart of the ducat-giver