<URL: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0630-06.htm >
where Karyn Strickler wrote:
> What The Do Nothing Strategists and Political
> Reality Advisors need to realize is that: Political
> reality is created. The perspective of dominant,
> national, progressive groups is generally a loser's
> view of political reality. Contrary to the early days
> of the modern progressive movement, today they
> see Goliath and they shrivel.
Amen. I think of the Center as a spotlight. Where it falls upon the political stage marks the place for moderates and reformers. The nay-saying disembodied voices from the dark corners of the stage are extremists and hardliners. The problem with Political Realism comes when it treats the lamp up in the rigging as a force of nature, rather than the human wielded instrument it is.
> When asked to compromise, always remember that
> half of a half of a half over time equals nothing.
Tell that to Zeno!!
-- Shane
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