> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:15 PM, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> ..it seems that social conservatism is completely neutralized as a
>> political force by (1) union membership; and (2) black skin.
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> While Mao held that "political power grows out of the barrel of a
> gun," for you it apparently exists only in a voting booth whose
> occupant is evaluating candidates for political office (as opposed to
> referenda).
I'm for a compromise formula, where you vote by shooting a ballot with a gun while shouting revolutionary slogans. It requires precise marksmanship.
SA