Comments on: Haiku Friday

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Wow..great ‘ku. Would love to have something better so say, but I don’t. Very sad. Too much soccer today…

By: Scylla

Scylla — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Scott, thank you for sharing that memory. I don't think I will ever forget our dismay at that situation.

And you are right, in this primary, sadly, there is no storming back in there and demanding an expansion of the list.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:25:00 +0000

Ok.. so.. many years ago when choosing character traits to teach the children in our care, the women in the room decided to have the traits fight and whichever trait had the most votes would win. My candidate was courage. Courage did well in the primaries, but in the end came up against kindness. The women in the room voted unanimously for kindness.

I went to dinner with Scylla that night and she shared in my outrage. The quote from one of the women, "We don't need all that macho courage stuff around here." drove Scylla and me insane.

In the end I stormed my white male ass back in and told them how it was going to be. That without courage, everything they wanted to teach would be for nothing. So we were going to change the rules, and instead of 6 traits, we'd have 7.

I feel like this election is a lot like that. We're given a choice of two people, they fight to the death, and we lose one of our choices.

By: anglophilefootballfanatic

anglophilefootballfanatic — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:08:00 +0000

Must vote my beliefs
For us, Super Tuesday
We'll vote for Ron Paul.

By: susiej

susiej — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:00:00 +0000

It’s the issues… I keep reminding myself… it’s all about the issues. This was great.

By: wright

wright — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:59:00 +0000

Very well articulated. Happy Haiku Friday!

By: MamaGeek

MamaGeek — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000

VERY well said. Especially in ku form!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:51:00 +0000

I second the commendation of the Gentle Debate. I love it when people can discuss an issue without descending into Conversational Terrorism.

By: Amy Y

Amy Y — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:47:00 +0000

Wow!! I am impressed with the gentle debate here!
I love that Obama is so liberal and I think it’s just what we need… But I hope the country is ready for such a drastic change.
I’m optimistic that we are, as the polls (currently) indicate that he is electable against any of the Republican candidates.
Even my own very conservative family doesn’t care for McCain…

Either way, it’s going to be quite a race!

By: Scylla

Scylla — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:37:00 +0000

Abritdifferent: You have made me laugh!! What a great response! Thanks for the visit!

Betsy Bird: Fellow Lawyer's unite!! I am glad to find you! Thanks for coming!

Jennifer: Thanks for the visit!!