Reply #64: He is not as into it as I am. [View All]

[demgurl]

We used to be opposite. He was involved in Young Dems and he even met Bill Clinton! I have tried to get him to come here but for some reason he hates the format. I keep sending him links to items hoping he will stay here more but to no avail. Instead, he hangs out on a freeper sort of board. He loves to feel he is over there posting to try and fight the good fight....meanwhile I usually provide him with the ammunition to fight the good fight!

I have been the one initiating most of the political stuff we do these days but he and the kids are there always! We have done protests here as well as in Washington. It looks like we will now be getting involved with Food Not Bombs. We really want to teach the kids the value of volunteering as well as helping others because one day you may be in their spot.

His take? I asked him telling him I was going to post it here. He said that he believes there is a lot of racist reasons that people do not want this deal. He told me that if it had been China there would not have been half the uproar and if it was Denmark there would be 'no story at all'. All of this after I pointed out to him my first rant of the evening (before we even had a chance to eat supper) was that * claimed that there was no resistance or protests when London took control of the ports. I turned red talking about how none of us knew about London. I ranted about how even a US business should not be allowed to run these ports.

He stays silent when I point out what my rants have been about. I can only assume he thinks most everyone else is racist. I believe in all of you and I believe in our party. I do not think our party is one of racists. This is not to say there is no racism in it at all, just that I believe people are overstating it to just get us to quietly back off once again. Well I am sorry but our safety means more to me than this.

Those ports never should have been sold to anyone. The government should be controlling them. When you sell it to outside people then they could sell it to anyone they want. It is not just foreign interests that scare me, I do not want people like the Carlyle Group having control over our ports either.

I think there is something inherently wrong when you have leaders who can personally benefit from deals and sales. This creates a conflict of interest and when that much power and money are at stake, let's face it, most of us would at least be tempted.

I will calm down and get off my soapbox now. Thanks for listening to me unload.