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]]> Comment on Fight conformity! Defy orthodoxy! Join the party of free thinkers by THOMAS J. BIETER http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/18/fight-conformity-defy-orthodoxy-join-the-party-of-free-thinkers/#comment-197 THOMAS J. BIETER Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:16:10 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=527#comment-197 I dissent. Historically, "free thinkers" constitute an orthodoxy - "a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logic and should not be be influenced by emotion, authority, tradition, or any dogma." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought . The movement is primarily anti-religious. A true "free thinker" is not a joiner. He or she is a Socrates. Why didn't Professor Bute define the "ancient party" that he invites his readers to join? I dissent. Historically, “free thinkers” constitute an orthodoxy - “a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logic and should not be be influenced by emotion, authority, tradition, or any dogma.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought . The movement is primarily anti-religious. A true “free thinker” is not a joiner. He or she is a Socrates. Why didn’t Professor Bute define the “ancient party” that he invites his readers to join?

]]> Comment on Obama Lawn Sign Policy Slows Down Bandwagon by Monte http://contexts.org/monte/2008/08/19/obama-lawn-sign-policy-slows-down-bandwagon/#comment-196 Monte Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:26:52 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=30#comment-196 Anna, I'm sorry to hear that the campaign remains so stubbornly bull-headed. This has become a national issue, see these links: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303452.html http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/20/18152/3960/753/602322 http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/breaking-obama-campaign-organizers.html I would encourage you and other frustrated supporters to write letters to the editor, call your state and national Obama office to complain, and get your friends and neighbors to do the same. Good Luck, Monte Anna,
I’m sorry to hear that the campaign remains so stubbornly bull-headed.
This has become a national issue, see these links:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303452.html

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/20/18152/3960/753/602322

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/breaking-obama-campaign-organizers.html

I would encourage you and other frustrated supporters to write letters to the editor, call your state and national Obama office to complain, and get your friends and neighbors to do the same.

Good Luck,
Monte

]]> Comment on Obama Lawn Sign Policy Slows Down Bandwagon by Anna Topham http://contexts.org/monte/2008/08/19/obama-lawn-sign-policy-slows-down-bandwagon/#comment-195 Anna Topham Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:43:41 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=30#comment-195 I went to our local democratic office to get a couple of lawn signs to put up in our front lawn. We live on a busy corner and I wanted to show support for the canidate I would like to see win the election. I was shocked to find that I would have to pay for any of the Obama campaign material. If a some one wanted to advertise on my property I figure they should pay me not me pay them. I refused to pay and so obama goes un represented in my neighborhood where there are mccain signs up in yards. I went to our local democratic office to get a couple of lawn signs to put up in our front lawn. We live on a busy corner and I wanted to show support for the canidate I would like to see win the election. I was shocked to find that I would have to pay for any of the Obama campaign material. If a some one wanted to advertise on my property I figure they should pay me not me pay them.
I refused to pay and so obama goes un represented in my neighborhood where there are mccain signs up in yards.

]]> Comment on Fight conformity! Defy orthodoxy! Join the party of free thinkers by Anita Fuehrer http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/18/fight-conformity-defy-orthodoxy-join-the-party-of-free-thinkers/#comment-193 Anita Fuehrer Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:21:05 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=527#comment-193 As usual, Monte, you hit the nail on the head. We need those free-thinking people to get this country out of the stagnancy that it is in and onto the road to recovery. Let's hope it happens... As usual, Monte, you hit the nail on the head. We need those free-thinking people to get this country out of the stagnancy that it is in and onto the road to recovery. Let’s hope it happens…

]]> Comment on Tom Hayden at Metro State Oct. 7-8; watch presidential debate and debrief with Hayden by Cox http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/29/tom-hayden-at-metro-state-on-oct-6-7-watch-presidential-debate-and-debrief-with-hayden/#comment-192 Cox Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:01:54 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=543#comment-192 I'm sorry that I'm away next week. What a fantastic list of opportunities! I’m sorry that I’m away next week. What a fantastic list of opportunities!

]]> Comment on Fight conformity! Defy orthodoxy! Join the party of free thinkers by Stephen http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/18/fight-conformity-defy-orthodoxy-join-the-party-of-free-thinkers/#comment-188 Stephen Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:21:12 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=527#comment-188 I probably should have sent this in an email, but I'd love to read your take on America's financial crisis... I probably should have sent this in an email, but I’d love to read your take on America’s financial crisis…

]]> Comment on Fight conformity! Defy orthodoxy! Join the party of free thinkers by Jennifer http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/18/fight-conformity-defy-orthodoxy-join-the-party-of-free-thinkers/#comment-185 Jennifer Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:46:45 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=527#comment-185 We need a party of free thinkers now more than ever. We need a party of free thinkers now more than ever.

]]> Comment on Reading Novels: Easy Pleasures or Pains of Conscience? by Eric Cavitt http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/11/reading-novels-easy-pleasures-or-the-wisdom-of-uncertainty/#comment-146 Eric Cavitt Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:12:23 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=300#comment-146 Monte, I certainly agree that people around the world would describe the States as a empire. There is not a strong argument that the United States is not. In fact, my limited understanding of U.S. foreign policy is that international aggression and competition with other empires for influence and the securing of resources. This has been the case since the original rebellion to flee the rule of the British, through the conquest of North America, to the take over of the Philippines, Cuba, Hawaii, and the invasion of Indochina and Iraq. The fight for "freedom and democracy" has been a public relations slogan to win over citizens of the empire. I'm sure you know all this 10 times more than myself. Now what I am interested in is idea of citizens in historical empires being unaware or in denial about the empires in which they lived. It seems to me, and I might be way off on a limb, that the British and Romans celebrated the fact they were empires. What do you know about this? Monte,

I certainly agree that people around the world would describe the States as a empire. There is not a strong argument that the United States is not. In fact, my limited understanding of U.S. foreign policy is that international aggression and competition with other empires for influence and the securing of resources. This has been the case since the original rebellion to flee the rule of the British, through the conquest of North America, to the take over of the Philippines, Cuba, Hawaii, and the invasion of Indochina and Iraq. The fight for “freedom and democracy” has been a public relations slogan to win over citizens of the empire. I’m sure you know all this 10 times more than myself.
Now what I am interested in is idea of citizens in historical empires being unaware or in denial about the empires in which they lived. It seems to me, and I might be way off on a limb, that the British and Romans celebrated the fact they were empires. What do you know about this?

]]> Comment on Reading Novels: Easy Pleasures or Pains of Conscience? by Margaret Donsbach http://contexts.org/monte/2008/09/11/reading-novels-easy-pleasures-or-the-wisdom-of-uncertainty/#comment-145 Margaret Donsbach Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:11:01 +0000 http://contexts.org/monte/?p=300#comment-145 My favorite confrontational novel of the year is Maria McCann's <i>As Meat Loves Salt</i>. It was published a couple of years ago, but I didn't read it until this year. It's about a deeply flawed young man who stumbles into Cromwell's army during the English Civil War and discovers both a brutality beyond his own and a person he cares enough about to try to become a better person. I've posted a review of it at my Historical Novels website: <a href="http://www.HistoricalNovels.info/As-Meat-Loves-Salt.html" rel="nofollow">www.HistoricalNovels.info/As-Meat-Loves-Salt</a>. My favorite confrontational novel of the year is Maria McCann’s As Meat Loves Salt. It was published a couple of years ago, but I didn’t read it until this year. It’s about a deeply flawed young man who stumbles into Cromwell’s army during the English Civil War and discovers both a brutality beyond his own and a person he cares enough about to try to become a better person. I’ve posted a review of it at my Historical Novels website: http://www.HistoricalNovels.info/As-Meat-Loves-Salt.

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