Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: A message from John Cleese]

[Allinaday@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/28/2005 10:54:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
seva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

however,  misstating actual wording, or slightly re-wording something 
is a hallmark  of the tired and old pseudo-conservative prejudice, 
which i'm sure you  would not be guilty of.  this is also commonly 
known as obfuscation.  when coupled with focus group research, you 
have what is called a karl  rove card. the opposite of competent, 
incompetent, does not mean nor imply  stupid, or ignorant.


Of course you are correct in your statement about the word competent.   But 
would you deny that the kind of liberal I am speaking about in my email  
response regularly and consistently implies how "stupid" Bush and others like  him 
are?  There is no doubt that the implication of stupidity has been in  
liberalism since the era of Adlai Stevenson.  I am old enough to remember  and you may 
be as well.
 
I have worked in the oil industry myself as a filmmaker for more than 20  
years.  They never had a problem with profits in ANY  administration.  Bush 
hasn't changed that.  Most of the oil from Iraq  went to France, Russia and China 
and the like.  They are still getting  it.  They are still profiting from it.  
Your information and flippant  but clever comment need to be explored by you.  
Look deeply into who owned  that oil before the Iraq war.  And who owns it 
now.  And who profits  from it.
 
I am no conspiracy theorist at all.  Just an ex-liberal disappointed  with 
the arrogance, elitism, and careless use of facts by my former liberal  
colleagues.
David Hoffman