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No Mandate Here. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:53 AM
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Whichever direction the Dems take, Why don't we take a cue from *
and use simple, but not misleading (like he does), platitudes to describe the directions we want to lead the coountry.

As * has shown us time and time again, a lot of people don't listen to the concepts, they just like the sound of the program's name. "Healthy Forests" sounds good, but when you really look at the concept, * means to mow it down. "Clear Skies" means giving his friends, the pollution industry, more latitude in making our lives more dirty.

Black = white, Up is Down, and so forth. But not enough of us seem to care if they are in their alternate reality.

We need better names for things. We should accurately describe directions and programs with names with very easily remembered titles.

Instead of calling the rethugs on unfunded mandates, for example, we could describe our programs as "Paying Our Own Way". And so forth.
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drscm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:59 AM
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1. Personally, I wish we had the courage to laugh at and mock
all repug-speak. If I had a million, I would like to see advertisements on TV which literally make fun of the repugs and their obvious misuse of the English language. For example, show Houston's smoggy skyline, the factories belching smoke, and just praise the hell out of "Clear skies." Do not call the repugs on it directly - just show everyone what their words really mean - preferably with humor.
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