tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4192557737433691656..comments2024-03-18T21:09:10.627-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/19/24: "Voting for empathy ... The future. We can do better than than this."Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70515045118390783772018-10-31T16:43:24.250-05:002018-10-31T16:43:24.250-05:00Beautiful writing, sir. Thank you so much.Beautiful writing, sir. Thank you so much.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265121591041114100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26628938671338893992018-10-31T11:40:31.196-05:002018-10-31T11:40:31.196-05:00How fortunate I am to have come along 300,000 year...How fortunate I am to have come along 300,000 years into the age of Homo Sapiens, born in the greatest city, in the most magnificent country in the world. Plus my family practiced the one true faith, ensuring my placement at the right hand of God, as I am also White and heterosexual. Had I come along 25 years later I'd have avoided the last days of barbarous dental practice, but otherwise I am perfect. Lucky me. And what were the odds that with the other survivors of the thousands of religious faiths, mine would have an express elevator to Heaven. Too bad Neil, that your ancestors didn't acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah. If only Dan Savage knew what it was like to be me. But he cannot, anymore than I can know what it is like to be Black in America. When I am falsely accused I get a taste, but I can never really know the daily struggles of the many "others". Accepting these facts is part of living in a civilized society. Society, the root word for Socialism. We band together to grow food, defend ourselves, protect the water and air to ensure our survival. Living in this society enriches us all, but like the bumper sticker proclaims "Democracy means you don't always get your Way". So too in any society. Walk a mile in my shoes , Peter Roskam, and get off the Trumpian path while you're at it. At least come out and talk to your constituents every so often, while you can.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75184347556192994562018-10-31T10:53:58.627-05:002018-10-31T10:53:58.627-05:00When Republicans were trying to pass the so-called...When Republicans were trying to pass the so-called "American Health Care Act," which would have repealed Obamacare and left the uninsured to the mercy of the "free market," Roskam not only fled Washington, he refused even to answer his phone.<br /><br />That should tell you everything you need to know about the man. He's been walking a tightrope about Trump for so long, the soles of his feet probably have rope burns.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37908567099140379652018-10-31T08:45:40.801-05:002018-10-31T08:45:40.801-05:00I live in far NW Cook Co. And that mope Roskam is ...I live in far NW Cook Co. And that mope Roskam is my congressman. I voted for Casten on Sunday, hoping I get better representation. (Even though Casten's a central DuPager as well.)thermal54https://www.blogger.com/profile/07752131492988142909noreply@blogger.com