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bread_and_roses

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33. Thank you. I've never understood "good offsets bad" political accounting ...

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 10:22 AM

Mar 2013

The good does not offset the bad in the real world. A right act here does not offset the bigotry or pollution there. The impact of the bigotry remains, the environmental destruction remains. Support for GLBT rights does not "offset" children blown to bits in Afghanistan/Pakistan/wherever. Am I happy to see our GLBT sisters and brothers finally beginning to get their rights? Of course. But the children are still dead.

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Robert Byrd knew, and he told us, but no one listened. [View all] Scuba Mar 2013 OP

I miss that man. Autumn Mar 2013 #1

He sure did. I recall watching him with his little constitution book. MichiganVote Mar 2013 #2

He was right. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #3

It takes a great person to see the truth olddots Mar 2013 #4

common wealth really gets in the way when you want to rule the world tk2kewl Mar 2013 #5

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #6

On this he was like that broken clock dsc Mar 2013 #7

Byrd started out awful, but evolved into a great statesman Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2013 #9

ah that is more than a little bit over blown dsc Mar 2013 #10

He was right on most issues when you look at his record. n/t Daniel537 Mar 2013 #24

No dsc Mar 2013 #26

Thank you. I've never understood "good offsets bad" political accounting ... bread_and_roses Mar 2013 #33

Thank you. Maven Mar 2013 #40

Spot on. Even a racist and homophobe can be right on some issues. The Link Mar 2013 #37

Second only to Ken Hechler as the finest politician to ever represent my state Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2013 #8

That is incredibly insightful looking back from today. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #11

Well, no one in power listened. senseandsensibility Mar 2013 #12

Read his book vankuria Mar 2013 #13

I'll never forget that speech malaise Mar 2013 #14

yep, he was right, we were all right arely staircase Mar 2013 #15

"Why are these chambers empty????!" stlsaxman Mar 2013 #16

Smart man. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #17

A Statesman in the truest sense of the word. ReRe Mar 2013 #18

He was right abelenkpe Mar 2013 #19

BIG KICK for those who watched the BYRD/KENNEDY DEBATES KoKo Mar 2013 #20

He was right about that. So were many others of us, I am sure, back in 2002. Nothing has changed, silvershadow Mar 2013 #21

K&R Gemini Cat Mar 2013 #22

No one listened to Bob Graham, either. He begged the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee... Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2013 #23

Right, the first to get my money for presidency. elleng Mar 2013 #28

I will never forget Robert Byrd crying on the Senate floor, begging for debate on the matter. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2013 #31

Everyone keeps talking about Bush and the neocons John2 Mar 2013 #36

Anyone remember who interrupted his anti-war speech on the Senate floor? JTFrog Mar 2013 #25

Yes, and others knew, too. elleng Mar 2013 #27

JFK chides his friend Bob Byrd at the start of a Peace Speech 50 years ago... MinM Mar 2013 #29

I listened. reteachinwi Mar 2013 #30

They would not listen, they're not listening still. nt raouldukelives Mar 2013 #32

Ernie laughs, but no one listened. MinM Mar 2013 #34

Oh my... K&R PETRUS Mar 2013 #35

I watched that on the Span. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #38

The stupid Fox News/freeper crowd is always afraid that some bogeyman is going to take their money. Initech Mar 2013 #39

Ron Paul opposed the war in Iraq too. Maven Mar 2013 #41

Senator Carl Levin worked tirelessly too! JNelson6563 Mar 2013 #42

He's my Senator...and Debbie Stabinow voted against it too....nt fadedrose Mar 2013 #43

I'm not in the habit of listening to Klansmen. Pterodactyl Jun 2013 #44