http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/ Save Our Democracy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:04:32 GMT Cecil Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1192 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1192 Hugh: You are not alone in questioning the "process" of change in our language. Probably the majority of people everywhere struggle with words that seem to Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:08 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1191 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1191 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Miles Fidelman wrote: "Well the non-Christianity of Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson is well documented - in their own writings. Given Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:51:55 GMT Miles Fidelman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1190 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1190 ... Well the non-Christianity of Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson is well documented - in their own writings. Given that they are the two of the three prime Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:15:01 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1189 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1189 On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Cecil wrote the following response to the Christian forefathers part of my "Political Correctness" posting: "Regarding USA history, I Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:20:05 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1188 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1188 Cecil: At this time, I will try to limit my response to the use of derogatory terms. And, I will respond to your commentary regarding USA history in another Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:23:12 GMT Cecil Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1187 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1187 Hugh: I share some of your concerns about how people try to tell me what language I should use. A relative of mine once scolded me for mentioning the Atlanta Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:38:09 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1186 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1186 With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approaching, I am once again reminded of how politically correct we have become. And, over the last few years, Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:16:47 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1185 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1185 I received a personal email reply to my SOD posting regarding "Education and the Economy" from someone who said that they would like to remain anonymous. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:52:35 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1184 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1184 From what I have read, one in ten Americans are out of work. Foreclosures rose 18 percent in the Chicago area in just the last three months. And, Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:14 GMT John Austerbam http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1183 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1183 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8247661.stm Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:16:07 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1182 The Labor Department announced yesterday that an additional 190,000 jobs had been lost in the month of October. And, that the unemployment rate in the U.S. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:14:57 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1181 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1181 We have all heard Obama promise time and again not to raise any form of taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year. Yet, the House of Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:44:58 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1180 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1180 Yesterday, the Obama administration announced that the stimulus' roughly $150 billion spent so far has directly "saved or created" 650,000 jobs. Really? I Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:26:13 GMT Bruce Heiny http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1179 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1179 Hi Hugh, that could be, we play with words and never seem to solve many problems. I read George Wills column today about Michelle Bachman, and his reference to Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:57:44 GMT Hugh Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1178 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveourdemocracy/message/1178 On Mon. Oct.26, 2009, Bruce Heiny wrote: "... I don't think you can blame the panic or non-panic on Obama ..." I guess I didn't realize that some people might