Attention, Christopher!

Thank you. I just love attention!

I even like negative attention. Feel free to challenge me any time.

(If you haven't read the last couple posts, you will have missed a comment by Christopher to which I offered a response. I've decided to challenge him a little more than I have so far. He still has not contacted me directly.)

Let me remind you of how I view bi-partisanship.

The point of my post was to say that while I have chosen sides, while I have a lot of confidence in my views and the solutions I have worked on for years, I have learned that I have probably missed something. If my suggestions are not challenged, they could fail for that reason. I could have missed something.

What worries me is that not everyone else is willing to give thought to the possibility that they might have missed something important in their enthusiasm to get their suggestions accepted.

A true bi-partisan is one who has taken a side but is not closed to other information s/he has not taken into account.

That's why partisan solutions tend to fail. Their proponents fail to listen. They fail to think the other side may have an important point.

So, when you disagree with me, give me your best information and I just may change my mind. -- I await the copy of the EFCA bill you offered.

And as my post of the other day indicated, arrogance is bad enough when it comes to decision-making but adding greed is really a bummer. Any thoughts on that?

Next time, when you comment, put the shotgun down and tell me specifically why you think I am wrong. We all need to help each other. This is not a team sport where only one side wins. We're talking about the game of life where bad decisions and failure to communicate can lead to all of us losing.

And don't give another thought to my grammar. Have you noticed most people have trouble with grammar? Bring it up only if you want to help me improve my writing.

Okay?

Christopher comments

To my last posting, "Christopher" offered a comment. Unfortunately, along with grammar, I have an ineptness with handling the internet so I find myself responding by posting.

Here's my response to Christopher, who if I read his comment correctly, must be from this part of Florida. Hey, he's a neighbor. How about that?

Welcome, Christopher, to my blog. Thank you for commenting.

Okay, you caught me. I haven't read the EFCA bill. I've taken the word of several different sources who said that secret ballot is an option if the workers choose to use it. The real issue appears to be who sets how the vote shall be taken, the employers or the employees.

Please send a copy and tell me where you got it.

Finally, be kind enough to point out what grammatical mistakes I made (am making here too?). I'm bad enough at grammar that I'm not even sure which mistakes you are talking about.

I'd have sent this by e-mail but I don't have your address.

Again, thank you for offering your thoughts. That's how we get to know each other. After all, we may agree on something else on which we must work together.

Conservadems

I believe in bi-partisanship. I'd love to think I have the best ideas but I learned a long time ago that Me and Mine only see part of what is going on. Me and Mine can't do it alone.

But then, if You and Yours won't consider helping unless you can get stuff for yourself, which is what President Obama ran into with the Republicans on the Stimulus Package, maybe someone else saw that and want in on the payoff.

I could sit here and say that the Blue Dog Democrats are trying to serve their conservative constituencies in order to keep their own election base firm and behind them. That I could understand.

But somehow the payoff of that only keeps them in the game. To really become a player, they have to leverage their vote to where it has a much higher payoff for them.

They can affect their standing in a committee or in a change to a better committee. They can get more for their district/state as a compromise for their vote than if they are simply good soldiers.

Why should we be surprised? Change comes hard.

So, let your Congress members know you are watching and interested and want them to put the country first.

I don't mind a serious difference of opinion and some alternatives that may sound contrary but are based on reality.

I do mind political leveraging as much as I hate it in finances or personal relationships.