On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:22:57 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote

> Sounds like the vast majority of those who are registered as members 
> of _any_ currently existing political party.  And probably the vast 
> majority of the remainder of the members when it comes to issues 
> other than the one or a handful which are hot-button issues for 
> those individuals personally.  The adage "When all is said and done, 
> there's a lot more said than done," is at least as applicable in 
> politics as it is in any other field of human endeavor . . .

As long as we're talking about talking...  It seems that sometimes on the list 
we assume that all we do is talk.  Speaking for myself, I try to remember that 
even though all I know about most of the rest of you is what you say here, it 
would be a mistake to assume that all you do is talk.

Seems to me that this list is *about* ideas, not action, so we can't take it 
for granted that we are not people of action.

But, goodness do I get tempted to start ticking off what I have done and am 
doing to back up my words.  And I've done that sometimes, in fits of self-
righteous defensiveness.

It is not without irony that I note that the folks who pose "you're all talk, 
what have you done" sort of challenges seem to be the more academic ones.

Nick
Son of Academics
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