Inside Mesa

Since I began writing this Blog I have attempted to walk a fine line between bitter partisanship and a hippie view of flower power love. I have come to realize that we are all so different that we will never see eye to eye on every issue in this country or this city for that matter. I have learned that the first key to progress is that we find common ground and realize that we have to just agree to disagree on many subjects while tempering those disagreements with respect.Over the weekend I read a piece in the Tribune written by Sam Coppersmith a Democratic party activist and former member of the U.S. House and I realized that my utopian view of both parties getting along and respecting one another for their views is the equivalent of a drug induced pipe dream. Mr. Coppersmith in his bitter partisan attack showed the true colors of the radical left. He showed that they have no interest in working together rather a stated position and attitude that everything is the fault of the right, they control everything so therefore they are to blame for anything. Now I am no Pollyanna, I realize that where you have elements of the radical left fringe you will also find elements of the radical right. The key is that we keep both in exactly the same place they are right now, relegated to the outer fringe sucking the life out of their fellow fringe dwellers. Mr. Coppersmith attacked with reckless abandon the right wing of our political system lumping them all into one ball. He used obscure examples as a template to show the conflict in the conservative movement using issues that even as a nation we will all never agree as some sort of litmus test for the truth. He fails to see his radical ideology for what it is… a partisan effort to co-opt everyone into his world, his way of thinking because he knows better than we do what is good for us. I have said it before and I will say it again, anyone who stands before you and tells you that they know the truth, that they have all the answers and that their way is the only true and enlightened way is full of, well you know what I mean. Here is the truth, we are all never going to agree on everything, what we can agree on is that our goal should be to enhance those areas where we agree, make them better while at the same time attempting to bridge the gap where we don’t agree. People like Sam Coppersmith and members of the radical left and radical right have an agenda that would widen the chasm between people, further divide them into armies who serve an unholy master bent on maintaining control through fear tactics. Republicans will no more destroy this country than Democrats; however, the radical fringes of both these parties will continue to attempt to unite armies to wage battle for the control. It is up to those of us who find ourselves caught in the middle to stand up and defend this democracy because if you haven’t noticed we are at war within our own borders and the armies of the radical right and the radical left are gearing up for the final assault that will determine who controls your destiny. These fringe dwelling mental midgets who masquerade as leaders and spokesmen are a threat, don’t buy into the hype and hysteria they are peddling.