Ephraim said:
Exactly. You stated that you would not be in favor of Karl Rove gaining previously unheard-of control over the Census. Yet, you are okay with Rahm Emanuel gaining the same power. If this were a situation in which ideology were the main issue, then preferring one political party over another would be acceptable (think elections). However, the topic is the grasping of new power by politicians. The main question is whether or not it is ethically sound for a politician to gain a new power with no precedent. Political parties don’t even come into the equation. Your stated position was that it would not be okay for Karl Rove to get such power. As such, the same token must be given to Rahm Emanuel. Otherwise, you would be showing bias in favor of one political party in an issue where political parties are irrelevant.
New power for me, but not for thee.
I stand by what I said. I voted for the current people in charge. which is why I accept “changes” by them, and not by republicans. You are basically saying, that regardless of position, the only right answer is that neither a republican nor democrat should be messing with the CB. I disagree, I think if the Census Bureau is flawed, it should be monitored/changed/adjusted/supervised/watever. They clearly can’t make changes on their own, which is why they got complaints by senators, and which is why they are going to be in the white house now.
I have already gone past the main question of whether or not someone should be gaining this “unprecedented “power” and “monitoring” the CB. I fully realize the potential affect of having the CB in the White House. Again, I am fine with that. I would still be fine with move, even if a republican regime were in the white house. I wouldn’t then be complaining about the move itself. Because as you said, it makes me look like a Hypocrite. But like I said, I would be complaining about the adenda/change/reform/whatever put forth by that republican regime. The move itself does not matter. Nor does the person in charge. What matters to me is what that persons intentions are. And it just so happens that a democrats intentions are more inline with what I believe the right steps should be to change whatever it is that needs to be changed. Ethically I am okay with having Rahm Emanuel in there, because I believe in his intentions. I would be okay with Karl Rove gaining that power, IF I were a republican and shared his intentions. You know the big *edited* list of bull*edited* the republicans really want to do with this country. But thank god, I am not a republican, and thank god I saw the day when they didn’t their have hands on the wheel. I apologize for not being more clear in my previous posts, I was drinking and such, so yeah. lol Also political parties are relevant when it comes to the CB, because it determines party lines.