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Almost in its entirety, Lakoff's list of "progressive moral values" is Grade A hooey, a bumbling attempt to staunch the flow of blue political blood from the Democrat Party and liberals, a political stage prop.

Not surprising, absent are a few things that matter to most Americans. Foremost is respect for life, as in being pro-life. Another is respect for marriage and the family. A third is respect for others, as in not demonizing, mocking and belittling others, which is how Democrats and liberals continue to speak about those who voted for President Bush, especially Christians.

And while Lakoff mentions freedom and equality, how can or does he reconcile those with the ongoing racial-and-intellectual smearing of Condoleezza Rice and Clarence Thomas by white Democrats and liberals-as well as the mainstream media-and the silence from black America on such despicable activity?

p>Lakoff's list underscores the gods that progressives and liberals worship: self and state. But until they bring the Creator into their values, I suggest the only progression progressives will see is a continued regression in their political and social relevance and power. How can you trust someone who places no value on life itself? br> -- C. Kenna Amos Jr. br> Princeton, West Virginia /p> p> UP FROM WEBERIANISM br> Re: Ralph R. Reiland's Fat Cats, Calvin, and the Poor :

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