Stop the Pendulum

Welcome to Stop the Pendulum

Are you tired of the rantings from both the radical left and the radical right? Are you looking for a home on the blogosphere, where moderate views are expressed passionately? If so, you have come to the right place. Stop the Pendulum expresses the concerns and views of the silent, or should I say, silenced, Radical Center.

Do you ever hear or see in the media anyone who stands up for workers who slave at two jobs and still can't make ends meet without being smeared as a pinko for sticking up for the underdogs of America? Do you ever hear of anyone in the media who tries to win both the culture and the class war, without being portrayed as too conservative by left-wing interest groups and too liberal by right-wing factions?

If you want to stop these wild swings this vicious combination of undisciplined crony, even gangster, capitalism from the Radical Right and authoritarian control over private conduct from radical Christianist clerics; and the excessive social permissiveness from the Radical Left, you have found a home. You can't legislate morality, but you can exert social pressure and the power of persuasion to encourage moral conduct and frown on immoral/amoral behavior.

We need to balance individual rights with the rights of the community. We have to find a happy medium, between the two extremes of absolute permissiveness and dictatorial control. We must act fast.

Our motto: if the pendulum won't stop swinging, we'll make it stop swinging!

Time to get to work.

posted by Sue B. @ 11/19/2004 10:23:00 AM