Word: uncivil
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...concerned citizen who reached the end of his patience over an "uncivil and ugly" Congress, Braden is riding to the rescue in the name of mainstream Americans. As a combat veteran--he served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars--he backs a strong national defense but also wants to crack down on inefficient Pentagon spending. His most dramatic proposal: to deprive the President and Congress of their full salary should they fail to pass a budget by Oct. 1 each year...
...soon tired of Baker's hysterics and went up to our training session. He then pursued the one student who had promised to report his uncivil behavior. She was heading for the other entrance to the building, and he attempted to intimidate and harass her into dropping her complaint, at one point asking if she (a black student) had problems with him simply because he was a white male...
...doesn't re-enlist for the Senate, he says, it's not because he's disenchanted with public life. "Look," he says, getting energized, "the current rap on politics is that it's mean-spirited and uncivil, that this country is broke and you can't do anything. That's self-indulgent horse manure. We're the wealthiest, most powerful country in the world. Oh, gee, a politician is disappointed in the process and in what government can do," he says, his voice leavened with sarcasm. "Well, go to a military cemetery on Memorial Day and bitch about how democracy...
...write this commentary to dispute that illegal immigration is a grave problem in California. I do, however, write to dispute the use of such an inhumane, uncivil, and racially biased measure to "solve" the problem of illegal aliens entering the country, which, by the way, Proposition 187 does not even attempt...
...that I've felt that any of them have been particularly open or caring," says Jean Tom 96, co-chair of the MSA. "Certainly they're not uncivil. But in terms of genuine concern for our demands, I'm not so sure how much they have...