Originally posted by lasersailor184
Do you really want to compromise on what you believe?
No?
Then stop talking about bipartisanship.
And if the founding fathers went by this credo. We wouldnt have a USA to argue about.
I recon some of us would be under the English flag. Some the Spanish, and some the French.
and we'd all be F$%^ked
I remember hearing a story about somethign Benjamin Franklin once did.
I dont remember it word for word but it went something like this.
Congress was arguing some issue or another, and nobody could or was willing ot come to an agreement on the issue.
Franklin stood up and began speaking. Apealing to all with a story that went something like this.
"some time ago I ordered a table to be built for my house. When the carpenter had only the top left to do he had two lengths of wood. Each on their own were both too long to fit the room and too narrow to make a suitable table top. so rather then try to make a table that wouldnt fit the room. he trimmed a little off of each peice of lumber and joined them together side by side. so that when he was done. He had built a table that was just the right size."
I beleive it was reported that less then a day later Congress managed to compromise and reach an agreement
