I did not see Fox & Friends yesterday morning, but Julie informed me that many people were of the opinion that the US beat Zarqawi to death when they found him still alive after the airstrike that led to his death. I can’t see how this really matters in the end. Yes, such a thing would be unfortunate, but I can’t fathom that it is so bad as some would indicate. Nevertheless, the autopsy report indicated that no such thing occurred.
What does this then say about those who continue to accuse our military and promote and spread propaganda against them? Just yesterday, The O’Reilly Factor showed interviews with Guantanamo Bay interrogators, which interviews indicated that�the military must continue�to defend their innocence even as they try to protect the thoughtless, brain-dead imbeciles who continue to accuse them. The NSA was also under attack in court for its role in monitoring international communications. To their response that revealing their findings would breach national security, the liberals claimed that the NSA was using their role to cover the legal requirement for them to disclose their findings. I’m sorry, but that is just idiotic. Who are these people?
I’m really sorry for this rant. I don’t like to rant; however, I just can’t help but be upset for the people who are trying to protect us. Our country has a strong history of patriots fighting and dying to defend our freedoms. They continue that tradition today. I wonder, though, how much longer that will last with such a loud outcry against them, be they a minority or not. I can’t imagine being in the military right now. I think I would imagine that my country hated me simply for trying to protect them and trying to prevent them from having to suffer through another 9/11-type event. “Excuse me for protecting you,” I might say, “I thought you would appreciate living a little longer.” I just don’t get it. I might have to concede defeat in the game, Illogica, to such people. Liberals just get the game so much more naturally than I do, despite my completely random thoughts at most times.
Actually, they remind me of Lucas’s Sith… willing and able to make up and believe any story that will back up their point of view. People really will believe anything they want to believe or are afraid is true. I just wish they would extend everyone else around them the courtesy of applying what meager brainwaves they have left after embracing their desires to think through logically what the outcomes may be.
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Ryan,
I think I’m going to have to disagree with you on this post. I know you can handle it.
I think it’s a healthy thing to have people questioning and aggressively pushing against our federal government. I am glad there are people who want to dig into every move of our political leaders. I don’t always agree with the tactics used to question Bush. He is the elected President of the United States. He deserves respect and deference to his position and authority. But I want our president to be held accountable to his decisions. I don’t want my government to operate on the premise that they can do whatever they want because they believe it’s in my best interest. Bush has made some bad decisions. His administration is not completely devoid of scandal or controversy. He should be open to challenges and willing to stand up to the accusations. The accusations don’t always make sense and they usually don’t bring about any sort of meaningful dialogue. Maybe the liberals need to change their methods. But I am glad they’re around to ask questions. We did the same thing to the Clinton administration and many conservative accusations were just as outrageous as the ones we are hearing against Bush. Presidents serve the people. All the people. Even the ones who have different ideals and beliefs. Bush is answerable to each U.S. citizen. Even the annoying, ridiculous illogical ones.
Just my thoughts on the subject. Hope I didn’t ruffle too many feathers.
Laurie, thanks for your post. I can certainly handle it. No feathers were ruffled. I appreciate your point on people being able to question. I think that it is healthy and excellent that people should question, even if their questions are illogical, ridiculous, silly, etc. I can even accept that we will always have people in this country who will, out of passion for their point of view or stance, utter unjustified (at least at that point in time, it is merely an assumption) accusations against someone. After all, “reason is the slave of passion.”
Where I have difficulty is when people in positions of authority (i.e. media personalities, leaders of large organizations with the resources to know better, etc.) mislead the people by asserting that unjustified accusations are true, especially when such assertions are used as a means to boost ratings or sales. These are accusations, mind, not questions. To assert that someone acted wrongly, without all the facts, is, I believe, commonly referred to as slander or libel. I find that highly inappropriate and indicative of poor character, low integrity, and baseness.
Now please understand that I know people and organizations make mistakes. I do not think that I can ever expect anyone, even someone of importance, to never make a mistake or restrain from allowing passion to rule them. People are certain to fail in these areas from time to time. However, when such failures become the norm, I feel there is evidence enough in such entities’ own assertions to justify the harsh descriptors I noted above.
I want to reiterate that I do not think all media personalities are like this. Nor do I think it is okay for anyone to, out of pure passion and loss of reason, cry out falsehoods as truth (e.g. Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code). I also do not think that George Bush is infallible. I have disagreed with many of his policies and actions during his administration. I do not write any of this to defend him. I would write the same for Clinton. If I remember correcly, which I may not, my main complaint against him was his denial of his affair with Monica, which seemed a pretty open-closed case just on the basis of his request for a definition of “is.” Call it auditor instince; such a request has GUILTY written all over it. The matters currently before us certainly fall in the shades of gray arena. I don’t like a lot of it, but some of it I also see as necessary. I question a lot of the current events, but find myself questioning my own position just as much as I do the right or wrong on the matter, and I at least have an objective basis for making decisions: the Bible. Many are making their stances on the nothingness of their own passions or desires. The fluidity with which those change is the basis for my assertion that such people are far greater masters of the game of Illogica than I could ever hope to be.
I just hope they pardon me when I don’t tip my hat to them…