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2005-08-16 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-08-16 01:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Reality just is. The measure of a human is the wisdom and maturity, or the lack, to acknowledge it without distortion, accept it without caveat, and live with it clearly in mind. Success or failure in this is a personal issue that defines whether or not one is a trustworthy adult or a fuckwit infantile moonbat lost in fantasy.

Posted by .com 2005-08-16 09:26|| 2005-08-16 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Great article. Just what I needed after watching the last 2 weeks of "whoa is us" from everything on the MSM, from reporters covering the non story of Cindy Sheehan, to last nights episode of "Six Feet Under".
However, one historical discrepancy to note:

Throughout World War II images of Pearl Harbor were shown in newsreels regularly. The scene of the USS Arizona listing and burning was seared into every moviegoers mind.

It is my understanding that pictures of Pearl Harbor were not not published for close to nine months as the powers that be didn't want to show the devastation due to morale issues. The first glimpse of the Arizona was often by US Servicemen entering Pearl Harbor on the way to the Pacific Theater. This is one of the reasons it is always emotional when US Naval vessels line up the sailors when passing the Arizona.
It wasn't until the US built up a little momentum (Doolittles raid, maybe?) that pictures started to be released.

I agree totally with the article however: The decision to NOT show the video footage of the jumpers may have been appropriate at the moment, but should have been seared in everyones minds by now. If the footage of the jumpers were somehow damaging to BUSHHitler, you know we would have seen them over and over again by now.

Posted by Capsu78 2005-08-16 09:30|| 2005-08-16 09:30|| Front Page Top

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