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2006-06-05 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by ryuge 2006-06-05 06:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 gosh, I wonder if their sour mood has anything to do with getting stuck into a war they didnt want and then having all their hard earned tax dollars squandered by an extremely spoiled brat who never had to be responsible for any of his actions. Hmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by bk 2006-06-05 10:46|| 2006-06-05 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Yolu are speaking of Franklin Delano Roosevelt isn't it? Your rant applies wonderfully to him.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-06-05 11:47|| 2006-06-05 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Zing ! "JFM knows his history, too"

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2006-06-05 12:24|| 2006-06-05 12:24|| Front Page Top

#4 bk, since you're obviously lost, let me offer some help. The unreasoning Bush-haters line doesn't form here. It's to your left.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-05 14:07|| 2006-06-05 14:07|| Front Page Top

#5 [rant begin]
I guess I must be a part of that silent minority (or is it a majority?) that has soured in mood for much different reasons than bk suggests, and yet is able to see how sweet things really are here in the good 'ol US of A.

To start, I'm proud of the role this country, our elected leaders and-- last but never least-- our military are playing on the global stage right now. Call me what you want, optimistic or in denial, but never accuse me of being an ignoramus. I know all too well, as most here at Rantburg do (an educated and informed lot it has always seemed to me), what is going on out there and around here despite all the efforts of our once reputable MSM. The way I see it, in large part based on what I have actually seen, heard and read, we are fighting the good fight. We are taking the high road. And while the high road is harder to reach and thus more risky to take, I find the view is a hell of a lot nicer.

Wars are fought based on survival and ideals, both of which are so intimately intertwined in the American consciousness as to be nearly indistinguishable from one another. If only because our ideals are what sustain us, give us the freedom and liberty that we believe to be the true nature of society for all humanity. And so when they are threatened, be it here or elsewhere, in equal fashion so is our basic survival. Thus, we fight against those who would deny humanity it's "inalienable rights." Taking that into consideration, and in addition to the factors pointed out by Mr. Barone in his first paragraph, I think things are close to as good as they ever have been. Except for Clinton's second term, of course (speaking of denial...). Gosh dang it, the mid- to late-1990s were fun, weren't they?

What sours me these days is the piss and vinegar unfairly dumped on the President. Whether it's the flagrant and bold slander and libel put forward on a daily basis by the far left (moveon.org, etc) to the more subtle (though barely so) machinations and manipulations conducted in the name of "journalism" on behalf of the MSM (NYT, CNN, CBS, NBC, etc.) it absolutely astounds me that people in this country feel it is appropriate and acceptable to act in such a boorish and disrespectful manner. Then there is the intellectual snobbery and smarter-and-better-than-thou attitude of the left which sours me even more. We could be way over the hump and well on our way to a stable and secure Iraq if the rest of the world, starting with the media and Bush haters in our own county, pulled together and exercised some solidarity and commitment to the task at hand.

Wishful thinking, I know.
[rant end]

Posted by eltoroverde 2006-06-05 16:25|| 2006-06-05 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 "... conditions of freedom and justice in the world" > it may not look like it for many, but America's enemies are in reality fighting for repression, regression, totalitarianism and de-evolution, NOT for upwardly mobile, proactive,
"equalist" escalatory progress or even Utopianism. * FLANDERS character in SIMPSONS > "THEY TOLD ME SATAN/LUCIFER WAS PRETTY". THOMAS JEFFERSON? > "DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD, EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-05 22:35|| 2006-06-05 22:35|| Front Page Top

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