How is this the media's fault? The media has a duty to report the news, even when the news is unflattering. If the media only report news that is favorable to the administration in charge, its called propaganda
Your absolutely 100% right. I couldn't agree more with that exact sentiment. The media outlets responsibility to the public is to provide facts..no more no less. Except the media
isn't impartial nor unbiased. Large papers and cable news are riddled with left-leaning biased editors and reporters. Any possible scandal or snafu of the administration is caught onto with reverent joy. The news organizations are constantly in a state of spinning the facts to suit their agendas. And this whole process they keep in a perpetual state to publicly slander the president.
They'll cry out over, over, and over about VP Cheney telling someone to f-themselves. But completely glide over the U.N.'s Oil for Food scandal which indicates the left's beloved U.N. officials were taking bribes from Saddam..noooo can't report that.
So don't sit upon your righteous throne and come to the aid of a those so undeserving. Is propaganda spewed forth daily? Yes, from both the president and his opponents. But don't believe us so naive as to not recognize this.
I was in the military, and I can tell you that either the guards were following orders, or what they were doing was implicitly approved of by their superiors - that's how the military works. Low level military personnel do not simply decide on their own to do something like this, without dire consequences. If the commanders of these personnel knew what was happening, they are criminals. If they didn't, they're incompetent.
This time I agree with you without any rebuttals. An Army investigation into the matter revealed incompetent leadership and the reservists/guard infamous lack of training.
How can you say the Abu Gharab abuses were not connected to the beheadings when the perpetrators of those murders said they were?
I think what the rodent was trying to imply was that Abu-Gharab was an excuse for beheadings, not a reason. The perpetrators of this crime regardless of current incidents were/are going to kill American's and their allies in gruesome fashion. The guard’s misconducts at Abu-Gharab made an excellent rallying cry.
- We have lost respect among our allies around the world, and turned the sympathy garnered after the 9/11 attacks into outright hatred.
If anything that hatred was already seething beneath the surface. Europe and America and are no longer bosom buddies, nor will we be. We're evolving into economic and global competitors. So why is it shocking that they don't approve of us stepping on their toes...or heating oil..which ever term you prefer.
- The US has suffered enormous long-term economic damage, due to the ridiculous tax shifts made, while at the same time trying to increase federal spending. I say "tax shift", and not "tax cut", because make no mistake, those taxes will be paid eventually. This amounts to a de facto tax increase on future generations. This is like going to dinner today, and when the bill comes, telling the waiter to give it to somebody else who comes to eat 20 years from now.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Just like the tax shifting Ronald Reagan did back in the 80s? Where he selfishly burdened Bush Sr. and Clinton with paying off America's incurred debts, and dooming their presidencies with no hope of economic vitality?...ooh wait..nevermind ..that was 12 years of unprecedented growth....
Go Tax Shifting!!
- Due to the ongoing misuse and overuse of our military, many veterans are electing to leave the service. A sense of patriotism can only sustain you for so long. When you feel you are being taken advantage of, you start looking for a way out. The military has resorted to accounting tricks to maintain force levels for now, but these will run out eventually. The majority of the readers of this site will be the ones to suffer from this. If Bush is somehow re-elected, there will be a draft. That's right - no college, no career, no exploring other interests (at least for a few years) - compulsory national service, probably for 2-3 years, similar to what Israel has.
I'd love to see those retention numbers....really I would. Because the last statistic I've been privy to indicated the Army reached 98% of it's retention goals, AND exceeded it's recruiting goals. That doesn't really sound like an exodus to me.
The possibilities of a draft occurring are precisely between slim and none. Reason being is a troop realignment with South Korea, Germany, Balkans, and Kosovo would free up 50,000+ troops. The Army could also wonder of all wonders increase it's manning budget.
Occasionally a senator bemoans military manning and raises the issue of a draft. It makes a nice sound bite...but that's about all.
Environmental "regulations" written by the very companies that are wrecking it. Oh well, who needs clean air and water? Only enviro-whackos, I guess. Seen a tree? The rest are all the same - cut-em down!
I agree! If the lumber companies would only do as the forestry service in California wants, (selective harvesting) then we wouldn't victimize our older pines, furs and oaks to unstoppable forest fires. However due to overzealous regulation we can't, and continue to have infernos burning up our national treasures.
Truth is I agree with your ideas, just not your practice. The splendors of Mother Nature must be preserved, rationally.
- Who needs clean, cheap, long-term energy like solar, wind power, and geothermal heat? We gotta dig up the last barrels of oil in Alaska, even if means sacrificing the last pristine areas we have.
Again I agree with your ideas just not the practice.
- Who needs a job that pays a living wage, along with "luxuries" like sick leave, vacation, health insurance and a retirement? For the sake of competition, you can work part-time for $7 an hour and handle your own benefits, right?
I don't even know how to answer this...it's just so blind and angry. Should we adopt communism so everyone regardless of talents or intelligence get's his fair share? Or try out socialisms faulty public health care and crushing overhead? Why should McDonalds pay higher then minimum wage? Its employees are unskilled and uneducated. There's just so many counterpoints to that statement it's ridiculous.
Listen I don't agree with many of the decisions made by Bush and his cabinet. In fact...I didn't even vote for the man! I voted Gore!!! But to put it bluntly America is in a time of turbulence. The barbarians are at the gate brother. Bush while not the most elegant of men is a man of character of morality. You might not like what he has to say, but he has his convictions and he stands by them. America needs a strong leader, and that's Bush.
Kerry on the other hand is a weak kneed waffling pussy, and would sell his own mother up the river to get elected. To be honest I'd rather have Dean for president then this clown...at least Dean believed in what he said.
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