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Monday, August 11, 2008
W
This has been stuck in my craw for quite a while now. I offer no apologies and just hope that all of you 'dubyah' haters out there will still respect me in the morning.
I am not now, I have never been, and I have never portrayed myself as being, overly political. It is not the aim of this blog to argue politics. However, I am politically aware, and I do keep up with current events. I even investigate, and try to make some sense of the anti-Bush railings that I hear conspiracy theorists, and rest of the tin-foil-hat crowd, put forward. I have seen a lot of the 'evidence' of these grand conspiracy theories and, to me, it is severely lacking – almost laughable.
Now, I know that I cannot convince conspiracy theorists of this any more than they can convince me of their position. And, it is not my intention to argue all of the minutia here. I simply feel an obligation to defend a good man who I feel is being unjustly ripped to shreds by people with nothing but either pure political ambitions, or even worse, thinly disguised socialist intentions. In my opinion, liberal leaders are playing on people's fears to score political points and amass power for themselves.
I seriously doubt that Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid, or Ted Kennedy believe even half of what comes out of their own mouths. Conspiracy theorists have just provided them a handy stick with which they can beat their political opponents over the head. And sadly, in today's culture, filled with people who do not investigate and/or think things through, it is easy for this kind of nonsense to proliferate. It is amazing how easily people jump on and back off of any particular band wagon based solely upon a few sound bites. It seems as if all that is necessary for a lie to be accepted as truth is repetition; especially if a lot of the repetition is from what people consider reliable news sources that they assume have no political leanings or agenda of their own.
Add to this bloggers who can write anything they wish with no accountability and no proof, and you have the perfect breeding ground for this kind of almost believable, almost strange and outrageous enough to be true innuendo and accusation to gain a foothold.
Please don't get me wrong here. The problem is not bloggers, or even the news media. Thank God we have the freedom to express our opinions! The problem is that people are intellectually lazy. People do not take the time to dig and examine the facts and consider all sides of an issue or a story. If CNN reports it, and the 'facts' are corroborated by some guy with a tin foil hat, living alone in the mountains, who believes Elvis is still alive and Bush is part of a grand conspiracy, then it must be true.
Truth be told, I really like George W. Bush. I do not agree with all of his actions, but I respect the man. His decency and strength of character stand in sharp contrast to the spineless, politically correct, flip flopping, deceptive, politicians who jeopardize our nation's future for their political gain. His steadfastness is the complete antithesis of those who turn this way or that depending on the prevailing political winds, and pander to our enemies who would destroy us without hesitation if we gave them an opportunity. Even when he has made decisions that I disagree with, I believe that he made them because he genuinely believed them to be in the best interest of the United States of America which he swore at his inauguration to protect and defend.
He is a man of courage and conviction. And, if history is written accurately, by men of honor, with no partisan ax to grind, I believe he will be exonerated and honored, and that history will indeed treat him kindly.
I am not now, I have never been, and I have never portrayed myself as being, overly political. It is not the aim of this blog to argue politics. However, I am politically aware, and I do keep up with current events. I even investigate, and try to make some sense of the anti-Bush railings that I hear conspiracy theorists, and rest of the tin-foil-hat crowd, put forward. I have seen a lot of the 'evidence' of these grand conspiracy theories and, to me, it is severely lacking – almost laughable.
Now, I know that I cannot convince conspiracy theorists of this any more than they can convince me of their position. And, it is not my intention to argue all of the minutia here. I simply feel an obligation to defend a good man who I feel is being unjustly ripped to shreds by people with nothing but either pure political ambitions, or even worse, thinly disguised socialist intentions. In my opinion, liberal leaders are playing on people's fears to score political points and amass power for themselves.
I seriously doubt that Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid, or Ted Kennedy believe even half of what comes out of their own mouths. Conspiracy theorists have just provided them a handy stick with which they can beat their political opponents over the head. And sadly, in today's culture, filled with people who do not investigate and/or think things through, it is easy for this kind of nonsense to proliferate. It is amazing how easily people jump on and back off of any particular band wagon based solely upon a few sound bites. It seems as if all that is necessary for a lie to be accepted as truth is repetition; especially if a lot of the repetition is from what people consider reliable news sources that they assume have no political leanings or agenda of their own.
Add to this bloggers who can write anything they wish with no accountability and no proof, and you have the perfect breeding ground for this kind of almost believable, almost strange and outrageous enough to be true innuendo and accusation to gain a foothold.
Please don't get me wrong here. The problem is not bloggers, or even the news media. Thank God we have the freedom to express our opinions! The problem is that people are intellectually lazy. People do not take the time to dig and examine the facts and consider all sides of an issue or a story. If CNN reports it, and the 'facts' are corroborated by some guy with a tin foil hat, living alone in the mountains, who believes Elvis is still alive and Bush is part of a grand conspiracy, then it must be true.
Truth be told, I really like George W. Bush. I do not agree with all of his actions, but I respect the man. His decency and strength of character stand in sharp contrast to the spineless, politically correct, flip flopping, deceptive, politicians who jeopardize our nation's future for their political gain. His steadfastness is the complete antithesis of those who turn this way or that depending on the prevailing political winds, and pander to our enemies who would destroy us without hesitation if we gave them an opportunity. Even when he has made decisions that I disagree with, I believe that he made them because he genuinely believed them to be in the best interest of the United States of America which he swore at his inauguration to protect and defend.
He is a man of courage and conviction. And, if history is written accurately, by men of honor, with no partisan ax to grind, I believe he will be exonerated and honored, and that history will indeed treat him kindly.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Getting Reacquinted With My Cookware
My mom and dad blessed me with a little deer sausage a few days ago. I decided to fry up a piece for lunch. Now, I'm not saying it has been a long time since I've cooked, but when I dusted off my skillet and put it on the stove ... it started yelling at me ...
"Hey! Who are you?"
"Why are you throwing raw meat at me?"
And, "why the @%* is it getting so hot in here?"
... which kind of shocked me! My cookware never used to use expletives like that ...
Perhaps it's time my cookware and I get reacquainted. No telling what kind of trash talking I'm gonna get from my gumbo pot ...
"Hey! Who are you?"
"Why are you throwing raw meat at me?"
And, "why the @%* is it getting so hot in here?"
... which kind of shocked me! My cookware never used to use expletives like that ...
Perhaps it's time my cookware and I get reacquainted. No telling what kind of trash talking I'm gonna get from my gumbo pot ...
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