nice post. dana
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:38:33 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > I have no tolerance for willing ignorance. > > > > With this last election I've seen so much willful ignorance or just > plain messed up thinking that it really has me worried. Nevertheless, > that makes our challenge figuring out how to counteract it. > > Look at the WMD discussions. I said about 2 weeks after the US > invasion that there weren't any and that we'd made a big mistake. I > supported the war and Mr. Bush until about that time. Yet many people > continued to insist that I "have faith" and that it was, "just a > matter of time." Faith over facts. Hope over extrapolation. > > Mr. Bush's teams aren't idiots, but they definitely believe their own > BS and they're great at marketing it via tried and true channels such > as Rush and Sean Hannity. All of his staff suffers from this: > economic, national security, defense, etc. It's what confounds me > about why people support him. > > For example, Stormin' Norman was a huge supporter but when asked about > Mr. Bush's Iraq strategy (which was the polar opposite of his) he gave > no comment. So how can you completely disagree with someone who's > brought your country to war when you're a former General, and yet > still support them? > > Anyway, I'm taking my inspiration from Atticus Finch. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143517 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
