definitely not by reading the local bush apologist rag. My only answer is Google News. You can't believe everthing that turns up there, but it certainly gives you a diversity of points of view.
On 11/12/06, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/12/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .... > > a million legal ways to invade Iraq. > > Perhaps, but would the population have supported the move so heartily > > if all it involved was 'Doing the right thing'? > > At that point, I'm pretty sure the pop would have gone along with whatever. > He could do no evil, right after the attack. > > What I'm getting at, is that the UN and whatnot was pretty much backing > what we were doing, but good old GWB had to push it (and I'm one to talk > I guess, as I tend to push it myself, but anywayze ;) even further, ya know? > Break the law, spin information, make our Intel folks look bad, etc., etc.. > > There really wasn't any reason to do all that. It's sorta, well, blatant > greed. > > I keep seeing it. I thought they'd be smarter (they, is, well, whoever) than > to keep attacking our civil liberties. I mean, come on, they get busted > spying on US citizens, which was bad enough, but then they have to try > this military commission thingie, which frankly, I think contributed to the > fall of the Pubs. Torture? Sure! But don't call it torture, k? Pbbbt! Stuff > like that... eh... > > > Nope. I don't think Americans would have gotten behind that for so long. > > A move like that would not have won Bush two terms in office. As soon > > as things started to fall apart they would have wanted his head for a > > poorly executed operation. > > I don't know. There's been so much "evil" put forth by these jokers, and > the way they used and abused the media... It's sad. The stuff I heard > on Democracy Now, for instance... I couldn't believe people weren't up > in arms, long before this. Long before 9/11, actually. The things that > were done to protesters, for instance, and Mr. VP's obvious conflicts of > interest... I mean, either 90% of us were asleep at the wheel, or the > control of the media was so complete that 10% controlled everything > and made it look like the 90% went along with it... It's hard to tell. I > don't know even a million americans I could ask, if you grok. :-/ > > > Also, the whole'Bad Thing' about people equating the Actions of Bush > > to the Actions and Attitudes of Americans? It already started. It sort > > of became rooted after the US voted him in for a second term. > > Yeah, I was flabberghasted when that happened. He'd already screwed > over the conservatives, so I had been sure they'd ditch the fool, but, I > guess, while at War and all, it's rare, even if we're taking it in the rear > without even some spit to ease the friction, soToSpeak. :-P > > I honestly don't know if we can trust that his election, and re-election, > were on the up and up. The first one, for sure, had some hokery- > pokery, and I'm still pretty sad the "general populace" never seemed > to get that fact. I mean, the mainstream media was obviously broke. > > That's probably the most depressing part, I reckon. Without info, how > can anyone even know any better? Bah. Preaching to the choir, for > those who care, and just spewing rhetoric, for those that don't, as > always. > > Sheesh, I sure am cynical for someone so cheery. =] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220482 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
