Friday, December 08, 2006
Earlier this week the Baker-Hamilton report was released with the bi-partisan panel’s advice on the best ways stabilize Iraq. I personally thought the panel did a great job in putting aside their differences to get this report finished. This bi-partisan concept was how America was founded and what makes us a great country. However, there has not been much bi-partisanship for the past couple of decades until now.
Well, I stupidly listened to Rush Limbaugh the day after the report’s release and, of course, he hated it. You see Rush is one of those fundamentalists that do not believe in compromise of any kind. Compromise is weakness. Compromise means nobody gets anything they want, so all sides loose. He is opposed to any advice other than “stay the course”. I also fear our President agrees with Rush.
Again we see the dangers of fundamentalism whether it is extreme right wing thinking or extreme left wing thinking. Fundamentalists will not ever compromise on any issue; it’s their way or the highway. In all honesty, these people do not belong in our country; they should all leave. Our country was founded on the principles of Democracy and compromising is one of the defining principles in this system of government. So if you are not wiling to compromise you should not even run for office because all you are going to do is contribute to the gridlock.
Unfortunately, our current President is a fundamentalist and there is not much we can do about it until 2008. In the meantime we should all learn from this valuable lesson. Learn about the candidates and the issues they support before voting for them. Most importantly if they give any hint of fundamentalism, either left or right, NEVER vote for them.
Fundamentalism is what we are fighting against in Iraq. Al Qaeda, the Taliban are all fundamentalists. There is not much difference from their way of thinking than Rush Limbaugh, President Bush or extremist liberals and conservatives.
Another flaw in fundamentalists thinking is their total lack of communication with people or organizations who oppose them. I was always taught keep your friends close and your enemies closer; which translates into how important it is to keep the lines of communication open with everybody. The President’s policy on Iran is very immature and reminds me of many grade school conversations, such as: “If they don’t like me then I’m not talking to them until they say they like me.” Or “If you don’t do what I say then I am talking to you. NAA! NAA! NAA! I can’t her you! NAA! NAA! NAA!”
Imagine the kind of country this would be if nobody communicated with people they did not like and if nobody every compromised. We wouldn’t have a Constitution. We would never trade with any other nations. We could never have a Democracy without compromise. We would still be debating slavery. Our neighborhoods would all be tightly segregated like a prison playground; association with other races would be strictly prohibited. What a great world that would be!!!
I think Rush’s new slogan should be EIB-Excellence in Bullshit instead of Excellence in Broadcasting.
In a recent interview about Iraq, Bush said, “I understand how tough it is and have been telling the American people how tough it is. And they know how tough it is.” I laughed my ass off. No you don’t know how tough it is!
Unless your daughters spend a year in Iraq with snipers shooting at them around every turn with no body armor, and Iraqi citizens running up to them trying to blow them up, you have absolutely no clue how tough it is. Until they finally come home thinking the worst is behind only to get called back for a second year, you have absolutely no clue how tough it is. Until you get a phone call informing you that your only son has been killed and now your family blood line ends with your generation, you don’t know how tough it is. Until you have to survive on a soldiers pay while raising a family with the head of household absent, you have no clue how tough it is. What a moron!!! In fact, the dictionary should change the definition of moron to: “see Bush.”
That little diatribe is Bush’s way of saying “stay the course”. Troops will never leave Iraq until Bush leaves the Whitehouse. If he could look both James Baker and Lee Hamilton in the eyes and say, “fuck off!” he would. We’ll see what he says when he addresses the American public next week.
Well, I stupidly listened to Rush Limbaugh the day after the report’s release and, of course, he hated it. You see Rush is one of those fundamentalists that do not believe in compromise of any kind. Compromise is weakness. Compromise means nobody gets anything they want, so all sides loose. He is opposed to any advice other than “stay the course”. I also fear our President agrees with Rush.
Again we see the dangers of fundamentalism whether it is extreme right wing thinking or extreme left wing thinking. Fundamentalists will not ever compromise on any issue; it’s their way or the highway. In all honesty, these people do not belong in our country; they should all leave. Our country was founded on the principles of Democracy and compromising is one of the defining principles in this system of government. So if you are not wiling to compromise you should not even run for office because all you are going to do is contribute to the gridlock.
Unfortunately, our current President is a fundamentalist and there is not much we can do about it until 2008. In the meantime we should all learn from this valuable lesson. Learn about the candidates and the issues they support before voting for them. Most importantly if they give any hint of fundamentalism, either left or right, NEVER vote for them.
Fundamentalism is what we are fighting against in Iraq. Al Qaeda, the Taliban are all fundamentalists. There is not much difference from their way of thinking than Rush Limbaugh, President Bush or extremist liberals and conservatives.
Another flaw in fundamentalists thinking is their total lack of communication with people or organizations who oppose them. I was always taught keep your friends close and your enemies closer; which translates into how important it is to keep the lines of communication open with everybody. The President’s policy on Iran is very immature and reminds me of many grade school conversations, such as: “If they don’t like me then I’m not talking to them until they say they like me.” Or “If you don’t do what I say then I am talking to you. NAA! NAA! NAA! I can’t her you! NAA! NAA! NAA!”
Imagine the kind of country this would be if nobody communicated with people they did not like and if nobody every compromised. We wouldn’t have a Constitution. We would never trade with any other nations. We could never have a Democracy without compromise. We would still be debating slavery. Our neighborhoods would all be tightly segregated like a prison playground; association with other races would be strictly prohibited. What a great world that would be!!!
I think Rush’s new slogan should be EIB-Excellence in Bullshit instead of Excellence in Broadcasting.
In a recent interview about Iraq, Bush said, “I understand how tough it is and have been telling the American people how tough it is. And they know how tough it is.” I laughed my ass off. No you don’t know how tough it is!
Unless your daughters spend a year in Iraq with snipers shooting at them around every turn with no body armor, and Iraqi citizens running up to them trying to blow them up, you have absolutely no clue how tough it is. Until they finally come home thinking the worst is behind only to get called back for a second year, you have absolutely no clue how tough it is. Until you get a phone call informing you that your only son has been killed and now your family blood line ends with your generation, you don’t know how tough it is. Until you have to survive on a soldiers pay while raising a family with the head of household absent, you have no clue how tough it is. What a moron!!! In fact, the dictionary should change the definition of moron to: “see Bush.”
That little diatribe is Bush’s way of saying “stay the course”. Troops will never leave Iraq until Bush leaves the Whitehouse. If he could look both James Baker and Lee Hamilton in the eyes and say, “fuck off!” he would. We’ll see what he says when he addresses the American public next week.
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