Comments on: President Bush http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/07/president-bush.html Cutting through the effects of the US empire Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:34:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Deep Blade http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/07/president-bush.html/comment-page-1#comment-93 Deep Blade Sat, 07 Aug 2004 22:51:46 +0000 http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/07/president-bush.html#comment-93 Respecting the president leads to more civilized, effective arguments in postings, even if the policies the president promotes are despicable. Yes, we should be mad at him. I do not always avoid the derisive jabs myself, like my "brownshirts" comments a few postings back. But it's better to be somewhat measured in this sort of language than to just let it loose. For the most part people in this country hate politics and what sounds like partisan bickering. Partly that's because most people have no background or knowledge to parse ideas in an animated argument. It just sounds like painful yelling. Now, a bit of satire and mockery, that's different--that's what makes Franken, Moore, Stewart, and to some degree other night comics effective allies in the fight against Bush. On the matter of Ruppert, yes, I'm quite familiar with the website. There is some valuable stuff there, like the Simmons interviews and transcriptions. But I just don't buy his 911 theories, eg Cheney ordered it. He's prone to extreme post hoc fallacies. Respecting the president leads to more civilized, effective arguments in postings, even if the policies the president promotes are despicable. Yes, we should be mad at him. I do not always avoid the derisive jabs myself, like my “brownshirts” comments a few postings back. But it’s better to be somewhat measured in this sort of language than to just let it loose. For the most part people in this country hate politics and what sounds like partisan bickering. Partly that’s because most people have no background or knowledge to parse ideas in an animated argument. It just sounds like painful yelling.

Now, a bit of satire and mockery, that’s different–that’s what makes Franken, Moore, Stewart, and to some degree other night comics effective allies in the fight against Bush.

On the matter of Ruppert, yes, I’m quite familiar with the website. There is some valuable stuff there, like the Simmons interviews and transcriptions. But I just don’t buy his 911 theories, eg Cheney ordered it. He’s prone to extreme post hoc fallacies.

]]> By: Distant Observer http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/07/president-bush.html/comment-page-1#comment-92 Distant Observer Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:49:13 +0000 http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/07/president-bush.html#comment-92 For Heaven's sake, make no apologies! Many of us simply prefer to call the (s)elected one pResident Bu$h. Never forget that it wasn't too long ago, in spite of three and half interminable years of highly anomolous domestic and international events, that Bu$h Jr. lost the popular vote by 500,000 votes. But of course, as we've all since come to learn, only five votes really count in America - equal f*****' protection, indeed! And please, in future refrain from using the highly inaccurate term "re-elected". On an aside, it is clear that issues surrounding "Peak Oil" are of interest to you. Likely you are already familiar with Michael Ruppert (the one who came out with the groundbreaking Truth and Lies of 9/11 film, long before anyone else was onto the stink) and his website www.fromthewilderness.com. If you aren't familiar, read up and weep. http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2004/040729_mfe_reagan_1.html For Heaven’s sake, make no apologies! Many of us simply prefer to call the (s)elected one pResident Bu$h. Never forget that it wasn’t too long ago, in spite of three and half interminable years of highly anomolous domestic and international events, that Bu$h Jr. lost the popular vote by 500,000 votes. But of course, as we’ve all since come to learn, only five votes really count in America - equal f*****’ protection, indeed! And please, in future refrain from using the highly inaccurate term “re-elected”.
On an aside, it is clear that issues surrounding “Peak Oil” are of interest to you. Likely you are already familiar with Michael Ruppert (the one who came out with the groundbreaking Truth and Lies of 9/11 film, long before anyone else was onto the stink) and his website http://www.fromthewilderness.com. If you aren’t familiar, read up and weep.

http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2004/040729_mfe_reagan_1.html

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