Re: OT: Ben Marble, American Hero

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:31:10 -0700, "Howard Beale"
<howardbeal1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sep 10 2005 1:30 AM, E.L. wrote:
><snipe the whole story as it was too much of a diatribe for me>
>
>Completely ignoring the politics of the matter, assigning no blame to
>anyone, without addressing the merits, I'm glad this fellow got his
>chance and spoke his mind. I have such a long list of politicians, those
>feckless, preening, false, disingenuous and dissembling creatures, of most
>of whom I don't believe that one word that comes out of their mouths is
>their own thoughts rather being spoken as if from a stage to their
>carefully focused-group audience, that I'd like to say the same thing to,
>on both sides of the "aisle", that I couldn't begin to count them and when
>I was through with those there are hundreds more I would like to dig out
>of their graves and tell them, also.
>

A sentiment shared by both sides of the political chasm.
Oddly enough, a sentiment that is shared almost 100% by people who
like to think of themselves "Moderates".

>You'd think a "tough guy" like the Vice-President could just shrug it off,
>especially coming in an area that he could have expected hard feelings.
>And his people should certainly have considered that if this got out it
>would look bad and they should have expressed sympathy (even if they
>didn't mean it) for the poor homeowners' plight, offered help and
>condolences, and come out making the best of it they could. But, no,
>it's ham-fisted, blundering, towering ego time and time again and they
>just can't control themselves.
>

As far as I know, Cheney did indeed "shrug it off".
You are saying he didn't?

And if he did "express sympathy", and offer "condolences", wouldn't he
then be one of those "feckless, preening, false, disingenuous and
dissembling creatures..." that you just got done saying you despise?

Evidently he didn't express enough sympathy.

It seems as if Cheney is now one of those "ham-fisted, blundering,
towering ego" types that you despise.

It seems to me that "Catch 22" is not just a book title here.

>They are just so damned used to getting their way it makes me sick.
>

Who is this "they" you are talking about?

>For those that usually see me react mildly to most topics you have now
>seen one topic (nazis and fascists and people that will force you to live
>the way they say is the other) that really gets me to go off.
>

Yes.
I see you are strongly committed to both sides of the argument.

Oh, maybe tilted just one tiny bit towards the side of the KoolAid
drinking Moonbats?
.

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