Notes:
What is up with the New York Times? The Paper of Record has decided that it is imperative that the American Public know all there is to know about the Pellicano case -- to that end, one of their reporters had decided to visit the jail to speak directly to Pellicano, poorly disguised, quickly unmasked and barred from the prison. LA Times Of course, the Times is appealing this decision. What type of disguise did the Times Reporters use to garner classified information to further defame the United States? One can only imagine. Gone are the days when integrity and journalism were used in the same sentence as regards to the nations former bastions of truth and justice in print. Additionally, how many American's were served by viewing the vacation of home V.P. Dick Cheney complete with details of a security system? Times Reporters must be having difficulty getting in to the Pentagon these days. Give them time. Afterall, there must be some response to North Korea that they can unearth and further place American's in peril.
North Korea Aims missile at Hawaii Reuters
Enough said. After pacifying North Korea in deference to China coupled with a penchant for protecting communist regimes headed by brutal dictators (The United States will give you untold billions, please don't develop and nuclear program), is it any wonder that they are now lobbing long-range missiles in this direction?
What should be news:
The border is still open.
Things that make one yawn:
A Pink Code (peace group reminiscent of the 1960's) mother is on hunger-strike, joined by the Hollywood Braintrust. Why is this news?
Joe Biden made a remark about Indian's owning convenience stores? So What?
Pink Code does not merit serious mention and Bidon did not say anything that anyone else isn't thinking (or saying).
The local newspaper forum:
Month after month, day in and day out, the same anti-war, anti-American, anti-fill-in-the-blank, posters fill page after page with nonsensical posts. These posts are punctuated on occasion from what appears to be conservative rebuttals. Again, a difference "same" group of posters. Is it possible that there are only ten or twenty people who visit this website on a regular basis to post to a "hot topic" forum in a community that boasts a population in excess of 100,000 people? Springfield Republican's website.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
The Highway: Upstate New York, Week of June 29th, 2006.
A dear friend sent me these photographs of I-88 in New York. The torrential rains had caused a 50 foot wide collaspe; two truck drivers lost their lives; it is assumed they thought the gap a shawdow in the road. New York, alone, is facing $100,000,000 in damages, most of this upstate.
A dear friend sent me these photographs of I-88 in New York. The torrential rains had caused a 50 foot wide collaspe; two truck drivers lost their lives; it is assumed they thought the gap a shawdow in the road. New York, alone, is facing $100,000,000 in damages, most of this upstate.
The Divide:
In the past week I've been sparing (if one can call it that) with a "writer" from New York via email. The young man (and I am assuming gender as there is no signature) constantly upbraids a lack of understanding, wits and or common sense on my part. He refers to the blog as "talking points", insinuating that perhaps there is little research and much rhetoric. There is an undertone of anger and yes, insults in his retorts due to treason and New York Times being used in the same sentence. What amazes is that the actual structure of the retorts is solid; yet one detects immediately the panic, bravado and overall senses of righteousness in the content.
One cannot argue and by pointing to one wrong (New York Times treason) with
"George Bush was wrong about WMD's". The exact quote was. "They started it."!
Therefore, I've come to the conclusion that fallacious arguments, peppered with insults and avoiding a direct response is the preferred method of debate taught at centers for higher learning. Never directly answer a question with a response, attack with all one has and point to the other guy as wrong first!
What is, perhaps, the most startling is the individual’s refusal to debate with civility coupled with the return, time and again, to the same point; the same wrong point. If the masses are, after all, told day in and day out a fact is a fact even if the fact is fiction; it must be true. They (masses) do not have the capability to remember, nor are they equipped to understand complicated issues such as policy, treason, etc.
When that tactic fails, they rush to the "pity factor", "If anything happened to the New York Times, all those employees would be out on the street and hungry".
(Not an exact quote but equally ridiculous). The facts are that the New York Times as been, like the LA Times, experiencing layoffs, subscriptions are dropping, advertisers are going elsewhere and, as they have a website that is often cited; they cannot blame the internet. So, it must be something else.
Perhaps the socialist party will one day understand that the masses in America are a bit more understanding of the "message" and are responding as any true capitalist would: they shop elsewhere.
In the past week I've been sparing (if one can call it that) with a "writer" from New York via email. The young man (and I am assuming gender as there is no signature) constantly upbraids a lack of understanding, wits and or common sense on my part. He refers to the blog as "talking points", insinuating that perhaps there is little research and much rhetoric. There is an undertone of anger and yes, insults in his retorts due to treason and New York Times being used in the same sentence. What amazes is that the actual structure of the retorts is solid; yet one detects immediately the panic, bravado and overall senses of righteousness in the content.
One cannot argue and by pointing to one wrong (New York Times treason) with
"George Bush was wrong about WMD's". The exact quote was. "They started it."!
Therefore, I've come to the conclusion that fallacious arguments, peppered with insults and avoiding a direct response is the preferred method of debate taught at centers for higher learning. Never directly answer a question with a response, attack with all one has and point to the other guy as wrong first!
What is, perhaps, the most startling is the individual’s refusal to debate with civility coupled with the return, time and again, to the same point; the same wrong point. If the masses are, after all, told day in and day out a fact is a fact even if the fact is fiction; it must be true. They (masses) do not have the capability to remember, nor are they equipped to understand complicated issues such as policy, treason, etc.
When that tactic fails, they rush to the "pity factor", "If anything happened to the New York Times, all those employees would be out on the street and hungry".
(Not an exact quote but equally ridiculous). The facts are that the New York Times as been, like the LA Times, experiencing layoffs, subscriptions are dropping, advertisers are going elsewhere and, as they have a website that is often cited; they cannot blame the internet. So, it must be something else.
Perhaps the socialist party will one day understand that the masses in America are a bit more understanding of the "message" and are responding as any true capitalist would: they shop elsewhere.
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