Posted on 03/02/2006 6:52:04 AM PST by SJackson
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I agree.
I found Rush's attitude yesterday (Wednesday) disgusting. For the first time, I starting seeing Rush in a different light, and it wasn't flattering.
Me. (Apparently.)
Islamophobia is rational.
Excellent article. Prepare to see a surfeit of ad-hominem attacks.
It's a survival attitude IMO
John Gibson for one.
Yesterday following his islamaphobic rant coupled with patting himself on the back for good ratings, his better in ratings and quality, Brit Hume blew him out of the water. There was an interview with a former marine longshoreman at the Port of Baltimore refuting everything Gibson was saying.
This issue is illustrative of how our political process has devolved.
The term "Jump to a Conclusion" is the key phrase that enters my mind.
People jump to a conclusion, and after that, the facts are filtered to support that conclusion. This is typical for both left and right and this particular issue makes it so very difficult to maintain a conclusion because the facts are not easily dismissed in either direction.
When I first heard about the Ports Deal I was against it because it seemed crazy to put our ports in the control of an Arab state any more than letting CommChina control the port of Long Beach.
Then, I found out that they had no control over security, represents a strategic partnership in the WOT, and that this was a business that would not want to see itself lose Billions if the USA suffered a hit, and changed my conclusion to support it.
Then I found out that Dubai assisted terrorists, boycotts Israel, *might* have an ability to compromise security, and the deal might be broken without a huge foreign policy snub...so I am against it again.
BUT, I now refuse to draw a conclusion. At this point, I am ready, willing, and able to let the facts come in completely before I draw another conclusion. This is too freakin complicated and has too many elements that are easily miscommunicated (on purpose) to draw a conclusion.
Ultimately, we elect people to make these decisions. We should trust them and if they screw up, don't re-elect them.
My gut says we should not deal with nations that do not have freely elected representation. But if we stopped dealing with these guys, others will pick up the slack.
Stopping Dubae from running the ports would mean that we now have a non-free enterprise system, that only *government approved* operations are allowed, and that sounds a lot like the way to increase costs and decrease efficiency.
The whole "ism" and "ist" method of political debate goes back to the left's brainstorm to label anyone who disagreed with their position as mentally disturbed. That these "conservatives" take to this means of deabate shows that they ought to be labeled Freudian Conservatives. Perhaps Kudlow can inform of us the beauty of Islam instead of cheap parlor psychology if that is the way he truly feels.
This has been bugging me, too.
To see Rush Limbaugh pull the race card was disgusting.
I don't understand why people today refuse to identify their enemies. We're gonna lose the war if we don't know who we're fighting.
WAKE UP, FOOLS! I see Trojan Horse all over this thing.
Mike Reagan needs to quit being Ronald Regean's son and start being Mike Reagan.
I agree with your comment on Rush. His "just wait, Bush will come out on top" of the Dubai thing made him sound a bit kool aide-ish.
Couldn't agree more. I totally agree with his article but it's getting a bit old and odd for him to bring up his father on every issue. We get it your Reagan's son now make your arguments based on your beliefs as a grown man.
"It's not that I've become biased against islamic nutjobs.....I hated insane, foreign assholes who want to kill me before 9-11."
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