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1 posted on 09/26/2007 8:40:02 AM PDT by Starman417
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As Tonto said to the Lone Ranger when they were surrounded by screaming savages, and the Lone Ranger said “it looks like we’re in trouble.” “What do you mean, ‘we’, white boy”.
The world is full of screaming savages, and it behooves us to know who WE are.


2 posted on 09/26/2007 8:44:45 AM PDT by mathurine
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There was an old hag editorialist on one of the Boston newscasts years ago who started almost all of her spiels with, “All thinking people know...”


3 posted on 09/26/2007 8:45:12 AM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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“WE, the people...”

Liberals have abandoned the Founders altogether.


4 posted on 09/26/2007 8:46:28 AM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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Though I disagree with her reasoning (or lack thereof), I do agree with ‘we’ being too inclusive and not all that professional when talking about the war on terrorism.

Detail is key. Stories should reference the men and women on the ground and here at home fighting the good fight. The LEAST we can give them is proper recognition for their efforts.

The overinclusive ‘we’ is bad journalism and bad writing. It’s unfortunate that a hack like Couric had to point it out, but that’s life.


5 posted on 09/26/2007 8:47:04 AM PDT by SomeReasonableDude (Back it up.)
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Interesting that many libs don’t like to be included in the “we” that is the people of the United States of America. I have noticed upon occasion, an opposite phenomenon. The wish, particularly by sports fans, to be included in the “we” that is their favorite team.

I chuckle when I hear a caller on one of the sports call-in shows remark that “once we brought in our closer, we really shut them down,” or “once we started blocking, we ran them off the field.” I think the “we” is okay if it’s your home high school or college, but it’s a bit much when using it for a favorite professional team, even one from a distant city.


6 posted on 09/26/2007 8:52:57 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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Listeb closely to mainstream media newscasts. They quite willingly use “we” when referring to poverty, lack of health care, crime, i.e. “we are a rich nation yet have 47 million w/o health insurance.” But, they purposely DO NOT use “we” with regard to Iraq, Afghanistan, the War on Terror, etc., because they (the press) feels they are apart from these struggles. So, for once, the mainstream press is honest. When it uses “we” for liberal domestic causes, we know where it stands. And when it doesn’t use “we” for life and death foreign engagements, we also know where it stands.


8 posted on 09/26/2007 9:01:01 AM PDT by carrier-aviator
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Many “professional journalists” sneered at my work. The most common criticism was that I lacked “objectivity” because I called enemy fighters “terrorists” when they used car bombs to blow up civilians, or because I openly admitted that as an American, I hoped “our side” would win. I seemed to get particularly bad marks for describing the outcomes of combat missions with terms like: “killed the enemy,” “shot the terrorist,” or “captured the suspects.” But in the context of the war as I was seeing it, the terminology was accurate.

Michael Yon.


10 posted on 09/26/2007 9:07:04 AM PDT by dighton
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Denigrating “this country”, and an abhorrence for any support of “this country”, tells us what is in their hearts.

Mat 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.


11 posted on 09/26/2007 9:12:02 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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