Apologies to all for stepping in here but I just had to. Long time lurker here but this topic has me on fire. Can’t. Sit. Still. Any. More.
It is this sort of behavior that makes me give Hillary credit for one thing (and one thing only) and that is her assertion that a certain B Hussein Obama is in no way ready for a 3 AM call. He’s in no better shape to answer a late night 976-number. Actually, now that I think about it...
This man is beyond anything that I could have ever imagined and I certainly imagined the worst. In the approach to the election there were people hollaring about this being the end of civilization as we know it (Apocalypse speak) and how Obama is going to dismantle the country from the inside out, and I never did put too much weight in that. It was too over the top. But now it’s probably only a week or three past his First 100 Days. If he’s already this comfortable being so outrageously disrespectful to those who protect his abilty to take a fresh breath every day by keeping him (and the rest of us) out of harm’s way, I can only imagine what may be next. Slippery slope indeed.
And to think that certain people in this country, when asked the question, “if you could avoid another 9/11 by waterboarding somebody, for instance, would you?” And they respond “no,” because it’s too harsh or against the law or whatever their reasoning. And then it’s taken to a more personal level and they’re asked, “if you could save your child by waterboaring, again for instace, somebody, would you?” And their response is still no, I have to think those are not the kind of people who have any right to vote at all because they are not the people that this country’s forefathers expected to be products of, by, and for.
The above scenario of questions was watched by my wife and I this morning on a local morning “news” show on the local Fox affiliate here in Los Angeles. It was a stunning commentary on (please excuse me but I fail to find a more appropriate word in my apparenty limited lexicon) the “pussification” of America. And it’s not an isolated comment or a unique sentiment as I’m rather sure a lot of you here are all too aware.
And to CaptainAmiigaf, you are soooo right on! Military training, let alone things that happen at weekly keggers at coleges around the world, make half of these “interrogation techniques” seem downright playful. Give me a catepillar in a room any day. God Bless Daniel Pearl. ‘Nuff said.
-Mini
Welcome.
Great first post. With posts like that, your should have come around a long time ago.
I totally agree with what you term the “pussification” of America. You’re absolutely correct.