Posted on 04/22/2003 4:54:43 AM PDT by Beenliedto
Poor Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity, a radio talk-show host and Fox News whiner, has a one-rut mind. Every criticism or dissent, no matter what the subject, the topic or the source, is a left-wing attack against his hero, George W. Bush.
Well, what can you expect from an immature groupie? Every time he tries to think, his face reflects the pain of the effort. But he really showed his emptiness recently when he said that criticism of the United States failing to guard the Iraqi National Museum was — you guessed it — just left-wing soreheads who are mad that President Bush's war has been so successful.
Give me a break. That museum is one of the five greatest museums on Earth. It contained treasures that are the heritage of mankind. There are 140,000 U.S. military personnel in Iraq. We've protected all the oil fields, north and south. Do you really believe we couldn't have spared two fire teams to guard the irreplaceable artifacts of the beginnings of Western civilization? Of course we could have. Somebody just goofed.
This is not a left/right, liberal/conservative issue. It's not a question of patriots versus traitors, as the morons among the neoconservative crowd try to paint every human being who refuses to click his heels and salute their guru, Richard Perle, and their emperor, George Bush. This is a cultural issue. Three great treasures — the museum, the National Library and the largest collection of Koranic writings in the world — were looted and burned. Since we had destroyed the Iraqi government, it was our responsibility to protect them.
I don't blame President Bush. I'm sure he's unaware of their existence. After all, he brags about not reading. But what would we say if the crowds who have rioted in Washington in the past had been allowed to loot and burn the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress? Do you think we would have accepted an excuse that there weren't enough cops to protect those two treasures?
One hates to disillusion the permanently adolescent among us, but this tiny sliver of life in which we are participating is a dot on a long line of human civilization. One day, we will be as forgotten as the Assyrians, and hopefully some museum will have artifacts from our brief stay on the stage of history.
There is a definitely a whiff of anti-intellectualism — so characteristic of fascist states — in the air. Beware of bully boys who worship the military and scoff at museums and libraries. Beware of people whose limited brains see everyone as either an ally or an enemy. Beware of people who can't tell the difference between patriotism and military conquest. Beware of people so stupid and ignorant that they accept anything and everything the political and the media demagogues tell them.
Thomas Jefferson, who would have been outraged by the loss of the museum and the library, said, "Those who expect to be ignorant and free expect what never was and never will be." Amen cubed.
I'm no longer concerned about liberals or conservatives, leftists or rightists. I just pray to God for a non-ideologue with a three-digit IQ. If we don't elevate the level of intelligence and integrity of our government, we are going to end up floating on the cesspool of history.
As for anyone being disappointed that the war was conducted rapidly and successfully, that's bull. I was opposed to the war, but I'm damned glad it was quick and there were as few casualties as there have been. Every anti-war person I know of or have read feels the same way. You have to be a really sick puppy to imagine that anyone would want to see Americans die just because they disagree with the policy that put them in harm's way. Let me spell it out for the mentally impaired: People are anti-war because they do not wish to see anyone die — our soldiers, their soldiers, our civilians or their civilians. Anti-war is pro-life.
© 2003 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Yup.
Hannity is a disaster in the making for the conservative movement. We'll rue the day we made him one of our champions.
I absolutely agree. However, how many US lives would have been expendable in order to have prevented it? It was also the work of professional thieves who just waiting for the chance to steal.
He's a vicous, meanspirited nobody who thinks he has something worthwhile to say.
If you've seen him lately, you will see his body reflects the sour, overindulged person he has become.
He's repulsive!!
A tragedy is when a child dies. That was a robbery.
If Charlie Reese has a fault to some, it's that his writing reflects one who is TOO enamored of the Constitution. (Personally, I don't agree with this because one CAN'T be too enamored of the Constitution.)
He's like the elderly uncle who lives in the next town - cranky, and always seeming to find fault and reasons we shouldn't do what we want to do. As with anyone, sometimes he'll be right - sometimes he'll be wrong. But count on one thing - when Reese writes a column it has been well thought out. He's hard to pigeonhole as a liberal or a conservative - and maybe that's not a bad thing.
I DO wish he would lay off one of the favorite tactics of the left however - the "Bush is an idiot" ploy. (See quote above). IMO his writing and any points he makes risk being lost when he does it.
Sorry Charlie, must be some bad tuna you ate. "Heads I win, tails you lose" went out with the monolithic left-wing media bloc of the 70's, 80's and 90's that ensured such things.
"That museum is one of the five greatest museums on Earth. It contained treasures that are the heritage of mankind. There are 140,000 U.S. military personnel in Iraq. We've protected all the oil fields, north and south. Do you really believe we couldn't have spared two fire teams to guard the irreplaceable artifacts of the beginnings of Western civilization?
We could have and we should have. As conservatives, we need to be big enough to admit our mistakes and this one was a doozy...
However, it would be better for our side if people like Sean would take a less belligerent posture and point out the facts and suspicions about the thefts, rather than simply acting like the items were valueless.
Charlie Reese, on the other hand, is totally consumed with attacking the President at every turn. I cannot remember the details of his column just prior to the war, but it was so bad that I cancelled our local county paper over it.
And he isn't fooling me one bit. He, along with several others in the press, had their "Bush is to blame for the deaths of thousands" columns all ready to print.
The slide of mainstream Repubilcans into neocon stupidity has been disgraceful. Hopefully they will awake soon.
J
God help anyone who uses a strawman to give him or her daily intellectual stimulation.
Ok, then you didn't put your quote of what Sean said in context.
I don't get to listen to Sean every day, but I do know the intent of what he said.
BTW, it's aweful what happened, and I am only sorry that Iraq's did not protect the remnants of their heritage better.
Sorry Charlie, we took care of that in 2000!!
How so? See post #31.
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