Well it is true that if that nurse's aide is guilty of murder because she should have known that that man would die and because she should have stopped it, what does that make Bush?
Still. It is also true that he reminds me of half a dozen decent men I met out in Hill Country, ranchers and churchgoers, all very sure of the Maybe the phrase I am looking for here is "the banality of evil." It was used to describe Albert Eichmann, who was hung for running the administrative end of the Nazi death camps. Ruth Arendt said he went to his death never understanding what he did that was so wrong. He left the policy decisions to others. I am sure I will get plenty flamed for this analogy, but it seems apt, here at midnight. Dana On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:32:10 -0500, Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So he is being looked at somewhat like Nixon was? He is untouchable, but > the > genius/millionaires he is surrounded with are the real crooks? > > Actually I think the articles, both of them, are cutting him way too much > slack. > > Oh, and I realize the Farwellians are lock step with him, because he is > helping > their agenda. You know, the one "We know what is best for you" control > factor. > > ====================================== > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 > ====================================== > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:06 PM > Subject: Re: Can Bush Be Both Ignorant and a Liar? > > > | maybe quite a while. Criticism of his administration is still framed in > | terms of of "bashing" and gives rise to accusations of personal > dislike. > | Yeah, ok, he is a real nice guy, now can we talk about his record? > | > | I think he strikes a chord in the middle -america religious right, > which > | sees him as a decent man trying to do the right thing. I am an agnostic > on > | that; I think somebody in his administration is lying but I do think > maybe > | it isn't him. Except, as Howie's author points out, that wilfully > ignoring > | the truth because you don't want to know it eventually becomes telling > an > | untruth. You can only cut the not so bright *so* much slack. > | > | Dana > | > | On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:38:12 -0500, Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | > | > A very good point made in the last paragraph of that report: > | > > | > <blockquote> > | > Of course, it's still possible the promised massive stockpile of WMD > will > | > be > | > found. Personally, I hope it is discovered. I'd hate to think our > | > President and > | > his staff sent all those American soldiers and innocent civilians to > | > their > | > deaths based on a big, fat, stinking lie. If a Democratic president > can > | > be > | > impeached for lying about having oral sex with an intern, can a > | > Republican > | > president be impeached for tricking the American people into fighting > an > | > unnecessary war? > | > I would certainly hope so. > | > </blockquote> > | > > | > I guess people believe the lies because they want to. I wonder just > how > | > long he > | > will get away with it? > | > > | > > | > > | > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:13 PM > | > Subject: Re: Can Bush Be Both Ignorant and a Liar? > | > > | > > | > | It seems possible to me that Bush hears what he wants to hear. So > | > | apparently does the American public: > | > | > | > | "According to a Los Angeles Times poll conducted in April, more > than > | > half > | > | of the American public wrongly believes Saddam Hussein was > personally > | > | involved in the 9-11 terrorist attacks. A recent poll reveals that > 22 > | > | percent of Americans falsely believe biological weapons have > already > | > been > | > | discovered in Iraq and were actually used on U.S. troops during the > | > war." > | > | > | > | http://alibi.com/alibi/current/oped_section.html#edit > | > | > | > | Dana > | > | > | > | On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:09:37 -0400, Howie Hamlin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | wrote: > | > | > | > | > http://slate.msn.com/id/2084730/ > | > | > > | > | > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
