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In Praise of Joe Wilson: What's Wrong with Calling Out Liars in Congress? Fri, 09/11/2009 - dlindorff Liberals are acting all righteous and offended that a member of the Republican opposition, Rep. "Joe" Wilson of South Carolina, would deign to besmirch the "dignity of the presidency" by calling out "Liar!" in the middle of President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. But what's wrong with that? [ ... ] Whack-job or not, Rep. Wilson did the cause of democracy and honest discourse a favor when, faced with a statement he felt was clearly false, he found he couldn't repress the urge to call the president a "liar." In doing so, he put a much-needed ding in the wholly inappropriate and dangerous imperial aura of "respect" that has grown like lichens around the office of President. No more than anyone else in this nation, a president should have to earn the respect not just of the members of Congress, but of the broader public. He or she is another citizen, no more and no less, and when a president, like President Obama in this instance, dissembles, exaggerates or attempts to deceive or mislead, it is healthy for democracy if he is called out on it immediately and publicly. We need more honesty in Washington, not more civility. ==== Radical Honesty Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6kSUgvPpyQ Charlie Sheen's Video Message to President Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyKR2-A0KPU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q5mOXXirNs Charlie Sheen Demands Obama Reopen 9/11 Investigation In Video Message September 10, 2009 http://www.infowars.com/charlie-sheen-demands-obama-reopen-911-investigation-in-video/ video: Between the Lies (2009) - full length film http://www.911blogger.com/node/21011 Trying to Avoid Pain, Americans Have Only Delayed the Invevitable and Allowed the Cancer to Spread http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GovernmentShadow/message/30767 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shadowgovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
