Anytime a "journalist" starts using colorful language to set the stage of his or her "report" -- "retorted" "screamed" "purplemonkeydishwasher" -- I pretty much chalk it up to yellow journalism and ignore it.
Unfortunately, my friends in the blogosphere aren't quite so inclined. Which is sad. The fact of the matter is, we've got a war going on where people are dying daily because of this administration's repeated failure to properly fact-check and deliberate. We don't need any more reason to dislike this administration than that.
Of course, if you believe my conservative military friends, there are "state secrets" civilians just don't know. Things that, if the American people did know them, it would blow our little minds!!! And that is why we had to go to war, Steph. Someday, it'll all come out in the open and YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
That's like the Santa Claus of war arguments. And it doesn't fly in a democracy.
Hm. This has turned into an anti-war post. Sorry about that. Sigh.+
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Date: 2005-12-10 08:35 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, my friends in the blogosphere aren't quite so inclined. Which is sad. The fact of the matter is, we've got a war going on where people are dying daily because of this administration's repeated failure to properly fact-check and deliberate. We don't need any more reason to dislike this administration than that.
Of course, if you believe my conservative military friends, there are "state secrets" civilians just don't know. Things that, if the American people did know them, it would blow our little minds!!! And that is why we had to go to war, Steph. Someday, it'll all come out in the open and YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
That's like the Santa Claus of war arguments. And it doesn't fly in a democracy.
Hm. This has turned into an anti-war post. Sorry about that. Sigh.+