Please keep your sober statements to yourself. We're all going to die under Chimpy McHitlerburton's reign of terror. Accept it. Embrace it. It's our destiny.
My point is, people here claim terrorism isn't a problem because it affects so few people, so it's an irrational fear. My point is the odds of a person in the govt. looking at my personal data is at least as low as getting caught up in a terrorist attack, so it's also an irrational fear to be worried about being spied on, if you believe that line of argument. Personally, I think both issues are real concerns, but I don't see how you can be concerned about one but not the other since both issues limit freedom
if there's one fault that Glidedon has is that he didn't cite where he got the letter from. there is another digg already posted about this letter that is attributed to powerlineblog.com, an evil neocon war for oil bushie bush bush chimpy mchitlerburton blog ran by some lawyers from minnesota, named John Hinderaker and some other guy. the lieutenant sent a copy to that blog and the blog posted it on the website. as far as i can tell, Glidedon is claiming that he is Lt. Cotton as much as one of the commenters here is claiming that he is Treasury Secretary John Snow.so, while i understand your state of confusion at the fact that a soldier can write a decent letter and has a harvard education and is against the New York Times' (PULITZER PRIZE WINNING, BITCH!) conduct, please get your panties untwisted, and acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, there are well-spoken and highly educated soldiers on the ground and that they are not a bunch of stupid idiot zombies with a bucktooth and a sister for a wife like you are assuming.but good job on supporting the troops! :thumbsup:
Yes, but how much did the media in WW2 shape the perception of the war? If today's media culture was transported back to the 1940's, I think they would have leaked everything. It's an interesting hypothetical, no?
Just like I said in my earlier comment. These stories give our enemies more ammo. Everyone talks about how this administration has so many secrets. FYI, there are farm more secret things that have and will continue on within any government. We do not have the absolute right to know everything. You will never understand this burden until you work within the government (and attain a high enough rank) and have your personal friends die in your arms because some reporter decided to make things public. That's the only point I'm trying to make.
Perception is reality. Even if we have the facts on the side, the perceived information could still result in death. Some people are killed on the facts before the death will not undo the hatred and will result in more death.Do you agree.
pawchikapawpawJun 27, 2006
Please keep your sober statements to yourself. We're all going to die under Chimpy McHitlerburton's reign of terror. Accept it. Embrace it. It's our destiny.
geekeeJun 28, 2006
My point is, people here claim terrorism isn't a problem because it affects so few people, so it's an irrational fear. My point is the odds of a person in the govt. looking at my personal data is at least as low as getting caught up in a terrorist attack, so it's also an irrational fear to be worried about being spied on, if you believe that line of argument. Personally, I think both issues are real concerns, but I don't see how you can be concerned about one but not the other since both issues limit freedom
pawchikapawpawJun 28, 2006
if there's one fault that Glidedon has is that he didn't cite where he got the letter from. there is another digg already posted about this letter that is attributed to powerlineblog.com, an evil neocon war for oil bushie bush bush chimpy mchitlerburton blog ran by some lawyers from minnesota, named John Hinderaker and some other guy. the lieutenant sent a copy to that blog and the blog posted it on the website. as far as i can tell, Glidedon is claiming that he is Lt. Cotton as much as one of the commenters here is claiming that he is Treasury Secretary John Snow.so, while i understand your state of confusion at the fact that a soldier can write a decent letter and has a harvard education and is against the New York Times' (PULITZER PRIZE WINNING, BITCH!) conduct, please get your panties untwisted, and acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, there are well-spoken and highly educated soldiers on the ground and that they are not a bunch of stupid idiot zombies with a bucktooth and a sister for a wife like you are assuming.but good job on supporting the troops! :thumbsup:
pneillJun 28, 2006
Yes, but how much did the media in WW2 shape the perception of the war? If today's media culture was transported back to the 1940's, I think they would have leaked everything. It's an interesting hypothetical, no?
brewdawg78Jul 3, 2006
Just like I said in my earlier comment. These stories give our enemies more ammo. Everyone talks about how this administration has so many secrets. FYI, there are farm more secret things that have and will continue on within any government. We do not have the absolute right to know everything. You will never understand this burden until you work within the government (and attain a high enough rank) and have your personal friends die in your arms because some reporter decided to make things public. That's the only point I'm trying to make.
brewdawg78Oct 9, 2006
Perception is reality. Even if we have the facts on the side, the perceived information could still result in death. Some people are killed on the facts before the death will not undo the hatred and will result in more death.Do you agree.