Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
As someone guilty on all three counts, I have to wonder aloud what the Great Lady might have made of the likes of El Rushbo and his current tirade against the honest criticism of Colin Powell.
Is this what it comes down to? Honorable and loyal servants of the public trust, acting and speaking in good faith being assaulted by a pompous, arrogant, self-righteous, bellicose wind bag of mediocre talent and no visible scruple? I am one of the first to defend the right of free speech but I cannot reconcile the Fat Man's vitriolic effluvia. Powell voiced an honest opinion in the interest of improving the state of the RNC, made a mild, professional criticism about the state of the debate coming from the right and Limbaugh, who is in no way whatsoever an official of the party, a veteran public servant in either military or civil capacity or even a credentialed journalist launches a personal assault on the man.
Words fail me.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Teh Winkest Links
So apparently I need to cross-link a few things from over on Pete's forum:
Thread about financial crisis.
Barbarians at the Gate
So the Talibani chieftains decided they weren't satisfied with just the valley, neh?
What a bleeding surprise. Asif Ali Zardari apparently never got the memo about negotiating from a position of strength. Far be it from me to tell the man how to do his job but I can't help feeling like holing up in defensive positions with underfunded, under trained forces while people intent on your execution roam the countryside at will isn't the great recipe for success. I can't argue that he doesn't want to look like an American lap-dog, but Zardari seriously needs to get off his ass and help us with these people before they completely overrun his supporters. He needs to understand where the real threat lies, stop worrying about India and demonstrate to his voters that A: the extremists are the worst enemy they could ask for and that B: he's got the chops to put an end to them and secure the peace.
Easy to say from my perch here in CONUS but my frustration is mounting. We cannot allow the nutters to get their hands on the PNA and I fully expect to see a massive deployment into Pakistan if they try it. How many weak foreign powers can we prop up, though? As usual, the line about prevention and worth comes to mind.
What a bleeding surprise. Asif Ali Zardari apparently never got the memo about negotiating from a position of strength. Far be it from me to tell the man how to do his job but I can't help feeling like holing up in defensive positions with underfunded, under trained forces while people intent on your execution roam the countryside at will isn't the great recipe for success. I can't argue that he doesn't want to look like an American lap-dog, but Zardari seriously needs to get off his ass and help us with these people before they completely overrun his supporters. He needs to understand where the real threat lies, stop worrying about India and demonstrate to his voters that A: the extremists are the worst enemy they could ask for and that B: he's got the chops to put an end to them and secure the peace.
Easy to say from my perch here in CONUS but my frustration is mounting. We cannot allow the nutters to get their hands on the PNA and I fully expect to see a massive deployment into Pakistan if they try it. How many weak foreign powers can we prop up, though? As usual, the line about prevention and worth comes to mind.
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