Comments on: The Boy Who Cried McCarthy http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/ America's favorite blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Bills Baseball Bat http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-13086 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:17:30 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-13086 Great Site! Great Site!

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-181 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-181 Adam, Bravo. It's time to put to bed the "Bush is a dumbass" tack. He's smart enough to put in danger 30 years of progressive legislation and imperil the entire planet. "Stoopit" he ain't. I for one amn't laughing at him anymore. Adam,

Bravo.

It’s time to put to bed the “Bush is a dumbass” tack. He’s smart enough to put in danger 30 years of progressive legislation and imperil the entire planet. “Stoopit” he ain’t. I for one amn’t laughing at him anymore.

]]> by: Raya http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-182 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-182 "Bush is a dangerous madman who gasses his own people"? Ooh, that sorta has a ring to it, actually (if tear gas and pepper spray count).... “Bush is a dangerous madman who gasses his own people”? Ooh, that sorta has a ring to it, actually (if tear gas and pepper spray count)….

]]> by: Rana http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-183 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-183 Bravo here too. ... I can't think of anything more to say... the situation's increasingly getting beyond comprehension -- it's like living in Bizarro-world. Bravo here too.

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I can’t think of anything more to say… the situation’s increasingly getting beyond comprehension — it’s like living in Bizarro-world.

]]> by: Nick http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-184 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-184 Well said, Adam. Very well said. Well said, Adam. Very well said.

]]> by: Rick Schmitz http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-185 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-185 I'd post something in agreement, but then they would have me on the record as cavorting with a known, ah... honest person. I’d post something in agreement, but then they would have me on the record as cavorting with a known, ah… honest person.

]]> by: Mike Z http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-186 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-186 Oh, how true! Your analogy of the compost heap in the fridge is wonderful. TV thinks that 'war promotion' is more entertaining than careful discussions of policy and diplomacy. Or perhaps they just think it's easier. (I believe the latter.) But I wonder if looking for more reasoned discourse at the local watering hole isn't similar. Most people go there to relax and get tipsy--not be made to worry about foreign policy catastrophes by some fancy-pants blogger. Plus, the problem is on both sides. If someone at my university suggests that military intervention might be justified, many liberals accuse them of wanting to bomb innocent babies. (As opposed to the evil, guilty babies, I guess.) As usual, the truly thoughtful people end up somewhere in the middle. (And anyone who isn't in the middle is an extremist fool and should be locked up forever. (Geez, this sure gets complicated in a hurry.)) Oh, how true! Your analogy of the compost heap in the fridge is wonderful. TV thinks that ‘war promotion’ is more entertaining than careful discussions of policy and diplomacy. Or perhaps they just think it’s easier. (I believe the latter.) But I wonder if looking for more reasoned discourse at the local watering hole isn’t similar. Most people go there to relax and get tipsy–not be made to worry about foreign policy catastrophes by some fancy-pants blogger.
Plus, the problem is on both sides. If someone at my university suggests that military intervention might be justified, many liberals accuse them of wanting to bomb innocent babies. (As opposed to the evil, guilty babies, I guess.)
As usual, the truly thoughtful people end up somewhere in the middle. (And anyone who isn’t in the middle is an extremist fool and should be locked up forever. (Geez, this sure gets complicated in a hurry.))

]]> by: jerry http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-187 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-187 I guess I don't get it. We were asked to go before the UN to present the case. This is the same international body whose committee on disarmament is chaired by Iraq. This is the same government body who sent inspectors to Iraq over 10 years ago. They finally concluded that a lot of really nasty stuff was unaccounted for. They told us how Iraq did everything it could to prevent them from doing their jobs. Now, under a credible threat of war, inspectors are allowed back in country. They were given a regurgitation of an incomplete and purposely confusing "Declaration" of Iraq's weapons programs. They have to negotiate to allow overflights of U2 planes. Why are they having to negotiate anything? Does anyone believe that the inspectors would be allowed to do anything without the credible threat of war? No one wants to go to war. My closest friends are leading sailors and soldiers right now in Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey and the Persian Gulf. This is very much a personal thing for me. Avoiding war if possible is the best choice but to do so at any price is the worst. I guess I don’t get it.

We were asked to go before the UN to present the case. This is the same international body whose committee on disarmament is chaired by Iraq. This is the same government body who sent inspectors to Iraq over 10 years ago. They finally concluded that a lot of really nasty stuff was unaccounted for. They told us how Iraq did everything it could to prevent them from doing their jobs.

Now, under a credible threat of war, inspectors are allowed back in country. They were given a regurgitation of an incomplete and purposely confusing “Declaration” of Iraq’s weapons programs. They have to negotiate to allow overflights of U2 planes. Why are they having to negotiate anything?

Does anyone believe that the inspectors would be allowed to do anything without the credible threat of war?

No one wants to go to war. My closest friends are leading sailors and soldiers right now in Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey and the Persian Gulf. This is very much a personal thing for me. Avoiding war if possible is the best choice but to do so at any price is the worst.

]]> by: Ken http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-188 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-188 I'm afraid that we've gone far beyond McCarthyism. McCarthy could only dream of what Bush, Ashcroft and their cronies have done... Not only have they made it Un-American to speak out against the President's ideas, but they've gotten congress to pass the Patriot Act. Here's a list of some <a href="http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/WarOnTerror/LegalRights.asp">changes to our Legal Rights*</a>. It's truly frightening that these basic rights we that we all learned in elementary school are no longer in effect. ...sigh I’m afraid that we’ve gone far beyond McCarthyism.
McCarthy could only dream of what Bush, Ashcroft and their cronies have done…
Not only have they made it Un-American to speak out against the President’s ideas, but they’ve gotten congress to pass the Patriot Act.
Here’s a list of some changes to our Legal Rights*.

It’s truly frightening that these basic rights we that we all learned in elementary school are no longer in effect.

…sigh

]]> by: aaron http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-189 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/02/20/the-boy-who-cried-mccarthy/#comment-189 I actually posted about this topic today too. Here's some advice for anyone who ever gets called "Un-American" or "Anti-American" for their beliefs on the "President" and his administration's policies... just say these four little words... "How'd you like Clinton?" ...and immediately your accuser will either commence their very own president-bashing (leaving them open to the same insults) or they'll shut up. If they claim that it was a different situation then, agree with them, because it WAS a different situation. (Clinton was actually elected.) I actually posted about this topic today too.

Here’s some advice for anyone who ever gets called “Un-American” or “Anti-American” for their beliefs on the “President” and his administration’s policies… just say these four little words…

“How’d you like Clinton?”

…and immediately your accuser will either commence their very own president-bashing (leaving them open to the same insults) or they’ll shut up. If they claim that it was a different situation then, agree with them, because it WAS a different situation.

(Clinton was actually elected.)

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