Posted by Snoozin on June 30, 2004, at 9:21:44
In reply to I've got an opinion » Snoozin, posted by Racer on June 29, 2004, at 19:13:29
>> but I happen to agree with him in general principles, so I'm interested in seeing how he does it.)
<<That's a good way to express it. I feel the same.But, unrelated I suppose, I am getting to the point now of not opposing the war, because it's done, it's happened, there's nothing we can do about it now. And I'm focusing on how we can find a resolution to this, help set up a viable representative government in Iraq and help rebuild their economic infrastructure. Whoever said, "we broke it, now we own it" -- I totally agree. We have a moral obligation to help get Iraq back on its feet.
>>Some of the cable news channels make me grind my teeth, because they present such an insular view of the world and such a paucity of Actual News.
<<God, yes. An *in depth story* on NBC Nightly News lasts about 2 minutes!
>>So many people I've come into contact with just don't seem to think of questioning what they hear from any one source.
<<Isn't it funny how some people complain the media is too liberal and too quick to point out everything Bush does that's wrong? And I sit here and wonder what the heck is going on that we don't know about? When it comes to news, I'm not liberal or conservative. I want the truth, and I want it all, so I can make up my own mind....
> (And I think the idea of encouraging Congresspeople to send their own sons and daughters into the military is a great one -- and to public schools, too, for that matter.)
<<I'll always love Jimmy Carter for that one, sending Amy to DC public schools. I live in Maryland, I know what that truly meant. And I admire it.
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