tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post113573036855627543..comments2023-06-25T08:12:06.640-07:00Comments on tested by research: All Of These Things Have Happenedallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1136303555015136062006-01-03T07:52:00.000-08:002006-01-03T07:52:00.000-08:00Why are there no mobs with pitchforks and torches ...Why are there no mobs with pitchforks and torches at the gates of the White House?<BR/><BR/>Simple: Fear.<BR/><BR/>The American population -- and I say this from the perspective of watching from nearby, but outside, the US -- has been simmering in terror for over four years. And that warps perceptions.<BR/><BR/>The average American does not know why 9/11 happened. The average American does not know why the war in Iraq happened. The press is delivering this information in disconnected bits and pieces, and none of it makes sense. <BR/><BR/>All the people know is that Bush took action to defend them. Never mind that he acted both criminally and immorally, never mind that he invaded the wrong country; he kicked a dictator's butt, and that makes him the Great Protector. And anyone who attacks the defender of the nation must automatically be a traitor.Jim Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055890093400186033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1136174190553764982006-01-01T19:56:00.000-08:002006-01-01T19:56:00.000-08:00I have little doubt that US journalists were just ...I have little doubt that US journalists were just as aware of the nature and methods of their government in 2001 as they are today. That nature and those methods (irrespective of which party happens to be in government) have not changed. What has changed is that, for the first time, they are common knowledge, threatening the legitimacy of both government as such and the media, which is why I view this type of article as an extreme form of damage control (to protect both the journalists and the government).Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1135966357619441372005-12-30T10:12:00.000-08:002005-12-30T10:12:00.000-08:00LOL :)LOL :)laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1135883179164621382005-12-29T11:06:00.000-08:002005-12-29T11:06:00.000-08:00What a country.Hey, if you don't like it, move to ...<I>What a country.</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, if you don't like it, move to Russia.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah... you did. :)Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318121728390536014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1135783404551804692005-12-28T07:23:00.000-08:002005-12-28T07:23:00.000-08:00One wonders if Osama bin Laden didn't win after al...<I>One wonders if Osama bin Laden didn't win after all.</I><BR/><BR/>This reminds me of <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/26/shields.terror/index.html" REL="nofollow">something else I read</A>. Many conservative columnists finally see the junta for what it is.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.com