tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post4830109042015874462..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Napolitano apologizes for realityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-9392333896134538582009-04-18T21:17:00.000-04:002009-04-18T21:17:00.000-04:00"... acting like they're the owners and operators ..."... acting like they're the owners and operators of this republic and the rest of us are weak-willed pansies ..."<br /><br />This is almost exactly the terms that Paxton uses to describe the profile of the Italian veterans who became the first fascists.<br /><br />"these are a small minority in the military"<br /><br />Yes. The Malkin-sphere has problem with basic reasoning, especially when it conflicts with their sense of victimization and rhetorical expression of "support" for the troops. Saying that some fruit are apples (and that some of these apples may go bad under particular conditions) is not equivalent to saying that all fruit are apples and will necessarily go bad.<br /><br />"Some become left-wing anti-war activists ..."<br /><br />Howard Zinn comes to mind. I love how chicken-hawks like Limbaugh demonize anti-war folks as being girly, gay, sissies, while someone like Zinn was actually in the military and fought in WWII. Paul Kurtz, who epitomizes what Limbaugh demonizes as being an efete liberal "new castrati", also was in the military during WWII.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-22435213410937276372009-04-18T19:11:00.000-04:002009-04-18T19:11:00.000-04:00Yeah its amazing how these idiots are responding "...Yeah its amazing how these idiots are responding "they insulted the troops" blah blah blah. <br /><br />Isn't it obvious that the military is made up of a heterogenous population?<br /><br />Veterans will react to their experiences in a whole variety of ways.<br /> <br />Some will adjust just fine, some won't.<br /><br />Some become left-wing anti-war activists like the heroic (in my opinion) IVAW. Some become pro-war conservative ideologues, but will remain within mainstream establishment parameters.<br /><br />And a few may move towards right-wing patriot movements, and that is who the DHS was warning against.<br /><br />And it is also worth noting that we already know that some military veterans are adjusting poorly and this is evidenced by the statistics on domestic violence, suicides etc.. <br /><br />And now it seems the Fox News and talk radio centered right-wing in this country are being very hyperbolic in their rhetoric in this country, which will feed right-wing extremists.Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743116454273042629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-30943615966483073292009-04-18T14:49:00.000-04:002009-04-18T14:49:00.000-04:00If we ever find out who the people who manned the ...If we ever find out who the people who manned the gulag created by the Cheney torture and assassination bureau are, mark my words: we'll find veterans of the first gulf war, as well as a host of other ex-military.<br /><br />These are the people who went through SERE training, or who ran the "School of the Americas" training program for the Central American military dicatorships.<br /><br />Peruse the comments on right-wing blogs and you'll find them using names like "hawk-something" and acting like they're the owners and operators of this republic and the rest of us are weak-willed pansies. Classic examples of authoritarian followers, they're utterly ripe for being co-opted into domestic terrorism.<br /><br />Let me be perfectly clear: these are a small minority in the military, even now, with its relaxed requirements on recruits. The vast majority of people in the military represent the best of us. But there are always those in any population whose morality suffers under stress, and who lose what little capacity for empathy they ever had -- and military service in the Bush years has been incredibly stressful. The result is a significant number of people who, like McVeigh, will turn out violent and anti-social.<br /><br />Every month that the insane wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue, we manufacture more like them. Crime prevention agencies that ignore or deny these facts imperil the public safety.C2H50Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099404831776274929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-26417053637021892622009-04-17T20:22:00.000-04:002009-04-17T20:22:00.000-04:00Was Voltaire certain about that?Undoubtably.<I>Was Voltaire certain about that?</I>Undoubtably.NALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12244370945682162312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-69070848569385069502009-04-17T10:39:00.000-04:002009-04-17T10:39:00.000-04:00"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty ..."Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." - Voltaire<br /><br />Was Voltaire certain about that?<br /><br />I'm certain about this <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6qC6FCiY0" REL="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6qC6FCiY0</A>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.com