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I saw a short clip with Hillary on the TV this morning. A talking-head news person asked her why she didn't speak out against the MoveON.org ad calling General David Petraeus, General Betray-us, for his report delivered to congress this past week.
Her response was something about a senate bill about people who say bad things about people who "faithfully serve the United States."
I think her response should have had more to do with FREEDOM OF SPEECH than anything else!
Freedom of speech is very important in this country, it's one of the main things that set us apart from the "not-so-free" countries.
Seems Hillary forget what we are fighting for!
I know lots of people that have Apple iPods and I've ask several of them what is the deal with the 2.5 inch LCD screen? They say, "it's cool, you can watch TV and video's on it" and I'm wondering whats so great about watching a video that is so small!
When I see network news with very low quality video that is really small and choppy I wonder at what point did something that, for all practical purposes is, un-watchable become the norm?
Wake up people, we should demand better!
Some time later this month all the new and existing TV shows will start up again. I don't like much on TV these days, but there are a few bright spots that I like to watch for some good entertainment.
Heroes
Ugly Betty
maybe LOST (just to see how badly they can "f" up the plot-line)
I'm sure there are a few I'm missing.
Mini Driver: (there is just something about her)
While it's true that I know very little about General David Petraeus, I do have some ideas of what is really going on in Iraq. You see my wife works for a very large Government defense contractor that send folks to Iraq to deploy some of the "latest and greatest" gadgets and doodads for the military to test and use. A lot of this stuff is for what is called "situational awareness," or so our guys will ALL know what each other is doing and we don't get caught in cross-fire, friendly-fire incidents and ALWAYS know where the bad guys are.
Anyways most of these guys are software engineers and hardware/software specialists, some retired military and some not, they never get to go beyond the "Green Zone" and even then they tell stories of isolation and the feeling you are cut-off from the rest of the world and the city your are in (in this case Baghdad).
Therefor when I say I think General Petraeus fed the United States Congress a line of BS in his report it is just "my opinion" however backed with some reasonable information.
A lot has happened in the past few weeks, I have had some computer issues (lost all my bookmarks, some links, email and several programs) so I haven't been updating my blog. On another sad note, there is only one person that I know of that has actually read my blog on a consistent basis. I don't know the guy personally, he does seem to be very intelligent and in a lot of things agrees with me. I enjoy reading his blog and occasionally will comment on his posts.
What's my point, well as my wife called me to dinner in the middle of this post, I don't really know.
My train of thought has completely derailed.
In today's news, General "Betray US" gave his report to the Congress. Was his report fair and truthful? Was it the report the President wanted him to give, or was it the report on what is really happening in Iraq?
When Anderson Cooper said "the reason not as many Iraqi civilians are being killed is because . . ." and I quote here, "there just aren't that many people left to kill!"
What a great line to broadcast on a national newscast.
On to the next item.
Why do people let their kids behave so poorly in public? I mean, isn't it like holding up a neon sign saying "Hey everybody, I suck at this whole parenting thing!" In much the same way that having the entire front end of your car smashed in says "Watch out for me, I crash into things!"
People are just plain silly!
