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Tuesday, March 16, 2004


Take heart kiddies

Forget everything you’ve ever learned growing up. Apparently, all you have to do nowadays is whine and complain and you get your way. Even though you screwed up to begin with.

Just make sure it’s all about you

Posted by Drumwaster at 02:14 PM | (0) Trackbacks
Category: Sports |

Offense or Defense?

Professor Reynolds point to a Bill Hobbs post about the difference between Bush and Kerry.

Do we keep the coach who is playing offense in the War on Terror, taking the battle to where the enemy lives and breeds, smashing their stronghold in Afghanistan, setting a trap for them in Iraq, and confronting Islamist terrorists by planting that which they loathe the most - freedom and democracy for Muslims - in the heart of their territory. Or do we hire a new coach who will switch to defense and focus on preparing the firefighters and police and “first responders’ to douse the flames and dig the bodies from under the rubble of the next attack?

Think of it this way, what’s the worst thing a defense (let’s say, in football) can do when they get the lead with less than 2 minutes to go? Go into the Prevent....it NEVER works. The offense always finds a way to score.


Posted by Drumwaster at 11:36 AM | (0) Trackbacks
Category: War on Terrorism |

Just a quick political observation

Whenever you hear a politician get asked a question, I want you folks to start paying attention and listen for the following phrase: “That’s not the real question...”, or variations thereof, all of which re-define the “real” problem.

I’ve seen it more and more frequently recently, and I’m seeing a trend. Whenever a politician (or his handlers) get asked a “yes/no” question on a contentious issue, they will dance and dodge and use that phrase to move the discussion onto whatever positive spin they have managed to come up with.

But that phrase should be the red flag. Watch for it.

Posted by Drumwaster at 09:11 AM | (0) Trackbacks
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