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Fairly Unbalanced

12.14.07 @ 12:01AM

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Plus, we would all get a great laugh.
-- Mrs. Jackson

I say we clean out all of Congress and replace it with some reasonable people. Who's with me? I know there are some good reps up there, but they don't stand up and take action nearly often enough. We need to teach the whole of them a serious lesson.

This is just another example of how childish too many of our congressmen and women have become. There's a simple way to tell a mature adult from an immature adult. The mature adult stands up and takes responsibility for their actions, good or bad. If it is true that the Congressional oversight committees were fully informed on the interrogations and the methods used, than we don't need to be hearing about their so called "indignation" at this point.

Personally, I say that if waterboarding is as effective as it would appear, let's keep doing it when necessary. No lasting harm, no ill effects, and apparently very effective, even on the most hardened of terrorists. What's the problem?

Then again, I often say it. Like our government can do anything right.
-- Charles Campbell
Austin, Texas

Bob, if ONLY this behavior on the part of Congressional Democrats was just merely mendacious, it wouldn't be so serious a matter. However, this decades old reprehensible behavior, particularly virulent since 2000, supported and sustained by the MSM, as noted by Quin Hillyer in his article, makes this a truly frightening proposition for the very survival of America.

Congressional Democrats are free to act irresponsibly as long as fools like Maher, Matthews, and Olbermann are there to sustain the alternative reality these folks dwell in. As in the case of the New Republic, one simply creates myth out of whole cloth, in order to sustain the ideological bias ; Mr. Beauchamp, meet Dan Rather. Yep, these folks have managed to transform Orwell's fiction into reality.

But Squeaker Pelosi's poor imitation of Claude Raines's Capt. Renault notwithstanding, what's truly disgusting about this entire interrogation tapes episode is the transparent disappointment Congress & the MSM are demonstrating. Practically foaming at the mouth at their lost opportunity to exploit the tapes for all they're worth, one imagines Matthews & Olbermann obsessing over Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's visage, as he squirms and begs to reveal all he knows. Throw in Henry Waxman and the ACLU for 24/7 hearings, and it's no wonder these folks are apoplectic. Frankly, I'd have loved to see these "warriors" shown for the cowards they truly are. But somehow, our friends on the left would have managed to make the Sheikh out to be a tragic figure. Is that depressing or what?
-- A. DiPentima

I sure wish the terrorist would waterboard our troops instead of cutting off their heads or shooting them. Come on McCain do you see them "playing" fair? Where is Jack Bauer when we need him?

Do we really need the Democrats in office? They hate America and all she stands for, freedom and capitalism.
-- Elaine Kyle

GOVERNMENT DONE RIGHT
Re: Patrick J. Michaels's Inventing the Whirlwind:

I think Patrick Michaels is being too diplomatic in his assessment that the NHC is hyping storms/hurricanes to save more lives and property. The NHC (and TWC) have a vested interest in ensuring their predictions come true. One reason is probably funding. But I believe the real reason is ideology: these folks have all bought into the man-caused global warming line, and it sure must feel better to "know" your predictions and ideological leanings are correct, even if one must fudge a bit to make it so. Remember the hockey stick curve.
-- Karl F. Auerbach

MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
Re: Eric Peters' Turning Left on Red:

We will never have a tiered traffic licensing system, but we should. The one-size-fits-all system does not promote safety, but it does breed hostility towards law enforcement agencies. I have been driving since age 16. I am 67 now, have driven several hundred thousand miles since then, and have never had a major accident, at-fault or otherwise. I ignore whatever traffic laws I can get away with. Almost every time I drive at high speeds I must make a decision between doing the safe thing and the legal thing. Naturally I prefer the safe course, but there are far too many instances wherein I must eschew safety because I am in a well-patrolled area.
-- Ken Cory
China, Michigan

Wow! I would never have thought about using such a system, but I have to agree, it would be great!

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