Isn't it nice to know that in this enlightened age, hypocrisy is alive and well? How do I know this? Well after watching the events of the last week, I would be hard pressed NOT to.
This Country does not go for the jugular against...oh...say Ann Coulter...who is selling her books on her attacks against what many of us would consider patriotic...I mean those wives who lost husbands to the 9/11 attacks, and those family members, like Cindy Sheehan who lost family members to this allegedly Patriotic...(how can ANYONE think killing is a badge of Patriotism)...war..but let someone...oh Like the Dixie Chicks dare to dis the President, a man who by the way has done very little to prove HIS patriotism...and they are vilified, receive death threats and are treated as enemies that rank higher on the list than Osama. Remember him...Osama Bin Laden...the man Bush said was 100% responsible for 9/11...until he decided that Saddam was responsible and had WMDs...that he didn't have?
Ann Coulter has not served in Iraq. The Dixie Chicks have not served in Iraq. Ann Coulter was still in diapers during the Viet Nam War. The Dixie Chicks weren't even twinkles in their parent's eyes. Ann Coulter cannot claim any talents that she can separate FROM extreme tenets of Bush Patriotism that she spouts with arrogant though misinformed regularity. The Dixie Chicks rode to fame on...My God...their MUSICAL talents. Having no discernible talents has not kept Ms. Coulter from spouting her outrageous venom...BUT because the Dixie Chicks ARE gifted, they have been told to stick to their gifts and stop mouthing off.
Hmmm Talented trio but not allowed to open their mouths.
Hmmm. A woman with NO talent but who constantly is opening her mouth and spewing BS.
Dixie Chicks are unpatriotic for not liking Bush AND having the guts to say so.
Ann Coulter hates the loved ones of the military and the TRUE victims of 9/11...but ADORES all things BUSH.
Bush never went to War. (Daddy Bush got him out of it.) But he knows more about war and the military because due to the Supreme Court sticking their noses into what was SUPPOSED to have been a democratic election process, he's the Commander in Chief. As Commander in Chief he captured Saddam...NOT Osama. He directed the conditions that led to Abu Grhaib...and more recently the massacre in Haditha. (I KNOW you were still in diapers Ms. Coulter, but your bud SHOULD remember the Mi Lai massacre during the Viet Nam War, but trust me Ms. Coulter, massacres of innocents are NOT good things.)
The Dixie Chicks are having to cancel concerts here in the good old U.S. of A. because they dissed the President. Don't you find it ironic that back in 2002 Rummy and Bush's other band of Merry Men were dissing the French but today are having to practically get down and lick their heels to gain their support. ALSO while the U.S. is having its concerts cancelled, the Dixie Chicks are having to ADD dates to their International dates? Somehow I cannot imagine Ms. Coulter having to add BOOK SIGNING dates for her tome of outrageous trash...either here or abroad.
Hypocrisy.
Ann Coulter...LOVES Bush but HATES the men and women in the military and their families who are the ones making the sacrifices so SHE has the freedom to flap her gums. Yet she tells these fine people NOT to flap theirs because by doing so they are taking advantage of the tragic losses of their family's lives.
The Dixie Chicks don't like Bush. Given his approval rating they are not alone.
The Dixie Chicks fans feel betrayed. EXCUSE ME!!! Who betrayed whom? You ADORED the outspoken manners of the Dixie Chicks BB...(Before Bush)...yet wanted them to change AB (After Bush)...because it was the PATRIOTIC THING TO DO!!!
My patriotism lies in honoring the sacrifices made by those who ACTUALLY give their all to protect and serve. The men and women of the Military AND their families. The families who have to live with the starkest losses after 9/11.
Bush is the President...because he's the president he automatically deserves to be treated like he's some kind of a god?
Not that long ago Bill Clinton was the president, I don't remember the Republicans doling out much in the way of respect, do you? In fact, I seem to remember Ann Coulter coming onto the scene about then and being one of the talking heads that had the MOST to say AGAINST President Clinton. How is it that her challenging, and disrespecting Clinton was O.K. but anyone who dares speak out against Bush is UN-patriotic?
HYPOCRISY...YEP...it IS INDEED ALIVE AND WELL!
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I am not an agent with the IRS so I do not know first hand where Ms. Sheehan's finances come from, but I can speculate. My guess is that there are agencies such as Veteran's groups, that hold their own fund raisers to aid in Ms. Sheehan's quest. (Just as politicians have fund raisers).
Some of this world's STRONGEST advocates and forces for change have been those who have turned tragedy into a forum for change. Nelson Mandela...although I am sure Ms. Sheehan would not consider heself a Mandela...still he was arrested for his advocacy against what he considered wrong.
Ms. Sheehan has only asked for an audience with the President so she could ask him WHY. I am sure there are PLENTY of hours in the long, dark hours of the night, when she falls in despair upon her grief, but by refusing to have an audience, President Bush and his advisors have given Ms. Sheehan the PUBLIC platform to continue to pursue such an audience. He gave her the notoriety that has allowed others to rally around her, philosophically, AND financially. And THAT is a truth in Texas AND Everywhere else you happen to be!
"Texas Truth" has blazed a trail all over the internet, promoting his site in blog commments.
Unfortunately, he often distorts or downright makes it up as he goes along.
Wingnuttery is not "truth."
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