Comments on: Blue Force http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:12:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: paul http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141835 paul Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:55:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141835 Do any one of them feel that they have any responsibility for the tragic state of civil discourse in this nation? Do any one of them feel that they have any responsibility for the tragic state of civil discourse in this nation?

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141833 John Emerson Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:41:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141833 I agree with Yabonn. I don't see a way out though. I agree with Yabonn. I don’t see a way out though.

]]> By: John Isbell http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141830 John Isbell Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:00:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141830 One could ask Fred Barnes how he feels about Amazon deleting negative reader reviews of his book (notably the General's). No, not for obscenity. One could ask Fred Barnes how he feels about Amazon deleting negative reader reviews of his book (notably the General’s). No, not for obscenity.

]]> By: tom bach http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141820 tom bach Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:19:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141820 Abe Simpson always says angrys up the blood and he should know the correct usage. Abe Simpson always says angrys up the blood and he should know the correct usage.

]]> By: gmoke http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141813 gmoke Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:26:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141813 I go to the brown bag lunches at Harvard's Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics, and Public Policy. They have big name journos and others just about every week and I generally get to ask one question. If people are interested, I would appreciate help in formulating questions that can hit these mules upside the head with a two by four. I go to the brown bag lunches at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics, and Public Policy. They have big name journos and others just about every week and I generally get to ask one question. If people are interested, I would appreciate help in formulating questions that can hit these mules upside the head with a two by four.

]]> By: Ian http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141806 Ian Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:59:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141806 "Hotten"? Warmen, maybe. “Hotten”? Warmen, maybe.

]]> By: yabonn http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141802 yabonn Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:21:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141802 Certainly a useful initiative, by fine people, for good reasons. Tactically, it's surely a good idea for the left in u.s. to put the emphasize on the military, vets, etc, etc. But the result is that the two big parties sometimes seem to be competing to be more pro-military than the other. In the media, i can't count anymore the times the above the fray, down to earth, been in the wars, no nonsense, etc, military type come to Speak the Truth with Street Cred (for one party or another). It's just an example i admit, but i find this diffuse militarism unhealthy. Certainly a useful initiative, by fine people, for good reasons. Tactically, it’s surely a good idea for the left in u.s. to put the emphasize on the military, vets, etc, etc.

But the result is that the two big parties sometimes seem to be competing to be more pro-military than the other.

In the media, i can’t count anymore the times the above the fray, down to earth, been in the wars, no nonsense, etc, military type come to Speak the Truth with Street Cred (for one party or another).

It’s just an example i admit, but i find this diffuse militarism unhealthy.

]]> By: Kevin Donoghue http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/comment-page-1/#comment-141789 Kevin Donoghue Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:17:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/26/blue-force/#comment-141789 I thought I'd comment here just to see if I could. I thought I’d comment here just to see if I could.

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