Comments on: In Focus: Petraeus Speaks But Who’s Listening?

By: John Samford

John Samford — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:45:00 +0000

When things are going well, no change is goooood.
Most change is bad anyway. Change can be winning the Lottery, or having your leg torn off by a pit bull. Most people tend to think more about the lottery then the pit bull. This is a well known psychological fact that changemongers and other con men use to fool people.
The trick is to avoid being pinned down on exactly what the change is. If the change is delineated, the suckers will start to find the flaws in it. If the con man stays vague, then the suckers fill in the details them selves. The most believable lie is the one you tell yourself. Plus the con man cannot be held accountable for a lie his suckers tell themselves.
So Congress is doing well when they “exist in a political echo chamber, full of sound and fury but signifying nothing.” I still think the do nothing Congress is a clever plot to get re-elected by the Demonrats.

By: Ratatosk

Ratatosk — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:18:33 +0000

I listen to it (NPR) every now and then, but if I listened to it all the time I would have to see a shrink

I find that NPR, FOX, CNN etc are all biased in one way or another… the only sane news I’ve found has been through filtering multiple news sources and then assuming that its slanted right or left anyway…

The sad state of a Free Press.

By: Floss

Floss — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:02:11 +0000

The President remarks to the American people seemed very strong and honest. He did as he said he would do, listen to the advice of General Petraeus, and make his decisions. Congresswoman Pelosi and Senator Reid, however, seem to stumble through their rebuttal to the Presidents comments. I am sure, not many noticed, but the two of them sounded weak and dishonest.

By: Anita Hope

Anita Hope — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:24:38 +0000

If YOU HAVEN’T LOOKED IT UP THIS WILL EXPLAIN WHY THE TERM IS DIFFICULT FOR WASHINGTON TO LIVE WITH.

“CANDOR” THE QUALITY OF BEING HONEST, STRAIGHT FORWARD IN ATTITUDE & SPEECH. THE ABILITY TO MAKE JUDGEMENT FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION OR DISHONESTY.

THE WORD IS A SIMPLE NOUN, BUT NOT SIMPLE FOR THEM TO USE WHEN IN DISCUSSION.

By: Anita Hope

Anita Hope — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:28:34 +0000

They don’t teach “POLITICAL CANDOR ” in high school or college, so should we expect our elected officials or reprsentatives to understand the meaning of the word.

By: jambrowski

jambrowski — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:30:29 +0000

That is because the only thing they care to hear is their own voice, not the voices of the people that serve us, or for that matter us. But, this is nothing new nor is it something we were not expecting.
My wife was driving home from work yesterday, listening to NPR, we sat down to dinner and were watching Fox News, she says “my goodness, this isn’t the story that NPR was telling”. She has been saying that a lot these days. I listen to it (NPR) every now and then, but if I listened to it all the time I would have to see a shrink, they might as well be Hanoi Jane or Cuban free radio, cause the sky is/has/ and continues to only fall on us everyday.

By: Susan Katz Keating

Susan Katz Keating — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:49:33 +0000

It’s not just the Petraeus testimony. The Senate has been holding hearings on Iraq for the past week or more, and yet… the witnesses’ words have gone mostly unheard.