tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post446644005864648863..comments2024-01-02T07:48:42.623-05:00Comments on Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales: What I’m Getting Wednesday March 18Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-12866939828317016162009-03-17T01:38:00.000-04:002009-03-17T01:38:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-78395792874976993362009-03-16T09:30:00.000-04:002009-03-16T09:30:00.000-04:00True - all true, but I think Bush took what was an...True - all true, but I think Bush took what was an occasional method of the government and made it into almost a policy. <BR/><BR/>And with Obama - he is now trying to tell China that all is okay and we will be able to pay our bills and oh by the way can you loan me another trillion or two? But I will give you people were complaining he was too negative (not me I still thought he was being too postive even then).Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-47399776642289565332009-03-16T07:52:00.000-04:002009-03-16T07:52:00.000-04:00Funny you should say that about Obama. All I've h...Funny you should say that about Obama. All I've heard for weeks is how his administration has been too negative on the economy.<BR/><BR/>Where you're really running into trouble is the whole truth bit. Facts are objective (at least in theory). Truth is subjective. Your truth isn't the next guy's truth. So the next guy thinks you're being negative or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Look at your example of the Iraq War. The "true believers" will still not concede it was in any way a problem or error.<BR/><BR/>Finally, much as I like blaming the Shrub for things, the condemnation of those speaking out goes far farther back in our history than him. Alien and Sedition Acts? Second president and we're already cracking down on opposition speech. And let's not forget the arrest of dissident editors during the Civil War or the Red Scare of either the post WWI era or the 1950s.<BR/><BR/>So, it's an ill, but it's not a new ill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com