Comments on: The Situation We Face http://brainrow.com/2009/06/16/the-situation-we-face.html A Babbling Stream of Semi-Consciousness Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Spink Nogales http://brainrow.com/2009/06/16/the-situation-we-face.html/comment-page-1#comment-5942 Spink Nogales Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:41:28 +0000 http://brainrow.com/?p=1874#comment-5942 The Dixie Chicks criticized Bush the Lessor in 2003, before it was popular. They risked much to shine a light on the questionable behavior of the administration. Political dissent is not the problem. The problem is 'excepting' an administration from criticism based on popular opinion polls and our own political agenda. Your house is on fire. Guy goes, "Ahhh! My Child!" Guy goes, "I didn't start this fire." Child perishes. Fire spreads to entire neighborhood. Government nationalizes the fire insurance industry. The Dixie Chicks criticized Bush the Lessor in 2003, before it was popular. They risked much to shine a light on the questionable behavior of the administration.

Political dissent is not the problem. The problem is ‘excepting’ an administration from criticism based on popular opinion polls and our own political agenda.

Your house is on fire. Guy goes, “Ahhh! My Child!” Guy goes, “I didn’t start this fire.” Child perishes. Fire spreads to entire neighborhood. Government nationalizes the fire insurance industry.

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