[Moneyguy1]

The point being? And, yes, I did read the exerpt.

I would welcome a balanced media and fear one totally slanted one way or the other. Neither side has the edge on defining the American Way.

It would be so nice if someone could (WITHOUT PASSION) define what makes a liberal and what makes a conservative and what makes one good and the other bad. Not one person in a thousand can accurately define these labels, but use them as if they really understood them. They have become buzzwords for a dysfunctional society.

It would be nice if the left loonies and the ultras on the other side would LISTEN for a change and learn what it is that pi$$e$ off the other end of the spectrum rather than simply deride anything the other side says.

I do not want to live in a Theocracy or in any other kind of totalatarian state. I want a balance of good moral values and the freedom to think for myself, and not fall lockstap into any idiology without question, no matter how that idiology warps the facts. When you say God is on your side, it becomes questionable whether you are any different than the other guy who says the same thing.
I see a few folks here who do espouse a certain philosophy no matter what the truth really is, and wind up using attack and emotion to offset any question another may have about their stand, not to mention selective quotes and revised history. Rationale and logic go out the window to them, and those concepts become meaningless and just get in the way. How can ANYONE who thinks for themselves actually believe that ANY leader is perfect and things could not be better? Why is party loyalty more important than the welfare of the nation?

Is there something wrong with questioning someone's actions? Is there something wrong with civil discourse? If I question the wisdom of the President on some point does that make me a (fill in the blank) to some of you automatically? From what I have seen, afraid so.

George W. Bush is far from being the best person in the White House, and the idea of Cheney with his superior and smug attitude for four more years acting as puppet master really scares me. On the other hand, is the opposition any better? Is change for the sake of change a solution? Who are we to believe? And, why should we believe them?

Questions about FDRs motives re: the onset of WWII. Conspiracy theories, all pointless. Interesting time wasters, fodder for alternate history and science fiction novels.

History provides the luxury of examining an event after it happens, sort of like those who re-enact Civil War Battles. But, the re-enactments change nothing. What happens today cannot be examined at leisure; the future is unknown. We react as we think prudent at the time, and the future will have the luxury of deciding whether we did well or not.

End of rant from a member of a dying breed; those who like to think for themselves