johnc Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2601&print=1&PHPSESSID=c7107ddb024f2ee2ad75cffd9a3815ff Good treatment of the subject. Liberals can spot evil and Conservatives can spot goodness so the article must be fairly balanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 It is indeed a good treatment of the subject. Now here's the big question: do we regard the author as a liberal, or a conservative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 I don't. I try my best to ignore a possible bias in the author until I've read the entire article. If I find something "not right" about what's written, then I look to the author's bias to see if there might be an agenda. Even the most radid propogandist (Moore, Coulter) are right sometimes. If someone yells at you to run because a piano is falling and will crush you, you would be a stupid person to ignore the advice while trying to determine the motives behind the warning. Content first, author second. In this case, I felt the treatment was balanced so I don't really care what the author's political leanings are. Its not relevant to the content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. G. Olphart Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Mr. Scowcroft's quoted inference that President Bush (like the Blues Brothers) may feel that he has a mission from God... is truly frightening. It would, however, explain why he has been so willing to ignore world opinion as well as allies : "Gott mit uns". Can't go wrong with God on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Those guys don't run the world. *I'm* on the Committee That Runs The World, and I don't know them at all. 'Course I'm not that good with faces... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Juday Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 ... 'Course I'm not that good with faces... Or addresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 7, 2005 Author Share Posted March 7, 2005 may feel that he has a mission from God... is truly frightening...Can't go wrong with God on the team. God = Evil... must be a liberal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tony78_280z Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 If someone yells at you to run because a piano is falling and will crush you, you would be a stupid person to ignore the advice while trying to determine the motives behind the warning. Content first, author second.Unless, or course, the warning comes from someone who is constantly yelling "Look out!!" When there is no threat. (Like many in the media) Then you get kind of fed up with it and ignore the bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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