Butterflys and political asses
Paul Rodriguez tells us the way it is:
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Paul does go on to identify a current outrage:Today is one of those days. It's a day when a butterfly fluttering high above the gapping wound where once stood the twin towers in New York comes to mind.
It wasn't long after the carnage when I stood in a dusty apartment in a damaged building adjacent to the gaping hole that had become the grave of so many.
I can still see the butterfly and recall how transfixed I was - and at peace - watching this tender creature fly through the smoke and dust-filled air amid the smell of fires still burning and the noise below where hundreds searched the ruble [sic].
The controversy swirling around the CBS "60 Minutes" report about documents alleging discontent by a commanding officer of then Lt. George W. Bush in 1972 are nothing but a red herring. If genuine documents they only provide a momentary snapshot of events leading to and subsequent to the dates of the writer's thoughts and observations.My favorite Afghan with a Latino surname has true "insight."
By not reporting the documents in context, such as explaining that not all interviewed concurred these were genuine is just appalling to me. As appalling as the failure to point out that young Bush met - at least - his minimum requirements in the Guard necessary to obtain an honorable discharge.
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When Democrats howl that President Bush has lied, is a liar and far worse, I shudder at the thought that fellow newsmen fail to put such foul comments into context by applying a single standard - one that would co-equally mention controversy about Sen. John Kerry's past military service. In the same news reports so that a reader, listener or viewer can get as full a picture of what the issues are rather than being left with half-truths and half-baked reportage.
Whether Bush or others from so long ago - and today - got preferential treatment in the military is not news to salivate over especially given the rhetoric of political asses whose agenda is not seeking the truth, only advantage and turmoil.
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