Just pointing out that the new improved Tommy Friedman still thinks the unprovoked invasion of another country was just a peachy idea. Too bad George Bush was in charge of Tommy’s dream or it would have all been tea and cakes.

But this, I think, is the part that disgusts me the most. It’s cowardice, pure and simple, from a group that prides itself on its machismo.

bassndude: For my money, I dont care how, what, when or where question these thugs. I dont care if they kill em in the process, so long as it is to keep my grandkids safe in the schools.

This reminds me of something. Something I can’t quite put my finger on…

Ah, yes.

Joel Surnow, creator of 24: I would bet there are a lot of soldiers fighting wars, on all sides, in all sorts of conflicts, under pressure when the bullets are flying and wanting information, who do all sorts of things. And I don’t want to know about it. I just want to be safe.

If only Ben Franklin had specified that we shouldn’t be so quick to give up others’ liberty to gain our safety, perhaps we wouldn’t be seeing this kind of pusillanimity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/weekinreview/14burns.html?ei=5090&en=3df6859eb98f28e0&ex=1350014400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

It will tug at your heart regarding the human lives in Iraq, too.

And in the subjective court of opinion, Nobel laureate Gore is kicking Bush’s ass.

To have an American win the Peace Prize this year is something that should make all Americans proud. The current administration’s actions in Iraq had all but guaranteed that no American would win for another 20 or 30 years.

Along with Frank Rich, I’d also add this frightening piece by Naomi Wolf, American Tears. It’s about all the people who’ve come up to her on her book tour (she wrote The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot),who are frightened and paralyzed to take action, because they’ll face some sort of recrimination, or end up on a list.

I believe objective counts found just the opposite. Florida’s criterion for counting a vote is the “voter’s intent”. When the entire state was recounted, Gore won. When the criterion of voter’s intent was applied to thousands of “overvotes” in which for example, the box for Gore was checked and “Gore” was also written in a space marked “write in candidate”, Gore won by a few thousand votes. I think any rational person would agree that the voter’s intent is clear in this particular kind of overvote.