The NHS & the United States of America

[FlashLackey]

Heh. You quoted Charles Krauthammer.

Yes? Remember, without attacking the messenger...

I like Charles Krauthammer... I need to remember to read his column more.

I do too. Well worth the RSS spot. Even for those who disagree with him and want to keep up with opposing view points, his are typically articulate, concise and nuanced examples.

Idiocy seems to be rampant on these boards lately. So is rampant conservatism. I get it... you and FlashLackey don't like the new president. But guess what? While you have had to endure only 8 months of this presidency, people have felt like they endured over 8 years of the last presidency.

And consequently, during those 8 years, those who opposed Bush from the beginning regularly complained and argued about his policies. Now that the tables are reversed, it shouldn't be a surprise that the same thing is happening in reverse since the other guy is now driving the new policies of the day. I don't think it's a matter of enduring something as much as it's either enjoying political debate or not.

It's not a game. It's an activity that you can choose to participate in or not. It's a two way activity. So, you don't get to make up new rules that prohibit criticism just because it's now someone doing things you agree with in office.

To be honest, I think it is Obama's supporters that are acting like cry-babies over people opposing his ideas in the very same way that others opposed Bush. Spare me the feet stamping and crying foul that anyone dare organize a protest against the community organizer, Obama. Bush was compared to Hitler as often as people clicked right mouse buttons. But, now that Obama is compared to him, it's become a subject deserving of serious discussion? Give me a break. You win the job, you get to deal with dissent like everyone else has had to all the way back to and including George Washington.

In the words of the great Chad Ochocinco: child please!

[gerbick]

Yes? Remember, without attacking the messenger...

Eh? I said simply "Heh. You quoted Krauthammer." Find the attack in that sentence. I implore you.

And consequently, during those 8 years, those who opposed Bush from the beginning regularly complained and argued about his policies. Now that the tables are reversed, it shouldn't be a surprise that the same thing is happening in reverse since the other guy is now driving the new policies of the day. I don't think it's a matter of enduring something as much as it's either enjoying political debate or not.

Yawn.

It's not a game. It's an activity that you can choose to participate in or not. It's a two way activity. So, you don't get to make up new rules that prohibit criticism just because it's now someone doing things you agree with in office.

It is a game, unfortunately because people are simply out to "win". And what's funny, I'm not prohibiting criticism, I'm questioning what the critics are saying.

Sadly, you're incapable of seeing that I also did the same with Bush too. People are far too driven by sensationalistic journalism, driven into a frenzy yet the moment they're questioned directly, they deflect, talk a lot, answer nothing.

Case in point... almost all of your answers. I had to once force you to answer a very small issue once. Need I link to that exercise in futility?

To be honest, I think it is Obama's supporters that are acting like cry-babies over people opposing his ideas in the very same way that others opposed Bush. Spare me the feet stamping and crying foul that anyone dare organize a protest against the community organizer, Obama. Bush was compared to Hitler as often as people clicked right mouse buttons. But, now that Obama is compared to him, it's become a subject deserving of serious discussion? Give me a break. You win the job, you get to deal with dissent like everyone else has had to all the way back to and including George Washington.

You would liken them to crybabies. Same for Gore's supporters. That's fair.

I liken anybody that blindly and wholly follows anything to be a lemming.

In the words of the great Chad Ochocinco: child please!

Right back 'atcha.