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C'mom Zaphod, Joseph Farah is a nice guy, he does go off track once in a while. The website is informative so chill bro!
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<p>You made my point. :)</p>
<p>...when a man died, there had to be blame You could blame the war. You could blame the idiots who made the war You could blame the rain. You could blame the river. You could blame the field, the mud, the climate. You could blame the enemy. You could blame the mortar rounds. You could blame people who were too lazy to read a newspaper, who were bored by the daily body counts, who switched channels at the mention of politics. You could blame whole nations. You could blame God. You could blame the munitions makers or an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote.</p>
<p>Tim OBrien,The Things They Carried </p>
<p>WorldNetDaily is to news, as South Park is to great literature. Moreover, a fundamental requirement of US citizenship is to stay informed about what is happening in our country and throughout the world by reading accurate news reports and seeking out objective sources of information that adhere to journalistic standards. Thousands of people are dying in the Middle East and its our responsibility to stay informed and seek the TRUTH.</p>
<p>Quote: "WorldNetDaily is to news, as South Park is to great literature. Moreover, a fundamental requirement of US citizenship is to stay informed about what is happening in our country and throughout the world by reading accurate news reports and seeking out objective sources of information that adhere to journalistic standards. Thousands of people are dying in the Middle East and it’s our responsibility to stay informed and seek the TRUTH."</p>
<p>I am curious where you get your objective news sources and what makes you believe its accurate. Do you believe the N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times or your local newspaper? Thousands of people are dying in the United States by criminal violence and do you care? Do you know how many cops are killed or injured yearly to keep this country from falling into chaos. Do you keep informed what is happening in your city, town, county or state? Have you ever gone on a ride-along with a cop from your city, town or county? If you do, you will see real TRUTH jump in your face and most of it goes unreported. That should be a fundamental requirement of US citzenship!</p>
<p>How many of you while teaching your child to drive had the following (or some rendition of) conversation:</p>
<p>"Honey you should have (fill in the blank: slowed down, let him in, watched closely, etc) that driver." </p>
<p>"But Mom, I had the right of way...." </p>
<p>" I know that you had the right of way, BUT apparently they didnt know that and you put yourself in harms way..." </p>
<p>"BUT MOM, I was right....." Proclaimed with much passion :)</p>
<p>"Well kiddo, yes you were in the right, but you would have been (fill in the blank: crashed, hurt, or dead) all the same!" "Drive your car defensively, watch out for yourself"</p>
<p>I had a similiar conversatio with my plebe, just before she left. Live your life defensively to some degree and dont put yourself in harms way if you can help it. Watch out for how things look and where they could go-EVEN if you were in the right...... Sounds like good advice in this case for both parties. </p>
<p>Just this parents opinion....</p>
<p>Excellent analogy sistersunnie. I think I'll use it.</p>
<p>Avelardo, you're comment about news sources reminds of an event I witnessed myself. </p>
<p>I worked in an international company in a big downtown city. At lunchtime on a bitter January day several of us left the office to eat at a pizza place nearby. In front of the restaurant a crowd was gathered around something on the pavement. As we got closer I saw a scruffy homeless man lying on a vent wearing only shorts and a t-shirt.</p>
<p>The crowd consisted mostly of working people, execs, staff, and two policemen. Everyone was pretty agitated. One business man was pleading with the homeless guy to take his overcoat. Someone else had bought a big steaming cup of soup for the man. A few people were crying and asking the officers to take the man to a shelter or hospital. The cops said they coudn't touch the guy because he refused help and wasn't breaking any laws but they were crouched down with the guy talking very softly to him. The man died early in the afternoon.</p>
<p>When I got home that night our local news reported the homeless man had died on a vent downtown alone and uncared for!!! I maybe watch the news three or four times a year now and only for local weather or sports. I do, however, really like the WSJ.</p>
<p>Well, let's see, he was alone [just based on your part of the story, he presumably died out on the grate] and uncared for; did anybody take it upon themselves to care, despite resistance, for the man prior to his death? </p>
<p>Obviously I don't have a transcript and don't know exactly what was said by the reporter; based on the words you used, however, sounds like accurate reporting.</p>
<p>What's the beef?</p>
<p>ALL reporting carries some bias to it. Not just conservative wackos but liberal boobs too. Just the way things are.</p>
<p>Ya gotta love internet forums
we start with a Naval Academy football player accused of rape
and we work our way through the Middle East and end up on a grate staring at a dying homeless man....
as they say
"only in America"</p>
<p>Hey Peskemom, I was actually thinking that myself as I was posting and I decided ...oh what the heck it's summer.</p>
<p>Might as well, it won't be long before the "what are my chances" swallows return to CCapistrano.</p>
<p>This is the lull before the storm: the upcoming sexual assult case involving another USNA football player.</p>
<p>Ban football.</p>
<p>Do it for the children.</p>
<p>sealion...this is too much fun...and I think we're all punchy, so don't apologize
:-)</p>
<p>What strikes me is that the nearly uniform response of the ladies to the article was "kill the messenger."</p>
<p>The message remains true. Only 2 seem to know what really happened, One man. One woman. And both of them are known liars.</p>
<p>And both of them have put themselves in harms way, notably that their behavior calls for equal punishment and probably ex-communication from the USN. Anything less will be unacceptable to the standards presumably set by the USNA.</p>
<p>I appreciated the Sun piece with one notable exception: </p>
<p>The scribe wrote: </p>
<p>"And don't be surprised if a jury is not willing to condemn a young man to life in prison for something you might have agreed to, if you hadn't been so drunk."</p>
<p>In fact, none of us knows still that despite her drunkeness, she did not consent. He claims yes. She claims no. They're both known liars. </p>
<p>Never ceases to amaze me how otherwise bright women have bought the current notion of all this. It's PC bunk, and unfortunately men have been called to task by guilt-ridden females all too often. Perhaps here.</p>
<p>In fact ... rape (or variations thereof) are one of the few crimes that the alleged victim can determine if it was criminal, if it was lust, if it was love ... after the fact of the event. </p>
<p>What did this fibbing coed decide?</p>
<p>She is no victim of male brutality ... She is however a liar. And the court agrees on both. </p>
<p>This is not about rape, coed dorms, conservative crackpots. It's about lying and the penalty that needs to be paid under USNA values. Regardless of the restroom one uses.</p>
<p>Prepare for liftoff.</p>