Obama keeps making egregious errors regarding history, especially the history of the Depression and the FDR administration. That is unforgivable. That period in history is the closest to the situation we face today, and the people in charge don’t seem to actually know what happened.
I don’t think the Obama people, or any of the idiots in the Village actually understand what is happening. If you can’t accurately define the problem, you will damn sure never find the solution.
]]>Which is why I have a bad feeling I’m on a downbound train… and I ain’t talkin’ Bruce Springsteen, either.
— Badtux the Gloomy Penguin
]]>*shrug* I could write a book on this, and many have been written. 🙂
The bottom line is, a person who does not know the difference between what is right, and what is wrong, is a dangerous individual. Sadly, many of them have the ability to convince others. Because it’s always easier to let others think for you. Then, if it all goes wrong, it “wasn’t my fault!” It’s always easy to find someone to blame, especially for something that could have been avoided with a little (or a lot) or rational though, and consideration of the consequences. This is the great rationalization at work. People who rationalize are doomed to fail. Sadly, they will take everyone they impact with them.
]]>The basic problem is: who gets to say what the “right reasons” are?
“Stopping terrorism” is an excuse, not a reason. “Patriotism” is an excuse, not a reason.
The problem with the US is that most of the “reasons” are created after the fact to justify the disaster, not even mentioned when the decisions are made, or in the case of Iraq, changed every time the last reason was shown to be totally without basis in fact.
Nobody is perfect, and everyone screws up, but the test is “do you admit you made a mistake”.
We have people in the US who swear they found WMDs in Iraq.
Actually, you seem to be discussing intentions more than reasons. Reasons can be tested, but intentions can’t. Generally, we judge intentions by knowing people for a while. For example, I have a friend who almost burned down her condo by throwing flour on a grease fire. She did it because she knew that you were supposed to use some kind of white powder that you would have in your kitchen. She intended to put the fire out, and she had a white powder in her kitchen that would have helped to do that, baking soda, but she made a mistake. The thing is, she didn’t hide the fact she screwed up, actually she did a recreation of the incident for all an sundry any time kitchen fires were mentioned. She used it a learning experience.
The Obama supporters don’t seem to have learned anything, are are more interested in their egos, that in being involved moving the US forward.
]]>Is it better to be wrong for the right reasons, or to be right for the wrong reasons?
I finally figured out that it’s better to be wrong for the right reasons (well, I’ve kinda always known it, but I finally worked out the *why*). My reasoning is that trying to do the right things for the right reasons is the best option for so many reasons (including morally, ethically & justly) but you will occasionally get it wrong (again, for a whole lot of reasons, such as not having all the facts, taking on something to complex and difficult, forces outside your control, etc). Sometimes, with the best will in the World, bad stuff happens.
However, people who may occasionally do some good, but for all the wrong reasons, have nothing to feel good about. Sometimes, good stuff happens, even with the worst intentions. 🙂 But most of the time, the people in this (sadly) large group will cause a lot of pain and suffering. There are also sadly many people who believe “The end justifies the means”, which I can state categorically is *NEVER* true!
I’d much rather get it wrong occasionally trying to do right, than get it right occasionally, trying to do wrong. Simple as that.
That was my maternal Grandfather who asked me that (and it tortured me for many years!) 😉 He was a sod, truly! 😉 (But I am truly grateful. I’d hate to think what kind of bastard I’d be now if not for him and my Mom). I did guess the answer, kind of instinctually I guess, but couldn’t explain why at the time. And both sadly passed away before I could.
Once I did fully understand the *why*, it has made me uncompromising and steadfast. Before I understood the *why*, I would sometimes be tempted to consider the alternative. 🙂
Maybe if more people understood that, the World would be a better place. 😉
]]>The “serious and important bloggers” don’t have the honesty to admit their error and apologize to those who were correct. There is a strange mental quirk in the American psyche that seems to equate being wrong, but for the “best of reasons”, as better than being right. That’s why the people who were wrong about the economy, are still asked for their opinions on the economy, while the people who were right are rarely asked anything.
I hate to break it these people, but refusing to admit you are wrong means that intelligent people will put two bad marks against your name, but if you admit your error, most will just forget about it.
]]>She decided it all wasn’t worth it and stopped posting in Oct. (except for a brief post in Nov. Sadly, her father was dying. RIP man!)
This all Seems Mostly Pointless
“Jane’s Law: The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane”.
If nothing else, Obama has succeeded in causing some sane bloggers to give up in disgust. Can’t say I blame them. *shrug*
]]>HuffPo posted a series of satirical MAD Magazine covers back in Jan ’09. At the time I thought they were a bit harsh… Now I think they were fairly tame & prophetic!
Obama Mad Magazine Cover: Spoofs President’s First 100 Days
Oh well…
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