Maloney The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney
While talk hosts and bloggers across the country have been pounding away on the subject, the Boston Globe hasn’t found room for a single mention of the ongoing anti- troops outrage in Cambridge.
Earlier this week, the rabidly anti- American city banned local Boy Scouts from collecting items for care packages destined for soldiers in Iraq, calling their efforts a “political statement”.
Proving that liberals really are against the troops, the resulting outrage has been covered extensively by talkers, including KSFO/ San Francisco hosts Melanie Morgan and Lee Rodgers, syndicated talker Laura Ingraham, Bill O’Reilly, Boston’s Howie Carr and many more.
Maloney overreaches, to be sure – not all liberals are against the troops. Far from it, indeed. But it does take me back to one of my most popular posts.
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With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy:
If You Believe: …that America has problems – huge problems – then dissent is American.
But If You Believe: …that America’s problems make it an inherently rotten concept, then maybe you should think about whether you’re living in the right place.If You Believe: …that America’s projection of power around the world is immoral – then dissent is American.
But If You Believe: …that any projection of American power is inherely unjust because it’s America, then maybe you should be living in, say, Sweden? Just an idea.If You Believe: …that capitalism is wrong because its inequalities are inherely unjust, then dissent is American.
But If You Believe: …that the free market is inherently, irrevocably evil, perhaps China would be a better fit? Just suggesting…If You Believe: …that invading Iraq was wrong, then dissent is American.
But If You Believe: …that our temporary administration of Iraq is worse than Hussein’s 30 year reighn of horrors, then perhaps you should rot in hell we need to have an attitude adjustment.Just a hunch.
In three years, I’ve found little reason to change it.