{"id":1672,"date":"2007-11-21T05:13:37","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T10:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2007-11-21T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T14:01:31","slug":"oppose-the-war-oppose-the-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=1672","title":{"rendered":"Oppose the War, Oppose The Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maloney The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[cue the harps and the soft focus]<\/p>\n

With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy:<\/p>\n

If You Believe:<\/strong> …that America has problems – huge problems – then dissent is American.
\nBut If You Believe: <\/strong>…that America’s problems make it an inherently rotten concept, then maybe you should think about whether you’re living in the right place.<\/p>\n

If You Believe:<\/strong> …that America’s projection of power around the world is immoral – then dissent is American.
\nBut If You Believe: <\/strong> …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.<\/p>\n

If You Believe:<\/strong> …that capitalism is wrong because its inequalities are inherely unjust, then dissent is American.
\nBut If You Believe: <\/strong> …that the free market is inherently, irrevocably evil, perhaps China would be a better fit? Just suggesting…<\/p>\n

If You Believe:<\/strong> …that invading Iraq was wrong, then dissent is American.
\nBut If You Believe: <\/strong>…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.<\/p>\n

Just a hunch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In three years, I’ve found little reason to change it.<\/p>\n

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