tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post113941261898575359..comments2024-03-28T00:49:30.768-06:00Comments on Pondering Penguin: Feeling the PainKaren Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692791436106987353noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-1139492181679083242006-02-09T07:36:00.000-06:002006-02-09T07:36:00.000-06:00Well said in your post and commenters - ditto, dit...Well said in your post and commenters - ditto, ditto, ditto. Lowery just amazed me and not in any good way. And Carter? I think he has lost his mind. Does anyone really not understand that surveillance of suspect terrorists is *NOT* the same as illegal wiretapping? Oh, lets not confuse the issue with any kind of facts or even debate the definition of *reasonable* in the 4th Amendment. <BR/><BR/>Over all the issues, of which there are too many to strangle out, I was dismayed by rudeness. We seem to have lost the art of polite behaviour in this country. Raised in the south as I was, being polite was a virtue. Maybe hard, but doable. It was Wellstone's funeral redux, but worse.<BR/><BR/>I don't see how President Bush gave that man a hug. I don't see how Mrs. Bush keeps from clawing their eyes out. Oh, wait. They are POLITE!AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949724388906286696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-1139434403218750222006-02-08T15:33:00.000-06:002006-02-08T15:33:00.000-06:00I respect Mr. Bush more than any other President t...I respect Mr. Bush more than any other President thus far in my lifetime. (I'm 35).Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711662607879816395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-1139417061798540542006-02-08T10:44:00.000-06:002006-02-08T10:44:00.000-06:00I expected as much from Teddy Kennedy. What else ...I expected as much from Teddy Kennedy. What else would you expect from an alcoholic murderer. He should not throw stones.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I had admired Jimmy Carter for his deep faith and commitment to truth even if his pacifist leadership (I don't know if those last two words can be used together as they are most often mutually exclusive) helped push us into the position we are in with Iran. His inflammatory comments yesterday were uncalled for. He has obviously not seen the statistics that just as many whites as blacks were killed in Katrina and just as many lost property. Hurricanes do not care what color your skin is. I have lost my last ounce of respect for him.srphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751987787364198318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-1139416799620927022006-02-08T10:39:00.000-06:002006-02-08T10:39:00.000-06:00I was appalled at the behavior of some during yest...I was appalled at the behavior of some during yesterday's funeral, and thought it a most dishonorable display. A time and place for everything. The celebration of one woman's life and mourning of a heroine's passing was neither the time nor the place for the political grandstanding.<BR/><BR/>I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The positions hardly matter any more; the posturing makes me sick.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer<BR/><A HREF="http://chapternext.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">Open Book</A>Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13499442091022625950noreply@blogger.com