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Originally posted by Weatherman1956:
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Chili today, Hot tamale.

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Being Anti-Bush is not being Anti-American.

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Originally posted by Anton:
HarryP, while I do not expect you to agree with what I say perhaps you will understand the basis of my criticism of the Left Wing. I never said (and nor do I believe) that a person is Anti-American simply because he is Anti-Bush. As you correctly state, disagreeing with a president is not just a matter of politics, it is also a (profound) constitutional right. That said, you misunderstand me and many, many others who share my view by assuming that my criticism of the Left -Wing (which borders on contempt if you cannot tell from my prior posts) is premised upon my having a blind loyalty to the man who currently occupies the Office. That is a false assumption.

I submit that it is axiomatic that when criticizing a president or this nation’s policies and practices, the person doing the criticism is required (and the person doing the listening is allowed) to take into account the alternatives being proposed by the criticizer. Simply stated, what would the “criticizer” do if he or she were in control?

Let’s take global warming for example. You say that “While it is true that the science is not 100% on the causes global warming, one has to be a complete fool to think that man’s actions has no major effect on the issue.” Oh really? It is easy to say that man’s actions has an effect on global warming but it is not generally accepted by scientists (and has not been proved by scientific experiment which is what allows scientists to opine on scientific subjects in the first place) that man’s actions are the “major” cause. Those who believe mankind's activities are the major cause are required to bring to the discussion arguments, positions and proposed solutions that are reasonable, unbiased and free of hidden agendas. The Far Left and the Far Right fail on this account. The Far Right’s fault is that they oppose any discussion or research at all and if one listens to their rhetoric, they would not recognize any man made cause as having any impact let alone a major one and they would no nothing to alter man’s conduct to alleviate the cause.

The Left Wing’s faults, on the other hand, are greater and more perverse.While they may have some good arguments why mankind is a cause of the warming, those arguments are weakened and eclipsed by their hypocritical, anti-US, “Blame America First” agenda and their unreasonable and unworkable solutions that they would inflict on the US if they had control of the reigns of government. Their anti-US attitudes and philosophies are so strong and deep rooted that they incessantly criticize the US for its conduct while treating China and India with kit gloves for failing to adopt what they think will end the warming. They criticize the president for being anti-environment (even going so far as to attack him personally) because he chooses to act reasonably and not hastily in directing that the US take expensive and doubtful measures that would adversely impact the interests of this nation on a global scale if implemented. They use people like Gore as their spokespersons without caring to know that this man was once in a position to implement US policy but did nothing and currently lives the life of an environmental pig. They insist that we in the US should avoid cars when they themselves ride air-conditioned cars while drinking water in plastic containers. They oppose nuclear power. They believe that global warming will somehow come to an end or be abated if everyone in the US started to ride bikes. They demand that this president rush to judgment and regardless of the economic impacts – let alone that what they propose may have no impact in stemming the rise in global temperatures. I have other indictments of the Left Wing as well.

As a result of all of this, the Left Wing lacks credibility and has become irrelevant. The same can be said for the Far Right but what makes the Left Wing far different from those of the Far Right -- and worthy of special contempt -- is that their arguments, positions and solutions are corrupted and tainted by their “Blame America First” approach to discussing and trying to solve world problems. They skew the facts and overlook others in a manner that allows them to advance their anti-American agenda. They do that in other arenas as well including how the US and its president must deal with the Islamic Radicals. While the Left Wing has always been this way, I did not really care or take notice until the events of 911 opened my eyes as to how they behave and think.

There is enough uncertainty and theories about the global warming’s existence, causes and solutions. No doubt this is an important issue to be discussed. That discussion cannot and should not be allowed to become distracted and lost in the haze by the loud noise of a group whose “Blame America First” motives, agendas, ideas and arguments justify their belief that the US should be required to jump off the plank in the name of global warming – while at the same time looking the other way as their own spokespersons and icons fail to practice what they preach. No other group does this -- be they moderate Democrats, Republicans or Conservatives or true independents.