Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [OT] facism gaining ground in US

[Pierce T . Wetter III]

> > >   My theory is that you were intended to misparse the sentence by 
> > > CNN.
>
> > That's a rude theory (accusing me of lying) and discourages me from
> > reading further.
>
> And now you have a great example of the origin of such misreadings.
>
> GRRR!!!!!   "were intended to", not simply "intended to".
>
> My apologies.   I'll go back and read the rest of your post next time
> I plow through this thread again.
>
> I don't think, incidently, that it's necessary to posit a deliberate
> attempt at obfuscation in that sentence by CNN.   Sloppy writing is a
> simpler explanation.

  Sure, always put things down to stupidity before evil. Stupidity 
being more common then evil. Yet with a capitalist company, I think the 
order is something like:
   greed -> stupidity -> evil

 I used to think writing like that was just stupidity, but having seen 
so much of it, I'm starting to think its intentional.

 My current pet peeve:

    Deliberately confusing administration statments about terrorism 
(many organizations) with statements about Al Queda (one organization), 
then using that to imply the administration was wrong/lied.

> You elsewhere suggest that CNN is over the top by linking the proposal
> to the wars and 9/11.   Are you kidding?

  Not entirely. Its difficult to find something on CNN that mentions 
Ridge's name yet doesn't mention 9/11.

> That link was made by the
> commission when they chose to address the memo to Ridge.

 Nah, Ridge made the announcement about there being a terrorist attack
planned "with the intention to disrupt the electoral process". So they 
mentioned it to him since its his bailiwick I would guess.

 In fact, 9/11 isn't his job really. Reassuring the populace via 
placebos like the Transportation Safety Authority is his job.

 Pierce

P.S.

  In case you haven't figured this out yet, I'm not a knee-jerk Bush 
supporter, I just think most of the anti-Bush crowd is complaining 
about the wrong things. This irritates me, because I'd like to see 
people complaining about the right things.