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Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

JSpencer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:53:57 -0000

Most of Reagans writing seems to feed the divide, and feed ON the divide between people of differing idealogies, or at least people who imagine their ideologies differ a lot. In that sense his "career" is a good example of parasitism, and as with much parasitism the welfare of the host (which would be all of us) is waaayyyyyy down on the list.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

JSpencer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:53:57 -0000

Most of Reagan's writing seems to feed the divide and feed ON the divide between people of differing idealogies, or at least people who imagine their ideologies differ a lot. In that sense his career is mostly parasitic. As with much parasitism the welfare of the host (which would be his readers) is of little consideration.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

D. E.Rodriguez — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:40:17 -0000

M. Reagan:

Perhaps we should continue with the wildly succesful foreign policy of the past eight years?

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

PattonGuy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:12:54 -0000

Me three. This viewpoint is extreme and thoroughly uninformed. Honestly, Mike, how come you are saying that the inspections didn&#39t work when we couldn&#39t find any WMDs in our most recent Iraqi adventure? That sounds like something that worked to me. I understand tolerance for opposing viewpoints, but this is ridiculous.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

SteveK — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:05:14 -0000

bobmunck - I agree with your observation completely.

The whole direction and feel of TMV has changed over the last few months and, as it&#39s so in your face and obvious it must have been an conscious, intentional change in direction.

Mike’s column is distributed exclusively by: Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

Now that&#39s either very telling or very funny... I can&#39t decide.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

bobmunck — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:35:53 -0000

I don&#39t understand why this post, or this author, is given any space here. He doesn&#39t actually SAY anything; he&#39s just picking random events from history and working the term "smart power" into the sentence somehow.

Shouldn&#39t guest columns be checked for content before being posted? Not for any particular type of content, but rather just to see if it has any at all.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

Dorian — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:40:17 -0000

M. Reagan:

Perhaps we should continue with the wildly succesful foreign policy of the past eight years?

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

admiral.naismith — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:12:54 -0000

Me three. This viewpoint is extreme and thoroughly uninformed. Honestly, Mike, how come you are saying that the inspections didn't work when we couldn't find any WMDs in our most recent Iraqi adventure? That sounds like something that worked to me. I understand tolerance for opposing viewpoints, but this is ridiculous.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

SteveK — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:05:14 -0000

bobmunck - I agree with your observation completely.

The whole direction and feel of TMV has changed over the last few months and, as it's so in your face and obvious it must have been an conscious, intentional change in direction.

Mike’s column is distributed exclusively by: Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

Now that's either very telling or very funny... I can't decide.

Re: Smart Power or Just Dumb Policy? (Guest Voice)

Bob Munck — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:35:53 -0000

I don't understand why this post, or this author, is given any space here. He doesn't actually SAY anything; he's just picking random events from history and working the term "smart power" into the sentence somehow.

Shouldn't guest columns be checked for content before being posted? Not for any particular type of content, but rather just to see if it has any at all.