Panetta Was Half-Right
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July 1, 2009, 2:36 pm
Filed under: Author - ACG,Politics | Tags: Fear, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Media, Patriotism
Filed under: Author - ACG,Politics | Tags: Fear, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Media, Patriotism
A few weeks back, CIA director Leon Panetta faced criticism for saying, half-jokingly, that Dick Cheney was “wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point.” In fairness, Dick Cheney probably isn’t that crazy. But this guy is:
With this excerpt, to quote the Simpsons, Beck (and guest) “cross[] that line between everyday villainy and cartoonish super-villainy.” Literally. Previously, the explicit and acknowledged dream of exploiting disaster for political gain has been reserved to the likes of Watchmen‘s Ozymandias, and V for Vendetta‘s Norsefire. That’s how much Beck *sniff* loves his country.
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It’s all ego.
Some people on the right are so angered that Democrats won, and want so badly for their controversial policies to be vindicated, that they’re willing to sacrifice life and country for it.
Comment by Oneiroi July 1, 2009 @ 3:18 pmSpeaking of comics, A., have you ever read the graphic novel Give Me Liberty? It wields allegory like a blunt instrument, but it has its moments. At one point, the beleaguered President gets a maniacal gleam in his eye and tells his cabinet, “We need a war, ladies and gentlemen…the big kind.”
Comment by James F July 1, 2009 @ 5:35 pm[...] Panetta Was Half-Right – I very rarely give a shit when someone says something “controversial”. I figure that people have been saying dumb shit since the dawn of time and the only difference now is that we have cameras and microphones everywhere and so the dumb shit is more likely to get recorded and thus allow other people to comment on it. That said, anyone who wants to make fun of Glenn Beck and Michael Scheuer for fantasizing about nuclear terrorism by using the Simpsons is okay with me. Excellent usage. [...]
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