random thoughts
there is far too many things going on to comment on every single one of them. the recent events in the united states have been scrutinized and overanalyzed for the past two weeks. with all that has happened with the mark foley situation, i thought it would be appropriate to shed some thought on the things that got only a blip on the radar screen and thus were ignored or missed by the populace in general.forgiveness
everyone knows about the terrible tragedy in the amish community – about the sad, twisted perversions of a single man whose repulsive intent ended before he tortured those little girls. but have we truly considered the grace and character of the people who lost children and neighbors? how they have put aside the natural instinct of hatred and retribution for the greater good of forgiveness and charity. the amish are a truly amazing people and must be commended for rising above the situation.
loss
in the wake of the foley scandal, every other news story has been left in the dirt. what should be of particular interest is the loss of eighteen u.s. soldiers in iraq within a three day period. the number of deaths of iraqi citizens is also on the rise – some reports say it is as high as one hundred per day. and the infiltration of shite death squads in the iraqi police force has caused the removal of those policeman only to be replaced with american forces. “we’ll stand down as they’ll stand up”, mr. president? so much for that strategy.
my prayers and condolences to the family and friends of all who have lost.
denial
condolezza rice is in full denial mode. first she denies ever been told of reports, then says she “got the memo” and lays the blame on someone else’s doorstep, and then says the information was of no value because it was “old news”. perhaps madam secretary is finally beginning to feel the heat for her culpability in the 9/11 attacks and is shooting for the plausible deniability excuse. whatever it is, i would give anything to have madeline albright back in the driver seat but then, who wouldn’t?
oversight
there is a theory buzzing around the kingdom of george the first that it is the democrats who have created this horrible scandal that has become the focus of every media outlet in america. according to some, this is the fault of the liberals and george soros and abc news for bringing out this information five weeks before the midterm elections. it is bill clinton’s fault for not doing something even though it was supposedly going on before he took office. and it is the democrats fault for making this a partisan issue. those poor, poor republicans. how ever can they come up with an excuse for cloaking the sins of one of their own this late in the election year cycle? how can rep. tom reynolds explain how he told the speaker of the house back in july (or march, or whenever) of this problem but still took mark foley’s $100,000 contribution to the national republican congressional committee and convinced foley that he should continue to run? how will blunt and boehner and hastert ever explain that they knew foley was a homosexual, that he had a penchant for young boys, and that he had a history of contacting them via emails and instant messages? whatever will they say back in the home district?
i said i wouldn’t talk about this but it is too much to ignore. this is not an issue of homosexuality. it is not an issue of congressional pages playing a joke on the chairman of the committee for exploited and missing children. it is about the predatory stalking of children by a man who is being shielded by a group of men trying to stay in power. men who would rather put the lives of children at risk than to lose their office or their majority rule.
there has been some confusion as to the technicality of the age of the boys. supposedly the age of consent in washington, d.c. is sixteen. the only problem with that argument is that sixteen year old boys (or seventeen, or eighteen) may be chronologically of age but they are not mature enough to handle that sort of situation. foley likes them young – it didn’t matter to him if they were legal or not. let’s call a spade a spade. this isn’t an issue about a homosexual man. it is an issue of a pedophile using his power and influence to seduce young boys. and every single member of congress who knew about this but chose to keep quiet for the good of the party does not deserve to remain in office.
in this one event there is loss; there is denial; there was absolutely no oversight, and for that, there can be no forgiveness.
posted by InternetJunkie @ 9:36 AM
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Well done! Keep up the good work.
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