Friday, November 03, 2006

It's Possible

I believe it's possible to be terribly ill or crippled - and be wrong.

I believe it's possible to lose limbs fighting for your country, earn medals for valor, even spend time as a prisoner of war - and still not know what is best for your country.

I believe it's possible to be black, handsome, well educated, fashionable - and still not know the best direction in which to lead your country.

I believe it's possible to be famous, talented, celebrated, clever, funny - and still not have a clue as to what is going on in the world.

I believe it's possible to rise to the heights of the journalistic profession, garner praise and respect - and yet be a biased disingenuous liar.

I believe it's possible to have an incredible mind, a stellar IQ - and still not be wise enough to recognize your Creator.

I believe it's possible to spend billions upon billions of dollars on the poor and their plight - and ultimately destroy their character, their families, and leave their lives incalculably worse.

I believe it's possible to have incredible political instincts, to think quickly on your feet, to have a clever answer for every challenge - and yet be wrong 100% of the time.

It's possible.

13 comments:

ChuckL said...

I believe it's possible to be observant of life around us - and be right!!!

Thanks for the comments, and thank you for your compliment about my Peter Heck show guest-host gig.

Chuck

janice said...

Very insightful, thanks for reminding me.....

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Anonymous said...

What Will They Tell The Children?

That Bush's evangelical go-to man is gay and a meth abuser.
That their party accepted porn money.
That one of their shining stars in the House is now a corrupt convicted felon.
That their party is banking on the sentencing of Saddam to win the election, even though Iraq is bracing for unspeakable violence no matter the outcome.
That their White House showed the world how to make a nuclear weapon.

Simple. They'll tell the children John Kerry hates the troops. That'll fix everything.

Anonymous said...

it's possible, I'm so sorry you're an idiot.

it's possible to be an idiot and find moral equality between America and the bastards that would saw your head off while video taping it!

it's possible to be an idiot and believe America is the biggest threat to world peace and still live freely here!

it's possible to be an idiot and think that fighting jihadis make more jihadis!

it's possible to be an idiot and believe you can just sit down and reason with radical muslims!

it's possible to be an idiot and think raising taxes so the welfare mother can remain on welfare!

it's possible to be an idiot and believe terrorism will stop if we stop fighting it!

it's possible to be an idiot and believe OBL and the gang would like us if we left the middle east!

it's possible to be an idiot and think muslims would stop trying to murder Jews if they gave them more land!

it's possible to be an idiot and live in a fantasy, after all, this is America and anything's possible!

Malott said...

It's possible you're on a roll, JT.

Great comments.

It's possible to be an idiot... I love it.

janice said...

Great reponse to "it's possible" JT.
It's so sad that in this day and age we have idiots who can't see the forest for the trees.

Anonymous said...

it's possible everyone here is an idiot.

it's possible to be a lemming completely incapable of independent thought and unable to handle cold hard facts.

it's possible to think that what makes America great doesn't require thoughtful and diligent self-awareness and critique as well as a hearty, unwavering respect for the Constitution.

it's possible to believe that the continued killing of innocent civilians isn't going to eventually inspire those innocent civilians to despicable acts that they would have never otherwise considered.

it's possible to believe you can just sit down and reason with radical fundamentalists of any religion.

it's possible to call yourself a Christian and still think it's acceptable to chastise the poor.

it's possible to be a total hypocrite male Christian evangelical pastor that preaches virulently against gays and drug use while using meth while some gay male escort is giving you "a massage".

it's possible to believe that terrorism will never exist ever again if you kill enough people.

it's possible to believe that OBL and the gang didn't send memos to one another (and the US didn't intercept those memos) saying that their main objective is to keep the United States mired in the war in Iraq because it helps their recruitment and their cause.

it's possible to be a bigot who fears anyone who is not white.

it's possible to be a complete idiot and live in a fantasy world where facts are irrelevant, the economy is great and the war is a great success and 2900 dead and 45,000 wounded Americans and 300 billion wasted US taxpayer dollars is worth it, because, after all, this is America and anything's possible!

Malott said...

Anonymous,

Do you at least think that going into Afghanistan was the right thing to do?

How do you feel about "zero" successful attacks on the homeland since 2001? Remember how you felt on 9/12/01? If someone had told you that we would make it 5 years without another attack you would have have probably thought that would necessitate a perfect strategy.

And just how good of an economy do you want? If your buddies take over and raise taxes, then you'll have something to complain about.

Oops, halftime's over.

Anonymous said...

it's possible, again, I'm so very sorry you're a complete idiot!

it's possible you're just blinded by your hatred for the president and his administration to really see who the enemy truly is!

it's possible you're just blinded by your hatred for the American military to see who the real enemy truly is!

it's possible you're hoping America loses this war, you want America to be a member of the "global community" and be ruled by the Hague!

it's possible your pity for the "poor" perpetuates their poverty! it's easier to give money than to give of your time and "teach them to fish!"

it's possible you're never going to be happy, even in your deadly fantasy world where you believe you could sit down with "radical muslims" without loosing your head. Last time I checked, muslims were murdering innocent muslims in Iraq, not the American military!

Wake up, stupid, you've been listening to your liberal professors for far to long!

Anonymous said...

malott,

Going into Afghanistan made sense because that's where Bin Laden was. Remember him? The guy you people always forget about until election time.

Going into Iraq was completely wrong and a total distraction.

Refering to the United States as "the homeland" is creepy and too reminiscent of Nazi Germany to be forgiven. But ignoring that aspect, you oboviously forgot all the anthrax letters that were mailed around DC for several weeks following 9/11. Your glorious leader Bush has been an abject failure in tracking down THOSE terrorists. And Bin Laden. Don't forget that 9/11 happened on Bush's watch too. Why do you glorify such incompetence?

JT, your crankiness leads me to think you either need a diaper change, you're overdue for your bottle-feeding or someone took your binky. Go take a nap.

Anonymous said...

anonymous - why don't you put your name to your tag?
Coward! Sorry, just more crankiness!

Any-who, so how safe are you here in America? How many times have we been attacked since 9/11? I call that safe, don't you?
Focus on that can you or are you to blinded by your hatred for GWB, the GOP and the military to see what matters here?
Oh I forgot, you guys support the troops BUT don't support their mission, right.

Incompetence? Like being for the war before being against it? Explain that for me, please!

Get a clue and a name then come back and opine. K?

Anonymous said...

one more thing, nameless, OBL is just one man who has many minions running around trying to murder Americans. I would rather have them centered in Iraq than have them in Iowa. Wouldn't you?

Listen to the what they're telling us, they will murder you and me in a heartbeat. Their intentions are very, very clear. All you have to do is listen to them. K?