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March 12, 2010, 12:19 am CST
TOPIC: “Media Bias: What’s the True Story?” … A look at newsgathering in the Middle East, with tips on how to be a smart consumer and help set the record straight
DeMarco: White Sox ready to take control in Central (MSNBC)
March 11, 2010, 10:47 pm CST
DeMarco: When news of the injury to Twins closer Joe Nathan was revealed, you could feel the reverberations as far away as the White Sox’s camp — where they already were feeling rather good about themselves, thank you. Now they have ...
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March 11, 2010, 9:15 pm CST
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March 11, 2010, 8:24 pm CST
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Student accuses HCC officer of racial profiling (11 News Houston)
March 10, 2010, 7:56 pm CST
KATY, Texas — A woman born in India said she no longer feels welcomed at Houston Community College, after she said a campus police officer called her a terrorist. Thalia Vouchides said the incident happened last month, when she and a fellow ...
Are Arsenal On The Verge Of Greatness? (Football365)
March 10, 2010, 9:28 am CST
RespectUnless You're In The England Team So Andy Marriner claims to have seen Gerrard given him the V-sign but did not take action? If this is the case then the FA need to step in and have a word otherwise their whole RESPECT campaign is a ...
Top Justice Department official to speak on white collar crime (MalaysiaNews.net)
February 25, 2010, 11:41 am CST
The first black man elected U.S. president is poised to name Washington lawyer Eric Holder as the nation's first black attorney general -- a historic appointment but one with some potential politic...
Top Justice Department official to speak on white collar crime (Miami Herald)
February 25, 2010, 9:29 am CST
The chief of the Justice Department's criminal division, who once represented President Bill Clinton and baseball star Roger Clemens , will be the keynote speaker Thursday at the American Bar Association's conference on white-collar crime.


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Presidents are not perfect

Posted by: archiveguard on Sep 09, 2005 - 09:37 PM
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With all the blame flying around nowadays as each party looks for ways to
twist events to their advantage, it is so tempting to jump in and make retorts
about how much worse "their" political leaders performed.

Monitor Your Integrity

More important than proving perfection on your parties side, is a willingness to seek out the mistakes and correct them; to improve; to monitor your integrity. In the face of the opposition bashing away and looking for any sign of weakness it is tempting to deny any fault at all, but it is still weak to ignore potential improvement. For a leader to inspire confidence, he must maintain a balance between claimed efficacy and a willingness to examine and adapt when changes will make a real impact; Not because the opposition is demanding apologies for not adhering to their views, when their only cause is your destruction, and only when reason makes a strong case.

There are those so hungry for a disaster to blame on a president, nothing will prevent their finding fault with the opposition while their party's errors are given a pass.

Historical Perspective

I've been reading 1776 by David McCullough. George Washington was a confident optimistic leader in public while in his personal conversations and correspondence he admitted great concern for the Patriot Army's success. He made several bad decisions in the defense of New York City; splitting his army against a superior force; picking the wrong leader for a post and then switching midstream. The changes which confused soldiers prior to battle. Washington also overlooked a lesser used Long Island road which allowed the British to flank and surround his troops.

Fortunately for Washington he didn't have a post battle press conference with reporters loyal to the enemy demanding he admit he was a failure. No, he had done his honest best and he and his troops learned and grew better eventually defeating Britain, which was considered the period's military superpower. Though he made mistakes, he was still the best man available for the job. Though he did modestly tell congress he felt inadequate to the job, he put all into it's success. The enemy made many errors as well, but if Washington had been dismissed for his lack of perfection, our history would be much different. Congress knew of his error's but saw past them to his leadership and intelligence, rather than using every opportunity to improve their political positions.

Politicians today tend to look for anything that can tarnish the opponent, with no regard first for the facts, and no regard for damage to the country. The media plays along amplifying the agenda, to the detriment of the business at hand. More and more of us see through the shrill deceits of the knee jerk politicians. We see who is working for our safety and who is busy spouting whatever sounds good to their political circles. If they only knew how nutty, how empty their words are, how devoid of purpose and integrity they appear to the discerning public.

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