September 27, 2006
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Clinton’s interview on Fox News was one of most publicized interviews on TV. To be honest this is probably the 1st time that I felt like applauding Clinton. Don’t people realize that our media always has an agenda, both conservative and liberal. I think many people have their facts wrong that Clinton had Osma Bin Laden and that in some way it’s Clinton’s fault 911 happened. Something like 911 is unavoidable until it happens once. I also am curious where we, as Americans, started to think safety and freedom aren’t in conflict. The more safety measures we put on things the less freedom we have and viceversa. Now I’m not saying that safety isn’t important or isn’t needed, but what I am saying is that there needs to be a healthy balance or a tension between the two. I just hope that we can start to get past all the smoke that media pushes and focus on restoring life and peace in a restless time. Here is a clip of Jon Steward on the Daily Show, it shows the media frenzy fairly accurately.
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Kez–I love your blog. I appreicate it’s ecclectic nature of topics and this one is no different. I, too, have grown tired of the who’s fault it is that 9/11 went down. The problem is SO much more deep seeded than the actions of one person versus another. To not acknowledge that is just silly. There’s just too much history of our involvement in the middle east and the middle east’s involvement with us to say it’s Clinton’s mess to clean up or Bush’s mess to clean up.
I do disagree with your statement concerning safety and its effect of freedom. I’m not sure that putting safety measures in place for travel, for example, limits my freedom. If freedom were measured in terms of time and space, then maybe. But at the most, it makes me have to get the airport sooner and while I am not as ‘free’ to spend the time with my wife and son that I would otherwise, I think these ‘freedoms’ are pretty superficial by comparison to the ones we celebrate as Americans. Our freedom to express our thoughts or freedom to worship without fear…insert your own here.
Conversely, less safety measures don’t enhance my experience of certain freedoms. They just make me less safe. And while I think there’s no use in taking human life for any reason, these ‘freedoms’ certainly can’t be the ones we’re told that we’re fighting for; or at least the ones we’re hoping to provide for folks in the middle east.
Maybe I’m way off, or at least you could explain a bit more of what you meant by that statement. In it’s current form, I just don’t agree
Keep provoking my thoughts, dude…
I appreciate your comments and I must say I agree with what you’re saying. I think that the point (or maybe it’s just a rant) that I’m trying to making is getting miss communicated over vocabulary (boy do I sound like Clinton now). I think you nailed it on the head when you stated this, “I think these ‘freedoms’ are pretty superficial by comparison”. This is what I think is a “healthy balance or a tension” between the two. Meaning some safety precautions may hinder what some people call ‘freedoms’ like the airport situation you described above. However, I believe that this is a reasonable or ‘healthy balance’ between the two. So I must say I agree with you totally and it’s the extremists that bug me. I probably should ignore them, but I’m a little stubborn at times.
I could be wrong here, since I haven’t looked at our government documents since I was in Jr. High, but I always had the notion that the Constitution and Amendments were laws to protect my an individual rights as well as (or possibly even more so) the rights of the nation/people that makes up this country. When I read the bible, especially the OT during David’s reign, I get envious of the national unity they had and interest they had in restoring Shalom in their nation. As American’s we are extremely individualistic, even our Gospel of Jesus Christ has become almost totally individualistic. Sorry… I think I just wrote another rant. I appreciate your posts or your BLOG and comments on mine. Keep them coming, it helps me refine my thoughts.