hey - a question

[sisyphusshrugged]

I know there are folks who read this who are to the right of me, and I get the impression that the group which calls itself the right these days is moving away from you too.

Is there anyone out there who agrees with this reflection by Fox News stalwart and beltway insider Fred Barnes?

I think the guy that really caught where public opinion is now about this whole thing was Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma who said he was "outraged by the outrage."

Outraged by the excessive press coverage, and hand-wringing and breast-beating of the press. And I think that's what most people feel. -- Fred Barnes, Fox News, 5/11/04

Is that you? Do you think that the outrageous thing about this situation is that the press has been tacky enough to tell us that the rest of the world is looking at pictures of our soldiers torturing and raping men, women and children who stand up to a 90% chance of being completely innocent?

Bonus question: do you have enough money or powerful enough friends to make it an outrage if this happened to you?

You know, like it was when a prosecutor with probable cause went to a judge to get a subpoena to look at Rush Limbaugh's medical records?

Comments

[domystic.livejournal.com]

*i* am outraged that the press is calling it "abuse."

but then again, i'm outraged by the characterization of lots of all-american activities as "abuse" - as if, for example, torturing and raping men, women, and children (spouse "abuse", child "abuse") were on a par with, say, smoking pot or getting drunk (also "abuse") - as if, in fact, prisoners, spouses, and children were substances, or indulgences, properly to be used, but not to excess. when we say "abuse," we imply some kind of proprietorship... as you can see, i'm... well... out there.

and, uh, outraged.

[(Anonymous)]

I got in a fight with my sister-in-law on Saturday (at our family Mother's Day dinner) when she professed to be outraged by the outrage. What a sickening position!