If I ever meet Michael O'Neal, I'm going to buy him a beer.
As a former civilian analyst for the Department of Defense, I especially appreciated Mr. O'Neal's Town Crier piece titled "It’s About Picking Targets, Not Finding Them" in today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
Some quotes:
Occasionally, one asks me whether it's hard to find ideas for columns. My response is always "Are you kidding?" The Palouse is what the military fly-boys call a target-rich environment, promiscuous with Birkenstock liberals, blowhard intellectuals, and self-styled activists eager to expose themselves to fire by saying and writing foolish things.So true. So very true. I think we can all relate. This is certainly the best thing I've read in the Town Crier series, and by a professor to boot.
No, my friends, the problem is not finding targets. It’s picking one.
But a defining characteristic of your Birkenstock liberal is that the truth is something that’s easily outflanked. Under his rules of engagement, you can say anything you want as long as it supports the liberal faith.
Sadly, this kind of intellectual dishonesty is rife in the Moscow-Pullman theater.
...the preferred battle tactic of your blowhard intellectual, name calling.
So you get the picture. There are plenty of targets around, but at least they're not very well armed...
8 comments:
Oh so true, the liberals all seem to have some sort of blinders on and they also sort of say "facts be dammed, that is what I feel is right"
It makes you wonder what part of the bullseye we are under. The liberals of the Palouse would lead you to believe they are the targets. Yet if you fail to agree with any of their thoughts, deeds, or actions, then you are persona non grata and just joined the devil.
Here's another rich target. TV Reed wrote a letter to the Daily News editor approving of Ed Schweitzer's proposed development. How nice, TV. I am sure Mr. Schweitzer has been waiting for PARD's public approval before they move ahead. PUH-leaze! And why does TV presume to know that the Schweitzer development won't include a Wal-Mart? What would be wrong with two Wal-Marts? One on each end of town. lol. I would love it!
The incredible arrogance of Timmy Reed is now on display for all to see. As Michael O'Neal said in reference to another blowhard intellectual "an ego this bloated doesn't leave any room in the room."
He didn't earn the money. He doesn't own the land. He isn't taking the risk. But hallelujah, Reed and PARD are "very favorably impressed." Who the hell asked them?
This is just a desperate attempt on Reed's and PARD's behalf to seem relevant and to hide their rabid anti-growth agenda.
As reported on Right Mind, the Badger Herald (University of Wisconsin) had this to say about the WSU College of Education disposition scandal: "...colleges and universities have begun to believe that they are direct instruments of social change rather than places of education..."
I'm surprised T.V. Reed doesn't have two broken arms as many times as he has patted himself on the back.
SHW#1, it's either that or all the "saluting" and "applauding" he's been doing lately.
I know I'm dating myself and revealing my Southern redneck roots by saying this, but every time I see PARD "salute" someone, I always think of the spots on "Hee-Haw" where Buck Owens or Roy Clark would mention some rinky-dink small town and all the Hee-Hawers would rise up out of a cornfield wearing their overalls, wave their straw hats, and yell "Saaaaaaa-loooot!!" In PARD's case, I guess, they would be standing in small boutique restaurant downtown waiting to catch the trolley back to campus
The issue with his comments praising the Schweitzer development is the blatent ignoring of the traffic issues that will be present there. You may say that it will be "neighborhood commercial" development, but how will be stopping me or anyone else across town from driving my car over to those stores to shop at. What about the fears for the poor school children who will be trying to cross the street, or the resident walking their dog and the parade of cars that will cut thru campus to get there? Has Schweitzer done traffic studies... cultural resources studies... full SEPA checklists??? You catch my drift.
Ah, but it passes the most important checklist of all for PARD: the ABWM (Anything But Wal-Mart) checklist
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