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A Nation of Fools
By Peary Perry
“Media biased? You Bet Your Life….”
I can’t stand it...it’s just too good to
pass up….normally I write only one column a
week…but this week is special…I’ll just keep
on going.
Yesterday was the US Senate vote on S-3454,
which was the controversial Military
Appropriations bill which include the Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell rescission amendment. The
bill was defeated when 43 Senators voted
against it.
So, what’s so special about this?
Well, here’s the list of the 43…….
NAYs ---43
Alexander
(R-TN)
Barrasso
(R-WY)
Bennett
(R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brown (R-MA)
Brownback
(R-KS)
Bunning
(R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss
(R-GA)
Coburn
(R-OK)
Cochran
(R-MS)
Collins
(R-ME)
Corker
(R-TN)
Cornyn
(R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID) |
DeMint
(R-SC)
Ensign
(R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham
(R-SC)
Grassley
(R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison
(R-TX)
Inhofe
(R-OK)
Isakson
(R-GA)
Johanns
(R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
LeMieux
(R-FL)
Lincoln
(D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN) |
McCain
(R-AZ)
McConnell
(R-KY)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reid (D-NV)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts
(R-KS)
Sessions
(R-AL)
Shelby
(R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter
(R-LA)
Voinovich
(R-OH)
Wicker
(R-MS)
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Not Voting - 1
Murkowski (R-AK)
Notice over in the right hand column, the
name Reid (D-NV)….is this Harry Reid? None
other…..but did the main stream media make
any comment about his ‘nay’ vote?
Not a word. In fact, take a look at this
article from the Associated Press:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gays_military
If this is too long, then just Google up
‘Anne Flaherty Associated Press’ and the
article will come up as …. ‘Republicans
block bill to lift military gay ban’. (dated
Sept. 21) …there is not one word...nay, not
one that mentions Harry Reid’s vote. In fact
the title of the article lays the entire
blame on the Republican party…..no one else.
One might think that Senator Reid might be
using his vote to increase his chances of
being reelected in his home state since he
is so far down in the polls against a
relative newcomer in Sharon Angle.
Surely he wouldn’t do that… would he?
You bet he would.
The other point about yesterdays vote
concerns the lobbying efforts for the bill
by someone named ‘Lady Gaga’. Now I have no
idea what this woman does for a living. I
suppose she is a singer of sorts, but
certainly not for my age bracket. I guess
she lists her occupation as that of an
‘entertainer’.
I have no problem with that. More power to
her.
What I have a problem with is the fact that
she holds a news conference and it becomes
worthy of air and press time. Our national
psyche seems to hold the philosophy that
anyone enjoying their fifteen minutes of
fame is to be listened to as some sort of an
‘expert’ on various affairs of state. To me
this would be like having Lee Harvey Oswald
on television expressing his views on gun
control or Tiger Woods lecturing us on the
finer qualities of marriage. Just because
someone is famous and has an audience does
not make them worthy to expound on our
nations ills and recommend solutions that
are the provenance of experts.
We have serious issues to be dealt with in
this country; we need serious answers which
are of benefit to all of us, not just a few.
We also need clear common sense reasoning,
not solutions based upon political
expedience.
Comments go to www.pearyperry.com
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