| | The Definition of HypocrisyMarch 21, 2013 - Rick BurdtAccording to the dictionary, hypocrisy is defined as "the practice of professing standards, beliefs, etc., contrary to one's real character or actual behavior." With this in mind, this term clearly defines our current president, his administration, and the main stream media. Shortly after taking office, President Obama and his administration decided that water-boarding known terrorists was intolerable and together with the main stream media, demonized President Bush for having used those tactics, even though they yielded information which helped protect Americans. Skip ahead about four years. Eric Holder stated in a letter that, according to Obama's drone policy, technically the administration could use military force to kill an American on American soil in an "extraordinary circumstance". Who decides what an "extraordinary circumstance" is and whatever happened to due process? It took a thirteen hour filibuster by Rand Paul, followed by a quiet main stream media, to get this administration to concede that he does not have the authority to kill Americans on American soil using drones. It seems strange that the same person who, just four years ago, felt that to water-board a known terrorist -- a person hell bent on killing as many Americans as he can -- was a heinous act of torture, regularly approves drone kill lists. Somehow scaring someone half to death is far worse than blowing them to bits, along with who knows how many innocent lives that may be in the wrong place at the wrong time. And where is the main stream media in all this? Amazingly quiet. They must have changed the standards necessary to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Article Comments(26)phahn50May-16-13 10:58 AM It is ironic that in war its ok to kill someone but not to torture them, but thats the way it is. Its also not ok to rape but if you kill the same person accidentally thats a different matter. War has strange values. bjccd5May-14-13 10:07 PM AND: it is our main stream Media that brain-washes us into perception. So, their absense is actually an intellectual bonus, as we may need form opinion ALONE!!! What a CONCEPT!!! bjccd5May-14-13 10:03 PM It's not about "Truth" anymore. As 'Perception is reality', we all gather information and cast personal perception based upon experiences; hence multiple 'truths' based upon........you fill that it. bjccd5May-14-13 9:59 PM Lol, actually nothing funny about it, but a lack of better response due to all the ignorance and pretention that things will change. Hypocracy is what it is...Deal with hypocracy as we ALL have throughout our American up-bringing. We have learned of the term "oxymoron" and Military Intelligence is at the cause. So there it is!!! adkfishermanMay-13-13 9:41 PM Ah the tolerant, understanding left has resorted to personal attacks again. Okay, one more time, s-l-o-w-l-y: FACT- b. hussein obama flew from dc to vegas on 9-12-13 at 2pm for a fundraiser, less than 24 hours after 4 Americans were murdered at Benghazi. LIE: the claims the attack was a result of an offensive Youtube video. LIE: b. hussein obama stating illegal aliens will not receive any benefits under obamacare, or to borrow a line from Representative Joe Wilson to obama, "you lie!" EsoxSavantMay-10-13 8:38 AM Adkfisherman, On September 12 Obama delivered a statement from the Rose Garden of the White House. Being that's FACT, In addition to "ignorant" "fool" and "racist" I will add "liar" to the list of the things that make you so great. Ten bucks says you and Rick couldn't even point to Benghazi on a map. People like you don't know when to quit. It's like dealing with children, except sometimes children *learn* something. adkfishermanMay-09-13 11:41 PM Rick-another example of hypocrisy: the day of the 9/11 attacks the MSM went non-stop about President Bush waiting a minute or two before leaving the school kids in Florida. The MSM followed up with characterizing Bush flying around and not immediately returning to the WH as "inept". Now we learn the from the Benghazi hearings the boy-king was MIA for seven (7) hours immediately following the attack and murder of four Americans at our embassy (actually longer since when he finally appeared the man-child flew to Vegas to party and did nothing about the incident. And the dems removed Nixon over a cover-up! wonderingApr-03-13 8:08 AM But I won't quibble over who is worse, none since Ike have served the American people. wonderingApr-03-13 8:07 AM If Obama rules for 20 years his list won't come close to Georgie boy's. wonderingApr-03-13 8:06 AM Are you kidding Reagan started the deregulation fever behind the current economic decline and subverted the constitution to fund the contras. Kennedy's list may have been shorter since his rule was cut short but Vietnam looms large. BlogsterApr-02-13 6:29 PM Wondering, how about JFK and Ronald Reagan. Heck, by the time O is finished Jimmy Carter will also make the list. wonderingApr-02-13 8:09 AM Rick, If you want some more examples of hypocrisy read your counterparts latest blog. wonderingApr-01-13 12:03 PM ADK, huh??? There are two posts here before yours mentioning race, one purporting white racism and the other claiming black racism. Sure Obama has a list of failures. Please give us some context by identifying a president in the last 50 years whose failure list was shorter than his. adkfishermanMar-31-13 9:50 PM Rick, its fun to watch the libs default to injecting race when they can't defend their messiah and his growing list of failures - all facts by the way. So predictable... wonderingMar-30-13 9:49 AM No Rick, I don't think they changed the standards for the Nobel prize. They gave one to Henry Kissinger in 1973. BlogsterMar-29-13 10:39 PM Concussion, so if I'm getting this correct, I'm a hypocrate because I am writing a blog now but wasn't 5+ years ago? I also urge you to read my blog a little more carefully, I think you will find that I never actually express how I feel about killing terrorists. wonderingMar-29-13 12:11 PM It doesn't matter which way a journalist leans as long as the facts they report are accurate. No one yet has successfully challenged any of Palast's facts. There certainly is a question about the so-called pass given the dems. They are given a pass on the same issues as are the GOP. That is anything that reveals how slavishly both parties obey their masters, the 1% who want this country run like their own private fiefdom. Who is benefitting here, the rapidly growing poverty class, the rapidly shrinking middle class or the oligarchs progressively cornering more and more of the country's wealth? All of Fox news, Wall st. Journal, Washington post, all of Murdoch's media holdings, the vast majority of talk shows are solidly conservative in their reportage. The NY times and Msnbc lean left but still never touch issues dterimental to the corporate world. ConcussionMar-29-13 10:57 AM Rick, It saddens me you are hurt by the killing of terrorists using drones. I know you suffered quietly through all those years from 2001 to 2009. But now you've reached your breaking point and must yell it out to the world. I know it must have angered you, when the GOP voted 7 times to raise the debt ceiling under the bush admin. You sat there, silently suffering, until now. I know how sad you felt when our foreign embassies were attacked 13 times under O's predecessor, but Benghazi was the last straw, and now it's time to let the world know how you feel. I'm glad you looked up the definition of Hypocrisy in the dictionary. Now all you have to do is look in the mirror, you are the same person you complain about. EsoxSavantMar-28-13 2:20 PM Oh, concussion, no need to feed the trolls. The constant re-assurance that things are gona' get bad, that's just the 'boo-hoo' talking. Give them fellas a week to calm down and ask them again, after they've had their talking points spoon-fed to them by the paid-partisan-hacks. Maybe then they'll be in a better position to argue mindlessly with you. Those people who are constantly saying that things are getting bad, maybe they're just not getting any trickle down coming their way? dman321Mar-28-13 1:22 PM The work of one freelance journalist who apparently leans quite far left based on his seeming adoration of Hugo Chavez hardly counts as well documented. As far as your contention that the MSM is controlled by "conservative interests" that really doesn't show given their reportage of politicians like GWB & Romney vs Obama and dems. There is no question the pass is given to those on the left. I agree on the dog & pony show but that I feel is more directed by the political class who use that as a base to hold their power - they create the entitlement class by giving out goodies to ensure their vote while sending the bill to the people with money to pay for it ConcussionMar-28-13 10:36 AM Adkfisherman, Don't worry, man. I can certainly empathize because I felt the EXACT same way in 2004. The only difference is that my fears and blame were based in reality and they came to fruition. You still got one up on me though, at least the stuff you're whining about is a lie. You should feel lucky. You see, my bitter cynical heart is warmed by the fact that the kind of people, like ADKfisherman, hate me just because I voted for a black man. There's just something about being hated for doing the right thing that makes me feel good. Have a great day! wonderingMar-27-13 7:13 PM Check out the investigative reports of journalist Greg Palast. All his material is documented before going to print. Interesting that you would think that there is a "level of hate in the media for anything the GOP does" given that most major media outlets are owned by conservative interests. Anyway the supposed "debate" between dems and repubs is all a dog and pony show to entertain and distract the masses from the ongoing theft of America by the 1%. Both parties are their servants. dman321Mar-27-13 6:57 PM Wondering:"No the GOP's voter intimidation style is to unlawfully purge registered voters from the voting registry. It's been well documented though not reported much in the media." - Really where? Given the level of hate in the media for anything the GOP does I'm surprised it's not all over the news. wonderingMar-27-13 5:22 PM ADK, No the GOP's voter intimidation style is to unlawfully purge registered voters from the voting registry. It's been well documented though not reported much in the media. I do agree with Rick that Obama is a hypocrite but you'd have to go back as far as Ike to find a president that wasn't a hypocrite and a born liar. adkfishermanMar-27-13 10:42 AM Concussion- not sure what blog you read. However Rick's point is berry get's a pass on everything. For example, suppose President Bush used the ku klux klan in 2004 to prevent voters from going to the polls (I think the term is called voter intimidation). Then suppose President Bush's AG (thats Attorney General) refused to prosecute the klan. Then imagine if the AG had the temerity to say he wasn't going to prosecute "his people." How long would it take for both President Bush and his AG to be removed from office? Well that's exactly what the boy-king did with his AG Eric Holder and the black panthers in Philadelphia. And the msm is eerily silent. Benghazi? Silence. $4.00 Gas? Silence. Credit rating downgrade? Silence. Listening to Reverend Wright for 20 years? Silence. Continuing the Warrantless Wiretapping Program? Silence. Muslim brotherhood visiting the White House? Silence. Does this kind of clear things up for ya??? Post a Comment | in: News, Blogs & Events Web Blog Links |