tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post525843882199054995..comments2024-01-19T21:33:09.716+00:00Comments on E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK: Capital, Capitol, ThanatosEYEWEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-1372074823646823432008-10-01T22:05:00.000+01:002008-10-01T22:05:00.000+01:00Looking back now, I don't regret that hipshot in m...Looking back now, I don't regret that hipshot in my previous comment, but I was giving the people who voted the thing down WAY too much credit! Many of them were apparently not principled at all, but just petty.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-43199760320353442312008-09-29T22:01:00.000+01:002008-09-29T22:01:00.000+01:00Todd, isn't this in part because nobody believes t...Todd, isn't this in part because nobody believes the Bush administration anymore when they say that something must be done immediately to avoid catastrophe?<BR/><BR/>It reminds me of how the Major government's approach to BSE destroyed its credibility as far as making statements about science was concerned. <BR/><BR/>It's the boy who cried wolf, the boy being Bush, the wolf being "mushroom clouds," "heckuva job," and the like.<BR/><BR/>And the representatives are listening to their constituents instead of to Bush and Co.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com