American Entropy's Geoff takes Chip to task, calling Murtha a straw man argument:
. . .that is the power allotted to the House to check the president’s power in a time of war and when arrogance trumps advice and reality, then desperate times call for desperate measures. But context is key here as well; Murtha could well have been saying that the administration hasn't provided the proper equipment or training to do the work in Iraq. The work that, I'll remind everyone, the military wasn't and isn't supposed to be doing at this point in history or ever. That aside, we do not know because, as mentioned, the "online interview" is MIA and exists at this point as a quote in a Robert Novak column.
Consuela provides us with More Books from Black People We Should Be Reading.
According to Czuk, insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure.
JanetLee suggests Janet Edens is not be a snob after all.
Matthew announces the launch of a new trip planning site.
OK, these are both a little off color, but they still made me snicker.
Today's Special: Material Dischord
Finally, Jason shares some pics from the SEWE Birds of Prey presentation.
Just to clarify. I was referring to Chip's (and most of the right-wing's) claim that liberals (the far,far,far left) hate America as the 'straw man' argument; in other words "a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position".
Murtha's argument is pretty sound from what I hear and is no 'straw man', but it can be easily reframed for political gain, which is what I suspect Novak and Chip are doing.
Posted by: geoff | 22 February 2007 at 17:05