Tuesday, July 22, 2008

What’s In A Word?

Warning: Reading of this blog may lead to discomfort to some readers. If you have a history of problems with other people’s opinions, please scroll down and read my blog entitled “Lightweights need not apply” before proceeding.
Note: Accepting one’s own opinions or conclusions on others statements as facts can be damaging to one’s judgment and/or credibility.

While thinking of a name for this blog, “One Cat’s Opinion” I came to the conclusion that no matter how much one thinks they’re right about any given subject, one has to be willing to change if confronted with a better or more consistent argument.
We’ve witnessed this in the last few elections when the Repulicons used the term “flip flopping” to try to humiliate and discredit a true American hero (at the very least, he went to Vietnam to fight and I didn’t, so that’s a hero to me), Senator John Carey. Senator Carey, in my “opinion”, would have been a stellar President of the United States and my guess is that we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in now if he were in the White House instead of Bush. Republicons apparently think that if a leader stays with his original thoughts, wrong or right, that it’s somehow better for the country. Even some prominent Republicons are now saying that it takes a big man to change course if for instance, to use a hackneyed example, you were told something on Tuesday, found out Wednesday it was wrong, but continued to do the same thing on Thursday. This is why we’re in the quagmire in Iraq and why most Republicons continue to use the tired old litmus test of “flip flopping” when deciding whom to vote for. (As if Republicon candidates don’t change their mind as the political winds blow up their own asses).
From now on I’ll be including this statement with every blog to remind the readers of my rants that these are my “opinions” and should be taken with a grain of salt along with their own.
Note: Accepting one’s own opinions or conclusions on others statements as facts can be damaging to one’s judgment and/or credibility.