05-20-2024, 02:26 PM
(05-20-2024, 02:10 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: It didn't surprise me for the exact reasons you mention. That plus admitting that not only were you 100% wrong, but you hurled some very nasty accusations at the people who were correct. The whole Covid thing probably did more to damage faith in our government, ill-warranted as it was, than any other event in my lifetime.
See, this is where I differ from a lot of my bureaucratic colleagues. I want scrutiny from the media. I want an antagonistic fourth estate that is out there to uncover these things and tell all about it. I don't want the government to hand it to them, but I don't want them to squash stories, either. I think our government operates in a more ethical manner and more for the people when we have a healthy, antagonistic media environment for it to operate in.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
