Coffee Shop Weekly
From the Coffee Shops to the Barstools
What the Real People are Saying
Warning!
Not Politically Correct Because We Don’t Have To Be
October 30, 2004
CSW 39
The Coffee Shop is Open
And the people say…………….
An abbreviated, to the point, election issue.
GRAY LADY MAY BE PREGNANT
CAUGHT IN BED WITH CBS
D. Skeeles, CSW
October 28, 2004
New York City - The New York Times has again been caught in bed with CBS. The "missing weapons" story scheduled for "60 Minutes" Sunday, Oct. 31 was ceded for political reasons by CBS to the NYT which made it front page news. CBS knew airing the story so close to the elections would be business suicide for the already troubled network. However, the NYT went with the story and got caught with her panties down because the story was not credible. But hey, what’s new from the Times or CBS? If they can’t prove a story, they report it anyway. If they don’t have a story, they hire guys to make one up. The New York Times is "news for the stupid." The CBS motto is, "no news is truthful news!"
If the New York Times is pregnant and CBS is the other parent, we will campaign to make abortions mandatory. Seriously folks. The only people who got screwed by this affair was the American public. Say good night Dan. Rather, that is.
KERRY/EDWARDS TRYING TO LIE THEIR WAY INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
If you can’t make it the old fashion way, why not lie, cheat, beg, borrow, and steal? That’s the s.o.p. of the Kerry/Edwards campaign. This campaign has been loaded with false accusations, negative innuendos, and flat out lies against the President since the beginning of the primaries. Kerry's rampage on the "missing tons" of explosives in Iraq is ludicrous. This final desperate leap is what Kerry is all about …… nothing! No proof, no facts, none needed. Just like a Kerry presidency…… none needed, thank you!
LAST ELECTION ISSUE
When you read issue 40 of Coffee Shop Weekly, we will all know who our president will be through 2008, maybe. Although CSW hopes it is President Bush, we refrained from officially endorsing him. Why? Because endorsements are for losers, those who can’t think for themselves. CSW readers don’t need anyone telling them who to vote for. Unlike some people, namely liberal democrats and staunch union supporters, CSW readers can read and determine the best candidates all by themselves. We presented our side. Now you must decide and vote the way you see it.
The threatened litigation and voter fraud will make this an interesting era in political history. As one pundit put it, "For Bush to win the election, he must do better with the dead voters. The democrats are beating him ten to one." We aren’t sure if ten to one is quite accurate. It is probably closer to twenty to one. Our latest poll of this voter group was inconclusive. Not many would speak to us. And that’s how it’s been going.
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The following article was submitted by a CSW reader. It is somewhat lengthy, somewhat scary in a non-halloween way, but really drives the point home. Makes a very good read!
Ed.
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Fate of a Nation
This was written in the Daily Record (Ellensburg, Washington paper) on Wed. Oct. 6, 2004. It was written by Mathew Manweller who is a Central Washington University political science professor.
Election Determines Fate of Nation
"In that this will be my last column before the presidential election there will be no sarcasm, no attempts at witty repartee. The topic is too serious, and the stakes are too high. This November we will vote in the only election during our lifetime that will truly matter. Because America is at a once-in-a-generation crossroads, more than an election hangs in the balance.
Down one path lies retreat, abdication and a reign of ambivalence. Down the other lies a nation that is aware of its past and accepts the daunting obligation its future demands. If we choose poorly, the consequences will echo through the next 50 years of history.
If we, in a spasm of frustration, turn out the current occupant of the White House, the message to the world and ourselves will be twofold. First, we will reject the notion that America can do big things. Once a nation that tamed a frontier, stood down the Nazis and stood upon the moon, we will announce to the world that bringing democracy to the Middle East is too big of a task for us. But more significantly, we will signal to future presidents that as voters, we are unwilling to tackle difficult challenges, preferring caution to boldness, embracing the mediocrity that has characterized other civilizations.
The defeat of President Bush will send a chilling message to future presidents who may need to make difficult, yet unpopular decisions. America has always been a nation that rises to the demands of history regardless of the costs or appeal. If we turn away from that legacy, we turn away from who we are.
Second, we inform every terrorist organization on the globe that the lesson of Somalia was well learned. In Somalia we showed terrorists that you don't need to defeat America on the battlefield when you can defeat them in the newsroom. They learned that a wounded America can become a defeated America. Twenty-four-hour news stations and daily tracing polls will do the heavy lifting, turning a cut into a fatal blow. Except that Iraq is Somalia times ten.
The election of John Kerry will serve notice to every terrorist in every cave that the soft underbelly of American power is the timidity of American voters. Terrorists will know that a steady stream of grizzly photos for CNN is all you need to break the will of the American people. Our own self-doubt will take it from there. Bin Laden will recognize that he can topple any American administration without setting foot on the homeland.
It is said that America's WW II generation is its 'greatest generation.' But my greatest fear is that it will become known as America's 'last generation'. Born in the bleakness of the Great Depression and hardened in the fire of WW II, they may be the last American generation that understands the meaning of duty, honor and sacrifice. It is difficult to admit, but I know these terms are spoken with only hollow detachment by many (but not all) in my generation. Too many citizens today mistake 'living in America' as 'being an American'. But America has always been more of an idea than a place. When you sign on, you do more than buy real estate. You accept a set of values and responsibilities.
This November, my generation, which has been absent too long, must grasp the obligation that comes with being an American, or fade into the oblivion they may deserve. I believe that 100 years from now historians will look back at the election of 2004 and see it as the decisive election of our century. Depending on the outcome, they will describe it as the moment America joined the ranks of ordinary nations; or they will describe it as the moment the prodigal sons and daughters of the greatest generation accepted their burden as caretakers of the City on the Hill."
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