[Speed Gibson,
Thursday February 3, 2005 at 6:37am]
But it's by Bill Moyers!
Many years ago, there was an old saying in the world of data processing: "You can't go wrong buying IBM." Actually, it was generally true. If a problem developed, IBM had the people to make it right, and at the prices they charged, they could afford to. Another saying was, "You can buy better, but you can't pay more!" But while IBM remains a strong, capable company, the old adage has been forgotten.
Maybe Bill Moyers was once such a name in the news business, such that you couldn't go wrong with a piece by Bill Moyers. Today you can, as evidenced by the awful piece published Sunday Jan. 29th in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. In the first paragraph of "There is no Tomorrow" he states:
Aside from the fact that Washington D.C. was not the capital at the time, may I humbly ask why the Declaration of Independence, rich in both ideology (the rights of man) and theology (endowed by their Creator) does not also worry him? Moyers then asserts:
Blind, he says, oblivious to the facts. The rest of the piece merits no further attention. Suffice it to say that it is the leftist equivalent of our looking under the mattress for Communists. If you believe in God at all, you're no better than the "fringe" who predict that the Second Coming is imminent and will fix everything, including the environment.
Here's my larger point. Was their nothing better to print today? This Moyers piece is intellectual smut, adrift in false premises and convoluted arguments. Its conclusions are absurd and unfounded, but its purpose, ripping religious conservatives, is unmistakable. I have to believe a significant number of Democrats groaned when they saw it, part of that snooty, sneering image they're now trying to soften. It's like we groan when someone says, "Man, I love that Michael Savage!"
If I were the publisher, I'd call the editors into my office to explain themselves. A liberal bent is one thing, but directly insulting a significant number of readers (i.e., customers) is bad business. Again I ask, was their nothing better to print today?
Maybe Bill Moyers was once such a name in the news business, such that you couldn't go wrong with a piece by Bill Moyers. Today you can, as evidenced by the awful piece published Sunday Jan. 29th in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. In the first paragraph of "There is no Tomorrow" he states:
For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.
Aside from the fact that Washington D.C. was not the capital at the time, may I humbly ask why the Declaration of Independence, rich in both ideology (the rights of man) and theology (endowed by their Creator) does not also worry him? Moyers then asserts:
When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.
Blind, he says, oblivious to the facts. The rest of the piece merits no further attention. Suffice it to say that it is the leftist equivalent of our looking under the mattress for Communists. If you believe in God at all, you're no better than the "fringe" who predict that the Second Coming is imminent and will fix everything, including the environment.
Here's my larger point. Was their nothing better to print today? This Moyers piece is intellectual smut, adrift in false premises and convoluted arguments. Its conclusions are absurd and unfounded, but its purpose, ripping religious conservatives, is unmistakable. I have to believe a significant number of Democrats groaned when they saw it, part of that snooty, sneering image they're now trying to soften. It's like we groan when someone says, "Man, I love that Michael Savage!"
If I were the publisher, I'd call the editors into my office to explain themselves. A liberal bent is one thing, but directly insulting a significant number of readers (i.e., customers) is bad business. Again I ask, was their nothing better to print today?