Biden On Terrorism
August 28, 2008
1. It’s a stupid question. Might as well ask “What’s more likely to kill the average American? A swarm of killer bees, dehydration or a drunk driver?” But it’s Bill Maher, so there you go.
2. Biden thinks corn syrup is more dangerous than terrorism, and where’s the DNCC being held? The Pepsi Center. Oh the irony.
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August 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
The purpose of the question was to point out that Republicans have been fearmongering. They get people like you and Don all worked up over something that is not at all likely to happen. It’s a diversion tactic. Instead of worrying about your pocketbook, the economy, or the lies that led to war, you’re focused on terrorism, which leads you to support any foreign policy decision that the President makes.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp
Right out of the Nazi playbook.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Chris, I think it’s a perfectly legitimate question. The threat of a terrorist attack needs to be put into perspective. Biden answered it quite well.
Reasic, I can’t believe you resorted to the argumentum ad Nazium. I don’t see how it’s helpful to complain about fear mongering and then compare the Bush Administration to the Nazis. Sorry, but it’s a ridiculous comparison.
August 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I’m not calling Bush a Nazi. I’m using the example of the Nazis to show that this idea of convincing the people that they are being attacked and denigrating pacifists can be a tactic used by a government that wants war.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I think it’s a perfectly legitimate question.
I don’t. I can’t remember what it was right off hand, but something like “what’s more likely to kill the average American?” Of course it’s going to be something like sugar over a terror attack what with our obesity problem. It’s not like we’re being attacked every week. It’s a loaded question. Maher’s point was that terrorism shouldn’t be that much of a concern for us. All the thousands of people who’ve died over the years due to attacks is just Bush fearmongering.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Chris said: Maher’s point was that terrorism shouldn’t be that much of a concern for us.
No. Maher’s point is that we all need to get some perspective. Why are the thousands of people who have died from terrorism over the last few years more important than the thousands who die every year from preventable respiratory and diet related illnesses, Chris?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Coal fired power plants may put things in the air we would prefer not be there, but they do provide power that lets us light and heat our homes. After shivering for 5 to 6 days earlier this year when the ice storm hit Tulsa, I would have been very willing to have a little smoke in the air if it would have meant I could have the lights and heat back on.
High fructose corn syrup may lead to obesity, but it does make things sweet to drink, and no one is forcing people to drink them.
I cannot think of any redeemable value from a terrorist attack.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Why are the thousands of people who have died from terrorism over the last few years more important than the thousands who die every year from preventable respiratory and diet related illnesses, Chris?
Because they can prevent that by putting down the pop and Twinkies. Look, sugar and coal isn’t trying to get it’s hands on a nuclear weapon. Terrorism is more than just a problem for the “average American”.
After shivering for 5 to 6 days earlier this year when the ice storm hit Tulsa, I would have been very willing to have a little smoke in the air if it would have meant I could have the lights and heat back on
I am with you on that. I was only without power for a day and a half, but I could put up with dirty air if it meant I didn’t have to wake up at 3 am freezing in 20 degree weather because I didn’t have any heat.