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ATWT Discussion Group
No one has to read anything I post, and no one has to research it for accuracy. I don't *expect* that. It's just that anyone who hasn't done so has no business stating that it's *lies and innuendo.* If someone is going to say that, they should be prepared to justify their statement. If not, no comment on the content is appropriate. That's the Zoe situation. By the way, I didn't just copy and paste the article. I did read it for myself and confirm a great deal of it.
Now, if you want to say that you know the writer to have a bias, that's a different story. Every writer has a bias, and every person who quotes a writer also has a bias. Having a bias is not synonymous with *lies and innuendo.* Biased opinions can be absolutely correct. Even Faux News gets something right every so often.
If you want to believe I posted this as a way to pick a fight, I'm not going to change your mind. Think whatever you like, silly as it might be. You've said things like that about me before, and I imagine you will again. You're right about one thing: I wasn't looking for *enlightenment.* My mind is made up on the issue of the presidential race, after considerable research and use of my fully-functional brain. I'm not posing as undecided, and I wasn't aware that only undecided people were permitted to post on the subject. When I see someone post something that is patently false, I don't believe it's wrong to present evidence to the contrary. This subject is far too important not to at least try to discredit the outright falsehoods.
What you said about non-citizens who've made their home in the U.S. having less of an interest in national security.... I'm sorry, but that's just tripe. I LIVE here, for heaven's sake. If I'd been in one of the WTC buildings on 9/11, I would have been just as dead as any full-fledged citizen. As it happens, I could have been. I live in the city where W was that morning, and Airforce One was parked at an airport not all that far from my house. Airforce One was one of the targets bin Laden's people were considering. I do accept your apology, but I'm still utterly mystified as to what prompted the comment. I posted something critical of John McCain. Surely you don't believe that his plan to continue that worthless war in Iraq has anything at all to do with our safety! If anything, it leaves us more exposed to danger.
You're correct that I have every right to criticize U.S. politicians and public figures. I've made this country my home and what happens in the government here affects me just as much as it affects you. I'm not here on the three year pass; I'm planning to stay for the duration. You might wonder, quite naturally, why I haven't become a citizen. Four years ago, when I had just been here long enough to think about beginning the citizenship process, a family situation came up that could have required me to move back home. Fortunately I didn't have to, but taking U.S. citizenship would have made it far more difficult for me to do so. I decided then that, since I'm legally able to remain her indefinitely as a resident alien, that's what I would do - just in case. It certainly isn't because I'm unconcerned about this country.