Priorities, Priorities - the Cindy Sheehan situation

This is not directed at anyone in particular, but I just have a problem with people who criticize and complain constantly when in fact they will or can not do a damn thing about it anyway. Maybe I'm off base here, but all I hear is whining. crying, bitching, complaining, etc and sometimes it just pisses me off. This extends to politics and athletics. I've never been one to complain unless it's in an area that I have some control over. I just deal the hand that's dealt. The venom toward the President of the US is absolutely unbelievable. Same goes for his cabinet. To even suggest that a person who has elevated himself to the highest office in the land, or to the head coaching position of a major university is stupid is to make a fool of one's self. I laugh at the arrogance of people who think they have all the answers when, in fact, they are the ignorant ones. My fondest wish would be to watch a head to head debate between the loudest complainers and the targets of their criticism. I'd better stop. I'm not getting any calmer.

 

sure, or you could quote the active generals who are actually managing the war as it happens, with all the information. i would suppose the active guys know far more about the situation than retired guys.

yay for red!

everyone is qualified to have "thoughts" and express them all they want. but i dont see why anyone should care about yours. military strategy is like chess don't you think? i dont go around telling grandmasters where to move their bishop. i have no clue if they are managing their troops the right way.

i think i made it clear i meant specific decisions related to war and strategy. my example was the amount of troops necessary. i dont think either of is qualified to know how many troops we need doing what. if you never claimed to know things like that, thats fine, i dont remember if you did. but that is the kind of thing people pften act like they know better than the military.

again, i am saying your opinion has no value, not that you are unqualified to posses an opinion.

 

Seeing McDonalds and Wal-Mart in Saigon twenty years later makes Vietnam seem extremely pointless.

 

I cannot speak for those who criticize our government, but my (and others', I'm sure) enmity towards John Brady is based entirely on evidence that can be clearly seen by anyone who chooses to attend basketball games in the PMAC.

It is not easy for any of us to criticize gov't because we cannot see what happens inside the closed doors of the White House and on the streets of Iraq.

 

Go ahead and criticize. Just don't try to say (and I know you don't) that he "doesn't know the fundamentals of basketball" or some other nonsense.

 

My criticism usually deals with incidents such as Tack Minor shouting matches, locker room "I hate you" incidents, recruiting prowess (or lack thereof) and attrition.

You have to be a veritable psychologist to deal with 18-22 year old kids, half of whom think they are better than they actually are. Lots of people aren't cut out for it and it's plain by his track record that he simply isn't.

 

martin, always so good with words. I love it. That's hilarious.

Of course, I really doubt you truley think it. We are on free speech alley to debate opinions, if people's opinions didn't have any value you wouldn't be here.

 

The fact that they are discussing their opinion is them doing something. It gets people talking. They can convince other fans to hate john brady or other people to hate George Bush & thus, vote someone else in or apply pressure to the LSU administration to find a new coach. They don't have to personally take action in order to do something about it. I hate hearing people b*tch when they are just complaining to complain, but there are plenty of times when there are valid reasons to complain.

PS: That paragraph sounds like you were complaining... or was that you doing something about it?