In all actuality, there are days the Intramuralist wonders the wisdom of what to publish.\u00a0 We scan a sampling of the week\u2019s headlines and editorials, yet quickly, we come across a slew of spewing that seems to make you go \u201chmmm\u201d…<\/p>\n
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\u201cConfidence that the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror has fallen to its lowest level in roughly two years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Or do we pay any attention to a presidential photo op, as detailed by Politico…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTuesday morning, a peculiar announcement trickled out of the White House press office: President Barack Obama would be holding a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston bombings.\u00a0 At the White House.\u00a0 By himself.\u00a0 No press or other intruders allowed.\u00a0 Except the White House photographer.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n That Obama assumed Americans would want an iconic photo of him privately mourning the victims of the bombings was emblematic of a kind of hubris that has enveloped the president and his White House as the president commences his second term.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n No, those aspects aren\u2019t that<\/strong> important to articulate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How about the news as reported by Salon…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019ve found it a sad commentary on GOP rebuilding that there\u2019s been so much talk this week about the likelihood and desirability of a Jeb Bush candidacy.\u00a0 And apparently one influential Republican, his mother, Barbara, agrees with me.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018He\u2019s by far the best-qualified man, but no,\u2019 the former first lady told NBC\u2019s Matt Lauer when he asked if she wanted her son, the former Florida governor, to run for president. \u2018I really don\u2019t.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s a great country.\u00a0 There are a lot of great families, and it\u2019s not just four families, or whatever.\u00a0 There are other people out there that are very qualified.\u00a0 We\u2019ve had enough Bushes.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Am I the only one who thinks we need no more family ties to the Executive Branch?\u00a0 No more Bushes and Clintons or Kennedys and Obamas or anyone else who has already occupied the oval space… \u00a0Nope.\u00a0 Love that Barbara Bush… love how agree with her or not, she never seems to hide how she feels.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What about the news from Fox News\u2019 Neil Cavuto and his notion that the media enacts a double standard for Obama and Bush actions in regard to the situation in Syria…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWhat’s the difference between weapons of mass destruction and weapons of chemical destruction?\u00a0 One gives you an excuse to bash a Republican president.\u00a0 The other an excuse not to bash a Democratic president.\u00a0 Nevermind this president drew the line in the sand on mass destruction weapons.\u00a0 Democrats were all over that former president for getting wrong what most of they themselves were convinced George Bush had right.\u00a0 And now they aren’t saying boo to this president that his worst fears are right.\u00a0 So now repeating, that president is bad for pushing us into a war most Democrats supported because it sure looked like Saddam had bad stuff.\u00a0 In fact, they used bad stuff.\u00a0 This president is not bad for ignoring his own threats of consequences.\u00a0 Now that we know Bashar Assad definitely has bad stuff.\u00a0 I’m not saying one is right and one is wrong.\u00a0 What I am saying is the double-standard in the coverage of each is very wrong.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Does there exist a double standard?\u00a0 I can\u2019t answer that question.\u00a0 Just the pondering is confusing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So what can<\/strong> I answer?\u00a0 2 things this day…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One, I can see why many persons intentionally choose to pay no attention to the news; it could drive a person crazy (… just sayin\u2019).<\/em><\/p>\n And two, some things will always seem to make you go \u2018hmmm.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Respectfully… always…<\/p>\n AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In all actuality, there are days the Intramuralist wonders the wisdom of what to publish.\u00a0 We scan a sampling of the week\u2019s headlines and editorials, yet quickly, we come across a slew of spewing that seems to make you go \u201chmmm\u201d… What do we write about? Do we consider the nonpartisan Rasmussen Reports, … <\/p>\n