Comments on: Welcome Aboard, Chief

By: sac

sac — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:25:56 +0000

But you have to admit, Perino is hot.

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:57:55 +0000

Also worth noting is that this asshole saw the light only when his son was deployed to Iraq.

It seems his son has not yet been deployed to Iraq, but “he’s going to be deploying to Iraq” as per Dana Perino.

It also seems, once again as per Dana Perino, that:
– the prospect of his son being deployed to Iraq has skewed Dowd’s judgment and that’s the only reason the dude said what he did
– or maybe not the only reason; he was also unhinged by the fact that “the Congress is not fully backing the troops”

By: sac

sac — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:59:07 +0000

When I faced the great abyss that is your obstinance. It’s humbling.

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:42:49 +0000

when did that ever stop you?

By: sac

sac — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:15:49 +0000

Different ways of paying, I think. This is kind of pointless, though.

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:11:15 +0000

karma is when you pay for your actions.

the point is not what you would consider worse. the point is that if your kid is sent to war and dies, he paid, not you.

By: sac

sac — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:47:27 +0000

They’re both getting it. But if it were me, I would gladly take one of my sons’ place in war. So if you’re asking me which would be worse, me going or one of my kids, then I would say the latter. If Dowd has any love for his kids, then I would bet he’d feel the same way.

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:56:38 +0000

is it so hard to see that it’s his kid getting it, not him?

By: matt

matt — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:56:05 +0000

considering how many lives he’s at least marginally responsible for adversely affecting, i don’t know why we should be limiting his comeuppance to his offspring.

By: sac

sac — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:52:57 +0000

i think we have a different definition of karma.

karma would be dowd himself getting mobilized. or somehow going so broke that he would have to contend with the regime of stratification he helped empower. let him have to declare bankruptcy and find out how compassionate it is now. let him have to navigate the healthcare system sans insurance.

I would gladly suffer any of those setbacks rather than having one of my kids go to war, so again, I think he got his. It’s hard to understand if you don’t have kids, I guess, but your own suffering is of no consequence compared to your kids’ suffering.