tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990612188078419566.post2759174550166427167..comments2023-10-22T03:59:15.591-05:00Comments on Reason, Tradition and Liberty: Bush Logic And The Great Non-SequiturChris Ferrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030106383333185967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990612188078419566.post-28610415779648493712008-06-13T08:18:00.000-05:002008-06-13T08:18:00.000-05:00Hello there, interesting blog you have here.This c...Hello there, interesting blog you have here.<BR/><BR/>This comment is off-topic, hopefully that's alright; I just wanted to reply since you zinged me at the end of your Digg comment.<BR/><BR/>I have heard that saying before, of course, and I agree with it in general. I'm not necessarily afraid of terrorists and I have an apartment in New York and I lived there on 9/11; I've seen terrorism, right here in our very own country; I saw the reactions to it, and I saw the actions that we have taken to prevent it. They're not right, but that are understandable for now. Surely you don't think that our freedom has been permanently jeopardized due to actions taken after 9/11?<BR/><BR/>As for the "insurgents" in Iraq, well you can call them whatever you wish. The fact remains though, that the Iraqi people were living under tyranny and deserve to be free. Whether it was our place to free them or not is a matter of foreign policy. Personally, I care about the Iraqi people, though I wouldn't have invaded their country to liberate them. But now that we have invaded their country, I strongly feel that it is our responsibility to keep the innocent people of Iraq safe in their own homes: A goal that will not be achieved by a withdrawal of our troops.<BR/><BR/>I feel strongly in responsibility and handling the consequences of ones actions. This applies to life in general, to both the individual and country.<BR/><BR/>As for the currency: The falling dollar is as you said, a result of the rapid lowering of interest rates by the Fed; which is an action that a group of intelligent men, whom we give such power to, decided to take because they saw it as being best for our economy. I'm not an economist personally, but they are. As such I'm going to have to take their word for it.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry about the falling dollar possibly not being stoppable though. I do work in finance and inflation can easily be brought back down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com