Thought Quotient

Why is this not a surprise?

We get a steady stream of bad news from the media, and very little of anything but that. It’s not surprising that public opinion is going from the positive to the negative. So the media can flash this headline around with pride as if their mission is now accomplished. But now what?

Does the fact that we now have a majority of the public against having troops in Iraq mean that it is now the wrong thing to do? When the public was below 50% and not the majority, was it then the right thing to do? This is why polls shouldn’t be used to determine what’s right and wrong. Either sending troops into Iraq was the right thing to do or it was not. Whether there are polls that show shifting opinions on this, that doesn’t change the events that led up the administration’s decision to go into Iraq. Politicians that point to these kinds of polls to make their case are not leaders. Leading means doing what you believe to be right in the face of difficulty. Pandering to populist views is predictable and the easy way out.

Words of wisdom from the outgoing Solicitor General, Ted Olson, who lost his wife on the hijacked plane that crashed into the Pentagon…

He has said that the struggle against terrorism “will be long and arduous”, but an unrelenting fight against terrorism is the best way to honor the attack victims.

“Their suffering and deaths must fuel our dedication to stamp out this cancer”

What is our alternative?
If cancer isn’t treated when it can be, it eventually kills.

That is something that 100% of us can agree on. So let’s get focused and fight the real enemy.

Hint to Michael Moore: It’s not President Bush!

Audio Adrenaline members Mark Stuart and Will McGinniss, as well as Bob Herdman, each received two BMI Christian Music Awards, sharing the top Songwriter of the Year title with Steven Curtis Chapman. Performing rights organization BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year’s most performed Christian songs during the annual BMI Christian Music Awards Monday in Nashville. Audio Adrenaline members McGinniss and Stuart, along with non-touring member Herdman, were recognized for the Audio Adrenaline CHR hits “Ocean Floor,” and “Pierced,” from the band’s critically acclaimed ForeFront albums, Lift, and the GRAMMY-winning Worldwide, respectively. The three also collaborated on two previous Audio Adrenaline BMI Award winning songs: “Hands and Feet” and “Will Not Fade.” Other BMI award-winning songwriter/artists who contributed to the most-performed list were Rebecca St. James, Jars of Clay, Vickie Winans, Donnie McClurkin, John P. Kee, 12 Stones, Relient K, Big Dismal, Gerald Crabb, Marc Byrd, Dorinda Clark Cole, Richard Smallwood and Greater Vision.

A complete list of 2004 BMI Christian Music Awards winners can be found at BMI.com.

Decide for yourself.

Read the whole article at http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39079

WorldNetDaily is reporting that the company distributing filmmaker Michael Moore’s Bush-bashing movie “Fahrenheit 9/11″ says it won’t reject an offer of help from Middle East terrorist organization Hezbollah.

As WorldNetDaily reported, terrorists affiliated with the Iran-backed network last week offered to help promote the film in the United Arab Emirates.