I liked Michelle’s presentation today. Very professional, factual, straightfoward. There have been times in the past where I felt her articles were so sarcastic and spewing venom that they lost thier effectiveness. I think Ann Coulter goes over the top too many times. The lefties stay over the top all the time. Since 9/11 watching the media wars and now the blogosphere wars between left and right I have tried to identify the principles of effective communication that lead to a spirit of community (similar to the process our founding fathers went through). I’ve looked to the Bible for principles as well: Seek the truth, submit to one another, count others better than yourselves, do what leads to mutual edification.

If our communication forums degenerate into anarchy, communication ceases and force must be used to regain a civil forum for communication. Prior to that, we have to keep the quality of our relationships a higher priority than winning the points of our debate. Just under that priority, however, must be education, logic, reasoned, communication with a respect for each other. Mischell is coming close to that mark with just enough sarcastic ridicule of the left perk their attention, and passionately persuasive when our actions are ridiculous. She was one of the first after 9/11 to be screaming in the media about the insanity of our border situation, and I think one of the most influential in this country in making it a national issue.

Keep it up — you go girl!!

CountryDoc on May 7, 2006 at 1:26 AM