Letters to the Editor
bucky1
Published Letters: 1714
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Apologies to Mona (an inner mystery revealed)
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here][LWM]:I used to have a more favorable view of Cato before I found out
[Mona]:Sure you did. Right up until the last few hours in which you Googled to find Lenin or some other odious historical figure with which to link some person at Cato, in this case a guy who was discussing social security reform in 1983, and thus announce they are as much a Leninist cabal as the neocons.
Nice try. But I don't think you'd see Greenwald approvingly linking to them as relatively frequently as he does were that the case. You know, like when they issue scathing reports denouncing Bush and his theories of Executive tyranny. Glenn likes that stuff. Poor deluded fool -- you be setting him straight now, ya hear?
That was both humorous and very insightful. I did not think there were any here who saw though all those transparent tactics. I apologize to you for not knowing better; and to anyone else who saw it all along. Sorry.
Is an idea to be discredited because a few of its supporters are odious? An old question that has been asked many ways; and this tactic is very similar.
It does lead to internal inconsistencies. LWM has preached for a week that I am the the return of some ancient evil. Yet, I like Glenn's insight and read every post. so, by LWM's methodology, he should try to discredit Glenn G.
(note: For the literal minded out there --- that was a demonstration of the logic of the tactic, and not an attack on Glenn)
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re: Doctrine of Pre-Emptive War
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Actually, Paul's was a more comprehensive and penetrating answer. He said that the greatest evil we currently face is the "doctrine of pre-emptive war."
... Can anyone name a single greater evil in any government's tool box of satanic instruments? I'm at a loss to.
Bingo!
We executed real Nazis after WWII, and one of the main charges was preemptive war. Has everything we stood for at the Nuremberg Trials been lost? It would seem so, since Ron Paul is being hit from right and left for standing up for one of the core principles that the USA stood for back in those ancient of days.
The indictments were for:
1. Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of crime against peace
2. Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace
3. War crimes
4. Crimes against humanity
In fact, last weekend when I mentioned I supported Ron Paul, I saw several here hit the metaphorical ceiling. I conclude they like war every bit as much as the Republican crazies in this town. (they just want to pick the country)
-b1
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Mona --- wow!
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Mona to LWM: If not you, then who? If not now, then when?
And hurry, or next thing you know, Greenwald and Kos will decide that Bill Kristol and Michael Ledeen actually have some deeply moral and profound insights to offer to those with eyes to see.
That had to hurt! "ownage!" as the young set cries out all the time.
It seems you are on to the main tactic that LWM loves to use. It is linkage. As soon as he sees you be "for" something or in favor of someone, then it is always a simple matter to find detractors on the net of the idea or person.
Perhaps that is the reason that you, a libertarian, are the only one to say which Democrat is worth supporting even though the debates have started. since everyone sees that being "for" a thing here might bring vulgar, profane attack then they just prefer not to say. (only a hypothesis, who can tell the mind of another?)
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New History for old! New history for old!
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]LWM to someone: ... Bucky1 and I got along fine until I politely called him on some things. Bucky has issues. He's in another section of the library, (fantasy and science fiction), possibly another library altogether. L@L and I were headed for a train wreck. He did a silly thing, then came on as a sock puppet and attacked me, no big deal. ...
I'll re-type quote by lwm that: "and I got along fine until I politely called him"; what a fantasy. The attack toady claims he was Mr. Nice Guy! bejeus!
And yet again here the lwm-ster goes personal. It beats me how one can re-write history before the week is out and claim to be the victim as we see here.
I'll give him one thing, it would be hard to attack his positions; as he has none. Try to recall, when has the attack toady ever been for a specific proposal or political candidate since the debates began? If so, I missed it.
And, we see toady wants another round.