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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
rawfish
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Carmody, I couldn't agree with you more.
Looks mean Nothing. Despite that, too many here have nearly the same hangups on physicality as the freepers Glenn correctly skewers. Being telegenic obviously helps someone get elected and that's real but sad.
Change of subject
Past military service is currently a negative for many progressives. I've read how veterans are different; too authoritarian. That's complete hogwash.
If we elect people with combat experience I can pretty much assure you they'll only send others into combat with the greatest relectance and only upon the greatest real threat. If you've been there you don't want to go back and you certainly don't wish the experience upon others.
I always wondered what it must be like living in a country witha secret police force. It is so nice of the FBI to educate me in that regard.
Do you think it's reasonable to assume that they're collecting data? Or are they doing something with it? When we find out about people just disappearing?
Can my relatives and those other Syrian Jews return to the homes in Damascus they violently evicted from in the late 1940's. we had I'm told a nice house in a nice location. Can we get that back as part of the right of return?
I can see the changes you speak of. And they're so positive.
But deep inside me I have this fear that the Thug Party will invent an incident and then declare that because of it 2008 elections will be postponed as Dumb Leader leads us to his form of victory.
Halliburton crews will soon be around *after the incodent) to empty our wallets and bank accounts so that ALL money (not just the current vast bulk) is spent by those who deserve it and know how to spend it while killing dissenters.
Supreme court justice Robert Jackson wrote many, many brilliant opinions and essays. The lines the Thugs don't get is: "Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard." from West virginia Bd of ed v Barnette in 1943.
Your posts are always superb. This one is above and beyond.
There's little to say. You discuss a topic (or topics) that many note but for the most part ignore. Yet what is going on is as vital to our future as anything else happening. It is as vital as investigating and thwarting potential terror cells. For if what is happening conjtinues on the course you make so clear, there will be no USA as we were, oh heck, thought in school.
Fantastic post.
You seem to imply that some of the monitoring activities have slowed or ceased. I doubt it. I suspect Never Say Anything has moved the puzzle pieces to hide things. Long ago and far away I knew quite well of their powers, and they were awesome decades ago. I think it would be a terrible error to assume that they do not record EVERYTHING they can. Of course recording all that data is one thing. Looking into the data for keywords and patterns (watch for patterns) is another. At one time the analysis was heavily human. Yes the kickouts were digital even back in the 70s, but the analysis was human and very slow. Now I assume it's mostly digital. But the saving grace with Never Say Anything is that it is a gubmint bureaucracy. If it can fubared, it will be fubared. Job security, you know.
"The principles you have been defending since 1981. For Americans, these are found in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence."
I thought Americans have been defending those principles since oh the late 1700's.
I guess not Fred's demographic target. They were under some thumb until St. Ron prevailed and freed them. And since then they added a new principle or two.
We're going to get even.
and All the mony is ours.
Thanks for update on Edsall.
These catch all posts are appreciated.
lacks the brains or spine to impeach these thugs and that's the only word that should be used, even for the Decider-thug, can someone bring RICO charges? This is exactly the situation that RICO is now used in.
"I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the DEMOCRAT party. "
Yeah right, respect; what a jerk.
I'm glad you're a committed Christian. I'm not. Not a Christian even. And I've learned that many of the words in your brochure have been used as weapons against those of my faith. So while I will vote for you in November if you're the nominee, I hope I don't have to. Excesses kill. That's too true of religion. Doesn't matter what the religion is. The true believers think it's their way or the highway. Again, no thanks.
And Gov. Ed Rendell would like right at home in an NFL offensive line. Big guy. And his size is totally irrelevant as I suspect he'd say.
Joe, I respect your opinions and I even buy all your books (some of which are tough going). You're wrong here though. Ferraro, by my lights is a jerk. She made a stupid statement. But the First Amendment explicitly says she can. If I had to apologize for all the stupid things I've said in my life, I'd never get another word in edgewise. It wouldn't surprise me if you were also in that boat.
We all need to get away from apologies, calls for resignations, and saying that something offends me.
We need to focus on what matters, the general election. If we keep up this grade school he hurt me, she hurt me bullshit, we embitter half the Democrats and all the Republicans. As is, we may already b looking at the incredible thought of a McCain win.
Every Republican should be an easy target. We just need to remember to shoot at them and not at ourselves.
Steve Bobker
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
