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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 05:03 PM

    Tee Hee!

    "He once before called me a "civil liberties extremist." I'm not sure why he thinks those are insults." Glenn, you couldn't have hit Mr. Klein any harder if you used a brick bat instead. I couldn't help but smile when I read that :) I know he's just like that two faced ferry operator in the Clint Eastwood film "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Singing "Dixie" for Clint, carrying him across the river, only to change to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" upon seeing the gathering Union soldiers on the other side. In France, after the War, the city residents would drag this sort out into the streets and shave them and humiliate them in all sorts of ways. I'm glad to see you doing the same to such collaborators. It's a shame that they have no sense of shame. What can we do? I'm for pushing Barack to join the World Court and take the politics out of it, but I'm either greeted with silence or wonder. Is this not possible? Sure, I know why Bush Jr. and Cheney didn't want to join, but why not now? As you so rightly put it, they will have a target on their chest from now on in the World's opinion.

    Well, thanks again for the best read of the day! I always come away feeling better informed, if not always convinced we're going to make it. That's certainly not your fault, brother man. Take care, Compadre.

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