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Amity Slade
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07-31-2008 11:38
From: Govindira Galatea Though I am partisan, I was not being partisan. It is plain fact that G.W.Bush is President of these United States, that he has taken upon himself many of the same sins that our Declaration of Independence blames on George III, and that the Supreme Court and, to a lesser extent, the Congress are discovering and overturning his illegal and unconstitutional acts. That no impeachment has ensued for these breaches of his Oath is a wonder to me. In the list of Presidents who have attempted--with temporary success--to infringe our liberties, there is no partisan evidence to blame one party or another. There is nothing automatic about our system of checks and balances. The People and our representatives must act to protect our liberty. Sitting on one's hands is insufficient, listening and reading uncritically will not suffice. That's fine. Just don't stop being vigilant after George W. Bush leaves office. Both of the leading candidates for president supported the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the lynchpin legislation eroding civil liberties in 21st century USA. Keep in mind that both presidential candidates voted for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in 2006, after there had already been five years of recorded abuses of the Act. |
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Govindira Galatea
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07-31-2008 11:39
From: Max Herzog After all, George III was madder than a sack of weasels too... George III was not constantly insane. And where George III had the relatively benign George IV waiting to usurp power as Regent, G.W.Bush has Cheney who is neither benign nor does Cheney wait for a Regency for his usurpations.
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Max Herzog
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07-31-2008 11:42
From: Govindira Galatea George III was not constantly insane. And where George III had the relatively benign George IV waiting to usurp power as Regent, G.W.Bush has Cheney who is neither benign nor does Cheney wait for a Regency for his usurpations. Does Cheney qualify as gluttonous, extravagant, drug-addled fat toad too?  The parallels could be endless. |
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Govindira Galatea
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07-31-2008 11:43
From: Amity Slade That's fine.
Just don't stop being vigilant after George W. Bush leaves office.
Both of the leading candidates for president supported the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the lynchpin legislation eroding civil liberties in 21st century USA. Keep in mind that both presidential candidates voted for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in 2006, after there had already been five years of recorded abuses of the Act. I am mindful, as are you, that "the price of Liberty is eternal vigilance." So should we all be. So long as enough of us are, we will have the ready coin to pay the price.
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Govindira Galatea
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07-31-2008 11:47
From: Max Herzog Does Cheney qualify as gluttonous, extravagant, drug-addled fat toad too? The parallels could be endless. I do not seek to calumniate Mr. Cheney; he himself does it so well already.
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Jeffrey Gomez
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07-31-2008 11:48
Terrorism
n. a convenient term to keep the populace of a nation (ie, most English speaking nations) in the grip of perpetual fear.
What amazes me is the blanket use of the most convenient term at the time (communism, homo, terrorist) to keep people away from their fundamental freedoms.
Sure, we have a number of psychopathic whack-jobs in the world. But the planning, resources, and methods of execution for these same crazies is so statistically difficult (even BEFORE we gave up so many of our rights) that it's laughable when so many measures are drafted "for our protection."
And even so, if I felt we were any better off by these measures, I'd agree with them. But statistically, it looks like we aren't.
Here's hoping the rest of this nation realizes that before we end up in just another fascist regime.
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Brenda Connolly
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07-31-2008 13:11
From: Jig Chippewa Mine are deeply serious and intelligent questions posed so that I can get my doctorate at Furryland University. You, Brenda, simply lol around your Sim drinking whiskey and snarfing back apple pies, while serious-minded folk study the whys and wherefores of our industrious and (obviously infiltrated) society. Leave it to me, Brenda, I shall seek out these miscreants and deal firmly with them.
I just hope you will stand behind me in the trenches ... I will provide air cover
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