Posted on 08/29/2002 1:00:30 PM PDT by feelin_poorly
And revisionist articles, I think not, the first part of that post is based on the law, not your paranoia...
Just in case you have forgotten, Saddam Hussain is a clear and present danger to us and the entire middle east. Saddam has publically said he supports all terrorist acts carried out against us as well as Israel. He even sends the $25,000 to the family of terrorist who carries out a suicide bombing. And you worry about his rights?
What the problem is with you 18th century patriots is you have trouble understanding that things have changed since the days of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson. We face threats on a global scale now, and if you want to bury your head in the sand and ignore the fact that we are in a different world. You wont have to worry about our precious Constitution, because one of these dictators or religous finatics will get their hands on a nuke and use it against us. And if you think that Saddam, Osama, or Arafat wouldn't launch a nuke if they had the opportunity, you're living in a fantasy land.
The fact is we have to protect our freedoms by making sure the finatics in the world don't get their hands on weapons of mass destruction, No longer can we rely on the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans to protect from an attack from abroad. Terrorist and those who support them rely upon people like you to make it easy for them to survive, because you would rather wrap yourself in the Constitution and wait for an attack than go after them before they do.
You Erred...The liberal's level of honesty is slightly LESS than zero, so, yes, it does compute.
It was a simple explanation of a problem created by complex government rules, that the same government claims can only be solved by more complex government rules.
Some things are broke, such as the fact that the US perscription drug consumers basically pay for drug research that benefits the world, while Western Europe and Canada are free riders....
I wasn't aware of that, but it doesn't surprise me considering US taxpayers basically support the rest of the world one way or the other. The solution is to send the Canadians and Europeans the bill, not creating a massive new burearcracy.
Most of the time, yes he does.
"I kind of like that .. if he was surrounded by a bunch of yes men .. then I would be worried .."
I wouldn't call the Pentegon and the Defense Department "yes" men, but I trust them to do what is necessary for the country. And who knows that the NSA has been up to lately, afterall, they are the spooks for the Defense Department, LOL. Anyway, Rumsfield is a tough guy and isn't afraid to do what's right. Powell on the other hand, would rather delegate until the end of the world, or until another catastrophic terrorist attack, to do anything worthwhile about Hussein.
I'm not ready to say that he is necessarily evil but he does seem to be a puppet of his "new world order" father (which is almost as bad). I have to take part of the responsibilty for the current state of affairs, though, 'cause I actually voted for him because Spotted Al Bore scared me worse. I see little hope of our Country being turned around any time in the near future because, as you can see from this thread, there are simply too many cheerleaders for the two major parties that don't really care what happens as long as they think 'their' guy is calling the shots never stopping to realize that pre-WWII Germany was also a Constitutional Republic that woke up one day to find themselves living under the regime of a tyrannical madman. Those who refuse to learn from history...
Libs, even the ones with furry faces in the Universities, don't get the picture until they are offed in a firing squad.
Freedom teaches through history that it is fleeting, and not to be taken for granted.
Wrong...To be a true "liberal", you have to buy into one or more of the liberal philosophies (ie; abortion rights. feminism, environmentalism, animal rights, global warming, tax cuts being only for the rich, etc).
Those who are deluded and who are honest but stupidly gullible are merely democrats who haven't officially been indoctrinated into liberalism.
Yeah right...caught you in another one, unless it was before 9:30 this morning sweetie...for some reason the search I did on "profile" and "find in forum" did not reveal anything before that...I did learn how vile you are...paranoia sucks and you apparently have anger management issues as well, I will pray for you...
Rumsfield and the Pentegon however, are not the New World Order types. I trust their advise to Bush and it seems to be to invade Iraq and kill Hussein. Obviously, putting a bounty on Hussein's head isn't doing the trick, so we are going to have to do it ourselves.
You forget that the U.S. Constitution does allow the President the Constitutional authority to send U.S. troops overseas without the authorization of Congress. After a certain amount of time, if Congress still doesn't like it, our troops will come home. In time though, I believe that President Bush will have the full support of Congress. He already has the support of the majority of American people at this point.
Apparently out of ignorance and not malice, you are rewriting history and the actions of our Founders to create a new Constitution that conforms to your view.
But to a lover of the Constitution our Founders bequethed us it is their deeds and words that illuminate and define the document.
It is a shame you don't want to learn about our Founders, you might not like all they did but even a moderate effort to learn about them would enhance your understanding of the Constitution and politics in general.
He didn't think those chemicals would kill people when he tested them out
Noooooooooooooooooo .. Saddam is a realllly nice guy who meant no harm .. it was just an accident and he didn't really mean it when he declare war on Americans .. he was just misunderstood
Hmm.. did our government's burning of civilians at WACO give another government some right to come in here and overthrow our government? What about the murder of Vicky Weaver and all the no-knock raids gone wrong? What about the poisoning of American soldiers with untested 'vaccinations' that have now been proven to be deadly? If these atrocities by our government (plus, remember, WE have nukes, too) don't give carte blanche to some other country to do fly-overs and inspections here, what makes you think that we are justified? Because we're on the side of right? Who gets to decide? You? Me? The UN? oh puhleeze.
Ahhh...brings back memories...that is how I got my "nick", LOL!
You'll have to take that up with Jim Robinson.-H
You are a wimp. Can't even say censorship.
CATO
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