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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day...11-13-03...I, Gore. And I hate Bush! Part II
John Huang2; Aquamarine; Billie | John Huang2

Posted on 11/12/2003 9:53:37 PM PST by Aquamarine



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I, Gore. And I hate Bush! Part II

by JohnHuang2




It's Deja vu, folks. I'd have finished this essay sooner if it weren't for all the dang interruptions. Some federal agents kept ringing my door bell, wanting to know what book I was reading and what websites I visited since last questioned -- 20 minutes earlier. At first I thought it was some annoying salesman at the door. Then I heard, 'This is the Bush Secret Police! Open up or I'll frog-march you out of that house in hand-cuffs!' Living in a Police State ruined my whole day.
It all so vividly reminded me of Gore's speech Sunday.
America, says Gore, now lives an Orwellian nightmare of horrific repression by Bush in which federal agents pursue suspected terrorist activities before terrorist activities are committed, illegal combatants are treated as illegal combatants, illegal non-citizens as illegal non-citizens (some even jailed and deported!), and al-Qaeda communications intercepted just like narco-traffick communications. You'd think there's a war going on or something.
There are even chilling reports of government agents removing displays of the Ten Commandants...oh, wait.
Gore's address has dominated the airwaves for days, a testament to the overwhelming strength of the current crop of '04 titans. Gore started his speech with a touch of humor, noting he's a "recovering politician." But then the speech got funnier. Gore took aim at the U.S.A. Patriot Act, a right-wing Republican power-grab which passed the Senate by a razor-thin 98-1, and the House, 357-66. Proving the real intent here was to turn America permanently into tyranny, many of the law's provisions expire by 2005.
Gore charged Bush with using "fear as a political tool to consolidate (his) power and to escape any accountability for its use." (There is overwhelming fear of Bush throughout this Police State -- only 67 percent say Bush is honest and trustworthy! -- and some suspect Gore's using this fear as a political tool to consolidate his base and remind Americans of just how much safer they would be under Gore. Why, just listening to Gore's speeches is enough to make you feel safe, more at ease...more relaxed...really relaxed...to the point that you start...*y a w n i n g* ... which prompts more *y a w n i n g* till you can't stand it anymore and you soon zzzZZZzzzZZZ).
See? Don't you feel safer just watching Al Gore on TV -- safely away from the White House?
"In my opinion, it makes no more sense to launch an assault on our civil liberties as the best way to get at terrorists than it did to launch an invasion of Iraq as the best way to get at Osama bin Laden," Gore added.
Bush says the U.S. is fighting terrorism -- yeah, right. Nice try, Bush. Look, don't let Bush fool you. That's not what all this repression and tyranny is really about. This Orwellian nightmare we're living under has been Bush's life-long pursuit -- his dream all along. It's a Texas thing -- the pursuit of despotism. Buttressing his point, Gore looked really repressed and tyrannized as he delivered his speech before a crowd of internet Fedayeenies at Washington's DAR Constitution Hall. Indeed, you could see it in his eyes, and in the eyes of the crowd as it cheered -- all the oppression and tyranny they've suffered under Bush and Dick Cheney. It's enough to make you want to call Amnesty International, just in case they missed the speech, which was carried on C-Span, which Gore invented. (The White House, up to its usual bag of (tyranny) tricks, tried jamming all broadcasts of Gore's speech, but the jammers were so electrified by Gore's speech that they fell asleep).
Gore told the crowd of Move-on-ers who won't move on, "for the first time in our history, American citizens have been seized by the executive branch of government and put in prison without being charged with a crime." Analysts note this was another brilliant point by Al Gore. Would-be dirty bomber Jose Padilla was seized by the executive branch of government, not the legislative branch, another chilling first. (You can understand how all this talk of 'branches' makes the Wooden-One a tad nervous; a little 'branch' here, a little 'branch' there, and pretty soon you're talking a whole Gore). Nor has the dirty bomber had access to a lawyer, a thought which sends shivers up and down the spines of lawyers. Indeed, the heartbreaking plight of Jose Padilla is probably hot topic for nightly family dinner conversations across America. Think of how peachy things would be if Bush would just junk this idea of putting people in prison without charges, when all he has to do is switch parties, rename himself FDR, and start putting people in internment camps without charges. Or he can just say he's channeling FDR.
Or whatever. Anyway, in my opinion, it makes no more sense for Gore to launch an assault on the White House as the best way to get civil liberties than it did for Gore to launch a run for the White House as the best way to get to the White House.
In each case, Gore was barking up the wrong, er, tree.
Gore, calling for repeal of the Patriot Act, also harshly criticized imprisonment of al-Qaeda at Gitmo, demanding the cuddly little Hannibal Lecters be given hearings, judicial review and free subscriptions to Taliban Digest and Terror Sports Illustrated. "If we don't provide this, how can we expect American soldiers captured overseas to be treated with equal respect?" Gore pointedly asked. It's an excellent point since we all know al-Qaeda, except for some suicide bombings here and there, is signatory to the Geneva Conventions. (Gore's remark suggests that half the people in his audience probably wouldn't even be there if he were president. The other half would be wearing Burkas).
Gore, who accuses Bush of imposing 'Big Brother'-style Government, also accuses Bush of waiting too long to impose Big Brother-style Government, chiding Bush for not connecting the 9/11 dots early on and preventing 9/11. Or that Bush's Big Brother-style Government isn't working efficiently enough. For example, there isn't enough domestic spying: "In particular, the critical FBI-CIA coordination, while finally improved at the top, still remains dysfunctional in the trenches," says Gore. Although Bush is an absolute tyrant, who has organized law enforcement, intelligence and investigative agencies in service of tyranny, Bush "has still failed to address the fundamental disorganization and rivalries of our law enforcement, intelligence and investigative agencies," observed Gore. Bush's CIA-FBI-DOJ tyrants need to learn to work together better.
The Clinton-Gore administration, even after repeated attacks by al-Qaeda, did little or nothing to fight al-Qaeda, Bush supporters fire back -- a charge that isn't really fair, for Gore has yet to invent a memory chip for himself.
You know, for a guy who gripes so much about wire-taps and bugging, he sure likes bugging the heck out of America with inane gripes about wire-taps and bugging. And about how terribly oppressed he feels living under Bush.
Aren't you still glad these guys aren't in charge?
Anyway, that's... My two cents... "JohnHuang2"












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To: Billie
Thank you, my friend :-)
141 posted on 11/13/2003 8:12:47 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: MeeknMing
Gracias, bro :-)
142 posted on 11/13/2003 8:13:11 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: MeeknMing
Re: #34 -- hilarious!
143 posted on 11/13/2003 8:15:06 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: LadyX
Oh.....there you are. Glad I checked back before turning in. Once again I'm falling asleep on my keyboard. Why are you up so late Sistah?
144 posted on 11/13/2003 8:16:06 PM PST by WVNan
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To: MinuteGal
Hiya, my friend. Thanks for dropping by :-)
145 posted on 11/13/2003 8:16:10 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: MeeknMing
Re: #59 -- look forward to ElRushbo coming back -- back behind the Golden E.I.B. microphone...where he belongs! :-)
146 posted on 11/13/2003 8:17:31 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Hi John. Glad you returned to the scene of the crime. They say that confession is good for the soul, so I have a confession to make. There was a time when I planned to vote for ole wooden head. Way back when he ran the first time. He didn't make the cut that time either. Chopped right out of the treeline he was. That was way back when I didn't know from squat about politics. He seemed more human back then though.
147 posted on 11/13/2003 8:19:31 PM PST by WVNan
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To: WVNan
He seemed more human back then though.

LOLOL! Too funny!

148 posted on 11/13/2003 8:22:11 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: WVNan
Glad to be here, btw ;-)
149 posted on 11/13/2003 8:22:40 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: SpookBrat
Thank you, thank you, friend. Glad you liked it :-)

Well, then again, high school economics classes probably don't exist any more because their schedules are so full of drug ed, sex ed, gang ed, diversity ed and tolerance ed. Christians are the devil ed. The sky is falling and it?s all the Capitalist polluters fault ed. We?ll all be dead in 60 years because 3rd world countries have too many babies ed. Killing your baby is a good idea ed. Fish eggs are more important than human beings ed. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were imperialist pig slave owners ed.

LOL!!!!

150 posted on 11/13/2003 8:25:47 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: SpookBrat
Thanks for dropping by, btw -- great comments!
151 posted on 11/13/2003 8:26:50 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: The Mayor
Re: #66 -- great news on Russ! Thanks for the update, my friend. More prayers on their way.
152 posted on 11/13/2003 8:28:47 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: The Thin Man
lol! Thanks...I think...hehehe :-)
153 posted on 11/13/2003 8:30:24 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: SerpentDove
Re: 82 -- lol!
154 posted on 11/13/2003 8:30:58 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: LadyShallott
You're welcome, friend. Thanks for the compliments and thanks for dropping by :-)
155 posted on 11/13/2003 8:32:38 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: Aquamarine
There's absolutley nothing between those two ears!

Hate to do it, but I must disagree, Aqua. There is plenty between those two ears. It's called air. Other than air, there's nothing between those two ears. ;-)

156 posted on 11/13/2003 8:34:50 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: dutchess
Thank you, thank you, my friend :-)
157 posted on 11/13/2003 8:35:23 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: dutchess
Aqua....wonderful layout.

Massively SECONDED!

158 posted on 11/13/2003 8:35:47 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Usually this time of night I'm here talking to myself. BTW, once again I have to tell you that your phrase-turning is as good as I've ever read, and God knows that I'm a readaholic since I was in the second grade. We won't discuss how long ago that was.
159 posted on 11/13/2003 8:35:49 PM PST by WVNan
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To: JohnHuang2
Yes it is good news, Thank you for your Prayers.

Good night to the Finest
160 posted on 11/13/2003 8:37:12 PM PST by The Mayor (Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.)
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