Posted on 01/01/2006 2:55:51 PM PST by SunSetSam
Yep. It's Realpolitik at its zenitith. Started by avowed socialists/communists hiding behind the veneer of a lofty sounding name, promoting ideals they frame as "protecting constitutional liberties," all while systematically eroding the foundations and culture of America to promote its own selfish world view. They are very good at pulling in naive up-and-comers out of law school and hooking them to the cause by partnering them with bitter ideologues.
'Give me liberty or give me death'
'Live free or die; Death is not the worst of evils'
Bet you are good at picking fly feces out of pepper as well.....
You kind sir...just may end up "Dead" right....
The left in the country would be satisfied with the sloppy seconds the Islamists leave if they are allowed the facade of power.
Groups like the ACLU are very selective about the liberties they protect. They could care less about 2nd amendment rights. But we are in this WOT mess because our liberties were taken away.
We once had the right to carry weapons anywhere. We once had freedom of association without being threatened with discrimination lawsuits.
But today the constraints that the Constitution applied to the government are reversed and the Constitution is now standing on its head.
For example, an airline crew ejected a group of Arabs who were taking a suspicious interest in the cockpit door latch before the flight. But the airline was sued for this act of racial profiling.
If we are reduced to acting like sheep they are going to cut our throats.
Why don't you at least make an attempt to address the issue?
Liberals think that Islamists are useful idiots.
Islamists think the same thing about liberals.
Only one group is prepared to act though.
That's ridiculous. Win and remain the great, free nation we are.
Nor did President Bush break the law. A leftist making an accusation does not make it so.
Go sit in a cafe' in Israel, Bali, Darfur, and when the ball bearings and nails start to fly into your flesh, ripping apart men, women, and children spout that. I personally would rather make the enemy die for his belief, and stay alive.
Jeff
Do you honestly believe that the Islamo-fascists are capable of conquering the U.S.?
Interesting first post.
Welcome and good luck.
Yes.
Selective opinion? I'm not selective about it.
If you could truly achieve one goal by removing emphasis from the other, then the least free states would be the most secure, and the most free would be on the brink of collapse, right?Let's take nine of the countries that recently received the highest score (1) from Freedom House's annual survey of global civil liberties: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Mauritius, Taiwan, the United States, Uruguay.
Now let's take the nine countries that received the lowest score of 7: Burma, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan. I dunno, which group looks more "secure" to you?
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I would suggest that a fella can believe with perfect sincerity -- even without succumbing to libertarian panic -- that liberty and security are complementary, not mutually exclusive. The proverbial "challenge in the coming debate," or at least one of them, is to re-insert that idea back on the table when the Wise Men decide which Founding Principle to ignore next.
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After the Fall of Freedom in Vietnam 30 years ago, exactly, came...
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
Having to flee Saigon, Vietnam in a hurry, as Freedom was falling there, a 10 year old little boy named VAN TRAN came to America with his family with just the shirts on their backs...
...speaking only 2 words of English.
VAN TRAN is now the 1st Vietnamese=American to become a State Legislator in United States History. He has learned much in the decades long process of getting there. And has much to share in this new time of war with our own Freedom directly at stake here at home...
Tran Blast Dean: Calls for Solidarity in Iraq
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536289/posts
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In my opinion, the same thing holds true for terrorist. You know your enemy by the cut of their cloth.
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