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To: gondramB
"This is bad. I did not know there was a McCain Fiengold threat to Free Republic. Maybe I need some education - does the act effect more than political advertising?"

There have been some threads recently addressing interpretations by certain portions of government that sites such as this may violate CFR.

As I say in my profile, "So be it". And while her articles aren't allowed on FR anymore, I have a quote from Clare Wolfe that apppears to be more pertinent as time passes:

"Before their thunder roars, there is a period of anticipation, in which more occurs than the literal minded tyrant can ever understand. A few overt acts of sedition shatter the heavy peace. But the greater force, unrecognized, rolls forward in near silence, as millions of individuals quietly withdraw their consent from the state. The pundits call it apathy. They could not be more wrong."

Those who seek to silence or crush voices of dissent are very much like those who attempt to keep a handful of sand from slipping through their fingers.
McCain and his fellow travellers will discover, in time, that this is a time tested reality they cannot ignore nor legislate away.

66 posted on 03/22/2006 9:15:04 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe
The pundits call it apathy. They could not be more wrong.

Brother, she, and you, have that right.

Great post.

954 posted on 03/23/2006 10:11:23 AM PST by Badray
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To: Tench_Coxe
"As I say in my profile, "So be it". And while her articles aren't allowed on FR anymore, I have a quote from Clare Wolfe that apppears to be more pertinent as time passes:"

Here's the one I find to be the most pertinent: "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On the road to tyranny, we've gone so far that polite political action is about as useless as a miniskirt in a convent. But most people are still standing around numb and confused, knowing something's wrong with the country, but hoping it isn't quite as bad as they're beginning to suspect it is."

Whatever one may think of our fedral government today, there is one thing that is rarely disputed any more--it can no longer be trusted by the American people.

1,051 posted on 03/23/2006 11:44:18 AM PST by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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