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Obama confidant's spine-chilling proposal - Cass Sunstein wants the government to "cognitively.."
Salon ^ | Jan. 15, 2010 | Glenn Greenwald

Posted on 01/17/2010 1:52:32 PM PST by neverdem

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To: dsc
Are you completely unaware that you made yourself look like a (fool/petulant child/agent provocateur), or some combination thereof? Have you no idea how such behavior is regarded here

Pot.....kettle........

If your homepage did not claim you hailed from Idaho, I'd assume you to be a East coast snob. I've never met a snob in Idaho, but there is time.

221 posted on 01/18/2010 4:35:50 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: Cold Heat; PIF

Savage: Obama “is a neo-marxist fascist dictator in the making”

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200903060012

Soviet style socialist — with a fascist flare — works for me.

In any case — whatever we prefer to call them — we can ALL agree that the Obama junta: is inimical to our republican form of government.

STE=Q


222 posted on 01/18/2010 5:47:41 PM PST by STE=Q ("It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government" ... Thomas Paine)
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To: neverdem
Cass Sunstein wants the government to "cognitively infiltrate" anti-government groups...

Such groups need to decentralize into much smaller units or individuals. Hard to infiltrate an Army of One.

223 posted on 01/18/2010 6:04:33 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: rogue yam
Infiltrators will be easy to spot. I once asked an aging activist about his time in the local chapter of SDS from the 1960s and he said the Fed was the guy who was always encouraging everybody to throw bombs... and so it goes.
224 posted on 01/18/2010 6:06:55 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: ExSoldier

Yup!


225 posted on 01/18/2010 7:05:33 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: Gondring

“Lewis Cass (after whom this creep was named) was a general, explorer, governor (Michigan Territory), Senator (Michigan), etc. (I’m sure I’m leaving out lots.)”

I thought it was short for Casimir or Cassius....


226 posted on 01/18/2010 8:25:02 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: neverdem; LucyT; Las Vegas Ron; Candor7; manc; little jeremiah; onyx; STARWISE; maggief; ...

BUMP for 2012 campaign and new onslaught of trolls soon to arrive. Worth a read to refresh and be prepared.


227 posted on 12/28/2010 6:58:26 PM PST by mojitojoe (In itÂ’s 1400 years of existence, Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curr)
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To: mojitojoe

And to refresh alertness to ones who’ve been around since the election and inauguration. There are some really trying to blend in, volunteer for stuff, etc.


228 posted on 12/28/2010 8:33:41 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
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To: mojitojoe; Jim Robinson; Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!; GQuagmire; wintertime; Fred Nerks; ...
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proposing that the U.S. Government employ teams of covert agents and pseudo-"independent" advocates to "cognitively infiltrate" online groups and websites ... This would be designed to increase citizens' faith in government officials ..."

INCREASE CITIZENS' FAITH IN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS?

. . . . Falling out of the chair laughing.

229 posted on 12/28/2010 11:11:11 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Candor7

looks like his mind is as grotty as his office...

230 posted on 12/28/2010 11:35:02 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: LucyT

231 posted on 12/28/2010 11:38:53 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: LucyT

” . . . Falling out of the chair laughing.”

This is just the type of reaction that is not helpful during the present difficulties. Personally, I think that, while I did not vote for President Obama, he and his advisors are doing okay.

These are difficult times, but President Obama has succeeded in bringing forth new legislation that will bring healthcare to everyone, extended jobless benefits, given our banks and companies a helping hand to keep them productive, and ....

Oh forget it. I was thinking maybe Cass could give me a job, but I just can’t do it.


232 posted on 12/28/2010 11:45:52 PM PST by 21twelve ( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
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To: LucyT

INCREASE CITIZENS’ FAITH IN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS?

It’s scary that a person with an IQ over 60 and third grade education would even think this way. Liberalism is a serious mental disorder. These folks are nutso. If they want to increase faith in government officials, fire everyone of them who lies to the public or their employees, starting with Obie.


233 posted on 12/28/2010 11:53:26 PM PST by rolling_stone ( *this makes Watergate look like a kiddie pool*)
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To: rolling_stone
It’s scary that a person with an IQ over 60 and third grade education would even think this way. Liberalism is a serious mental disorder. These folks are nutso.

The example of Cass Sunstein is why this administration won't try to move to the middle, won't soften their stance.

They've been waiting for this moment for over forty years. At long last, they have the power to achieve their most most lurid liberal fantasies. They won't back off.

234 posted on 12/29/2010 12:09:43 AM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: rolling_stone
It’s scary that a person with an IQ over 60 and third grade education would even think this way. Liberalism is a serious mental disorder. These folks are nutso.

The example of Cass Sunstein is why this administration won't try to move to the middle, won't soften their stance.

They've been waiting for this moment for over forty years. At long last, they have the power to achieve their most most lurid liberal fantasies. They won't back off.

235 posted on 12/29/2010 12:09:49 AM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: neverdem

PFL


236 posted on 12/29/2010 1:17:08 AM PST by JDoutrider
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To: LucyT; Nachum

“This program would target those advocating false “conspiracy theories,...”

IOW those that figure it out, those that “get it”.


237 posted on 12/29/2010 4:09:38 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: 21twelve; Jim Robinson

Seriously? Obama and his advisors are doing ok? What are you smoking? Czars are unconstitutional , obamacare is unconstitutional, they lied about the gulf oil spill so they could ban drilling and send our jobs elsewhere, they are weakening our military defenses and our guys can’t fire on the enemy unless they are fired at first, they want to give terrorists the same concstitutional protections that law abiding citizens are afforded, they won’t secure our border and don’t want Arizona to either, they are doing their best to put the USA into bankruptcy, they are planning to take over our retirement accounts, they won’t prosecute new black panther party members for clearly illegal actions at a polling place, law abiding citizens are being felt up before they can get on a plane , they Are going to decide who gets life sustaining medical treatment and who doesn’t ,etc, etc, etc.

Jobless benefits ? Fact is , a lot of people won’t let go of their ego and take a job at certain places that are “beneath” them. Yeah, that good ole government nanny is spending us into oblivion and a lot of people are learning that mooching off the taxpayers is more lucrative than work.

These and many more do NOT qualify for my approval at all and are very very far from being ok!!! They are shameful and a disgrace !!!


238 posted on 12/29/2010 5:09:15 AM PST by tutstar
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To: MNJohnnie

It’s all newspeak, ratchat, demchat its the wave of the obma future,let it be short and end in 2012. If it doesnt, we are in for a world of ____.


239 posted on 12/29/2010 6:25:25 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin,Michelle Bachman, Marco Rubio--The unbeatable Reagan Trio !!)
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To: neverdem

Bump


240 posted on 12/29/2010 7:52:58 AM PST by wintertime (Re: Obama, Rush Limbaugh said, "He was born here." ( So? Where's the proof?))
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