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So sayeth the libertarians at the Cato Institute...
1 posted on 08/21/2010 11:14:04 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Personally, I wouldn’t vote for Newt Scozzafava Gingrich for dog catcher, but if he winds up running against Obama after the 2012 primaries, then I guess I’ll hold my nose...

PING!


2 posted on 08/21/2010 11:18:28 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Michelle Obama: the woman who ended "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.")
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While the economy will be the biggest issue, this will play a huge role.


3 posted on 08/21/2010 11:19:29 AM PDT by tobyhill
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yes...so they say..I still dont think we should fund any mosque and thats exactly what we have been doing, why are we paying for the destruction of our contitution and the nation?


4 posted on 08/21/2010 11:20:29 AM PDT by dalebert
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Leaving his ignorance of the history of Islam aside, as a political matter I wonder if the writer has considered that this issue is going to help his cause by making it easier to pry the party of Big Government out of their position of power?

Or would he rather try to sway the masses with economic forecasts and talk of leading economic indicators?

5 posted on 08/21/2010 11:22:02 AM PDT by skeeter
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Anther gem of an article, where arguments go in all directions simultaneously. Cato...


6 posted on 08/21/2010 11:22:48 AM PDT by alecqss
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Dhimmis say the darndest things.


7 posted on 08/21/2010 11:24:33 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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This guy dips in to logical fallacies, but he seems not to notice his own.

A red herring? Really? Like the human brain is only capable of processing one issue per news cycle? Like the mosque is a distraction from their own unemployment? Their misery index?

The Cato Institute used to have intelligent writers. I used to respect them.

Now they have this guy.

What a damnable dunce.

APf


8 posted on 08/21/2010 11:25:31 AM PDT by APFel (Regnum Nostrum Crescit)
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Can’t help noticing CATO uses the same pro-mosgue arguments as MSNBC. Hmm.


9 posted on 08/21/2010 11:26:15 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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Strongly disagree.

The question whether Obama is hiding his muslim faith is perhaps the single biggest issue right now.

It calls into question fundamentally, his honesty. His belief in America.

And frankly, his Constitutional eligibility. All of it, could be BS. And this is the first time, a significant proportion of Americans have started to take note.


10 posted on 08/21/2010 11:27:21 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR1fDL7x1Sg)
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>> Healy: All this posturing is getting tiresome.

Then go to sleep.

>> Healy: The “mosque” controversy isn’t about property rights or religious freedom.

It’s definitely not about religious freedom.

>> Healy: It’s a bogus issue seized by the GOP establishment to distract the rank-and-file from the party’s reluctance to shrink government.

It’s a real issue, it’s not a distraction, and the GOP is not in control of the govt.

Got Integrity?


11 posted on 08/21/2010 11:27:23 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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Zoning issues in lower Manhattan!

Is it OK to put a Muslim community center close to Ground Zero? I don't know

reversing Tip O'Neill's dictum, insisting that "all politics is national."


It is not a zoning issue, and you SHOULD know if it's ok or not to put an Islamic center near GZ. As for the politics, it isn't national OR local, it's personal. If you're an American, you take the 9/11 attack personally.

Shame on Cato Institute for hosting that blithering fool.

12 posted on 08/21/2010 11:33:13 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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The mosque issue is driven by the outrage of normal Americans who view it simply for what it is: a terrorist victory monument. It is not an issue “ginned up” by the Republican establishment. Friends I have who normally ignore politics are talking about the mosque. Amazing to me how these beltway elites are completely out of touch with America.


14 posted on 08/21/2010 11:36:41 AM PDT by vekzen
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So being concerned about the fact that the mosque builders may be getting money from potential terrorists, and the fact that the imam has been caught on audio tape praising bin Laden’s violence isn’t an important national issue.

Okey dokey.


15 posted on 08/21/2010 11:40:48 AM PDT by Qbert
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A ‘mosque’ and ‘community center,’ the latter of which will receive federal funds for BEING a ‘community center,’ (at least eligible for them), and the FORMER receiving a poll tax, and an exhoribant one (per Atlas Shrugs) on non-believers—in compliance with Sharia.

Red? Maybe, even probably.
Herring? No. Coral snake. Even with injectable toxin in hand, you may not live after having been bitten.


17 posted on 08/21/2010 12:01:36 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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A Warning about Warnings
18 posted on 08/21/2010 12:05:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Chump Obama promised "Change" and we got chump change.)
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From all the caterwauling, you'd think the Park51 group planned to fashion a mock Kaaba out of trade center ashes and mount it atop the wreckage.


19 posted on 08/21/2010 12:08:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Chump Obama promised "Change" and we got chump change.)
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But you can't see Ground Zero from the Park51 site — it's separated by two canyonlike city blocks, occupying the former site of a Burlington Coat Factory. "Hallowed ground," indeed.

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Fiterman Hall, located at 30 West Broadway between Barclay and Park Place, was damaged in the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) when falling debris from 7 World Trade Center left it with significant damage in its south façade.

After September 11th, the City of New York, DASNY, CUNY, and others took steps to clean out some of the debris, close breaches in the south façade, and stabilize the structure. Because mold and WTC dust contaminated the building and rendered it uninhabitable, Fiterman Hall had to be deconstructed.

21 posted on 08/21/2010 12:14:14 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Chump Obama promised "Change" and we got chump change.)
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Call To Prayer - blasted by loudspeakers across Ground Zero
22 posted on 08/21/2010 12:20:22 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Chump Obama promised "Change" and we got chump change.)
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This guy obviously doesn’t seem to believe we’re in a culture war. And actually even if he did, like many libertarians, he probably thinks we were in part responsible for starting it.

Seems like libertarians believe in living in houses with no gates or doors, and only confronting a burglar once he’s inside the house and taking his stuff.


23 posted on 08/21/2010 12:23:35 PM PDT by aquila48
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It’s becoming more and more apparent that the Libertarians are as much a threat to the survival of this republic as the leftist Democrats and the fake conservative Republicans.


24 posted on 08/21/2010 12:24:41 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (It's a time for choosing. You can have liberalism or you can have America. Pick one.)
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