Posted on 10/26/2001 3:22:36 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim
Much obliged...MUD
You could be right, my FRiend, however it doesn't hurt to ask that AT LEAST some of the most egregious of the items be scaled back--with some of the other jackboot powers that are already out there--with legislation that reins in the Police State.
"It'll be up to the SCOTUS to *fix* this, Mud."
That could take years...and who knows how much un-Constitutional damage could be done by then!!
FReegards...MUD
Well Mud?
That'd be about right.
Just-so-happens that's how long our beloved Dubya predicted this "war" on terrorism will take, eh?
Surely you know, timing is everything. {g}
...and yea, by then the SCOTUS will have gotten around to doing its job.
I guess we're all learning something, here.
I just ain't too hip on "temporarily" giving up my civil liberties...seems like we never quite get 'em all back and this is gettin' waaaay too close to Martial Law!! Can you believe how riled we'd be were Algore or Der SchleekMeister doing the same thing?! Heck, I'd be stormin' the White House RIGHT THIS MINUTE with my pitchfork in hand!!
A Federal Guv'ment that can SLAUGHTER 78 INNOCENT Men, Women, and Children at Waco and absolve every single Murderer of any blame whatsoever is not a Federal Guv'ment to whom I'm comfortable granting even more intrusive Police Powers!! Janet Reno should be Court-Martialed, Convicted, and Shot Dead fer that one...but instead she's the RATS' Number One Candidate fer Governor of Florida!! What gives?!
FReegards...MUD
FReegards...MUD
I'm not so sure I would've been, Mud.
Not had the nation just been attacked, as it was with Dubya in charge.
Even though I couldn't, can't, & never will stand even the mere mention of the SOB's name; I'd probably have just shut the hell up & watched.
Although my suspicions would easily be at a fever-pitch?
I'll tell ya this much; you think the tinfoil hat crowd wouldn't have been going ballistic had the WTC happened on Clintigula's watch?
Surely you recall the many & varied scenarios bandied-about that allegedly woul've granted the Bent1 true *Emporer* status??
Instead, he ruled over a stinkin' sink. {g}
"Janet Reno should be Court-Martialed, Convicted, and Shot Dead fer that one...but instead she's the RATS' Number One Candidate fer Governor of Florida!! What gives?!"
Got me, Mud.
Hell, NY voted that wench their senator.
I stopped wondering about the American people after that one.
"I spied a man on a wheelchair working his way to the street corner where I stood, he was wearing a t-shirt with the words United We Stand written across his chest, as he came closer, his Purple Heart became noticeable, as did his sacrifice. I watched him roll into the crowd and disappear from view. El Nuevo Herald found him as well, and talked to the 56 year-old veteran, whose leg was lost in a far away place. He was still a refugee when he volunteered to fight for his new home, barely a man when he walked the rice paddies. Today, hes willing to fight again."
FReegards...MUD
"It is not a terrible thing to have been wrong. It is a terrible thing to have been so, and remain so, even in the face of overwhelming evidence."
Sympathetic FReegards...MUD
And a mornin' bump back to you, my FRiend...MUD
It ain't in my make-up, my FRiend...Sheeple who don't express their righteous outrage deserve--almost--the Slaughter to which they are being led by the Leftists!!
FReegards...MUD
So there's nothing in here that proves "conservatives are right"...if anything, it just proves the media isn't as left-wing biased as you thought they were! Imagine that!
We're *individuals*, Mud.
We like & dislike a myriad of things, I'm sure; we conversely enjoy choosing a variety of ways in which we'll express ourselves.
Ways that're not really subject to the critisisms one might have to deal with if they lived under a Socialist, Communist, or Totalitarian nation where all are forced to be & act the same?
~Ain't American great?
FYI: Whatever I am, or am not?
I'd never even entertain the thought of broadcasting [it] on the Internet, in any event; for a fool I may be.
A loud-mouthed fool I'm not. -LOL-
Yer welcome, my self-described liberal FRiend.
"If you read the articles closely, Leahy is being criticized for his aggressive, vindictive style, not for his policy or ideas."
Just to see Lefties criticize Leahy at all was what warmed my heart.
"And DeLay is being praised for his advocacy of child welfare, usually a cause favored by liberals. The main reason he supports it is because his wife works with child welfare."
SHEEESH...couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Delay's a caring, compassionate person, could it?! This Lib'ral Brainwashing you got is a tough thing to shake, ain't it?!
MUD
FReegards...MUD
Fer now, at least, this is still America and you gotta break laws to git thrown in the pokey...and as the song that leads off this thread states, MUD don't break no laws!!
"We're *individuals*, Mud. We like & dislike a myriad of things, I'm sure; we conversely enjoy choosing a variety of ways in which we'll express ourselves. Ways that're not really subject to the critisisms one might have to deal with if they lived under a Socialist, Communist, or Totalitarian nation where all are forced to be & act the same? ~Ain't American great?"
Couldn't have said it better myself, my FRiend.
"FYI: Whatever I am, or am not? I'd never even entertain the thought of broadcasting [it] on the Internet, in any event; for a fool I may be. A loud-mouthed fool I'm not."
Yo comprendo, mi amigo...MUD (wink-wink...nudge-nudge)
Glad you asked...as soon as I finish a coupla songs I been workin' on, Thread #4 will be up and runnin'!!
FReegards, Lefty...MUD
500+...WOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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