City of Ithaca Scared (barf alert)

Ithaca Journal ^ | 3/10/03 | Joel Savishinsky

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I reside in the city of Ithaca, pay taxes to Tompkins County and carry a New York State driver's license.

But I really live in the Republic of Fear. My government was not chosen by the majority of the electors, yet its leaders have tried to bolster their questionable authority by substituting urgency for legitimacy.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

The present situation resembles others from the past. The two world wars and the Cold War witnessed the demonizing of ethnic minorities, the muzzling of the press, the equation of criticism with subversion, and Washington's shortsighted support for and arming groups such as the current regime in Iraq. Have people forgotten those painful lessons?

What lesson of WW II would that be? That we should have let Hitler control half the world and kill seven million MORE people?

It looks to me like the left is getting increasingly desparate. Now they are complaining about World War II?!?!

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

City of Evil bump

[Tijeras_Slim]

Ithaca boy needs to recall his Marx:
History repeats itself first as tragedy, and next as farce.

I'd say these 60's retreads are proof that ol' Karl got that one right.

[An.American.Expatriate]

The Evil City should be scared considering the amount of stupidity which emenates from it's center.

[chachacha]

You folks can sell your filthy liberal ass to the Dems but, you can thank the LORD George Bush is your President at this point in time.

CALL IT SAVED IN A KNICK OF TIME

[Savage Beast]

"The war on terrorism has been turned into a civil war on our liberties and it will be won or lost in our hearts, our minds and our streets."

If anything depends on this guy's mind, we'd all better crawl under the bed and stay there!

[jmaroneps37]

You know, this bum has a point. I believe everything he said, especially the part about W not really being elected.
Good job buddy, yeah it makes sense to me. I'll bet alger hiss was innocent too!

[finnman69]

Oh this is such Ithaca liberal drivel. In the grand scheme of things the most important thing in Ithaca is the State Street diner.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

While there have always been external threats to our security, I now feel more threatened by my own government's arrogance, by . . . Congress . . . and by the judiciary.

Read and reflect on what this moron is saying. He literally thinks George Bush, Denny Hastert and Antonin Scalia are more of a threat to him than Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il.

[cousinlance]

I originally came to this site looking for well reasoned conservative debates agains liberal rants, but I now see that the majority of posts here are just as baseless as on some leftwing conspiracy page. Can we possibly rise above name calling, pulling things out of context, and regurgitating official party lines? Perhaps engage in intelligent and well-reasoned debate and discussion? How much would I bet that the response I receive is a mean spirited dis?

As much as I don't agree with the author of the original article's point of view, there are shreds of interest contained within. For instance, as a staunch supporter of personal freedoms and the constitution, I too, much like the author on the other side of the political spectrum, find the blurring of the constitution somewhat frightening. The fourth ammendment has seen itself weakend to the point of dissolution. Currently, the motivation is to root out terrorists. But could these emergency policies be used to invade the privacy of my home? If I choose to excersize my second ammendment rights to bear arms, could I be "stock piling weapons" and be "searched and seized" without due process for political reasons?

I think we ought to rather than tear "leftist drivel" apart and tease the author, seek to understand it. However unlikely it seems, there are smart people littered throughout the political spectrum, and while our opinions at the polls may differ, some of our values may just be the same.

Let's not be jerks.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Hi CL. FR is many things for many people. I often do try to offer the kind of "well reasoned conservative" analysis that you are looking for. Other times, FR is a chance to express anger or have some fun.

In rereading my post on this thread, I note that I called the author of the article a "moron."

It's unusual for me to use that kind of label, but I see that I did go on to say: "He literally thinks George Bush, Denny Hastert and Antonin Scalia are more of a threat to him than Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il."

That would seem to be a fair and accurate analysis of the author's letter. My specialty on FR is to post reports on liberal bias on The Today Show and other morning shows. While these reports include some humor, satire and yes, even name calling, many FReepers tell me that they find them substantive and interesting.

I hope you won't give up on FR. There's tons of solid content here and many very intelligent, insightful members.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"My government was not chosen by the majority of the electors, yet its leaders have tried to bolster their questionable authority by substituting urgency for legitimacy."

Sorry cousin Lance, but any lib that's still parroting this line, is a full blown idiot and deserves to be pointed out as such.

[headsonpikes]

Republic of Fear bump.

You I could argue with. The author of the letter, however, deserves a kick in the *ss, not a rebuttal.

Call me 'had it up to here' with soft-headed, PC-programmed school-boys.

;^)