[George W. Bush]

The thread was not started by a Paul supporter....but another “government parasite” (as you’d put it) who’s busy protecting your backside in Iraq.

Our troops are not parasites nor did I ever say or imply it. For that matter, our president and Congress are not parasites. All of these are legitimate. But government parasites who staff bloated federal agencies, especially those agencies not authorized constitutionally or created as a tool of Leftist social policy (DoEd) are quite obviously what I called them: government parasites.

Or are you just one of them? I'm not.

[RasterMaster]

When I think of "parasites", big-government burrocrats are just the enablers. Here's a few parasites that make it all happen: