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Rahm Emanuel Expects 'A Lot' From Civil Defense Corps [Ben Smith podcast]
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Posted on 11/12/2008 12:18:55 AM PST by Pacothecat

In a 2006 interview with Ben Smith of the NY Daily News, Rahm Emanuel, who will be Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, laughed at Smith's concerns about how far-reaching a mandatory civil-service plan would be.

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To: Warlord David
Recall that Caesar was assassinated......


321 posted on 11/12/2008 4:41:39 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("I love democracy. I love Free Republic")
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To: Emperor Palpatine
Recall that Caesar was assassinated......

So was Emperor Palpatine!

322 posted on 11/12/2008 4:42:38 PM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Well, he just got tossed into a reactor core by Luke’s daddy...

He didn’t get publicly whacked in front of the whole senate by his cabinet........


323 posted on 11/12/2008 4:44:33 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("I love democracy. I love Free Republic")
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To: Texas_shutterbug
People who live in this country and enjoy its benefits get to pay for it.

Fair enough.

Take the total cost of running the Federal government, divide by the number of residents, and send everyone a bill for their equal proportional share.

324 posted on 11/12/2008 4:48:13 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: scriptureistruthforever

And thank you. :)


325 posted on 11/12/2008 4:54:31 PM PST by Texas_shutterbug
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To: Pacothecat

A Jewish Fascist. Who would have thunk it?


326 posted on 11/12/2008 6:12:20 PM PST by madison10
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To: epluribus_2

Black pants? Next time, please get photos if you can sneak some.


327 posted on 11/12/2008 6:13:54 PM PST by madison10
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To: AmericanVictory

Rahm does not wear a yarmulke. He is no more Orthodox than I am.


328 posted on 11/12/2008 6:15:30 PM PST by rmlew (NYARLATHOTEP / BIDEN'08 . If you don't believe me check out the first's wikipedia page.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
"People who are going to stay in the country need to consider moving to more isolated places with harsher weather conditions and concentrate on survival and keeping a low profile..."

Hope Sarah keeps the door open and the Northern Lights on for us.

329 posted on 11/12/2008 6:17:31 PM PST by madison10
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To: rmlew

But many say he claims to be. Wonder what is the story with that.


330 posted on 11/12/2008 6:23:44 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
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To: Pacothecat

Maybe this has something to do with Michelle’s statement:

“Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed”


331 posted on 11/12/2008 6:30:04 PM PST by HollyB
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To: Frantzie
We are about to have two foreign agents running America.
Obama and who?
332 posted on 11/12/2008 6:33:47 PM PST by rmlew (NYARLATHOTEP / BIDEN'08 . If you don't believe me check out the first's wikipedia page.)
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To: Texas_shutterbug
Do you not understand the concept of a flat tax?
Say the government tax is 20%. The gent with an income of $20,000 pays $4,000 and the guy with an income of $100,000 pays $20,000.
333 posted on 11/12/2008 6:37:00 PM PST by rmlew (NYARLATHOTEP / BIDEN'08 . If you don't believe me check out the first's wikipedia page.)
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To: reformedliberal

It’s easier to impose martial law in a city, that’s true.

However, it is also harder to maintain it in a city. David Drake (and others) have a saying: There is nothing worse than city fighting - in someone else’s city - just ask the Germans about Stalingrad.

I suspect that any CivDef troops will have poor morale and will be easily discouraged.


334 posted on 11/12/2008 6:43:57 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: FarRightFanatic

Most of Alaska isn’t habitable for most of the year. You certainly can’t use the place to grow crops.

Texas grows *lots* of food. We have nuclear reactors, we have oil. In fact, if we leave the union, a lot of other states are going to go hurting for oil and power.


335 posted on 11/12/2008 6:51:02 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: tutstar

Who’s going to call him on it? The Dem Congress?


336 posted on 11/12/2008 6:52:16 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: manc

If you didn’t think history could repeat itself, you haven’t been paying attention.


337 posted on 11/12/2008 6:55:02 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Pacothecat

And just HOW does the Chief of Staff have any authority over anything other than the staff?


338 posted on 11/12/2008 8:01:22 PM PST by Just Lori (Liberalism ---->Socialism----->Communism------>BONDAGE!!!!)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Hey there, FSE! How are you and yours doing in your new digs? Has the little FSE arrived yet? =)


339 posted on 11/12/2008 8:03:17 PM PST by Just Lori (Liberalism ---->Socialism----->Communism------>BONDAGE!!!!)
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To: rmlew
Yes, I understand the concept of a flat tax; however, with a smaller, more efficient, more limited government there is no reason we should have to tax the lower class at the same rate as the higher rate. What is it that you don't understand about people not being able to live on $20,000 a year, let alone $20,000 - $4,000?

Wages are lower than they have been in years at the lower end of the scale. That's not just a dem talking point - it's the truth.

340 posted on 11/12/2008 8:12:33 PM PST by Texas_shutterbug
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