We’re With You, GW, Really!

lewrockwell.com ^ | December 24, 2001 | Brad Edmonds

[exmarine]

I'm not trying to silence anyone. I am merely shouting the truth from the rooftops. I don't care if someone wants to believe a lie - however, I will announce that it is a lie. Can't you see the difference?

[OWK]

Strange.

You call the Rockwell post a big lie, and then go on to post the precise passage from the "Patriot Act" that substantiates the truth of it.

Strange indeed.

[Dane]

Exactly. One Target at a time. Slow, steady, and methodical will get the job done right the FIRST time. . .as opposed to x42, who'd blow off several tens of millions of dollars of ordnance to little or no effect. . .

You are exactly right, but I guess there will always be naysayers, who will nitpick. I guess it makes them feel important.

[mrsmith]

‘‘(5) the term ‘domestic terrorism’ means activi- ties that— ‘‘(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State:‘‘(B) appear to be intended— ‘‘(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; ‘‘(ii) to influence the policy of a gov- ernment by intimidation or coercion; or ‘‘(iii) to affect the conduct of a gov- ernment by mass destruction, assassina- tion, or kidnapping; and ‘‘(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.’’.

Read it carefully, conditions A, B, and C are all neccessary.

This is a deliberate lie, as the author quotes from the act selectively.

[tberry]

"Neither the publisher of the Washington Times (for example) nor any of their columnists post their stuff here on FreeRepublic. The Lew Rockwell people do! That's the main difference."

This is not true. I posted this article and I do not work for Lew Rockwell. I post from a number of sources I find on the net.

Your attempt to portray Lew Rockwell or any other source as a planted threat and therefore worthy of exclusion is nothing more than censorship.

And thus FR conservatism is becoming fascism.

[OWK]

Read it carefully, conditions A, B, and C are all neccessary.

No, I don't think so.

[Peter W. Kessler]

To recap my comments for the year re: Lew Rockwell, Libertarians, etc....

These people are what I lovingly call "Agenda Leeches."

They can't attract enough attention on their own websites, so they latch on to a wildly popular CONSERVATIVE website to do their mischief.

Its because of posts like these that I've stopped handing out Free Republic business cards.

I'd like to see warnings a la "Barf Alerts" for this stuff

[OWK]

Is this the same Peter Kessler that swore off the GOP right here on FR, and said he'd never have anything to do with them again?

[RnMomof7]

God is in final judgement..but I meant poilitical truths..the here and now

[tberry]

Your attempt to portray Lew Rockwell or any other source as a planted threat and therefore worthy of exclusion is nothing more than censorship.

And thus FR conservatism is becoming fascism.

[RnMomof7]

I will say again ..you and I have never had a discussion on religion,that I can recall.But if we did and if we disagree so what? I happen to believe in the constitution and the right to discuss ,debate and criticize politians,parties and yes other religions..that is what the constitution guarantees to all of us.

The decision by some on FR to intimidate political and religious dissent is very like the Taliban that ruled with fear.Instead of a knife to cut off hands and feet they choose slander and name calling..

That is the the true Taliban mentality.

[mrsmith]

"Read it carefully, conditions A, B, and C are all neccessary.
No, I don't think so. "

No, I'm not accepting a stupidity defense for the author.

The construction is too obvious.

[OWK]

The construction is too obvious.

It seems only to be obvious to you.

I happen to think you are absolutely wrong.

The author's reading (not yours) is the correct one.

What is it (other than your personal bias) that makes you think your interpretation is correct?

[dirtboy]

Your attempt to portray Lew Rockwell or any other source as a planted threat and therefore worthy of exclusion is nothing more than censorship.

What a joke. So criticism of Lew Rockwell posts on FR is censorship?

And thus FR conservatism is becoming fascism.

A "thus" coming from a flawed premise is thusly thusless...

[Dane]

The decision by some on FR to intimidate political and religious dissent is very like the Taliban that ruled with fear.Instead of a knife to cut off hands and feet they choose slander and name calling..

And someone who implies that someone is not a true Christian, because he as President of the United States must represent all people, is just as bad.

You can nitpick and moan all you want and scream that the sky is falling, that is your right, but I will look at the results so far(OBL on the run, the taliban relegated to the history books).

[NittanyLion]

I meant poilitical truths..the here and now

Every American is responsible for remaining vigilant, and in reality we should be the final arbiters of truth. The device by which we'd make our views known is pretty obvious: dissenting (or supporting) speech along with elections. The amount of influence wielded by the media and special interests, coupled with public apathy, may have changed that equation, but that's for another thread. You'll notice that I've refrained from calling you the Taliban, precisely because I respect your right (duty?) to speak up when you disagree. Instead, I've taken issue with your premise:

That is, I've seldom seen disinformation during wartime (or diplomacy, if you prefer) classified as an unacceptable lie. I take a relatively cynical view of government (as Dane could probably tell you from prior posts), but even I don't see this as Bush breaking trust with America.

[RnMomof7]

And someone who implies that someone is not a true Christian, because he as President of the United States must represent all people, is just as bad.

So then you would silence that as a discussion topic..is there anything else you would like to silence?

[Dane]

So then you would silence that as a discussion topic..is there anything else you would like to silence?

Huh? I didn't "silence" anything. Anyway you shouldn't try to play victim all of the sudden, it is very unbecoming, IMHO.