Things We Lost in the Fire: (The Assault on the Constitution)

Village Voice ^ | September 11 - 17, 2002 | Alisa Solomon

[malakhi]

10, 9, 8, 7...

[Joe Brower]

[AzJP]

.....if only they hadn't opened the cockpit doors.

kj

[zarf]

The alarmist are in full gag mode. The only other response would have been to smile, shrug our shoulders and embrace diversity.Bush would have been reemed for that too.

Better that we take strong action then bitch slap each other for our "insensitivities" later.

[billybudd]

"Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens."

Asscroft also said: "to those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve"

It's clear: the government is using 9/11 as an excuse to impose an imperial tyranny, while doing absolutely nothing for our security (notice the open borders).

[stop_fascism]

It's so nice that the left now feels secure enough to crawl out of their hiding places, change their underpaints, and return to doing what they love to do most -- Hating America.

Of course, if there is another terrorist incident, they will be the ones who are whimpering and crying, "Why didn't the government protect me".

[Dr. Frank fan]

I'll read this as soon as I see that the author has also written and published an equally-scathing article about the attacks on the Second Amendment. Not to mention the Ninth and Tenth.

Till then this sounds like so much disingenuous tripe.

[zarf]

Lost liberty? I can still go out and smoke pot. I can still punch out a cop if want to. I will pay a proce if I'm caught doing the former or arrested after doing the latter, but I'm still free.

[m1911]

Search for: immigrant
First, They Came for the Immigrants . . .
In immigrant communities,
sharpened their teeth on immigrants
Civil libertarians, immigrant advocates,
thousands of immigrants were swept up
Muslim, Arab, and South Asian immigrants under

Search for: illegal
nor even a good hunch, that anything illegal is afoot.
even when there's no illegal activity.

Once again, a writer with a valid point to make ruins the whole piece by ignoring the elephant in the middle of the room.

[dead]

Your first paragraph renders your second paragraph meaningless.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Your first paragraph renders your second paragraph meaningless.

Ok whatever you say. Has the author defend the Second Amendment yet? Let me know.

[dead]

She hasn't commented on the Red Sox or solar flares either, but that has nothing to do with the points she did address.

[Eala]

The Bill of Rights wasn't cancelled. It was turned into a "living document" and redefined out of existence.

[Howlin]

Bump!

[dead]

I agree with your point.

Also, legal or illegal, non-US citizens are not accorded the same rights as US citizens.

Their right to remain in this nation is subject to approval of our government, which answers to the US citizenry.

But her points about the trampling of the rights of US citizens are valid.

[Dr. Frank fan]

She hasn't commented on the Red Sox or solar flares either, but that has nothing to do with the points she did address.

She is pretending to suddenly care about the Constitution. The Second Amendment (you may not be aware) is a part of the Constitution. So you bet your a** that whether she has ever defended the Second Amendment has to do with whether she is being disingenuous (which is what I am accusing her of).

[dead]

You also stated that you didn't even read the article, so why the hell are you commenting on her arguments?

[Dr. Frank fan]

You also stated that you didn't even read the article

No I didn't.

[m1911]

Ditto!