[poet]

"By WHO, dude?! By YOU?"

Why would you pose such a question to me?

I'm talking about John Q. Public! They forgave clinton, jesse for his "hymie town remark, kennedy for his Chappaquidick caper, the "kiting" of checks (mostly by dems), hitlery for all her shenanagins and so on and so on, while they clamored for the resignation of Newt, Livingston, Nixon etc,.

No, my FRiend. not me neither. We are in the minority whether we want to believe it or not. Most people can be manipulated with the use of semantics: "for the children",
"nuclear war", "homeland security", "patriot act", "prevention of crimes" ( that use of that word is very clever because the idiots believe you can PREVENT a crime), "clean air", racist", and all other such words which are used to create emotion and make us "feel" instead of using intellect to analyse a given issue.

Let's take the the stupid Lott statement as an example: even foxnews kept the non-story alive much longer than it deserved ( you know, the foxnews that is supposed to be "fair and balanced", (now there is a an excellent "trigger" word). I did not believe Lott should have been majority leader, but, not for the reason he was removed.

Just because I don't buy into the lies and propaganda from government doesn't mean I take the other side's side on a given issue. A lie is still a lie regardless of whether it is uttered by a repub or dem, therefore, anyone who violates his or her sworn oath to uphold the Constitution is a liar. I do not accept the premise that it's ok if my guy is a liar and I will defend the indefensible just because it's my side that's lying. Once again I say, we are either men and women of principle or we're not! If the republicans are a party of principle, then they should show it by example and stop copying the democrat's policies with watered down versions.

I know, I know, I'm living in a world of dreams, but, that's just me. BTW, once again I remind you, remember these two words "critical infrastructure". They include the internet!

FReegards

[FreeTheHostages]

If the republicans are a party of principle, then they should show it by example and stop copying the democrat's policies with watered down versions. I know, I know, I'm living in a world of dreams

If you think that the Republican policies are just watered down versions of the Democrat's, you are living in a world of dreams. And as to the Patriot Act, I think that in wartime it's appropriate. Law and order benefits all of us and it will survive constitutional challenge in the courts.

[Mudboy Slim]

"I'm talking about John Q. Public!"

I say yer sellin' JQP short, my FRiend...the Sheeple have actually been believing what the Networks have been lying to them about...for 50+ years!! Sure, they're IGNORANT as Rocks, but just 'cuz nobody's alerted them to the TRUTH!!! If you assume they'll NEVER learn, you might as well just bow out of this CounterCounterCulture War fer the Hearts and Minds of the American Sheeple, dude...yer pessimism is part of the problem.

FReegards...MUD