tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113246942011-04-21T17:31:44.341-06:00Liberal Like a House on Fire!Binghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17790157115970371711noreply@blogger.comBlogger711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11324694.post-1143167933978843812006-03-23T19:36:00.000-07:002006-03-23T19:40:17.663-07:00

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On some blogs and chat rooms , this mild mannered but pissed off middle of the road, card carrying member of the ACLU, liberal; I've been called "radical." Of course the ones calling me that are usually the ones I just insulted for not thinking for themselves. It doesn't bother me, in a way it's good. It reminds me that common sense isn't really common, and I don't have a monopoly on it. When I

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Senator,I recently wrote you expressing my support for Senator Feingold's resolution to censure the President. I received a form email that briefly addressed the topic of warrant-less spying on Americans. The Republicans in Congress are busy making this policy legal, which leads me to believe they feel the President is currently breaking the law. You cite that censure of a president has happened

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I was home because Di (wifeling) had her wisdom teeth plucked out of her jaw and someone has to be able to yell at the dogs. It's hard to do with gauze in your mouth. Ringo is barking right now in fact, I'll let him bark a while, keeps the riff raff away from the hood. Anyway I had some time on a beautiful indian summer day and decided to hide in my club house and get worked up. My club house

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The media does not bully Christianity, nor do judges or the ACLU for that matter. Retail stores are not anti-Christian because they choose a different holiday greeting than the one some people prefer. The media printing stories about a controversial painting of the Virgin Mary with dung used as paint doesn't mean they are praising, approving or promoting the content or criticizing Christianity.

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Again and again I read and hear Republicans defend Bush's policies by trotting out accusations that Clinton did the same thing. Lately I hear that Clinton also sold our ports to foreign countries, this of course relates to the deal about to go through that will allow a government owned company of the United Arab Emerites purchase and run 21 of our ports. First I have to point out the obvious.

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Don't make the assumption that liberals behave like conservatives do. Time and time again the conservative's only defense is to call liberals for being hypocritical for criticizing Republicans by bringing up the sins of previous Democrats. By assuming that liberals constantly defended these transgressions is false. Plenty of us were shamed by Clinton, plenty of us didn't agree with a lot of his

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Curious, carefree George Will explanis why conservsatives are so happy and liberals not. He seems to take pleasure in others unhappiness and mocks it. I read a piece of his in the local rag. Lord knows why he is syndicated or why anyone takes him seriously at all. This latest piece goe son about a study that shows how conservatives are genrerally happier than liberals. We feel guilt, he says, for

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I'd like to help the caller who wonders why people are saying Bush is a liar and has broken the law. First, it is false that the Bush administration shared the same intelligence with Congress regarding WMDs and the threat Iraq presented. Congress was given an edited version that many in the intelligence community felt was full of dubious and incomplete information. Mr. Cheney once said that there

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It should be no surprise to anyone that the Republicans in Washington are trying to eliminate any and all social programs like Social Security and Medicare. Backed by the Federalist Society, this has been the conservatives view of how our government should work. We saw the lack of federal response from Hurricane Katrina. That wasn't by accident. That's how these people think things should happen.

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I'm reminded of the Tom and Jerry cartoon where Tom reads in a book on how best to catch mice that a cornered mouse never fights back. We see Tom disappear behind a wall and immediately hear the sounds of a good old ass whoopin'. Next Tom peers back at us with cuts and bruises and says low and long "don't you believe it!" I'm reminded by it because of the President's 5th state of the union

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January 20th, Judiciary Democratic Congressional Briefing"Constitution in Crisis: Domestic Surveillance and Executive Power"a Democratic Forum"The Supreme Court has rejected the very claims being made by the President with regard to the NSA operation. This operation falls under what Justice Jackson referred to as the lowest possible exhibit in terms of executive authority. It is in direct

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If the tone of my previous posts has swerved to the negative, and fallen to name calling, waaaah! Civility has gotten progressives compared to terrorists and traitors. The current crop of neo-cons who control and manipulate the political debate have made it obnoxiously clear they are not interested in opinions that disagree with. And I am pissed off frankly that people would criticize me for

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How quickly Bush supporters surrender their civil liberties. Anything our fearless leader says must be true, and they feel they have nothing to hide so there is no worry among them. How cowardly and un-American a thing to do. Freedom isn't free. It involves taking risks to keep it. That means surrendering our freedoms allows the terrorists a victory. Blind faith in this administration has only

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Oh no, stop the radical leftist Hillary Clinton. She said Washington's being run like a plantation. This obviously implies that Republicans are racists, according to some. I'm sorry, I'm being sarcastic. Because it appears their is a loud whine coming from the place. Right wing punditry bellow an empty and hollow outrage at such a wild statement. First, the lady has a right to her opinion and the

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Let's get rid of OSHA, (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) companies should be allowed to poison who they likeLet's get rid of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) companies should be allowed to pollute where ever they likeLet's get rid of the DOE (Department of Energy) companies should be able to manipulate markets to make a killingLet's get rid of the DOT (Department of

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As the new year approaches I can't help but feel optimistic. Mainly because I have been concerned with the way the country I love is perceived around the world, and the direction it's headed in. I still am, but it appears the tide is turning, opposition has been mounting. Despite the best efforts of the Bush apologists on the radio and TV air waves, the columnists too. Despite all their efforts

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editor's note: the following was a leter to the editor to the local rag, The Longmont Daily-Time's Call. It's not a rag really, that's a term of endearment, anyway, this was in regards to the spirited local debate about the prospect of a new uber-Wal-Mart in town. The loonie's here still like to call liberal's communist. Someitme's I feel like a missionary in the frontier.Communist China sells

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Here's what liberalism isn't about.1. I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the communist party. That being said socialism was instrumental in stopping child labor and providing workers rights that we take for granted today. Socialism and communism are counter productive to preserving civil liberties. Conservatives and liberals have much more in common than they thought. There are some

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Here's what liberalism is and what today's liberal is about.1. The government has a responsibility to establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. 2. The government is "We the people" in that it is a representative body that requires participation to work properly.

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I'm a liberal, and a member of the ACLU. I understand, and other liberals understand that certain personal liberties are compromised to gaurantee security for the whole community. Furthermore, it is liberals who consistently champion progams for the benefit of all. Labor laws, anti-trust laws, civil rights protections to name a few. Liberals are free thinkers, interested in different points of

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Something I read on the Progressive web site this morning. Thanksgiving of all days, and I stumble across this article. Anyone stopping by the BBT blog should check this out. http://progressive.org/mag_mc100405.The skinny is this. Recently a high school student doing a home work assignment about the Bill of Rights, took a picture of a picture of George Bush with a thumb tack in his forehead and

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Maybe conservatives are right. Maybe my expectations and standards are too high. I always grew up thinking that our country wouldn't stoop to torture. I always thought the country of my birth stood for tolerance and liberty for all. That my government should be a truly representative one, with checks and balances. I always thought we had a free press that scrutinized those representatives

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I'm against a group of people cramming their savior down our throats at holiday time. Claiming they are being persecuted or denied something because retailers and well wishers prefer to include EVERYONE. Not just christians. I think it's safe to say that most are aware that December 25th was not the day Christ was born. That the purchasing of gifts, decorating a tree and watching a log burn on TV

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Not that anything I've read by him in the opinion pages of the local paper leads me top believe that he ever had it. For those of you who might read this outside of Colorado. We had a ballot initiative to allow the state to keep and use revenue collected in taxes. This revenue was to be refunded as part of the Tax Payer's Bill of Rights. He was dead set against it. That's his M.O. He appears to

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I read a lot of anti tax advocates say the same things. That government is taking our money, and that the government can not be trusted. Now skepticism over the government is good, necessary . But skepticism doesn't stop at the wallet or pocket book. If one can't trust the government, it's because we're not paying attention. The government is representative of the people. The problem is people

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Bush's legal strategy,Love criminal,Hate the criminal act.

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John Gibson is another lying political hack who regurgitates the daily distributed GOP talking points. Like his colleagues Brit Hume and Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. He shamelessly lies for the neo-con cause. Which begs the question, if neo-conservatism is so great why does it take an army of talking heads to lie to people and playing on their basic fears, ignorance, homophobia and paranoia of

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The Democratic party has had a long history of trouble regarding message. Obviously Republicans have done an excellent job of "framing the debate" on many issues. Unfortunately they have been forced to be loose with facts to do this, but we don't have to. The issue of GLT rights is easy cannon fodder for GOP candidates and activists because it plays on the ignorance of their supporters and scores

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One can't have faith in Bush because he's shown himself to be a untrustworthy and incompetent. Therefore you can't have faith in his choice in Harriet Miers based on his faith that his and her faith are the same. If we give the benefit of the doubt that he for once is telling the truth and she does indeed share his faith, why should we trust her not to be as incompetent and untruthful?

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Bill O'Reilly predicts Harriet Miers, Bush's SCOTUS nominee, will be demonized by the left. He might be right. He has a number of years experience demonizing the left. Misrepresenting liberal positions and organizations and yelling at people he disagrees with is what has made him rich. Unfortunately he has loyal fans who actually think he speaks the truth. Bill uses one liberal pundit, NYTimes

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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."There is nothing conservative about that statement.

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A little snippet I sent to the local paper in response to a ditto head's regurgitation of GOP talking points, it reeked of Rush Limbaugh. So he figured Liberals are just a bunch of Bush haters. It's alarming how some people surrender common sense.President Bush is not to blame for anything! He can't be blamed for not reading the memo titled "Osama determined to attack United States." He doesn't

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Everyday the United States of America borrows money to pay for the Bush budget. 9 billion dollars can not be accounted for in Iraq. Dick Cheney's Haliburton continues to lose our money, provide poor services and is still awarded a no-bid contract to fix Naval bases damaged by hurricane Katrina. After announcing that other bases will be closed, because it's not in the budget. The first order of

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We all should worry about the "opportunities" the fed will be providing to big business, and more no bid contracts to Dick Cheney's Haliburton for Katrina clean up. There was a time when something like that would be a considered a conflict of interest. But the Republican majority has severely lowered the bar when it comes to political ethics, even Newt Gingrich has said so. The administration,

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Some claim that criticism of the president or FEMA, or any body at fault for the dismal response to the aftermath of Katrina has been used as a selfish political tool. They cry that Democrats should concentrate more on relief efforts instead of playing the "blame game." As if you can't do both at once. Complaining that local officials didn't do enough to shield federal responsibility turns a

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Mrs. Musgrave,You have stated that the Davis-Bacon mandates "unfairly discriminates against contractor." Would these contractors be Kellogg-Root and Haliburton? The mandates you encourage the president to throw out were aimed at ensuring workers be paid a decent wage. It seems to me if you really wanted to save money you'd be leading an investigation into war profiteering of the two companies I

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Print this, apply this, email this

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Mr. President,I know it's unlikely you'll see these words but I'm writing it more for my own sake anyway. See, I believe the old adage that for evil to succeed good men do nothing. So this letter is for me really. It makes me feel like I'm doing something, you know, against evil. I have prayed for you, plead to you (though I doubt you read those emails either), I have asked you to look into your

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Sir,I read your opinion in the Daily times Call. I'm perplexed by your assessment of the state of the economy. The economy is growing? For whom? You use as an indicator the fact that we aren't in the hole as much as we thought we'd be? I think a better measure of the strength of the economy is the amount of poor people we have in this country. History has shown that when the wealthy are taxed,

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I took 5 minutes of my day, jotted this down and sent it to 10 Senators including my own representative Ken Salazar. If you do nothing, that's exactly what you'll get.With the catastrophe in gulf coastal region of the United States it's easy to lose sight of other things. I urge you not to allow the president to use this tragedy to snooker through John Roberts without the proper scrutiny. With

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Again, Bill deflects from the growing anti-war sentiment in this country to demean Cindy Sheehan. Again he misses the point of Cindy and her galvanizing effect. People who support her, or rather, appreciate her presence, don't care if she said something like the Israelis are in Palestinian territory. We don't care that she is consistently labeled radical and attached herself to radical left wing

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Let me clarify the differences between liberals and conservatives that John Andrews laid out. 1. Liberals favor sensitivity to other's feelings and views, conservatives favor their views over all others. 2. Liberals favor science and pragmatism, conservatives favor a world view based on ideology and their own narrow experience. 3. Liberals favor sociology, conservatives favor theology,(we can

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How vulnerable are we with someone as incompetent as George Bush in charge? Hurricane Katrina, predicted to eventually happen many years in advance, tore through one of our port cities, breaking levees the Bush administration failed to fund. He had been advised of the importance of the levees surrounding the city, he diverted funds from that project to throw into the black hole that is Iraq.

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Here we sit in 2005. Our dependence on foreign oil has only increased. With a large portion of our domestically provided oil now in limbo because of the catastrophic hurricane Katrina, and the failure to protect these resources, our reserves are to be tapped into, gas prices continue to rise, oil companies will continue to gouge us an our security compromised. One only has to look at the

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Bill is mad at the ACLU again for their suit to release the remaining photos from Abu Gharib. The photos are so damning and so graphic the fear is their release will fuel tensions and put our soldiers at greater risk. He also lies about stories of Koran abuse at G'itmo that caused riots in Pakistan. The abuse did happen, according to the FBI report regarding it and the riots in Pakistan had

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Just read Washington Post columnist George Will's piece about Cindy Sheehan. It's a shame, I'v always thought Will was above the usual fray of slanderous right wing talking heads like Anne Coulter. Bashing Cindy Sheehan and parsing her words trying to scrape up anything they can that might portray her in negative way is the latest in a long line of campaigns by media that are pro Bush to

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Ben Harper is profoundly mistaken when he claims Bill Clinton had "abject failures regarding Islamic terrorists." Under Bill Clinton, the people responsible for the first world trade center bombing were caught, tried and convicted. He tried to take Bin Laden out with missile strikes, amidst criticism he was trying to distract from the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Under Bill Clinton, we were

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Mr. Nowell of Longmont asserts that "tolerance must include acceptance of other people's rights..." and that "vigorous debate among informed citizens is essential to the future well-being of the republic." I couldn't agree more. However, he was arguing as a conservative and those are virtues that are liberal in nature and are certainly not exhibited by today's conservative. They are intolerant

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A couple of weeks or so ago i sent in a letter to the local paper, as I often do. This was a spark plug. An attempt to turn the debate back on to the conservatives in the community. I saw a couple of letters directly linked to my letter. What a thrill to know I provoked someone into writing a letter to the editor. They were against me but still didn't offer a real counter to my charges. Except a

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Mr. Nowell of Longmont asserts that "tolerance must include acceptance of other people's rights..." and that "vigorous debate among informed citizens is essential to the future well-being of the republic." I couldn't agree more. However, he was arguing as a conservative and those are virtues that are liberal in nature and are certainly not exhibited by today's conservative. They are intolerant

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We are waiting for our DNC leaders to step up and lead. Right now we have Air America talk show hosts rallying the faithful, now we need leadership from the party. We should be taking advantage of Bush's low poll numbers and someone needs to start demanding answers about war profiteering and hard scrutiny of the Bush administration policies. Right now a mother is standing in front of Bush's "

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What good has come from conservatives? We are routinely lied to by them. Conned by them. Most of them claiming to be experts at what they truly no little about. See Don Rumsfeld. Who, regardless of your opinion about the justification for going into Iraq, have to admit that he has poorly handled almost every aspect of the invasion. But the conservative chorus hurls slander at anyone who dare

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I have to lighten the theory a little.

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Ringo's nipper nap time.

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Ben Harper seems to be perplexed how liberals can compare Bush to Clinton and find that Bush is far worse. As a liberal, maybe I can shed some light on that. It is true that Clinton did perjure himself regarding a sex act that was indeed immoral by most people's standards. He also lied to everyone, flat out and boldly, which was also disappointing and wrong. We call it a "witch hunt" though,

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I feel for veterans who are confused with criticism for the president as being un-American. Unfortunately without criticism our president would create more veterans in more needless conflicts. Mr. Bush doesn't seem to care that our troops come home in body bags, I do, so I will criticize him for it. Our terrorists enemies are gaining support by the poorly planned occupation of a country that

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Hyperbole indeed. My republican friends need to stop assuming thatdemocrats have an irrational hatred for George Bush. There are peoplewho still talk about the 2000 and 2004 election because there iscredible evidence that democracy was subverted. We could discuss this,but republicans don't want to be blinded by the facts. There is alsocredible evidence that Bush lied to congress and to the

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Regarding "Dean is what's wrong with Dems" in the opinion page on June 14th.Mr. Ben Harper's comments personify what is wrong with political discourse and the Republican party. No examples were provided to back up any of the insults heaped upon Mr. Dean and the Democratic party. He wrote that liberals were, among other things, un-American and filled with hate. For all the name calling, he might

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Don't confuse anti Bush with anti American. Don't assume pro Bush is pro American. Read the constitution, compare the words and deeds to this president to those of the past, and you will find that it's Bush that shames our great country and it's standing in the world. Bush has lied repeatedly, to misuse the military, and to dodge accountability for his failures.It's been 5 years, his tax cuts

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Fellow Longmont resident Laura Comstock wrote in your April 30th Open Forum some opinions of Planned Parenthood and the culture of death. I am no member of such a culture but I wouldn't dream that I have the moral high ground to tell a woman what she can or can not do with her body. I have sobering news for Laura. Under the current president, abortions have increased every single year. After

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I am through with it. I am through with being civil, and placating the handful of morons who still think Bush and company are acting in their best interests and the interests of the country. I won't be polite when someone is being willfully ignorant. I will not tolerate bigotry as religious freedom. I am through with sheep. Sheep who think Fox News is fair and balanced. Sheep that think Rush

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Mr. Brooks quite simply, you're clueless. Living in an insulated fantasy world. Most Americans are moderates, like Howard Dean. Who has done much in energizing a large part of the Democratic party by the way. Bush's falling poll numbers coming immediately after his "mandate" declaration upon being elected president. Most die hard salt of the earth republicans have had buyer's remorse. A

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I hope my Dad reads this particular post. We disagree as far as party affiliation but we do agree on most issues. How's that possible? Because Dems and Republicans basically want the same things. It's the methods and the way to achieve those goals that seperates us. The republican leadership today seems hell bent on being anti-liberal versus being true republicans. My father is a true republican,

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Evidence as in hard facts. More and more evidence of corruption and constitutional perversion in today's GOP ranks. A small group of radicals who think they know better than 200 years of freedom and democracy and constitutional law. They also happen to hold tremendous influence. Fox news and MSNBC pretend to be journalistic, actual news outlets. Is it doubtful? Can we all agree that people like

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Thanks for judging social liberals. Did you use your moral measuring stick to trot out that statement? Morality is up to the individual not the government so I don't see the validity of your argument. Mr. Brooks it is tired and inaccurate dogma that without some consensus of morality no individual morality exists. The example that comes to mind is the argument by some christians who claim that

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I don't care if you empathize with me or not. I am able to empathize with you and I know how you tick. I will use that to my advantage because for democracy to be preserved you must be defeated. Your ideology, ethics and morality being exhibited by your leadership is contrary to the spirit of the constitution. Silencing debate and breaking laws to ensure the republicans stay in power,

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Neo-Cons take freedom for granted. What's worse is they claim that it liberals are guilty of it. Neo-Cons believe that they owe nothing to society for having the good fortune of being born in the greatest country in the world. Government is to be feared unless they agree with the people in power, then it is to be revered and trusted without question, to question their people is treasonous.

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My new looking blog. I'll keep it short. On one of the Pearl Jam bootlegs Eddie introduces There He Goes by saying shortly "this is a song about being friends with an asshole." I know what he meant. i don't keep in touch with people I love and care about enough. I just have to realize and act instead of hem and haw. I'll need help with this blog. Perhaps I can coax my Republican mole at the

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Get this. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The same outfit that slandered Kerry, and their public relations machine, are now targeting the AARP. These people are nuts. I mean whacked out. Old people are a nuisance now. Will the bigotry ever end? The right wing media is on the war path and toeing the Bush line. A lot of really insulated white people who hate government. And in my mind that is

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