Did you ever consider the possibility that the purpose of the surge is to destroy the nations military to make way for a take-over by a privatized Praetorian Guard.
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Now that really does scare me!!!

Carolyn Urban at 119;

Alternative vision for changing our way of life rather than tearing down government….
(lost quote)

Starts with me but requires critical mass, like lots else.

Watched news Thursday night featuring Specter questioning Sampson regarding whether the decision to drop the US Attorney was done in the light of the slipped in provision of the
revised Patriot’s Act. Can’t remember where I read it, maybe at FDL, but it’s generally understood that the person who slipped that in was Specter’s former aide now at the WH, I think. I think what Specter was trying to get Sampson to say was that the replacements and replacement strategy were related to that
new provision. All I could think of was – what gross hypocrisy, so typical of Specter.

Maybe one of the FDL geniuses can follow this further.

Incredible article on what needs to happen and why. brilliant analysis in my book. So glad Allison pointed us to it.

Heck, EVERYBODY is LEFT of today’s Republican Party, except for Genghis Khan, Herman Goering and possibly Zell Miller.

More precisely, “What REMAINS of the Republican Party?”

Clear Channel. The 700 Club. Fox. The Hoover Institute. American Enterprise Institute. The Federalist Society. Focus on the Family. Liberty Law School. The Board of Directors at GE, Disney, Boeing. Racists. The Drudge Report. National Right to Work. CATO Institute. The Board of Directors at Chase, Citi, MBNA. The World Bank. WTO. The Club for Growth. The Heritage Foundation. The Wall Street Journal. Free Republic. The New York Post. The Board of Directors at Exxon, Shell, BP. The Westboro Baptist Church. National Right to Life Committee. Log Cabin Republicans. Skinheads. The Board of Directors at Halliburton, Blackwater, CACI. The NRA. Americans for Tax Reform. G8. The National Review. Little Green Footballs. The Weekly Standard. The Mormons. The Washington Times. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Project For a New American Century. The FCC. Air Force Academy. Regents Law School. World Net Daily. The Top 1%.

There are PLENTY MORE you can list below. Anybody who thinks these CRETINS will cede power and simply FADE AWAY WITHOUT A FIGHT is NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

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The point about security as the means to liberty is interesting. Machiavelli noted in, I believe _The Prince_, that when the people say they want freedom what they really want is security.

I don’t agree that the GOP voted the way it did because it just wanted to be in the winner’s circle. Most GOP I know felt they were picking the lesser evil. Demagogs to the Left and Demagogs to the Right, BOTH of which want to use the Federal government to tell you what to do. If the GOP’s core value is to oppose liberalism (and I don’t think it is), the that is because the Democrats and “liberals” made it that way with a half century of using the Federal government to enforce their vision. Keep in mind the average Conservative sees themself as someone who is guided by common sense and morality. That means they define a Liberal as lacking both, of course.

Perhaps we should put the Libertarians in charge.

Anywhere else in the civilized Western world “so called “libertarians would be recognized for the kooks they are.

I don’t agree that the GOP voted the way it did because it just wanted to be in the winner’s circle. Most GOP I know felt they were picking the lesser evil. Demagogs to the Left and Demagogs to the Right, BOTH of which want to use the Federal government to tell you what to do. If the GOP’s core value is to oppose liberalism (and I don’t think it is), the that is because the Democrats and “liberals” made it that way with a half century of using the Federal government to enforce their vision. Keep in mind the average Conservative sees themself as someone who is guided by common sense and morality. That means they define a Liberal as lacking both, of course.

Perhaps we should put the Libertarians in charge.