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G- Blank wrote: In article , Tom Phillips wrote: You mean we aren't creating a real democracy in Iraq? While here at home a secret NSC government empowered by dubya's imperial presidency is spying on Americans without consent and suspending habeas corpus? Shoulda been around in Lincoln's day... You mean to tell me the neocons aren't democratic...? Unlike liberal Democrats, they're not STUPID, that's for sure... As you know I am not a ardent supporter of the current adm, but the media has really played this up. If anyone believes the government has not done this kind of stuff prior they are nuts. -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 greg_____photo(dot)com |
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UC wrote: G- Blank wrote: In article , Tom Phillips wrote: You mean we aren't creating a real democracy in Iraq? While here at home a secret NSC government empowered by dubya's imperial presidency is spying on Americans without consent and suspending habeas corpus? Shoulda been around in Lincoln's day... You mean to tell me the neocons aren't democratic...? Unlike liberal Democrats, they're not STUPID, that's for sure... Yeah...they're also not honest. Lincoln at least was honest besides being a liberal... |
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G- Blank wrote: In article , Tom Phillips wrote: You mean we aren't creating a real democracy in Iraq? While here at home a secret NSC government empowered by dubya's imperial presidency is spying on Americans without consent and suspending habeas corpus? You mean to tell me the neocons aren't democratic...? As you know I am not a ardent supporter of the current adm, but the media has really played this up. The media should play it up. Dubya is far worse than we imagine... If anyone believes the government has not done this kind of stuff prior they are nuts. Yeah but not since J. Edgar or Nixon... |
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Tom Phillips wrote:
: John wrote: : : David Nebenzahl wrote: : John spake thus: : : Creeker wrote: : : Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the : peopel get lazy and selfish. : : Could someone point me to a Democratic government ? I don't remember : ever seeing one. : : Do you mean democratic or Democratic? : : I'd be happy to have both ! Someone in office again with some fiscal : responsibility would be a good start. : : Note that to the best of my knowledge the last truly democratic : government existed in Athens. : You mean we aren't creating a real democracy in Iraq? : While here at home a secret NSC government empowered : by dubya's imperial presidency is spying on Americans : without consent and suspending habeas corpus? : You mean to tell me the neocons aren't democratic...? Before this thread goes to far off into lala land keep in mind that the US is not now and never has been a democracy. -- ------------------- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you |
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Democracies and Republics come in many variants.
They're hard to make distinct. There is no true "democracy", but the modern proletariat definition has been claimed: USSR, PROC. The US is supposed to be a constitutional republic. But that was before the Left's rise to corruption. Collin |
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And 900 FBI files later
(using the FBI as a private & political police force) many will still vote again for the HillBillies. Also, Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus during the civil war. But it was returned. And FDR has many rights suspended during WWII, but we got the back. Both sides have done it and the US has survived. BTW, isn't "neocon" simply newspeak for an anti-zionist attitude? Fourty years ago the evangelical & fundamentalist Christian community was called anti-Semitic for precisely this same attitude toward the Zionist movement. Why should the Left get off without the appropriate designation? Collin |
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Cheesehead spake thus:
BTW, isn't "neocon" simply newspeak for an anti-zionist attitude? No, and that shows how much you [don't] know about neocons. Neo-conservatives are almost monolithically pro-Israel (and correspondingly anti-Arab, specifically anti-Palestinian). So actually, they're pro-Zionist. -- The only reason corrupt Republicans rule the roost in Washington is because the corrupt Democrats can't muster any viable opposition. |
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Frank Pittel wrote: Tom Phillips wrote: : John wrote: : : David Nebenzahl wrote: : John spake thus: : : Creeker wrote: : : Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the : peopel get lazy and selfish. : : Could someone point me to a Democratic government ? I don't remember : ever seeing one. : : Do you mean democratic or Democratic? : : I'd be happy to have both ! Someone in office again with some fiscal : responsibility would be a good start. : : Note that to the best of my knowledge the last truly democratic : government existed in Athens. : You mean we aren't creating a real democracy in Iraq? : While here at home a secret NSC government empowered : by dubya's imperial presidency is spying on Americans : without consent and suspending habeas corpus? : You mean to tell me the neocons aren't democratic...? Before this thread goes to far off into lala land keep in mind that the US is not now and never has been a democracy. I think that's the point. Even Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and had reporteers jailed who criticized his war strategy. I don't approve, but it depends on one's definition of democracy. We've have a democratic republic, as opposed to a pure democracy. One has to remember the Constitution was set up by and large as a compromise between the New England town meeting style of government and the aristocratic Southern ruling class who were afraid of true democracy. |
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Cheesehead wrote: Democracies and Republics come in many variants. They're hard to make distinct. There is no true "democracy", but the modern proletariat definition has been claimed: USSR, PROC. The US is supposed to be a constitutional republic. But that was before the Left's rise to corruption. The Left's? You should pay more attention to the current scandals and inditement of the corrupt Right. Unless like dubya you don't read the news papers. Even Gingrich is saying they need to clean up their corruption... |
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Cheesehead wrote: And 900 FBI files later (using the FBI as a private & political police force) many will still vote again for the HillBillies. Also, Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus during the civil war. But it was returned. And FDR has many rights suspended during WWII, but we got the back. Both sides have done it and the US has survived. The resilience of the American people regarding the rights we know we have isn't an excuse for trampling on the Constitution by Lincoln or FDR. Be that as it may, dubya is the the most fascist, imperialistic pres in US history. BTW, isn't "neocon" simply newspeak for an anti-zionist attitude? Fourty years ago the evangelical & fundamentalist Christian community was called anti-Semitic for precisely this same attitude toward the Zionist movement. Why should the Left get off without the appropriate designation? Don't drag religion into it... |
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