Oh just be quiet and count your blessings that you live in the land that is bless by God Himself. It is the greatest nation the world has ever seen and we are better than everyone else because…well…because we think we are.
Ok, good, just checking. I’m with that for the most part, but some people give Republicans a pass and I don’t know why.
If DHS and the FBI are sweeping Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc, looking for evidence of criminal activity, that is not evidence that you have lost any degree of liberty . . . unless, of course, you are actually involved in criminal activity. I would also note that with this post you don’t seem to be in the business of trying to convince anyone of anything, but you seem willing to toss out these alarmist gems for some reason. “I’m not in the business of trying to convince people just how much liberty they have lost since 9/11. If you can’t figure that out for yourself and take precautions, that’s your problem.” What is the purpose of this statement if not to create alarm among people? You seem to believe that people have lost liberty since 9/11 and that they should take some sort of precaution, but you don’t explain how they have lost liberty or what sort of precautions they should take or why you even believe this. No, you’re not in the business of convincing people . . . but you’re attempting to just that. Only, you don’t present any evidence of lost liberty at all. You’re simply telling people that they if they can’t see it for themselves, they have a problem. This is simply a slightly dishonest and insincere way of saying something without having to bear the burden of proving one’s own opinion with solid data.
Yes. Its called hypocricy.
the US Constitution was suspended by two supreme court judgments in 1973 and we are operating essentially outside the Constitution until the most fundamental rights it guarantees are restored, namely the right to life.
Well to be fair, there are degrees of police state activities. There’s the police state that spies on people and that’s it. There’s the police state that fondles people at airports in addition to spying using street cameras. There’s the police state that requires people to purchase things against their will. There’s the police state where you are asked for papers at every intersection.
Apparently you have a problem thinking that being blessed is somehow connected to being “better than everyone else”, and rather than own your own problem, you project it onto other people.
I think what can happen is that you can start off with the perfectly moral and correct philosophy of “work hard to get ahead” and it starts to morph into what you’re complaining about: “you aren’t as successful because you didn’t work hard”. This morphing often occurs because it easy to run into people that abuse the system and never lift a finger. However, it’s wrong to use that experience to begin blaming all the poor for their various situations.
Come on in, but watch out for the 60-pound anvil I suspend over the door every night.
I’ve called them I don’t know how many times on Eric Holder not prosecuting the Black Panthers, on Obama refusing to enforce the law of the land (DOMA), and on Timmy Geithner not paying his taxes, and they just continue to ignore me…
Reach out and fondle back. That’ll get their attention.
Reciprocal groping. I like it. I have to fly out in the morning, I’ll give that a try.