The far right talks reverently about the Constitution and such American ideals as freedom, justice, and limited government but then casts them aside for sedition laws, segregation laws, loyalty oaths, warrantless wiretaps, and torture.
According to many on the far right, Obama was not born in Hawaii; Saddam Hussein committed the atrocities of 9/11; all Muslims are terrorists; creationism is a science but evolution is a pseudo-science; global warming is a hoax; due process is a legal technicality; and Fox News is fair and balanced.
JSG wrote: The far right talks reverently about the Constitution and such American ideals as freedom, justice, and limited government but then casts them aside for sedition laws, segregation laws, loyalty oaths, warrantless wiretaps, and torture.
According to many on the far right, Obama was not born in Hawaii; Saddam Hussein committed the atrocities of 9/11; all Muslims are terrorists; creationism is a science but evolution is a pseudo-science; global warming is a hoax; due process is a legal technicality; and Fox News is fair and balanced.
Really? A little hyperbole there. I do agree that a lot of civil liberties have been lost in the war on drugs and terrorism but when the Dems had control of the house, Senate and presidency, none of those civil rights came back. So at least be willing to blame your own.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
FredHayek wrote: I do think it took some guts to call the mission on Obama, flying US helicopters secretly past Pakistani military bases and land troops. Imagine if the Pakistani military shot down the team, or if Osama was warned and had deployed military assets like Stinger missiles and heavy machine guns, or Osama may not have even been there.
Remember how many things went wrong in the Iranian hostage rescue mission. Obama had to be thinking of that.
I think it was the mission on Osama, not Obama.
:Thanks: corrected.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
JSG wrote: The far right talks reverently about the Constitution and such American ideals as freedom, justice, and limited government but then casts them aside for sedition laws, segregation laws, loyalty oaths, warrantless wiretaps, and torture.
You are talking the history of the Democratic Party in the U.S. Not the conservative Republicans.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
JSG wrote: The far right talks reverently about the Constitution and such American ideals as freedom, justice, and limited government but then casts them aside for sedition laws, segregation laws, loyalty oaths, warrantless wiretaps, and torture.
It's funny how the worst Americans think they are the best Americans...
JSG wrote: The far right talks reverently about the Constitution and such American ideals as freedom, justice, and limited government but then casts them aside for sedition laws, segregation laws, loyalty oaths, warrantless wiretaps, and torture.
It's funny how the worst Americans think they are the best Americans...
Don't be so hard on yourself VL, people can change.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
JSG wrote: The far right talks reverently about the Constitution and such American ideals as freedom, justice, and limited government but then casts them aside for sedition laws, segregation laws, loyalty oaths, warrantless wiretaps, and torture.
It's funny how the worst Americans think they are the best Americans...
Don't be so hard on yourself VL, people can change.
