Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Thomas Paine, writing from Philadelphia, February 14, 1776
I guess we can add one more achievement to the list, since President Obama has now placed his signature on a document to extend the Patriot Act one more year. This should effectively kill the accusation that the Patriot Act is a right-wing conspiracy to strip away our freedom. Either it doesn't really strip away any of our freedoms or it's just as much a left-wing conspiracy. Should we be holding our breath for the hailstorm of criticism from the left?
Hey; let's be glad the checklist is pretty much empty.
ReplyDeleteAmen. Communists don't reform; they destroy.
ReplyDeleteI guess we can add one more achievement to the list, since President Obama has now placed his signature on a document to extend the Patriot Act one more year. This should effectively kill the accusation that the Patriot Act is a right-wing conspiracy to strip away our freedom. Either it doesn't really strip away any of our freedoms or it's just as much a left-wing conspiracy. Should we be holding our breath for the hailstorm of criticism from the left?
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