funny the ACLU has done more to protect individual rights and freedoms far more than any other group. including your favourites.
are you against humans rights and the constitution Jerry? Why do you hate America so? On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "By the progressive movement, eh?" > > Yes. > > > "You need to get over this 'team sport' type of mentality, bro." > > I'll be frank with you, I have no idea what you mean here. > > > "Big Business and Big Government both have a vested interest in knowing our > biddnes." > > No doubt. > > > > "It's about Power and Money, and last I checked, the 'progressive movement' > doesn't hold a monopoly on wanting those." > > No, they don't have a monopoly. However, they do have a lot of people in > political offices who are capable of making policy which effects who has > money and power. And to add to that, the progressive movement has been tied > up with big business since the beginning. GE is a great example now. > > > "In fact, you'll note a lot of the people who say 'if you are not doing > anything wrong, you've nothing to fear', are 'conservatives'." > > Sure. So what? A lot of "liberals" will say that talk radio and fox news > should be shut down. Both are a suppression of liberty. > > > > "Guess it's easier to ignore on your own 'side' when you consider the > 'other' guys the Nazi-Socialist-Invasive-Government-Lovers or whatever." > > You may not realize this, but I don't trust anyone in DC. I just prefer to > target progressives on this list since so few do. On another list, I got > bashed by "conservatives" for saying the tea-party candidates should > concentrate fiscal issues and leave social issues up to the state. I don't > care. I am not going to be a party hack. > > In the end, I side with conservatives for now but I view both Democrats and > Republicans as poison. Democrats are like cyanide and Republicans are like > arsenic. Both will kill you, one a lot slower than the other. There is a > much better chance to stop the slower poison and survive. > > > "Can't you see you're getting played as much as you claim 'the other guy' > is?" > > If you mean I am getting played because I don't trust politicians on either > side, then okay, I am getting played. > > > > "Progressive movement my ass. Champion The Tea Party and screw the ACLU, > eh?" > > I don't know what in the hell the ACLU has to do with this. I wouldn't > trust the ACLU as far as I could bowl them. > > From the ACLU's founder, Roger Baldwin: "We are for SOCIALISM, disarmament, > and ultimately for abolishing the state itself... We seek the social > ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the SOLE > CONTROL of those who produce wealth. COMMUNISM is the goal." > > As far as the Tea Party movement, I loved it. It removed a lot of career > politicians from DC, it got a lot of people interested in politics and the > course of our country, it woke the Republican Party up, and it pissed a lot > of liberals and Democrats off simply because it existed. > > In the end, I don't have a lot of faith that it will change anything. > Citizens will become complacent once the economy recovers while the > tea-party candidates will be changed by DC instead of changing DC. > > > J > > - > > The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings > and *inefficiencies > *to our health care system. - Barack Obama > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332079 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
