Absolution
Labels:
civil liberties,
constitution,
dick cheney
It's official.
I am officially absolved for comparing the Republicans to the Soviets.
None other than the Shooter himself, Darth Cheney, said so in a recent speech.
As time passed, the terrorists believed they'd exposed a certain weakness and lack of confidence in the West, particularly in America. Dr. Bernard Lewis explained the terrorists' reasoning this way: "During the Cold War," Dr. Lewis wrote, "two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers. If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire. If you said or did anything against the Americans, not only would there be no punishment; there might even be some possibility of reward, as the usual anxious procession of diplomats and politicians, journalists and scholars and miscellaneous others came with their usual pleading inquiries: 'What have we done to offend you? What can we do to put it right?'"So, apparently we were not fighting the Soviets in the Cold War to protect the world from Soviet totalitarianism. Apparently, we were fighting them because they got to be totalitarian and we couldn't.
1 comment:
Moody Loner,
This is off topic, but important. I read on another blogspot of yours that something was crossposted at Kos; I'm assuming you may have a diary there, or know others like Grey Hawk who have diaries at Kos.
Removing Roadblocks To Impeachment Investigation
As you well know, the Kucinich resolution calling for an investigation of Cheney is in Committee, but Pelosi appears to have blocked the effort.
However, there is a solution: There's an effort [scroll down, links] underway to remove the last roadblocks to the impeachment investigation: Challenging the Speaker herself: "Either clear the way for the investigation, or we're going to challenge you as Speaker -- now, before the election."
Request
Could you contact others at Daily Kos like Grey Hawk, ask them to comment on this effort to remove Pelosi; and discuss their reactions at this Daily Kos diary?
Thank you.
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