"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."- Plato
"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them"- Voltaire
"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience" - Albert Camus
"A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink the American dream of liberty" - george baumler
so I have a former college suitemate who is a winger and posted this today:
"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."- Plato
"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them"- Voltaire
"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience" - Albert Camus
"A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink the American dream of liberty" - george baumler
he thinks "King" Obama will destroy America
below is my response. if you read it please feel free to grade me on a scale of 1 - 10
I’m so glad you saw the light brother; hopefully we can undo the steps the past administration took towards this path
"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."- Plato
Now, as before, we will secure our nation, protect our freedom...
The threat comes from Iraq. It arises directly from the Iraqi regime's own actions, its history of aggression and its drive toward an arsenal of terror.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them"- Voltaire
President Bush strongly defended U.S. interrogation practices for detainees held in the war on terrorism Monday, insisting, "We do not torture."
http://www.usatoday.com/...
these "enhanced interrogation techniques" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic.
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Tenet said: "It was authorized. It was legal, according to the attorney General of the United States"
http://abcnews.go.com/...
"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience" - Albert Camus
Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the intelligence agency has monitored the international telephone calls and international e-mail messages of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants
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Mr. Bush's executive order allowing some warrantless eavesdropping on those inside the United States - including American citizens, permanent legal residents, tourists and other foreigners - is based on classified legal opinions that assert that the president has broad powers to order such searches, derived in part from the September 2001 Congressional resolution authorizing him to wage war on Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups,
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The N.S.A. domestic spying operation has stirred such controversy among some national security officials in part because of the agency's cautious culture and longstanding rules
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The legal opinions that support the N.S.A. operation remain classified, but they appear to have followed private discussions among senior administration lawyers and other officials about the need to pursue aggressive strategies that once may have been seen as crossing a legal line, according to senior officials who participated in the discussions.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
"A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink the American dream of liberty" - george baumler
no quote or reference point is necessary here. If you drink the Kool-Aid you will drown in it. Nuff said
Our representative government is durable, Madison and Jefferson and many others made it so (if you want an example of bipartisanship look at the constitution). We must be vigilant and resourceful in our quest for a future that continues the ideals they set forth