"The really scary stuff went down with the last Administration. This one is just not wanting to give the power back."
They started some things that are not good for citizen rights. "This one is just not wanting to give the power back." They never do. The income tax was supposed to be temporary. "When 'privacy' is explicitly a part of the Tea Party Platform, I'll feel slightly better about 'em." It wouldn't be a bad idea to explicitly list this as something they are pushing for. "At least it's supposedly pretty important to the Democrats (if lip service is better than no service, which I'm not convinced of)." In theory. In actuality, they are just as bad, if not worse, than the Republicans. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > > >> "My problem with your use, is that you've been implying that today, in > >> America, what he wrote here isn't the case." > > > > Right. The ability to succeed on merit is available more here than in > any > > other country in the world. Why do you think we have an illegal > immigrant > > problem? > > There are lots of places with immigration problems. I'm pretty sad > it's so hard for legitimate people to get into our country now. > > That is thanks to the Previous Administration, mind you. An > administration that capitalized on the Fear of Terrorists. > > Contrast that with the whole "hope and change" capitalism. Maybe > they're both Evil, but I prefer HOPE (or DEFCON of course, now). > > > What is scary is the drive to implement a nanny state that takes away the > > ability and drive to succeed. > > The really scary stuff went down with the last Administration. This > one is just not wanting to give the power back. > > Which is *exactly* what I said would happen, while certain other > people on this list were assuring me it was for all for the Greater > Good, and not to worry about folks abusing power, because they were > already in power before, and what harm would less checks on that power > do, /really/. > > When "privacy" is explicitly a part of the Tea Party Platform, I'll > feel slightly better about 'em. > > At least it's supposedly pretty important to the Democrats (if lip > service is better than no service, which I'm not convinced of). > > Eh. Really, I'm just along for the ride. I'll probably have fun no > matter where we're headed. Bitching at times if for nothing else than > fun and perhaps to fit in. =)p > > Life is... Too $hort. > > :DenHedon > > -- > It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their > games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. > Michel de Montaig > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326298 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
