And you CONTINUE with fallacy ...
A Republican Majority in the Senate and a Republican Majority in the House and a Republican in the White House gave us the Patriot Act. Who is it you imagine to be responsible for giving us the Patriot Act?
It is unfortunate that CANNOT address the words, concepts or ideas presented.
Regard$,
--MJ
"When conservatives mythologize the Reagan presidency as the golden era of conservatism, it's not Reagan that they're mythologizing, but conservatism."
- Joshua Green, Washington Monthly, 35/1, Jan/Feb 2003
At 12:51 PM 2/15/2011, you wrote:
Apparently this is your first encounter with Vance. Its not mine, and--
his blaming republicans for Patriot Act is an exquisite example of his
purely partisan bullshit.
On Feb 15, 11:44 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> And AGAIN rather than addressing the words, concepts or ideas presented
> we get ANOTHER spewing of fallacy.
>
> Regard$,
> --MJ
>
> Since World War II, and especially since the 1950s, the function of
> the Republican Party has been to be the "loyal, . . . . moderate,"
> "bi-partisan," pseudo-opposition to the collectivist and leftist
> program of the Democratic Party. Unlike the more apocalyptic and
> impatient Bolsheviks, the Mensheviks (or social democrats, or
> corporate liberals, or "responsible" liberals, or "responsible"
> conservatives, or neo-conservatives -- the labels change, but the
> reality remains the same) try to preserve an illusion of free choice
> for the American public, including a two-party system, and at least
> marginal freedom of speech and _expression_.
>
> The goal of these "responsible" or "enlightened" moderates has been
> to participate in the march to statism, while replacing the older
> American ideals of free markets, private property, and limited
> government with cloudy and noisy rhetoric about the glories of
> "democracy," as opposed to the one-party dictatorship of the Soviet Union.
>
> -- Murray Rothbard, Making Economic Sense
>
> At 11:10 AM 2/15/2011, you wrote:
>
>
>
> >Larry Vance is a moonbat who thinks teaching at a junior college makes
> >him important.
>
> >Anyone who actually blames conservatives for the Patriot Act is just a
> >partisan buffoon.
>
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