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Glenn, I have no idea what you're talking about!
Tom On-Dasher an Uncle Tom? Wait until George Bush needs Democrats next time? There are damn few Democrats he can ever count on at any time, and On-Dasher was never one of them.
Corbin, from the bio at the end of the column: He is now distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
posted by
WriterofLight
on December 30, 2005 at 6:04 PM
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OK, FW, let's talk about not gettiing it!
If you think bringing up September 11th in a discussion of surveillance of terror suspects is deception and spin, then you truly do not "get it," my friend. One more time: September 11th was perpetuated by terrorists who were here in the U. S. for over a year. Not overseas somewhere, right here learning to fly planes.
Had such surveillance as this been practiced in 2000 and 2001, and had the intelligence and law enforcement communities not been banned from sharing information, and had the Bubba administration not chosen to tie up critical information in secret grand jury testimony, the attacks may well have been prevented.
As it was, no one could act on suspicions aroused by the terrorist's activities, because we were a nation of laws, and the laws and policies put in place by the Clinton administration interefered with apprehending the terrorists before they attacked.
As far as who is more comfortable where, I'd think twice about using that line of thought unless you are as welcoming of dissent as I am. I welcome it, and I refute it where it is misguided or uninformed.
posted by
WriterofLight
on December 30, 2005 at 5:58 PM
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Writer..
Aren't they hilarious? And to make matters worse...they believe what they are saying........
Excellent and well thought out essay on ol Tommy Dash-it-All.......What's he doing now that he vacated the premises.....Probably nothing more than a stay at home Tom.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on December 27, 2005 at 4:05 PM
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WriterofLight,
Just keep bashing these old "Uncle Tom" Democrats! Wait until George Bush needs them the next time?? What then??
posted by
Glennb
on December 26, 2005 at 11:13 PM
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Hmmmm
Appreciate view!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on December 26, 2005 at 8:21 PM
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Where to begin --
You just don't get it. The King HAD a mechanism to conduct surveillance domestically. He and his minions chose not to operate within the laws of the land. It's really this simple.
Everything else you say, from bringing up 9-11 to making fun of someone's name, is just deception and spin. To take a page from your playbook, wouldn't you and your ilk be more comfortable in a more totalitarian environment, like Nazi Germany, Red China or the former USSR?
posted by
fwmystic
on December 26, 2005 at 6:55 PM
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