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I hope and pray that Americans will wise up and treat the next president with more respect and understanding that the liberal media and belly aching bed wetting dems did the last. God Bless America and the President of the United States!
Why hasn't he stopped Israel form massacering the Palestinians. Israel just blewup all the UN food buildings. I hate him. I hope Obama does more for the palestinians. I hope he is more then just hype.
LET"S ALL PREY FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
Was that 2nd Amendment incomprehensible jab directed at my comments about your captions that suggest Bush is a tyrant? I have no issue with anyone who criticizes the government; it is what democracy is all about. I do however have issue with those who lie, mislead and say and do anything for their own political ends. Bush was no more a tyrant than Abraham Lincoln was, the man Obama is being compared to now. Oh, and before you respond to this, please do some homework on old' honest Abe first. I think you might be a little surprised. You might also read up on former American leaders while you’re at it. A high IQ does not necessarily equate to good leadership or statesmanship. Finally check out John Locks 2nd Treatise on Government or Hobbs and Rousseau's work on the Social Contract. I think you will discover the foundations of democratic rule there and what are really the bases for governmental power. Once you have done this maybe then we can talk.
You want to know how the Palestinians can be safe from ever having the Israelis kill them?
They can simply stop killing Israelis.
It does wonders for the prospects of peace.
I suppose we have a difference of interpretation, both in the amendment and in what we have both written. To what end other than slander do you hope to accomplish in using inflammatory words such as tyrant when labeling the rule of an American President? I do not in any way want to impinge your right to free speech; I only want you to realize that your choice of words could have been better. In my opinion you seem to use extreme statements to put forth your position and use the rhetoric of liberals to support your ideas. The sources you chose, Carter and the Washington Post article, are clearly biased. If we have learned anything from the last eight years of political divisiveness in this country it should at least be that this type of rhetoric accomplishes nothing and that when the media deliberately attempts to mislead the public the only ones that will be hurt in the long run will be the American people themselves. I only ask for moderation in political discussion, where both sides are willing to discuss their views, admit to the wisdom of alternative ideas and not resort to smug self righteous name calling. As for the 2nd Amendment, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed", once again we have a difference of interpretation. If I understand your position, you claim that this was inserted as a personal protection for individual rights and freedom against an abusive government or other citizens. As I understand it Madison and the Anti-Federalists inserted this as a means by which a republican society might protect itself from outside incursions, see the Revolutionary War. As you know our young nation did not have a real standing army but instead relied upon state militias in time of crises. Finally you still have not done your homework on Abraham Lincoln, and while you’re at it please look into FDR, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, oh and why not John Adams. They make GW look like a choir boy. In closing "slaveboy" I do enjoy this type of discussion and I hope you do as well. Our discourse makes America stronger, but our willingness to put aside differences for the greater good far exceeds any other calling. As you might have guessed I am a Republican and do admit that I support President Bush, history will be the final judge and if previous events tell us anything his decisions will be vindicated. I digress; what I wanted to state is that while I am a Republican and did not vote for Obama, I understand that he is now the President of the United States and I fully support him. I will criticize him when I believe he makes unsound policy decisions but I will never, ever go as far as those who tried to undermine Bush. In my opinion I believe that is wrong.
I blame a biased and politically motivated media for misleading and flat out lying to achieve its own ends. Americans have come to rely on the unbiased reporting of news events ala Walter Cronkite, but the ethics in reporting he and his contemporaries worked so hard to establish have been thrown to the winds. I covet my free speech rights and support that right for all citizens, but think it is disgraceful what the modern news media has done with this right we all have. Where is the honor, where is the integrity, where is the truth in broadcasting? I believe it is dead. The media is driven by the single minded ideologues whose only desire is to achieve their own end goal not matter by what means. Lying, misleading, and failure to report all events are their methodology. Politicians engage in these half truths and I agree that all politicians no matter what ideology engage in this. But the media, the beacon of free speech and a check on despotism has become a sort of despot in their own right. A half truth told to sway opinion some might say is not really a lie but in fact it is a lie of omission. I charge all the major news agencies with this crime and for that they should be ashamed. Also I need to get another jab on the liberals here so in under this topic I will add this subtopic. If free speech is such a valuable commodity in our country and if the free market system is an essential element to a democratic society, why is it then that liberals are trying to rail road a measure through Congress known as the "Fairness in Broadcasting Act". The American people should be allowed to decide what news information they want to digest, and since they are turning away from the major news agencies in droves because of blatant biased and outright lies these same liberal demagogues want to limit the news media that they do not control i.e.: talk radio. I would submit to you that we the people are not the drone cattle you would like us to be and still can see through their attempts to mislead us.