I'm angry this morning

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by dar512

This sort of thing is one of the major reasons I will not be voting republican for this election.

Why, the Democratic Congress made it all possible, they are the ones who approved the laws that expanded the police powers of the country. You want Big Government, you are about to get it.

[dar512]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Why, the Democratic Congress made it all possible, they are the ones who approved the laws that expanded the police powers of the country. You want Big Government, you are about to get it.

This statement is wrong in so many ways.

If the republican party was ever about smaller government, it isn't any more. Or will you try to convince me that the federal government has shrunk over the last eight years?

And, of course, the size of a government has no relationship to whether it infringes personal liberty. Dictatorships have very low overhead.

Did you intentionally palm that card or was it a knee jerk response?

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Why, the Democratic Congress made it all possible, they are the ones who approved the laws that expanded the police powers of the country. You want Big Government, you are about to get it.

Hello? What are you? Four years old? The Congress and the excutive branch at the time of 9/11 were Republican. They remained Republican when all those happy new laws were passed which detract from our liberties. It is the Republicans who want to look in our windows and tell us what kind of sex to have. It is the Republicans who want to deny a 16 year old rape victim access to an abortion. Ever hear of the Evangelical Right? Get a grip, Merc. The Republicans are hardly the scions of civil rights that you seem to think they are.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Hello? What are you? Four years old? The Congress and the excutive branch at the time of 9/11 were Republican. They remained Republican when all those happy new laws were passed which detract from our liberties. It is the Republicans who want to look in our windows and tell us what kind of sex to have. It is the Republicans who want to deny a 16 year old rape victim access to an abortion. Ever hear of the Evangelical Right? Get a grip, Merc. The Republicans are hardly the scions of civil rights that you seem to think they are.

Hello? What are you? 2 years old? What are you? Four Years old? The Congress and the excutive branch for the last 2 years have been completely controlled by the demoncrats.

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Hello? What are you? 2 years old? What are you? Four Years old? The Congress and the excutive branch for the last 2 years have been completely controlled by the demoncrats.

Um. The Patriot Act was passed under a Republican majority.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Um. The Patriot Act was passed under a Republican majority.

Only the first time. The second time it was passed and renewed in toto by under a Demoncratically controlled Congress. Don't try to blame that on anyone but the Demoncrats and Pelosi.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Um. The Patriot Act was passed under a Republican majority.

Dude, it was ORIGINALLY passed by the republickins. It was re-passed by the Demoncratic Majority Congress. They own it now.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...06/19/telecom/

A nice little ditty:

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/c...cussionID=3750

[glatt]

These signs appeared yesterday. This one is in a dark corner, out of the way, and not visible to people entering the station. You can only see it on your way out (Unless you routinely look behind you as you walk forward.) In other stations, they are prominent and well lit.