This story is just plain sick on so many levels it's hard to know where to begin. Classifying information for "national security" purposes is one thing. I think many people would even agree that it is necessary to keep the public in the dark on some matters (although as a proponent of open government, I would not be one of them). But classifying random information just for the sake of classifying random information is so freaking Orwellian, it's not funny. And it's definitely NOT a game. Maybe the government thinks it is, but for many freedom-loving Americans, the stakes are all …
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cdamian
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By the way, does anybody know how to change the little flag in the lower left corner of the comments? Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch, aber ich bin Amerikaner. (My apologies to any speakers of that great precursor to the English language. I'm sure I butchered that sentence pretty badly.)
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"They win occasionally by outright theft..." You must mean like Bush in 2000? Or maybe Bush again in 2004 (betcha didn't know that certain Ohio Republicans are going to jail over that election)? You have clearly studied at the Joseph Goebbels School of Propaganda, just like Rudy Giuliani and most other Republicans. Fear of milk lines? Please.
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Scorp-- Check out http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen. I'm sure you'll probably turn typical right-wing lunatic and start screaming "LIBERAL MEDIA!" but the article is impeccably sourced and should put to rest any doubts you have regarding the true nature of the lying, cheating, full-of-their-own-feces Repugnicans. Exit-poll statistical impossibilities, the misdeeds of Ken Blackwell, "caging" of minority voters, illegal disenfranchisement of ex-felons, barriers to registration in violation of the Voting Rights Act, illegal orders preventing the distribution of provisional ballots, eliminating precincts in Democratic-leaning areas without providing additional voting machines, even a faked terrorist threat that allowed Blackwell's Repugnican cronies to perform the recount without …
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I never said anything about the Supreme Court's decision. 13 paragraphs down in the Blade article for the statement about Dreamer's party affiliation. Gramsci was an Italian socialist, communist, and anti-fascist in the early 1900s, you elitist jerk. I won't even dignify the ridiculously framed questions in the rest of your comment.
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Oh yeah, Scorp, one other thing...Dan Rather's reporting was accurate. Check the historical record. The White House, in response to pressure from journalists who were looking for the truth, released all of Bush's military records. When reporters pointed out that the records showed that Bush did, in fact, fail to complete his obligation to the Champagne Unit, the White House then said that the documents were forged. In other words, the White House knowingly provided the media with phony records.
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Scorp, I didn't ask if it was likely. I asked you to look into the historical record. Do some research...I mean REAL research, which means not using FreeRepublic.com as a starting point. But judging from the fact that you have no idea what network Dan Rather even worked for, I guess I shouldn't expect you to be bothered by pesky little facts. You probably believed FOX News when they said that Mark Foley was a Democrat, too. It's quite funny how you tell others to learn critical thinking when everything you say came out of Rush Limbaugh's asshole first. Anti-war traitors? …
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Allow me to apologize for claiming that you have simply been repeating conservative punditry. However, I have heard almost everything you have said in this thread before, and almost all of it has come from partisan hacks, so you can understand why someone who pays attention to the media would be confused. You should ask the sweatshop workers in China what they think of their economic growth. The economic microcosm we are experiencing in the United States is not Marxist; it is fascist. Near-absolute corporate power, church interests intruding on the state, never-ending war against stateless enemies, suppression of dissent, rule …
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"There you go again."...That was funny, and almost a little bit intelligent. Once again, I will not dignify your pathetic attempt to frame the issue of China's economy. I am quite interested to know that you are able to speak for a billion people, but I will not respond to the skewed, intellectually dishonest choice you present as if it were factually based. It is clear that in your haste to kneel at the altar of free-market capitalism that you have closed your mind to all other issues regarding the Chinese economy, such as the fact that sweatshops are morally wrong …
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I'd like to point out that I'm not quite sure why the American flag does not appear under my posts. I'm from Wisconsin, so this is just as much my country as it is yours. That being said, go blow yourself, scorp. You're just a goddamn schoolyard bully who doesn't have anybody to pick on anymore. The fact that you have to insult me at every turn just shows that you can't handle real, honest debate. I never advocated or showed any tolerance of robbery, genocide, or any other crimes, and you fucking know it. Don't push you? Ha! This is …
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"Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail."--Benito Mussolini Ever since I suggested that Republicans were just as guilty as Democrats of election fraud, you have called me every name from a Marxist to a Sinisturd (that was precious). You constantly accuse Marxists (and, falsely, me) of genocide, but you don't think twice about atrocities committed by capitalist societies. You have yet to accurately represent any of my positions in your arguments and counter-arguments. You may have the last word if you want, but I am not going to waste any more of my time on this discussion, as …
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