Comments on: Republican Moderates: Not So Great After All http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dennis parrott http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-54191 dennis parrott Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:26:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-54191 <p>to enigma_foundry:<br></p> <p>we were well on our way to becoming a police state long before our favorite boogeyman struck on 9/11. bin laden simply accelerates the progress in that direction.</p> <p><br></p> <p>it is very sad really. we have debased so many of the institutions that educate, protect and preserve our freedoms. people really do not understand the philosophical underpinnings of those freedoms. frankly, i fear that in a few years we may well lose them all in this irrational quest for "security".</p> <p><br></p> <p>our quest to "be safe" will result in the destruction of what our Founding Fathers fought so hard give us -- freedom.</p> to enigma_foundry:

we were well on our way to becoming a police state long before our favorite boogeyman struck on 9/11. bin laden simply accelerates the progress in that direction.


it is very sad really. we have debased so many of the institutions that educate, protect and preserve our freedoms. people really do not understand the philosophical underpinnings of those freedoms. frankly, i fear that in a few years we may well lose them all in this irrational quest for “security”.


our quest to “be safe” will result in the destruction of what our Founding Fathers fought so hard give us — freedom.

]]> By: dennis parrott http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-35226 dennis parrott Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:26:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-35226 <p>to enigma_foundry:</p> <p>we were well on our way to becoming a police state long before our favorite boogeyman struck on 9/11. bin laden simply accelerates the progress in that direction.</p> <p>it is very sad really. we have debased so many of the institutions that educate, protect and preserve our freedoms. people really do not understand the philosophical underpinnings of those freedoms. frankly, i fear that in a few years we may well lose them all in this irrational quest for "security".</p> <p>our quest to "be safe" will result in the destruction of what our Founding Fathers fought so hard give us -- freedom.</p> to enigma_foundry:

we were well on our way to becoming a police state long before our favorite boogeyman struck on 9/11. bin laden simply accelerates the progress in that direction.

it is very sad really. we have debased so many of the institutions that educate, protect and preserve our freedoms. people really do not understand the philosophical underpinnings of those freedoms. frankly, i fear that in a few years we may well lose them all in this irrational quest for “security”.

our quest to “be safe” will result in the destruction of what our Founding Fathers fought so hard give us — freedom.

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-54190 eee_eff Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:58:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-54190 <p>It is really depressing. The terrorist have won a large victory--they have transformed our society into an incipient police state.</p> It is really depressing. The terrorist have won a large victory–they have transformed our society into an incipient police state.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-35225 enigma_foundry Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:58:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-35225 <p>It is really depressing. The terrorist have won a large victory--they have transformed our society into an incipient police state.</p> It is really depressing. The terrorist have won a large victory–they have transformed our society into an incipient police state.

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-54189 Noel Le Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:19:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-54189 <p>Man, MikeT, you sure are on a philosophy rampage. For too long, you've denied yourself the pleasures of philosophical inquiry and the liberal arts after a gazillion hours of dry programming:)</p> Man, MikeT, you sure are on a philosophy rampage. For too long, you’ve denied yourself the pleasures of philosophical inquiry and the liberal arts after a gazillion hours of dry programming:)

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-54188 MikeT Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:58:50 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-54188 <p>For a man who claims that Jesus is his favorite philosopher, Bush sure does follow satanist Aleister Crowley's maxim "and do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" more than any biblical teaching I know of...</p> For a man who claims that Jesus is his favorite philosopher, Bush sure does follow satanist Aleister Crowley’s maxim “and do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law” more than any biblical teaching I know of…

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-35224 Noel Le Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:19:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-35224 <p>Man, MikeT, you sure are on a philosophy rampage. For too long, you've denied yourself the pleasures of philosophical inquiry and the liberal arts after a gazillion hours of dry programming:)</p> Man, MikeT, you sure are on a philosophy rampage. For too long, you’ve denied yourself the pleasures of philosophical inquiry and the liberal arts after a gazillion hours of dry programming:)

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-35223 MikeT Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:58:50 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/26/republican-moderates-not-so-great-after-all/#comment-35223 <p>For a man who claims that Jesus is his favorite philosopher, Bush sure does follow satanist Aleister Crowley's maxim "and do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" more than any biblical teaching I know of...</p> For a man who claims that Jesus is his favorite philosopher, Bush sure does follow satanist Aleister Crowley’s maxim “and do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law” more than any biblical teaching I know of…

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