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Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: I'm so confused. A new term has entered the fist-fight [View all]JustAnotherGen
(33,595 posts)23. My dad?
I grew up with a "Cold Warrior". I think he rolled over in his grave when that nonsense was typed. I mean - even a few days before he died and he was "laying down wisdom" to me one on one he went back to his rant about how we "have to get off this terrorist hiding in the bushes nonsense" and get back to "watching the reds". He was one of the first Green Berets and a man of his time - but he was still fighting the Cold War in 2011.
This was related to explain what I had drilled into me growing up. It also probably explains my complete, total opposition to war in general (dad was a pacifist after the bombing in Lebanon) and why I think Iraq and Afghanistan are the stupidest wars ever.
What we could have done as a country if we had spent that money on green energy initiatives - the job creation (local by nature) alone.
Alas - Obama has made it a cornerstone of his Administration as I suspected he would in his second term! Yippee!
This was related to explain what I had drilled into me growing up. It also probably explains my complete, total opposition to war in general (dad was a pacifist after the bombing in Lebanon) and why I think Iraq and Afghanistan are the stupidest wars ever.
What we could have done as a country if we had spent that money on green energy initiatives - the job creation (local by nature) alone.
Alas - Obama has made it a cornerstone of his Administration as I suspected he would in his second term! Yippee!
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Ambrose Bierce's defintion in the The Devil's Dictionary is somewhat similar:
freshwest
Jul 2013
#43
What you all willfully fail to grasp is that it has nothing to do with the messenger (snowden) and
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2013
#51
The hyperbole in this thread nicely matches that of the one discussed...
Democracyinkind
Jul 2013
#3
Thanks IrishAyes. There a few people on this site I'd love to meet and you are one of them.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#58
I'm sure it's a complete coincidence but Authoritarianism is the polar opposite of Libertarianism.
great white snark
Jul 2013
#24
Evil! I'm on the side of evil! Ipso facto and summa cum laude and a bunch of other Latin tags.
Hekate
Jul 2013
#28
It means if you don't espouse libertarian ideology, you must be an authoritarian.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#30
Thanks. There are other forces ready and eager to fill any vacuum left by government.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#38
As Bill Maher says, Libertarians are just Republicans who want to smoke weed. nt
SunSeeker
Jul 2013
#49
Yes, I trashed that thread when I saw the wrecking decided to go in for the kill there.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#53