1) I would suggest that we already are, and have been for some time, living in a tyrannical oligarchy. Both democrats and republicans have contributed to the situation, and in about equal proportions.
That's one of the reasons why I'm skeptical of the many right-wingers or "tea party" people who now scream bloody murder and "tyranny", allegedly defending the Constitution. I ask them, where were they in the past 8 years under Bush? Most of them didn't complain at all at the excessive expansion of government power, except for a small bunch of genuine libertarians. Doesn't add to their credibility.
Funny...I was just thinking the same thing about the left and their 8 years of paranoid obsession with Bush and naziism...and now suddenly...nothing...even tho Obama and his administration have been FAR MORE open about seeking to control everything from monitoring the internet, credit cards, and even declaring the blanket right to read private emails and cell phone transmissions.
Funny...I was just thinking the same thing about the left and their 8 years of paranoid obsession with Bush and naziism...and now suddenly...nothing...even tho Obama and his administration have been FAR MORE open about seeking to control everything from monitoring the internet, credit cards, and even declaring the blanket right to read private emails and cell phone transmissions.
I ask them, where were they in the past 8 years under Bush? Most of them didn't complain at all at the excessive expansion of government power, except for a small bunch of genuine libertarians. Doesn't add to their credibility.
Quite frankly, most of them (imo) didn't realize the extent of what was happening. Most of us were too busy buying homes and making money, plus the 9/11 attacks sent many people into terminal emergency mode in their minds. I don't think most Americans really awakened to what has been happening in DC until our last presidential election, which was equally bad, if not much worse. Obama doesn't support constitutional government any more than Bush did. We have a largely ignorant population when it comes to looking at the present and projecting into the future.
Here's a general rule:
If it mentions Hitler or Nazi's as a comparison, close the browser window and never go to that website again.
Do you know who the author of that peice is?
Fair enough. I think this 9/11 scare that allowed the Bush government to get many questionable expansions of executive power through was a major reason why so many people over here in Europe didn't like Bush. And where was the media? It would have been their duty to inform the public what was going on.
I truly hope you are mistaken, but I fear you're right.Also, I doubt that many who are angry now will still care once a Republican President is in power again,
you know, hitler had a pet dog, and so does obama, is that just a coincidence, i think not!
Mike Godwin?
Mr Sowell is a man I would readily vote for as president or any other high-ranking federal position.The peice was written by the honorable Mr. Thomas Sowell. I consider him to be one of the top 5 most intelligent political and social commentators around.
Mr Sowell is a man I would readily vote for as president or any other high-ranking federal position.
If Mr Sowell is such a good commentator, then this piece with the obvious Godwin-Nazi-sledghammer was not his best work, apparently.
OMFG!!
Obama is the new Hitler!
GWB was the old Hitler!
Why do Americans elect so many Hitlers?
It's not just that you elect quite a few Hitlers. You are also constantly at war with Hitlers: Saddam was a Hitler, and so are Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il. Don't you forget that!
OMFG!!
Obama is the new Hitler!
GWB was the old Hitler!
Why do Americans elect so many Hitlers?
It's not just that you elect quite a few Hitlers. You are also constantly at war with Hitlers: Saddam was a Hitler, and so are Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il. Don't you forget that!
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