"Trite statements with no basis in reality" pretty much sums up the left’s argument in this "smoking gun" issue.
I am a bit surprised by your use of a Murray Rothbard article in your response to my criticism of "Bring It Down. Now." . I assume you use it to refute my characterization of the great professori as having a "socialist" agenda. Your criticism is based upon a historical and scholastic definition of the terms. I was writing in a more realistic and current vein. The modern liberal Democrat (I hold up many of the people Mr. Green has touted in the article as examples-though paid, elected examples) is most assuredly leading this country in the direction of a "socialist agenda". Mr. Green notes in his article that "Americans are coming to realize that learning the truth about their country requires going to foreign sources like the BBC..." Kerry, Conyers, and the Clintons as well, bemoan our lack of credibility in the world and obviously believe we should be following the lead set by Western Europe. These governments are largely socialist in the nature of their social programs, though guardedly capitalist in their economies. These leaders of the Democrat Party yearn for more central control of our government and our society. They want to redistribute the earnings of our polity to correct social disparities (from each...to each...), they believe the government is the answer to all of our ills. This is some of what I term a socialist agenda.
Mr Green has said the Iraq war "echoes the tragedy of Vietnam". I would agree that it does, but not in the way he describes it. The tragedy of Vietnam was the loss of will the public experienced to continue to fight against a terrible and dedicated enemy, whose aim was to further brutalize and control millions of poor people in the countries surrounding the fighting. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died as a result of our failure to help stem the communist aggression in this area. This effort was aided by the Democrats and the press, whose sole aim Mr Green seems to think is to be a "government watchdog". Communism was a serious threat to liberty the world over, and it’s victims (real physical victims, not victims of hazing rituals and holy book abuse) numbered in the millions. Finally, Mr. Green actually drools over the prospect of trying the Bush administration in the Hague (or rather jailing them there?), saying "pinch me, please" over the idea. Allowing a corrupt agency like the UN to try and convict and jail our President would be a "great day" for America, wouldn’t it?
There have been mistakes made by this administration. Even going to war in Iraq at all was probably a mistake. Since our soldiers are there we should be behind their efforts and the efforts of our government to defeat the scum that attacked us on 9/11, though. Not focusing all our efforts on attacking Bush as though he were the only one making decisions, or Republicans as though they were the only elected officials that are leading this country down the wrong road. This hatred of Bush is the only thing the left can seem to actually get behind.
I’d like to bring that down. Now.
"Trite statements with no basis in reality" pretty much sums up the left’s argument in this "smoking gun" issue.
I am a bit surprised by your use of a Murray Rothbard article in your response to my criticism of "Bring It Down. Now." . I assume you use it to refute my characterization of the great professori as having a "socialist" agenda. Your criticism is based upon a historical and scholastic definition of the terms. I was writing in a more realistic and current vein. The modern liberal Democrat (I hold up many of the people Mr. Green has touted in the article as examples-though paid, elected examples) is most assuredly leading this country in the direction of a "socialist agenda". Mr. Green notes in his article that "Americans are coming to realize that learning the truth about their country requires going to foreign sources like the BBC..." Kerry, Conyers, and the Clintons as well, bemoan our lack of credibility in the world and obviously believe we should be following the lead set by Western Europe. These governments are largely socialist in the nature of their social programs, though guardedly capitalist in their economies. These leaders of the Democrat Party yearn for more central control of our government and our society. They want to redistribute the earnings of our polity to correct social disparities (from each...to each...), they believe the government is the answer to all of our ills. This is some of what I term a socialist agenda.
Mr Green has said the Iraq war "echoes the tragedy of Vietnam". I would agree that it does, but not in the way he describes it. The tragedy of Vietnam was the loss of will the public experienced to continue to fight against a terrible and dedicated enemy, whose aim was to further brutalize and control millions of poor people in the countries surrounding the fighting. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died as a result of our failure to help stem the communist aggression in this area. This effort was aided by the Democrats and the press, whose sole aim Mr Green seems to think is to be a "government watchdog". Communism was a serious threat to liberty the world over, and it’s victims (real physical victims, not victims of hazing rituals and holy book abuse) numbered in the millions. Finally, Mr. Green actually drools over the prospect of trying the Bush administration in the Hague (or rather jailing them there?), saying "pinch me, please" over the idea. Allowing a corrupt agency like the UN to try and convict and jail our President would be a "great day" for America, wouldn’t it?
There have been mistakes made by this administration. Even going to war in Iraq at all was probably a mistake. Since our soldiers are there we should be behind their efforts and the efforts of our government to defeat the scum that attacked us on 9/11, though. Not focusing all our efforts on attacking Bush as though he were the only one making decisions, or Republicans as though they were the only elected officials that are leading this country down the wrong road. This hatred of Bush is the only thing the left can seem to actually get behind.
I’d like to bring that down. Now.