http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-259165 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:18:25 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-259165 [...] I think Sontag nailed it when she said religion “American style” is more the idea of religion than religion itself. Of course, you can say the same thing about many other matters supposedly dear to Americans. How many right-wing web sites have you come across that defend, say, the NSA warrantless wiretap program in the name of “freedom“? [...] […] I think Sontag nailed it when she said religion “American style” is more the idea of religion than religion itself. Of course, you can say the same thing about many other matters supposedly dear to Americans. How many right-wing web sites have you come across that defend, say, the NSA warrantless wiretap program in the name of “freedom“? […]

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1975 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1975 [...] You know how it is with righties — they like to talk about freedom, but really, to them, freedom’s just another word. And it’s a word that applies only to them and their agenda. They don’t mean for the rest of us to have it. [...] […] You know how it is with righties — they like to talk about freedom, but really, to them, freedom’s just another word. And it’s a word that applies only to them and their agenda. They don’t mean for the rest of us to have it. […]

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1745 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:43:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1745 [...] In fact, the Feminist Majority Foundation and other feminist organizations were speaking out in opposition to the oppression of women in Afghanistan long before righties noticed that the Taliban was our enemy. And it is interesting that the rightie mentions Iran, a “bad” country, and not rape in Iraq (which I blogged about recently), or our “ally,” Pakistan. Liberals rant about 2000 soldiers dying in Iraq while dismissing 2,996 murdered on the morning of September 11 by saying it was just “sand thrown in America’s eyes”. [...] […] In fact, the Feminist Majority Foundation and other feminist organizations were speaking out in opposition to the oppression of women in Afghanistan long before righties noticed that the Taliban was our enemy. And it is interesting that the rightie mentions Iran, a “bad” country, and not rape in Iraq (which I blogged about recently), or our “ally,” Pakistan. Liberals rant about 2000 soldiers dying in Iraq while dismissing 2,996 murdered on the morning of September 11 by saying it was just “sand thrown in America’s eyes”. […]

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1728 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:20:47 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1728 [...] But if our republic has any chance of remaining a nation that values liberty — instead of just paying it lip service — it will be because of courageous people who stand in the way of tyranny. [...] […] But if our republic has any chance of remaining a nation that values liberty — instead of just paying it lip service — it will be because of courageous people who stand in the way of tyranny. […]

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1722 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:34:40 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1722 When I started reading this, I felt like "what is the point?" I have been ranting against the stupidity of what we are doing forever it seems like. The stupidity continues and we are so far in that no clear path out exists. In fact I have been saying from the begining of this adminstration that their plan is to do as much damage to freedom as fast as possible and they continue to succeed, beyond their wildest dreams. However, I do find solice in reading other comments that overlap with my concerns. thanks When I started reading this, I felt like “what is the point?” I have been ranting against the stupidity of what we are doing forever it seems like. The stupidity continues and we are so far in that no clear path out exists. In fact I have been saying from the begining of this adminstration that their plan is to do as much damage to freedom as fast as possible and they continue to succeed, beyond their wildest dreams. However, I do find solice in reading other comments that overlap with my concerns. thanks

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1721 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:19:19 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1721 Moonbat. Sounds like a word some straight would use around 1920 or1930... Moonbat. Sounds like a word some straight would use around 1920 or1930…

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1708 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:49:27 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1708 Someone should send Danielle a copy of "Full Metal Jacket." To paraphrase Animal: Freedom's just a word. If I'm going to put my balls on the line for a word, the word is poontang. Someone should send Danielle a copy of “Full Metal Jacket.” To paraphrase Animal: Freedom’s just a word. If I’m going to put my balls on the line for a word, the word is poontang.

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1707 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 14:29:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1707 I think every thinking person ought to demand that any politician who uses (and overuses) the word "freedom" be made to supply a definition of that word on the spot. I think every thinking person ought to demand that any politician who uses (and overuses) the word “freedom” be made to supply a definition of that word on the spot.

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1706 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:00:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1706 oops, forgot the z: Uzbekistan oops, forgot the z: Uzbekistan

]]> http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1705 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:59:22 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/31/freedoms-just-another-word/#comment-1705 We ought to invade Ubekistan. And Turkmenistan! They will greet us with flowers, or mushrooms, or something. We ought to invade Ubekistan. And Turkmenistan! They will greet us with flowers, or mushrooms, or something.

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