Comments on: Freedom Is Slavery, and Other Republicanisms http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2534 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:11:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2534 "Ironic that your fearless leader, FDR, also claimed unitary executive power." No, he didn't. The notion that the president can ignore laws of Congress at his own discretion is different from previous war power theories and is unique to the Bush administration. “Ironic that your fearless leader, FDR, also claimed unitary executive power.”

No, he didn’t. The notion that the president can ignore laws of Congress at his own discretion is different from previous war power theories and is unique to the Bush administration.

]]> by: cate http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2526 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:48:28 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2526 Ironic that your fearless leader, FDR, also claimed unitary executive power, the idea everyone is jumping down Bush's throat for and what the author of this blog is irate about. Neither of them are right, or are they both? More people should think before heroizing someone just for being in their political party, or villainizing someone for not. Ironic that your fearless leader, FDR, also claimed unitary executive power, the idea everyone is jumping down Bush’s throat for and what the author of this blog is irate about. Neither of them are right, or are they both? More people should think before heroizing someone just for being in their political party, or villainizing someone for not.

]]> by: Mike Canny http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2517 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:22:22 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2517 Politicizing 9/11 is indeed what Bush do every day. One way they do so is by being fearmongers. Once upon a time, we had true leaders like Franklin Roosevelt saying that the only fear we needed to fear was fear itself. Not to long ago, Colin Powell said that we were Americans--we do not walk in fear. No wonder he left the Administration. Now, we have a President that exploits the often irrational fears of the populace to justify spending insane amounts of money on fighting terrorism. Never mind that, for the vast majority of Americans, the common street thug is just as much of a terrorist--and much more likely to affect their lives. The destruction of America, and the American way of life, continues under the leadrship of George Bush. Politicizing 9/11 is indeed what Bush do every day. One way they do so is by being fearmongers. Once upon a time, we had true leaders like Franklin Roosevelt saying that the only fear we needed to fear was fear itself. Not to long ago, Colin Powell said that we were Americans–we do not walk in fear. No wonder he left the Administration.
Now, we have a President that exploits the often irrational fears of the populace to justify spending insane amounts of money on fighting terrorism. Never mind that, for the vast majority of Americans, the common street thug is just as much of a terrorist–and much more likely to affect their lives.
The destruction of America, and the American way of life, continues under the leadrship of George Bush.

]]> by: Larry Stevens http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2491 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:02:22 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2491 I'm promoting <a href="http://the-lyceum.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">a response</a> to Rove's "pre-9/11 mentality" smear that suggests the admin's "pre-7/4 mentality" and our "post-7/4 thinking". Post-7/4 thinking involves the consent of the governed, inalienable rights, the rule of law, etc. Pre-7/4 mentality is the Rove State's resurrection of the divine right of kings &#38; the ends justifying the means. I’m promoting a response to Rove’s “pre-9/11 mentality” smear that suggests the admin’s “pre-7/4 mentality” and our “post-7/4 thinking”.

Post-7/4 thinking involves the consent of the governed, inalienable rights, the rule of law, etc.

Pre-7/4 mentality is the Rove State’s resurrection of the divine right of kings & the ends justifying the means.

]]> by: Rae Ann http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2484 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:15:01 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2484 Politicizing 9/11 is what George W. Bush and company do every day. Politicizing 9/11 is what George W. Bush and company do every day.

]]> by: The Heretik http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2481 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:54:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2481 Only one side may wave the bloody shirt or the bloody flag. The rest of us refuse "to learn the lessons of September Eleventh." Or something. The idea that we don't have time to follow the law is to say breathless in its scope. The citation of one event could forever subvert our form of government. "Security," an ever receding goal, is now our object. So we are subject to whatever those we must trust would do. How did we get trapped in this bad movie script? <a href="http://theheretik.us/2006/01/30/liberty-vs-security/" rel="nofollow"> You have been linked in the roundup at "Security" vs Liberty.</a> Oy. Only one side may wave the bloody shirt or the bloody flag. The rest of us refuse “to learn the lessons of September Eleventh.” Or something.

The idea that we don’t have time to follow the law is to say breathless in its scope. The citation of one event could forever subvert our form of government. “Security,” an ever receding goal, is now our object. So we are subject to whatever those we must trust would do.

How did we get trapped in this bad movie script? You have been linked in the roundup at “Security” vs Liberty.

Oy.

]]> by: Jack http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2479 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:46:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2479 This is not on the topic, but the article in Slate on presidential signing statements, at //www.slate.com/id/2134919/, is one that I think you will find interesting. This is not on the topic, but the article in Slate on presidential signing statements, at //www.slate.com/id/2134919/, is one that I think you will find interesting.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2477 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:10:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2477 Ms. Burlingame is just full of emotional bullshit. Could've beens, should've beens, and would've beens just don't make it in a world of realities . Either does the concept of offending the dead.It's a tough break that her brother died in the attack on the Pentagon, but her brother's innocence was no greater than the innocence of the thousands of victims who have died by Bush's hand.. Ms. Burlingame is just full of emotional bullshit. Could’ve beens, should’ve beens, and would’ve beens just don’t make it in a world of realities . Either does the concept of offending the dead.It’s a tough break that her brother died in the attack on the Pentagon, but her brother’s innocence was no greater than the innocence of the thousands of victims who have died by Bush’s hand..

]]> by: Donna http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2476 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:46:07 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2476 I read your excellent piece above, then clicked on and read the writing of Debra Burlingame. That article's footnote says that her brother was the pilot on American Airlines flight 77 and died when that airplane slammed into the Pentagon. So do these 'new rules' mean that Debra, who lost a brother, deserves a righteous forum to speak against our constitutional rights, while Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son in Iraq, deserves pilloring for speaking against the Bush team's Iraq war of choice? Speaking of the Iraq adventure. I noticed that Debra Burlingame's subtitle was, "Al Qaeda, not the FBI, Is the Greater Threat to America." Wonder why she didn't use the subtitle, "Al Qaeda, not Iraq, is the Greater Threat to America." Don't you think she would stay mad as hell that Bush diverted resources away from her brother's murderer, Osama Bin Laden, and focused instead on Iraq? I read your excellent piece above, then clicked on and read the writing of Debra Burlingame.

That article’s footnote says that her brother was the pilot on American Airlines flight 77 and died when that airplane slammed into the Pentagon. So do these ‘new rules’ mean that Debra, who lost a brother, deserves a righteous forum to speak against our constitutional rights, while Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son in Iraq, deserves pilloring for speaking against the Bush team’s Iraq war of choice?

Speaking of the Iraq adventure. I noticed that Debra Burlingame’s subtitle was, “Al Qaeda, not the FBI, Is the Greater Threat to America.” Wonder why she didn’t use the subtitle, “Al Qaeda, not Iraq, is the Greater Threat to America.”

Don’t you think she would stay mad as hell that Bush diverted resources away from her brother’s murderer, Osama Bin Laden, and focused instead on Iraq?

]]> by: Bill http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2474 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:12:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/30/freedom-is-slavery-and-other-republicanisms/#comment-2474 Thank you for your work. I really liked your article. Here is another 9/11 which is a book, "After 9/11: A Korean Girl's Sexual Jorney." I strongly believe that you will have something to say about it, especially chapter 43, "9/11s Are Forgiveness," which makes "9/11" a general noun for the worst disaster that could happen in one's life. I have never seen any writer put it this way. If I bothered you, please forgive me. In case, the author's web is http://www.youngheecha.com. Have a good day Thank you for your work. I really liked your article. Here is another 9/11 which is a book, “After 9/11: A Korean Girl’s Sexual Jorney.” I strongly believe that you will have something to say about it, especially chapter 43, “9/11s Are Forgiveness,” which makes “9/11″ a general noun for the worst disaster that could happen in one’s life. I have never seen any writer put it this way. If I bothered you, please forgive me. In case, the author’s web is http://www.youngheecha.com. Have a good day

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