01-21-2009, 05:47 PM | #41 | |
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I can play this game too. From Barnes: Second, enhanced interrogation of terrorists. Along with use of secret prisons and wireless eavesdropping, this saved American lives. How many thousands of lives? We'll never know. Huh? This is illogical on its face. It saved lives? How many thousands we'll never know? Duh, WE DON'T KNOW. He says it himself. Why not say millions or billions instead? Nothing like a ridiculous statement to discredit the entire article. You're sure a piece of work, Tex. One thing I do know is that your big government statist philosophy is totally opposed to mine, but that's ok. Enjoy Obama because your brand of neoconservative statist republicanism is dead.
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01-21-2009, 06:07 PM | #42 | |
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I read Davis' remarks on that point, and he's just being petty, as are you. It's true, we don't actually know, but thousands is a reasonable estimate based on what we DO know. We know terrorist attacks have been stopped, and that lives have been saved as a result. Quibble over the exact number if you wish, but it betrays small-minded thinking. To return to Davis' hyperbole: I don't think any clear-thinking individual on the right or left can credibly claim Barnes is not a conservative, or that he is an enemy to the Constitution or of freedom. That's meaningless rhetorical nonsense, and illustrates the tin-foil-hat that he wears.
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01-21-2009, 06:13 PM | #43 | |
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Here's a little more fun hyperbole from that ridiculous article:
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I'm okay with someone being upset at the debt, or at (supposed) loss of civil liberties, on principle. But to claim that you are personally negatively impacted requires more specific examples than that. For example, I oppose legalizing gay marriage. But I can't claim that I will personally be negatively impacted if it happens. Never have. I simply oppose it on principle. My advice to Davis: take a breath and calm down.
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