Comments Posted By Brian
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JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR THE LEAKERS
Wow, lots of naïveté and self-delusion going on here. Where to begin...
Is the information significantly less prone to abuse in private hands? I don’t think so.
The private sector is limited in its use of data by laws and contractual privacty agreements with you, the volunteer customer. With government, you are not a volunteer, you have no contract, and apparently they are unbounded by laws.
While it’s possible that once upon a time, good records of who called whom did not exist, they have existed for a long time ... [T]he information has been in computers, and presumably stored... [I]t has always been available to law enforcement.
Yes, but always through a court-granted warrant. What the government is now doing is saying, "we don't want to have to show evidence to a judge, so just give us the entire database up front, and we'll decide for ourselves which numbers we'll investigate; but don't worry, we'll be good." You would F-L-I-P O-U-T if Clinton said that.
I simply don’t understand why liberals think that having copies of the information ... in government computers ... means big brother is now watching...
I share your bewilderment. It used to be, a mere 5 years ago, that conservatives held most dear the notions of limited government and keeping government out of our lives. How ironic that conservatives would now abandon these ideals out of fear.
Do you have a “loyalty†card at your grocery store? If so, every purchase you make is recorded, tracked, and analyzed.
Yes, by a private entity, with whom I voluntarily associate, and whose sole purpose bound by contract and law is to sell me more stuff. But my supermarket won't jail me for having suspicious milk-buying behavior. Yes, I know... truly milk-law abiding citizens wouldn't have to worry...
Comment Posted By Brian On 11.05.2006 @ 16:43
VENGENCE IS THE LORDS: JUSTICE IS OURS IN MOUSSAOUI CASE
Rick,
I appreciate your sober take on this verdict. I have seen many of the same sites you link to, and was disappointed in the lack of respect they're showing for the job the jurors were tasked with.
Like many Americans (I hope), I have a deep emotional response to Moussaoui. I would like to see us set up bleachers in front of the Capitol building and invite 9/11 family members to come there and watch Moussaoui perforated with bullets with the Star Sangled Banner playing over loudspeaker.
But in the end what I want is for our system to work exactly the way it has. Sometimes it goes overboard, and other times it falls short, but the system works damn well most of the time. These jurors surely had a tough time with a huge responsibility on the heads and the world watching and waiting for their final words. I'm thankful for the work they performed within the system we should be applauding instead of vilifying.
Comment Posted By Brian On 4.05.2006 @ 13:47
"We better change the constitution now, because if it ever comes to that type of talk we should get ready for President Scharzenneger."
And what part should we cut out first?
Comment Posted By brian On 21.03.2006 @ 14:36
Hunka funk is a liberal, while claiming not to be a liberal. How clever! What a self assured tyrade about historians 100 years from now. Why is it that Bush must instead be compared to LBJ? Why so certain all of his policies are either insignificant or an outright failure? Hey, Reagan was mentioned without reminding everyone that he wasn't so smart, and hated gays and blacks and the poor, and the Soviet Union just quit on their own. Thatcher and the Pope had no part either. Riiiight.
Excellent article, I do agree that the Idealogical aspects of the GWOT do parrallel with WWII and the Cold War in some respects.
Like Iraq today is somehow chiseled away from the GWOT by some, Vietnam being part of the larger Cold War against the USSR was denied endlessly by leftists as "Imperialism". That was the change. No one said that "Germany didn't bomb Pearl Harbor! U.S. out of Europe! North Africa has no connections to Pearl Harbor! U.S. out of Africa now! Arrest Tojo and let the ACLU defend him in the 9th circuit!" The threat was clear, and there wasn't much room for debate. That doesn't even start with intelligence intercepts. How would FDR have handled today's WH press corps over Japanese internment, or listening in on ALL cable communication in and out of USA? You have a much better perspective than some on these events.
Comment Posted By brian On 10.03.2006 @ 05:40
The contradictions lie in the fact that a lot of "conservatives" are in fact "neo-conservatives" which are liberals who want to implement their liberal agenda at the point of a gun. Ideology is the enemy of conservatism
Comment Posted By Brian On 1.03.2006 @ 12:55
"SADDAM TAPES" REQUIRE A CAUTIOUS APPROACH
"Gee that would be too much like he had and got rid of WMD before the war, after getting a tip from Syria that we were coming – another fact the MSM glossed over/ OK, ignored."
AMEN!
Comment Posted By Brian On 15.02.2006 @ 15:08
This couple with recent other admissions by top Saddam military officials should make it 'case closed’ right?
Comment Posted By Brian On 15.02.2006 @ 15:06
IN THE END, IT'S ABOUT EMPATHY
I think the differing opinions by conservative commentators is correlated with which group of muslims are being considered. Hugh Hewitt seems to focus on muslims outside of Europe with a "c'mon guys, be nice to them so we can win the 'undecided muslims' over to our side". His point is perfectly valid.
However, other commentators (myself included) are more focused on muslims residing in Europe. I think the cartoons are doing a service in forcing us to face some important cultural differences. If individual muslims, because of their religious beliefs, are unable to accept and respect Western rules about "freedom of speech" then I would suggest that those individuals should not reside in Europe. They are likely to be much happier in a country that does not provide for such freedoms. We might as well work these issues out now rather than later.
Comment Posted By Brian On 5.02.2006 @ 12:20
