Comments on: a lie… http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/03/18/a-lie/ All Mickey, All the Time Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Ralph Roughton http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/03/18/a-lie/#comment-168900 Ralph Roughton Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:50 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3945#comment-168900 Edward Abbey was coming from a different direction (pro-environment, anti-industry, anti-war), but this quote could just as well have come from the Tea Party Crowd -- especially the idiot who compared them to the Prague uprising against the Czech communist government. I suppose the difference is in what actions of the government you're protesting -- "takeover of health care" or "ruining the environment." Edward Abbey was coming from a different direction (pro-environment, anti-industry, anti-war), but this quote could just as well have come from the Tea Party Crowd — especially the idiot who compared them to the Prague uprising against the Czech communist government.

I suppose the difference is in what actions of the government you’re protesting — “takeover of health care” or “ruining the environment.”

]]> By: Carl http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/03/18/a-lie/#comment-168893 Carl Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:08:51 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3945#comment-168893 "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." Edward Abbey “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”

Edward Abbey

]]> By: Mickey http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/03/18/a-lie/#comment-168875 Mickey Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:18:54 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3945#comment-168875 You know what? I feel that too most of the time - the part about resiliency, about the truth becoming part of history. But I'm still drawn to keeping up with it - like it might disappear or get lost somehow. You know what? I feel that too most of the time – the part about resiliency, about the truth becoming part of history. But I’m still drawn to keeping up with it – like it might disappear or get lost somehow.

]]> By: Carl http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/03/18/a-lie/#comment-168874 Carl Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:59:49 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3945#comment-168874 On the one hand, it is nauseating to realize that Dick Cheney was deciding that the people had no business in the people's business...that the members of the 9/11 Commission, charged with and accountable for the propagation of as complete an explanation of the events, could be blown off while the better minds solved the real problems. On the other hand, that these data are de-classified and publishable even in redacted form seems some sort of testament to the durability and resilience of our systems. Cheney may well escape the hoosegow but he shall not escape the truth. On the one hand, it is nauseating to realize that Dick Cheney was deciding that the people had no business in the people’s business…that the members of the 9/11 Commission, charged with and accountable for the propagation of as complete an explanation of the events, could be blown off while the better minds solved the real problems.

On the other hand, that these data are de-classified and publishable even in redacted form seems some sort of testament to the durability and resilience of our systems. Cheney may well escape the hoosegow but he shall not escape the truth.

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