Early 21st century neo-liberal fascist is more like it.

People who chose not to fight in the empire’s wars of occupation would be fucked too.

Actually I think this happened in the 18th century, 1757 to be exact, to the would be assassin of Louis XV who survived the attempt. The man’s name was Damiens and I think De Sade wrote about what happened to him.

As far as the book is concerned—it’s probably the cinematic equivalent of the 2002 melodrama orchestrated by the New York Times. A lone but intrepid US beset by a ruthless world of imminent and diabolical threats. Luckily for book’s main characters, they had people farsighted enough to do away with the cumbersome 3-branch system of government, or else no Americans would have survived by the end.

Holder just publicly announced that due process for American citizens has been separated from the judiciary, but it’s of utterly no consequence to Barry’s fawning fan club. I used to wonder how the Germans of the 1930′s could close their eyes to the reality around them, but its happening all over again right here. Just follow the leader like mindless pack animals. Who needs a Constitution?

Not a big change domestically when the whole country is too indifferent in a very 1930′s-Germany-way to the plight of other people.

The Apache helicopter video had the power to wake people up to the murder being committed overseas in their names by the troops they fund. But you can’t arouse a conscience in a people who don’t have any. That’s hardly the fault of Wikileaks.

Haven’t watched West Wing but I thought Martin Luther King was the commonly approved alter ego for Barry Zero. What happened? A fictional TV personality seems a bit of a come-down.

I am so sick of reading posts like the ones posted on that 2-16 site that characterize US servicemen and women in Iraq as “fighting for freedom” and “wanting respect for fighting for freedom.”

First, I don’t think any US soldier over there is fighting for freedom– ESPECIALLY in Iraq which was never even a threat to us.

US service-people are fighting for the interests of international corporations, and that is hardly an activity that commands respect.

Be sure that I will if I ever find myself rhapsodizing over some updated sock-in-a-flight-suit moment with the fascist-in-chief.

Ciao.

I don’t think I’m smarter than you. I do think, with no intent to be offensive, than I’m more honest than you and Obama supporters in general.

When push comes to shove, and Obama’s statements are proved disingenuous as shown (e.g.) recently by the video of Carl Levin telling Mark Udall it was the administration who wanted to include American citizens in the NDAA legislation, a typical response of Obama supporters has been to just leave the field of debate so as not to have to confront the video evidence.

They re-surface on discussion boards a few days later when the topic is no longer active and that’s how they carry on. I don’t respect that.

And here you are, T Bogg, with the signature characteristic of no-holds-barred anything-goes repartee, but the style on which you thrive is apparently forbidden to others, a double standard that I find rather inequitable.

These are tactics I see deployed regularly by Obama’s supporters in the service of sustaining an illusion that can’t be reinforced rationally–evasion, deflection though emotional or faith-based techniques (the HGM reply), and suppression of dissent.

In my opinion this type of behavior has become essential to Obama supporters. I think you have already jettisoned the concept of independent thought. One rule for yourselves and another for the opposition appears to be the order here. Most objective observers would conclude that’s because you can’t play successfully on a level field.

So what–you got rid of comments and commenters who don’t kiss Barry Zero’s putrid ass?

Good job making Firedoglake into Free Republic. Like America’s not already skidding downhill fast enough.

Wow Obama live at the Apollo. Who cares. Nobody.

Well I want to see these pissers punished. It’s obvious that that we won’t see the most culpable and powerful war criminals punished anytime in the near future, but I see absolutely no reason why that should be a deterrent to seeing ANYONE punished. I’ll take what I can get and I want these people punished.

They had a choice. They didn’t have to volunteer to go overseas and disgrace the country as a whole and myself as an American individual. Now I want some reparation. I can’t afford to move out of this fascist place and I’m sick of people constantly degrading it.

So basically you’re saying: “They’re not my kids.”