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30. Brilliant Piece
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 07:32 PM
Dec 2012

And chilling. As I read I thought of an example you later referenced, the tea party. Those who were given permission to vent spleens full of hatred and venom. They are the legacy of Cheney and his neo-cons as well as Unspeakables like Bachmann, the Club for Growth and Mitt Romney. As to the last we saw quite clearly the boundaries he was willing to cross to ascend to the presidency. But he’s not alone, the so called Masters Of The Universe are legion.

That said, I have hope. Many clear voices spoke out this week and people are listening, throwing back the garbage rhetoric into the faces of the people who spout it. There is also hope coming from another direction. As we know, especially from this last election, the GOP is diminishing, even their money doesn’t seem capable of saving them. And the membership of the MRA is steadily declining.

A Raid on the Unspeakable [View all] H2O Man Dec 2012 OP
I hope you are right about the President tk2kewl Dec 2012 #1
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k&r... spanone Dec 2012 #3
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Thank you, H2O Man... OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #4
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K&R Solly Mack Dec 2012 #7
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In recent history another person who fits this profile is our former Cleita Dec 2012 #8
For a brief moment, H2O Man Dec 2012 #11
Not to mention Madeline Albright Fumesucker Dec 2012 #21
Robert McNamara. H2O Man Dec 2012 #24
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In school, we had H2O Man Dec 2012 #12
We didn't have a drill that day. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 #32
Erich Fromm is the author of The Sane Society and .... DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #13
Yikes! I should H2O Man Dec 2012 #15
Thank you for a very thoughtful post malaise Dec 2012 #14
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thanks H2O Man Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #17
Very good! H2O Man Dec 2012 #20
It always seems to boil down to a change in the heart of man. zeemike Dec 2012 #18
Right. H2O Man Dec 2012 #22
Agree, but not so much to change the heart Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #27
This is just incredible mainstreetonce Dec 2012 #19
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Thank you so much, H2o Man ReRe Dec 2012 #25
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+1 MissMarple Dec 2012 #28
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Only Love can defeat the Unspeakable. Octafish Dec 2012 #29
Douglass writes: H2O Man Dec 2012 #39
Brilliant Piece Me. Dec 2012 #30
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KnR to read A Raid on the Unspeakable in full later Hekate Dec 2012 #31
Thanks. H2O Man Dec 2012 #41
K&R I want to read this again later! LongTomH Dec 2012 #33
Your essays are like gifts voteearlyvoteoften Dec 2012 #34
My sentiments exactly n/t coeur_de_lion Dec 2012 #36
I would like to be able to say something profound or meaningful about this tragedy coeur_de_lion Dec 2012 #35
I can't help but to go back to Hannah Ahrendt and... TreasonousBastard Dec 2012 #37
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