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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (113997)	6/14/2008 3:26:17 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Only you libs taking away freedom have passed bull shit laws about where you can smoke. And this is where it started, with me saying liberals are the ones taking away our freedoms, not conservatives

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (113997)	6/14/2008 8:54:53 PM
From: LowtherAcademy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Mike, just stopped by to see what's up on the MB board and see you have a regular tempest blowing in a tea cup over here. I must admit I'm always confused by the labeling of liberal and conservative. So, firmly believing that anyone promoting the word "Conservative" twice is a post is a brain dead stooge programed by the Fox News Network, I quickly ignore them. And, furthermore, labeling people with the "L" word is considered a great insult by the Conservatives, but, the funny part is, it is never viewed as an insult by those that are the object of their scorn. It's all rather comical. Lew

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (113997)	6/15/2008 10:40:35 AM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

I just read McCain's entire 40-page paper submitted when he was at the War College and based on his prisoner-of-war experience. If you accept the premise that America must perpetually be at war with its enemies, it's a powerful document. I can understand, though not agree with, the view that the Vietnam War was necessary and that the way it turned out was mostly the result of opposition within the United States. This is McCain's view. What I cannot accept (and what McCain does not assert) is that what went on in Vietnam was, at least in some sense, a victory for the United States. I estimate that at least 20% of the American public believes this. McCain clearly does believe that America must persist until it achieves something that can be called a victory in Iraq. He simply cannot admit that his country can make a mistake in committing itself to a war. Perhaps this is an admirable evidence of patriotism, but it is not a sane outlook.