On Nov 27, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
This seems utterly wrong to me. Since when is membership in a peaceful
organization -- we have never done or said anything even remotely
unlawful
-- a legitimate reason for denying employment or security clearances?
Under Bushian logic, you might be giving Aid and Comfort to the
"tur'rists" by questioning the Very Bedrock of Freedom, to wit:
Whatever George decides he doesn't like, given the current winds of
political expediency.
This holds true for Gingrich too; vide:
<http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/11/29/weeks-passed-3-lessons-
learned-0/>
This isn't conservatism. It's xenophobia, an ancient thing bred into
our genes. Those monkeys don't smell like us, so we have to throw our
poop at them before they eat all our bananas.
As it happens I've also looked at the nature of conservatism in the
face of "Darwinism", which is a term made up by certain xenophobes in
their ongoing attempts to polarize us into well-ordered tribes of utter
internecine chaos. I don't believe that the current crop who reject
evolution — any more than those who support Bush — are true
conservatives; actually, I think I'm closer to the conservative ideal
than is, say, Cheney. Or Rummy.
<http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/11/30/conservative-unequal-to-
stupid/>
The short answer to your question, it seems, is that we're still living
in the dense African wilderness of 3 MYA; or perhaps we've evolved now
to the point that we're merely wandering in the desert, looking after
the dusty relics of Sinai, warring over we know not what in the name of
a god we've all forgotten.
--
Warren Ockrassa
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