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At Long Last, Have You No Sense of Fox?

5 Responses to “At Long Last, Have You No Sense of Fox?”

1. r~ Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 5:40 pm

   “the left, or whatever we’re calling ourselves these days”

   We definitely need a new name. “Hippos” works as well as anything else.

   We are hostage to two dimensional thinking. Politics is more of a sphere. If one travels far enough left; one reaches the same place as traveling far enough right. There is really no difference between Communism and Fascism when it comes to idolatrizing law over justice, tyranny over liberty.

   The balance of liberty and justice and equality for all is found in the center, not in the wings. Our nation has traveled so far right, that the center now appears far left. Your quote is just another proof.

   What is most amazing is that this “Allah Loving Muslim” (Obama) seems to understand and follow the Commandments of Christ better than most of these so-called Christians. I would say that makes him a Christian and them not.

   ItS
   r~

   Thou shall not persecute sinners (Luke 6:37, Matthew 7:1-2, John 8:7).
   Therefore, Thou shall know the difference between sin and crime (Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17).

2. AltHippo Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 8:41 pm

   “We are hostage to two dimensional thinking. Politics is more of a sphere. If one travels far enough left; one reaches the same place as traveling far enough right. There is really no difference between Communism and Fascism when it comes to idolatrizing law over justice, tyranny over liberty.”

   You’re making several important points here. I can’t help but believe that the point of points is that as long as we look at things in a two-dimensional way, then we’ll always be at the service of people who want to manipulate our way of looking at the world.

   Isn’t it interesting that Communism and Fascism both lead to a centralized, closed, authoritarian society? The ideologies don’t have much, if anything in common, but the end result appears to be the same.

   But, back to your first point. I tend to believe that everyone has their own golden ticket out of dualistic thinking. For some it’s through religion, for others the arts, for others philosophy/science/mathematics.

   The problem, of course, is that it takes a constant effort not to see things through a dualistic prism. Unfortunately, this isn’t a time where making an effort is in vogue.

3. r~ Says:
   January 21st, 2007 at 1:02 pm

   Here is my golden ticket into dualistic thinking:

   The Pledge of Liberty

   We hold these truths to be self evident:
   All are equal in rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
   It is the duty of government to secure these rights through regulation and justice.
   I pledge to do my best to secure these rights for all.

   We hold these truths. They do not. We are patriots. They are tyrants. We serve god and man. They do not.

   ItS
   r~

   P.S. Have you ever considered putting in preview before submitting capability?

4. eRobin Says:
   January 22nd, 2007 at 8:00 am

   Well the real question is: Did Sen. Obama, who has a Muslim father, was raised as a Muslim for awhile, and went to a madrassa school in Jakarta, did he ever kill a Christian? Probably not, but his father was a Muslim, he was raised as a Muslim for awhile and he went to a madrassa school in Jakarta where they hate us.

5. KCinDC Says:
   January 22nd, 2007 at 12:36 pm

   The word “madrasah” just means “school”, and this was a school he went to when he was 6 in Indonesia. Other than being a school and being Muslim, what connection is there between this and the schools for promoting militant Islam that are funded by the Saudis? Of course, for the target audience, the word “Muslim” is quite enough. Hmm, I wonder if Zalmay Khalilzad ever went to a “madrasah”?

   Amazingly, Ana Marie Cox has something worthwhile to say about how this story is a two-fer for the Republican smear machine.

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