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Thread: 'Liberty' OUT, 'Progress' IN!
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May 28th, 2008, 08:37 AM #1
'Liberty' OUT, 'Progress' IN!
Great WSJ editorial (link below) about the "Global strugle for Progress". The Republicans have truly become the Nation Socialists of our time!
"The struggle is for 'progress,' over which no nation has a monopoly," reads the memo. "The experts we consulted debated the word 'liberty,' but rejected it because many around the world would discount the term as a buzzword for American hegemony. But all people want to support 'progress,' which emphasizes that there is a path for building strong families and prosperity among the current dislocations of globalization and change. And progress is precisely what the terrorists oppose through their violent tactics and through their efforts to impose a totalitarian world view."
It seems to have escaped the authors' notice that the most formidable totalitarian movement of the 20th century – communism – was, by its own lights, "progressive." It seems to have escaped their notice that the essence of a totalitarian system is the denial of liberty (often in the name of progress). It seems to have escaped their notice that "progress" is a word that signifies nothing. Exactly what is one progressing to?
Actual Homeland Security Document: http://online.wsj.com/public/resourc...ts/gloview.pdfLast edited by Broomhandle; May 28th, 2008 at 09:58 AM. Reason: Replaced "article" wit "editorial" (thanks billamj) and added link to government document.
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May 28th, 2008, 09:28 AM #2
Re: 'Liberty' OUT, 'Progress' IN!
Just, please, call it what it is, an editorial not an article.
Bill USAF 1976 - 1986, NRA Endowment, USCCA
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