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The warped notion of service to country through service to the state has had enduring appeal on both sides of the political spectrum.
HBO’s K Street is doing the impossible: lowering the already abysmal dignity of the political class.
National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre recently gave a fiery speech before the NRA Annual Convention, railing against those who would shred the Constitution in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The Constitution, he said “is pristine and inviolate…The Bill of Rights doesn’t care about opinion polls. It doesn’t tolerate cherry-picking [...]
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Norfolk Attempts to Silence Eminent Domain Protest 21 May 2012, 7:00 pm
Government officials in Norfolk, Va., are not only taking a local business, they are telling the owners to be quiet about it. Central Radio Company has been in Norfolk for nearly 80 years. Founded in 1934, Central Radio serviced radio equipment for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Today, it employs more than 100 people [...]Source: AFF Doublethink Online | Robert Frommer and Erica Smith
DC Dog Owners on a Tight Leash 17 May 2012, 9:05 pm
After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform… -Alexis de Tocqueville, from “Democracy in America.” Getting a [...]Source: AFF Doublethink Online | Amanda Carey