Comments on: The Maturity of Influence http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/ Politics, Programming and Possibilities Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jeff http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-674 Jeff Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:00:32 +0000 http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-674 You guys, GW will be out of office in a couple years. The only shot he has of becoming the dictator you accuse him of being is if he makes himself president permanantly, not going to happen. Presidential power grab is nothing new though, Teddy Rosevelt was far more power hungry, but does anybody refer to him in such nasty terms? Like I said before, this country is incapable of [insert hyperbole here]. You guys, GW will be out of office in a couple years. The only shot he has of becoming the dictator you accuse him of being is if he makes himself president permanantly, not going to happen.

Presidential power grab is nothing new though, Teddy Rosevelt was far more power hungry, but does anybody refer to him in such nasty terms?

Like I said before, this country is incapable of [insert hyperbole here].

]]> By: Duane Johnson http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-673 Duane Johnson Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:48:04 +0000 http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-673 Jeff, you make me laugh. Heaven knows what would happen if the both of us were almost always right. Maybe the truth would melt down into an unrecognizable mass and we'd all end up stuck in its event horizon. I agree with Josh with regard to trusting the government. And to clarify my revised stance on the question of whether or not 9/11 was an "inside job": I'm certain that the government allowed 9/11 to happen, and I suspect elements of our government caused it to happen. Regarding whether or not our gov't could have pulled it off: Incompetence is relative to the desired outcome. If the desired outcomes of President Bush's administration are the protection of American lives and of liberty, then yes, its members are totally incompentent. If, however, the desired outcomes are a premise for war, usurpation of power and a reduction of individual rights, this administration rivals the governing intelligence of history's great fascists. Meanwhile, I'll see what I can do to prove my case regarding the World Trade Center towers. Jeff, you make me laugh. Heaven knows what would happen if the both of us were almost always right. Maybe the truth would melt down into an unrecognizable mass and we’d all end up stuck in its event horizon.

I agree with Josh with regard to trusting the government. And to clarify my revised stance on the question of whether or not 9/11 was an “inside job”: I’m certain that the government allowed 9/11 to happen, and I suspect elements of our government caused it to happen.

Regarding whether or not our gov’t could have pulled it off: Incompetence is relative to the desired outcome. If the desired outcomes of President Bush’s administration are the protection of American lives and of liberty, then yes, its members are totally incompentent. If, however, the desired outcomes are a premise for war, usurpation of power and a reduction of individual rights, this administration rivals the governing intelligence of history’s great fascists.

Meanwhile, I’ll see what I can do to prove my case regarding the World Trade Center towers.

]]> By: josh http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-672 josh Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:04:45 +0000 http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-672 I find it hard to believe that an organization as incompetent as our government could secretly pull off a stunt like the 9/11 attacks. Look the other way while enemies attack, yes, I could believe that. But it almost doesn't matter, because since the attack the actions taken by our administration have hurt more Americans than 9/11 did, physically, financially and ethically. Habeas corpus has been torn to shreds, and posse commitatus is now a joke. We're on a trajectory toward a police state, and not a lot of people realize it. Jeff, if you trust the government to watch out for you, then you deserve what you're going to get. I find it hard to believe that an organization as incompetent as our government could secretly pull off a stunt like the 9/11 attacks. Look the other way while enemies attack, yes, I could believe that. But it almost doesn’t matter, because since the attack the actions taken by our administration have hurt more Americans than 9/11 did, physically, financially and ethically. Habeas corpus has been torn to shreds, and posse commitatus is now a joke. We’re on a trajectory toward a police state, and not a lot of people realize it.

Jeff, if you trust the government to watch out for you, then you deserve what you’re going to get.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-670 Jeff Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:20:35 +0000 http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/10/19/the-maturity-of-influence/#comment-670 You're overanalyzing me Duane, I trust the government to watch out for me. This is the best country in the world! I don't have to be right all the time. I love a good argument. I can't help it if I'm almost always right though. You’re overanalyzing me Duane, I trust the government to watch out for me. This is the best country in the world! I don’t have to be right all the time. I love a good argument. I can’t help it if I’m almost always right though.

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