NSA Employee Spied on Nine Women Without Detection, Internal File Shows...

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49. I don't really believe that terrorism is a racket, uh, at least not a government fear scheme

Our history isn't exactly kosher. U.S. corporations and past administrations have done a number on the third world. Whether it was the Banana republics, the Cold War, or even some seriously nasty things such as the two things mentioned below............... We have made a lot of enemies. Some of their hatred towards us is justified, others not so much. simply put, I wouldn't want to get caught alone in a dark alley with the grown child of a DEAD IRAQI CITIZEN THAT RESULTED FROM BUSHES ILLEGAL WAR! Or a member of Al Quaeda! Would you feel safe in that scenario?

Sorry: US Apologizes for Syphilis and Gonorrhea Experiments on Guatemalans
On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius offered extensive apologies for actions taken by the U.S. Public Health Service.

"The sexually transmitted disease inoculation study conducted from 1946-1948 in Guatemala was clearly unethical," according to the joint statement from Clinton and Sebelius. "Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health. We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologize to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices."

The apology was directed to Guatemala and to Hispanic residents of the United States, according to officials.

A telebriefing with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Affairs is expected around 11 a.m. ET.

The episode raises inevitable comparisons to the infamous Tuskegee experiment, the Alabama study where hundreds of African-American men were told they were being treated for syphilis, but in fact were denied treatment. That U.S. government study lasted from 1932 until press reports revealed it in 1972.

Or this..............

I thought only Stalinists were guilty of equating a person with their ideology. But in a brown red shift, the libertarian editor has gone full tilt into pure ideological venom:

There are so many other nasty little things I plan to do against the communists and those who support them. Perhaps I'll keep Jim informed and he can report on my activities here at LR.

For now, off to my first assignment: Telling all my friends and family who voted for Obama to "fuck off, don't ever speak to me again you slimeball mother fuckers." Wish me luck!

So there we have it: libertarianism is reverting to hate speech, and hate speech is the precursor of hate crimes. I always thought there was something Pre-Hobbesian about an ideology which reduces everything to a binary authority/liberty axis, and makes the state the only threat to individuals.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/08/1159134/-Has-Libertarianism-become-the-refuge-of-illiberal-violent-authoritarian-xenophobes

As a democratic collectivist I find the last one to be particularly troubling. I hear people equate my ideology, and even less dramatic ideologies such as democratic-Socialism or even guided capitalism as equal to the ideology of hitler, and I hear this often. Hitler was a terrible man who deserved to die, I know that and they know that, so if thats how they see me do they think I also deserve to die? THESE PEOPLE ARE ARMED, SOME OF THEM WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS SOME WITH MILITARY STYLE SNIPER RIFLES!!! THIS SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF ME.

So yeah, I'd certainly feel more vulnerable if there was no security apparatus. HELL I DON'T EVEN FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT MY POLITICAL BELIEFS IN PUBLIC!

In America no one should feel that way! EVER!