On Aug 20, 8:27 am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> John W. <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 19, 9:10?pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
> > wrote:
> > I'm a bit scared of the lying that's going on. And that's what it is.
> > I've had this discussion with conservative friends who just won't
> > listen.
>
> They're not conservatives; for lack of a better word, they're "neo-conservative",
> as they don't believe in (m)any of the tradtional conservative values (and
> if you don't believe in traditional values, you're not really conservative.)
>
> > > It's startling how panicked everyone is getting about this. I honestly fear that
> > > at some point, due to this reactionary frenzy, someone will end up getting
> > > killed.
> > Especially now that folks are openly carrying firearms to Obama
> > speeches. There was a great act on The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
>
> No, they don't carry them to the speeches; they carry them to rallies, but
> Obama's not speaking there.
>
Correct, except that they're carrying them to the protests outside the
locations where Obama is speaking. Either way, it's an environment
where tempers could flare.

> The Secret Service would become seriously unfriendly if they actually
> carried guns to one of his speeches.
>
I sincerely hope people start seeing how silly they look, like the
lady at the Barney Frank town hall meeting who called Obama a Nazi,
because there are a lot of black Nazi's in the world because the Nazis
love black people.

John W.