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6 Responses to “So This Is How Liberty Dies, To Thunderous Applause”

1. Vast Variety says:

   March 22, 2010 at 11:00 am

   Our liberty died when we exempted Health Insurance Companies from Anti-Trust laws.
2. tfr says:

   March 22, 2010 at 12:09 pm

   > So This Is How Liberty Dies, To Thunderous Applause

   Of course. If they actually gave a crap what will become of the future generations whom they have saddled with this mess, they would be fighting rather than applauding.

   > Our liberty died when we exempted Health Insurance Companies from Anti-Trust laws.

   Actually it died for a variety of reasons about 150-200 years ago, long before Anti-Trust.
3. James Young says:

   March 22, 2010 at 1:49 pm

   No matter what you thought of that movie, it is now seared within our collective consciousness.

   Which is not the only thing collectivized. Sadly.
4. Doug Mataconis says:

   March 22, 2010 at 2:26 pm

   Revenge of the Sith is probably the best of the prequels.

   Not saying much, I know, but if I fast-forward through the annoying Padme-Anakin scenes it’s actually pretty good.
5. Stephen says:

   March 22, 2010 at 8:37 pm

   So a health care bill passing is more of an end to liberty than !PEOPLE DISAPPEARING! The patriot act and suspension of habeas corpus mean that people could be taken, kept in custody, and if anybody knew that people were taken and spoke of it, they would be held in contempt.

   But no, we’re concerned about having to pay for insurance.
6. tfr says:

   March 23, 2010 at 10:32 am

   Actually, most of us here are quite concerned about both of these usurpations of liberty. Are you, Stephen?

   There are viewpoints besides “R good, D bad” and “D good, R bad”, you know.