lets discuss Wikileak

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Right now the Republican party relates very weakly to Libertarian ideas. The same can be said of the Democratic party. On the national Congressional level, Ron Paul alone can carry a Libertarian label.

^^^ Yeah true. What is the relationship between the rep party and libertarian ideology? Are there any among the dems?

Not sure what to make of Ron Paul. I cant believe he's Republican. I watched his speech to the Tea Party and couldn't disagree with most of it. Politics has certainly moved on.

Edited by Blacksword - December 11 2010 at 11:54

horsewithteeth11 wrote:

I don't always agree with Ron Paul, but I always appreciate his gumption.

Of course, in this case, I just agree with him.

Textbook wrote: My feeling is that not only are they going to stitch Assange up, they're not even going to be smooth or subtle about it. They will kangaroo court him and not do all that great a job of covering it up on purpose, because they want you to know he's been kangaroo courted in order to intimidate those who might otherwise copy him.

Agree 100%. This has been obvious for some time.

stonebeard wrote: People claim Wikileaks releasing documents could lead to the deaths of American soldiers. Know what else leads to the death of American soldiers? A decade long unwinnable war in a region that hates us for being there. Some things it can be dumb for Wikileaks to release (informants' names, spy names, key strategic targets for people to attack if they want to hurt America), but I'm damn pissed off people have the audacity to feign they give a sh*t about the military when they're happy as pigs in sh*t to have an all volunteer force of young boys to go fight for our own imperialistic adventures. Come off it. The don't give a sh*t who dies over there as long as it's not their sons.

Something to consider. Thanks for that point. It clears the air quite a bit for me.

Finnforest wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: Thank you Stoney. The people touting that line act like they give a sh*t about soldiers lives when they send them off nation building in foreign lands for no tangible reason. @ Pat So people concerned about Wiki or who disagree with it are automatically disingenuous in whatever moral support they may offer the military....another swing and a miss Pat.  @ Pat/Stone: It's OK for you guys to oppose the wars, but WTF is this leap you both make that people who don't agree with you are automatically callous as regard the soldiers very lives....some might be I'd agree....but your statements of across the board generalizing are no more intellectually impressive than the flag-wavers you criticize.

Anonymous once again takes the most sane, logical course of action. Good Job on Huffington Post preserving the link, although it seems Pastebin has taken it down.

People claim Wikileaks releasing documents could lead to the deaths of American soldiers.

Know what else leads to the death of American soldiers? A decade long unwinnable war in a region that hates us for being there.

Some things it can be dumb for Wikileaks to release (informants' names, spy names, key strategic targets for people to attack if they want to hurt America), but I'm damn pissed off people have the audacity to feign they give a sh*t about the military when they're happy as pigs in sh*t to have an all volunteer force of young boys to go fight for our own imperialistic adventures. Come off it. The don't give a sh*t who dies over there as long as it's not their sons.


Edited by stonebeard - December 08 2010 at 17:39

He's not actually being charged with rape, but I agree, the charge that he's facing would not be taken seriously pretty much anywhere else. The insurance file has been circulating for a while, I'm not sure why people are just now reporting on it, but it would be pretty entertaining if they released the key to it while he was in jail.