Dickie Flatt
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:28 PM
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What are conservative objections to a "Department of Peace"? |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:29 PM
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1. There's no profit for them in peace |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:30 PM
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no profit in peace. :eyes:
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:29 PM
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3. That the State Dept. does everything a Peace Dept. would (nt) |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:41 PM
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8. Actually, I agree with this point |
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The State Department should be doing all that the Dept. of Peace would be responsible for, without adding a whole different bureaucracy. As Bush has clearly shown, it is the people who are selected for the cabinet that will determine the focus of the Department. If a President wants to promote peace, he will select members in his/her cabinet that follow the same ideology. If they don't, then having a Department of Peace will serve absolutely no purpose. Just think for a moment. Who would George Bush select as a Secretary of Peace? That should tell you how pointless another Cabinet level Department would be. Personally, I think that the whole idea of a Department of Peace is merely pandering to the anti-war crowd.
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Mon Sep-26-05 10:47 PM
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9. Six replies and this is the only real answer. |
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Tue Sep-27-05 12:07 AM
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13. Sucks that the State Department is full of neocons... |
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for them peace is not an option.
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:31 PM
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5. It's not under the control of the Dept. of Homeland Security. n/t |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:33 PM
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6. They think it sounds hippie-ish and wussy. |
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Real men don't do peace; peace is for pussies. Real men do war. War is manly. None of that tree-huggin,' tofu-eatin,' Birkenstock-wearin,' girly-man stuff for them, nosirree Bob. You got big brass ones, you go kill some funnly-lookin furriners who don't love Jesus. That's what real men do. None of that nancy-boy peace stuff.
That's why peace is Bad. It makes their peckers limp.
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:36 PM
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Edited on Mon Sep-26-05 08:38 PM by amber dog democrat
when we come to shake down their third world nations for natural resources.
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Mon Sep-26-05 11:41 PM
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10. the SecPeace and SecWar(Def) would never get along |
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Tue Sep-27-05 12:01 AM
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11. How about the opposite? |
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Call it the Department of War. It's easy for the public to lose sight of what is going on if it's called the Department of "Defense."
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Tue Sep-27-05 12:05 AM
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12. That's the original name for it. |
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Changing the name would only be in the footsteps of historical precedence.
And focusing on the bigger goal would be nice for a change.
But for now, I agree. We need to call a spade a spade and revert back to what the department actually stands for and spends it's time doing, unfortunately.
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Tue Sep-27-05 12:11 AM
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14. KILL Everyone and take their oil? |
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Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 12:20 AM by ladylibertee
Edited to add; Russ Feingold voted YES to confirm John Roberts.He voted yes to confirm a man who (according to his OWN past notes) clearly expressed views that are racist and sexist in nature and refused to apologize or deny that he feels the same way today as he had expressed in "HIS" own memoirs to his Republican friends.Thank You, however, for providing that website.I made sure Russ Feingold knows exactly what I think of him.:evilgrin:
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