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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 08:41 PM
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6. Often on FreespeechTV
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  -Now that William F. Buckley is dead Sarah Ibarruri  Feb-28-08 08:30 PM   #0 
  - I grew up in his glory years and my only memory is  rurallib   Feb-28-08 08:33 PM   #1 
  - While I could hardly agree with his views....  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 08:34 PM   #2 
  - Don't confuse those days with Buckley. Those were days of more freedom.  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:35 PM   #3 
  - It speaks, though, to the marked change of what a Republican has come to mean today.  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 08:36 PM   #4 
     - Fascism, that's what it is. We've got to get people reading again or this country is toast nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:37 PM   #5 
        - Hmm...could start with revamping education? Not to just get more hits on my post, but....  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 08:42 PM   #7 
           - It's one step, but not the only one. The culture in this country needs to change drastically  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:44 PM   #9 
              - It's the cult of the INDIVIDUAL that has gone out of control, methinks, which is...  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 08:51 PM   #17 
                 - You're right, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) wasn't the cult of the individual....  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:55 PM   #20 
                    - Exactly. Which is why I think the European socialist model will never take root here.  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 09:00 PM   #25 
                       - Scarily horrible isn't it? :( nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 09:01 PM   #26 
                          - Unfortunately, I think that's the truth.  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 09:04 PM   #30 
                             - He was a Brazilian priest. :-) nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 09:05 PM   #32 
                                - Ah, thanks! Was he familiar with Liberation Theology? nt  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 09:11 PM   #33 
                                   - I don't know, frankly nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 09:15 PM   #35 
  - Often on FreespeechTV  rurallib   Feb-28-08 08:41 PM   #6 
     - Hmm, I'm not familiar with that. Could you enlighten me more, please? nt  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 08:43 PM   #8 
  - Willaim F. Buckley was an "intellectual" to many uneducated people  Canuckistanian   Feb-28-08 08:44 PM   #10 
  - True! the bottom line is he *was* the Rush Limbaugh of his time nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:48 PM   #13 
  - Just because a fascist dies it does not make all the rotten things they did  Zorra   Feb-28-08 08:48 PM   #11 
  - Absolutely! Bad people, when they die, are merely bad people who died nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:49 PM   #14 
  - He was a great defender of the rich and the nobles. More George the Third than Jefferson  bronxiteforever   Feb-28-08 08:48 PM   #12 
  - You're right. He stood for the rights of the powerful and the disemboweling of the poor and middle  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:50 PM   #15 
  - he was a self-hating Catholic  provis99   Feb-28-08 08:51 PM   #16 
  - He lived to put the rich on a pedestal and ensure that ....  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:53 PM   #19 
  - "...I see....  unkachuck   Feb-28-08 08:51 PM   #18 
  - You described him better than I did. CONDESCENDING. That's what he was  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:56 PM   #21 
  - Was he into Ayn Rand?  skooooo   Feb-28-08 08:56 PM   #22 
  - Good question! I would think not because he was a Catholic that went to church....  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 08:59 PM   #23 
     - Wouldn't be surprised if he was, regardless of his religion.  libbygurl   Feb-28-08 09:02 PM   #28 
  - hate is hate !  elizfeelinggreat   Feb-28-08 09:00 PM   #24 
  - Thank you. Yes, too many truly good people die in obscurity, while this pointless individual....  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 09:02 PM   #29 
  - WFBuckley was another cog in a machine determined to  sanjiadem   Feb-28-08 09:02 PM   #27 
  - What an incredible and accurate description!  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 09:05 PM   #31 
     - He was full of big teeth and arrogance.  mac2   Feb-28-08 11:30 PM   #39 
  - Amen!  Benhurst   Feb-28-08 09:12 PM   #34 
  - And to paraphrase the relatively ancient SNL  junofeb   Feb-28-08 09:19 PM   #36 
  - LOL! Hey, at least you found out that you missed nothing :-) nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Feb-28-08 09:47 PM   #38 
  - Good riddance  spag68   Feb-28-08 09:41 PM   #37 
 

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