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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Ah, McCarthyism
	Date:	3/30/2011 9:19:20 PM

You know someone's views are intellectually bankrupt when they resort to that perjorative. But what is doubly ironic is that unless you believe in the revisionist history taught in government schools you would know that McCarthy was more right than wrong about the Soviets inflitration of the U.S. in various spheres of society (arts,literature, academia and government). His tactics may have been off the mark but as we have learned with the fall of the Soviet Union and the opening of KGB files he was right about his concerns.

Despite that admonition, it really doesn't even apply in the context of my comment about the Arab League. No one is talking about bringing them in front of a congressional hearing and sanctimoniously asking them, "Are you now or have you ever been a Muslim?" Of course they are Muslims and of course they believe in the imposition of Sharia Law. It is fundamental to their belief system and is not just the purvue of the radicals. The only thing that separates the radicals from the rest of Islam is their means, not their motive nor their intent. Hound, you need to read up a little more on history. I recommend studying the experience that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had when dealing with the Barbary pirates back in the 1700's. A remarkable resemblance to what we are dealing with today in terms of their belief system proving what I have always maintained, there is really nothing new under the sun.

McCarthy.......gimme a break. And I crack you up.......