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		<title>By: medlaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HB 1606 vastly enlarges the scope and reach of proscribed activities which are commonly encountered in the rough-and-tumble of ordinary life - in Texas and elsewhere.

Unlike in other jurisdictions, including Florida, as previously noted, this nasty piece of work can criminalize and subject to arrest and prosecution for single, isolated acts - as opposed to requiring a &lt;i&gt;course of conduct.&lt;/i&gt; Worse, it fails to take account that the solitary act it proscribes can have a &lt;i&gt;&quot;legitimate purpose&quot;;&lt;/i&gt; indeed, Florida requires that there be &lt;i&gt;NO&lt;/i&gt; legitimate purpose for there to be a predicate for arrest and prosecution.

Texas law enforcement and prosecutors state-wide are cognizant of these changes to the Texas Penal Code.  Unwary Texans are still to learn of it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HB 1606 vastly enlarges the scope and reach of proscribed activities which are commonly encountered in the rough-and-tumble of ordinary life &#8211; in Texas and elsewhere.</p>
<p>Unlike in other jurisdictions, including Florida, as previously noted, this nasty piece of work can criminalize and subject to arrest and prosecution for single, isolated acts &#8211; as opposed to requiring a <i>course of conduct.</i> Worse, it fails to take account that the solitary act it proscribes can have a <i>&#8220;legitimate purpose&#8221;;</i> indeed, Florida requires that there be <i>NO</i> legitimate purpose for there to be a predicate for arrest and prosecution.</p>
<p>Texas law enforcement and prosecutors state-wide are cognizant of these changes to the Texas Penal Code.  Unwary Texans are still to learn of it.</p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read that HB1606 bill, and it&#039;s astonishing.  What action is NOT illegal?!  Yikes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just read that HB1606 bill, and it&#8217;s astonishing.  What action is NOT illegal?!  Yikes.</p>
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		<title>By: Daviddickinson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daviddickinson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which party is &quot;The Stupid Party&quot;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Which party is &#8220;The Stupid Party&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: Daviddickinson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daviddickinson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reagan was a brain-damaged drunk. The only intelligent thing he ever did was a television commercial for Grecian Formula. Lest we forget.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reagan was a brain-damaged drunk. The only intelligent thing he ever did was a television commercial for Grecian Formula. Lest we forget.</p>
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		<title>By: Daviddickinson</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-5273220</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daviddickinson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But all the welfare states voted for Romney. He was overwhelmingly popular in states like Mississippi and Arkansas -- which have the highest numbers of citizens who don&#039;t pay taxes. The welfare states voted for the welfare party.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But all the welfare states voted for Romney. He was overwhelmingly popular in states like Mississippi and Arkansas &#8212; which have the highest numbers of citizens who don&#8217;t pay taxes. The welfare states voted for the welfare party.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back at you, loser.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back at you, loser.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-5269564</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re a pathetic overwrought hypocrite. But you still make us laugh.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re a pathetic overwrought hypocrite. But you still make us laugh.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-5269478</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/03/opinion/gingrich-syria-obama/?hpt=us_mid



Gingrich agrees with me about what we should focus on.]]></description>
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<p>Gingrich agrees with me about what we should focus on.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m getting moderated for no apparent reason. Can someone please look in to it?


Thanks]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m getting moderated for no apparent reason. Can someone please look in to it?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-5331004</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Even the IDF admits that it may know the location of up to one third of all or Iran&#039;s nuke sites, that they are too far underground to &quot;strike.&quot;&quot;

That&#039;s Israel&#039;s perspective because they don&#039;t have the same capabilities that we have, plus they&#039;re speaking in terms of an Israeli strike that does not involve the USA. There is no such thing as an American strike in the Middle East that does not involve Israel from the
perspective of any Muslim nation.

&quot;Former IDF Maj General: “An attack is not a single strike and once it happens we are in a whole other world,” he said. Surely he&#039;s a radical leftist.&quot;

Well, he is an Israeli. That means he’s talking about the
Israeli perspective of a strike, and probably the Israeli perspective of an Israeli strike rather than an American strike.

&quot;Gee, it seems that all the experts are stupid, disloyal
and in thrall to the left. Why ELSE hasn&#039;t both Obama and Netanyahu opened the gates of hell to &quot;strike&quot; Iran
and then &quot;mop up&quot; Syria? Marxists!&quot;

It seems that you still can&#039;t put together a rational statement to save your life.

I&#039;m an American. I&#039;m advocating for our policies, not Israeli policies in this case. Israel will be affected, no doubt. For us, showing consistent toughness and determination will deflate most of the jihadis around the globe, We mop up the rest as needed.

From Israel’s perspective that might indeed seem like another world because that’s where the mopping up will be required. It might be big for them, but not for us.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Even the IDF admits that it may know the location of up to one third of all or Iran&#8217;s nuke sites, that they are too far underground to &#8220;strike.&#8221;&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s Israel&#8217;s perspective because they don&#8217;t have the same capabilities that we have, plus they&#8217;re speaking in terms of an Israeli strike that does not involve the USA. There is no such thing as an American strike in the Middle East that does not involve Israel from the<br />
perspective of any Muslim nation.</p>
<p>&#8220;Former IDF Maj General: “An attack is not a single strike and once it happens we are in a whole other world,” he said. Surely he&#8217;s a radical leftist.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, he is an Israeli. That means he’s talking about the<br />
Israeli perspective of a strike, and probably the Israeli perspective of an Israeli strike rather than an American strike.</p>
<p>&#8220;Gee, it seems that all the experts are stupid, disloyal<br />
and in thrall to the left. Why ELSE hasn&#8217;t both Obama and Netanyahu opened the gates of hell to &#8220;strike&#8221; Iran<br />
and then &#8220;mop up&#8221; Syria? Marxists!&#8221;</p>
<p>It seems that you still can&#8217;t put together a rational statement to save your life.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m an American. I&#8217;m advocating for our policies, not Israeli policies in this case. Israel will be affected, no doubt. For us, showing consistent toughness and determination will deflate most of the jihadis around the globe, We mop up the rest as needed.</p>
<p>From Israel’s perspective that might indeed seem like another world because that’s where the mopping up will be required. It might be big for them, but not for us.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Even the IDF admits that it may know the location of up to one third of all or Iran&#039;s nuke sites, that they are too far underground to &quot;strike.&quot;&quot;

That&#039;s Israel&#039;s perspective because they don&#039;t have the same capabilities that we have, plus they&#039;re speaking in terms of an Israeli strike that does not involve the USA. There is no such thing as an American strike in the Middle East that does not involve Israel from the perspective of any Muslim nation.

&quot;Former IDF Maj General: “An attack is not a single strike and once it happens we are in a whole other world,” he said. Surely he&#039;s a radical leftist.&quot;

Well, he is an Israeli.

&quot;Gee, it seems that all the experts are stupid, disloyal and in thrall to the left. Why ELSE hasn&#039;t both Obama and Netanyahu opened the gates of hell to &quot;strike&quot; Iran and then &quot;mop up&quot; Syria? Marxists!&quot;



It seems that you still can&#039;t put together a rational statement to save your life.


I&#039;m an American. I&#039;m advocating for our policies, not Israeli policies in this case. Israel will be affected, no doubt. For us, showing consistent toughness and determination will deflate most of the jihadis, We mop up the rest as needed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Even the IDF admits that it may know the location of up to one third of all or Iran&#8217;s nuke sites, that they are too far underground to &#8220;strike.&#8221;&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s Israel&#8217;s perspective because they don&#8217;t have the same capabilities that we have, plus they&#8217;re speaking in terms of an Israeli strike that does not involve the USA. There is no such thing as an American strike in the Middle East that does not involve Israel from the perspective of any Muslim nation.</p>
<p>&#8220;Former IDF Maj General: “An attack is not a single strike and once it happens we are in a whole other world,” he said. Surely he&#8217;s a radical leftist.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, he is an Israeli.</p>
<p>&#8220;Gee, it seems that all the experts are stupid, disloyal and in thrall to the left. Why ELSE hasn&#8217;t both Obama and Netanyahu opened the gates of hell to &#8220;strike&#8221; Iran and then &#8220;mop up&#8221; Syria? Marxists!&#8221;</p>
<p>It seems that you still can&#8217;t put together a rational statement to save your life.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m an American. I&#8217;m advocating for our policies, not Israeli policies in this case. Israel will be affected, no doubt. For us, showing consistent toughness and determination will deflate most of the jihadis, We mop up the rest as needed.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;It&#039;s neat that you suddenly get all thoughtful and prudent about military action when Obama proposes it.&quot;

So you remember our conversations from the Bush era? That&#039;s amazing. Care to quote me?

&quot;Surely, if he had come out with a strong declaration against US involvement there, FPM and its cheer leaders would be calling him a traitor, a weakling, a cowardly isolationist, etc., etc.&quot;





If, if, if. If he wasn&#039;t a traitor, I wouldn&#039;t call him one. It&#039;s that simple. The analysis is slightly more complicated than what you&#039;ve reduced it to. Start with the Cairo speech and visit any facts along the way. And stop lying. Then our analysis might start to coincide.


He should not have threatened Syria with something that would have led to this point. He should not have empowered the Muslim Brotherhood and other jihadis ever since he took office.


That&#039;s what makes him a traitor. He got us in to this pickle. Because of him, we were screwed the moment anyone accused Syria of using WMDs. That&#039;s what makes him a horrible president. He was set up by the jihadis to be put in this position. That&#039;s what makes him a traitor, not what he chooses today or next week.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s neat that you suddenly get all thoughtful and prudent about military action when Obama proposes it.&#8221;</p>
<p>So you remember our conversations from the Bush era? That&#8217;s amazing. Care to quote me?</p>
<p>&#8220;Surely, if he had come out with a strong declaration against US involvement there, FPM and its cheer leaders would be calling him a traitor, a weakling, a cowardly isolationist, etc., etc.&#8221;</p>
<p>If, if, if. If he wasn&#8217;t a traitor, I wouldn&#8217;t call him one. It&#8217;s that simple. The analysis is slightly more complicated than what you&#8217;ve reduced it to. Start with the Cairo speech and visit any facts along the way. And stop lying. Then our analysis might start to coincide.</p>
<p>He should not have threatened Syria with something that would have led to this point. He should not have empowered the Muslim Brotherhood and other jihadis ever since he took office.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what makes him a traitor. He got us in to this pickle. Because of him, we were screwed the moment anyone accused Syria of using WMDs. That&#8217;s what makes him a horrible president. He was set up by the jihadis to be put in this position. That&#8217;s what makes him a traitor, not what he chooses today or next week.</p>
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		<title>By: medlaw</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[medlaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your cogent and insightful analysis - it is admirable, inspiring and set forth well.  I heartily agree with your diagnosis and with your conclusions.

This sad state of affairs - which, as you ably and rightfully note, has been in evolution for what is now generations - it has become astoundingly and increasingly manifest, particularly in light of recent events on both the domestic and world stages.

It is lamentable, too, that you are spot-on with respect to demagogues who parade as &quot;conservatives&quot; - those who you so correctly, colorfully and well-deservedly characterized as such.

May I hasten to add &quot;John McCain&quot; to your list?

We are indeed &quot;on the same page&quot;.

It should be noted that even those on the public stage who might even passably be said to be &quot;conservative&quot;, those who would stand up for and who would protect our values, our civil liberties and our freedoms are but a distinct and small minority. We are at grave risk – not only from the ever-widening and deepening incursions and surveillance of an overbearing and increasingly powerful and burdensome central government – but clearly also by state government.

In this regard, I call to your attention the recently enacted Texas bill HB 1606 which became effective on September 1, 2013.  This bill is portentous - it hands to police and prosecutors immensely extended latitude to arrest and prosecute, potentially reaching and criminalizing conduct which encompasses a wide range of ordinary every day activities and encounters.

It is remarkably easy to list the everyday scenarios, the “tussles” and encounters that ordinary people and their family members might have – at Wal-Mart, with a neighbor, at the Post Office, on the road, in a restaurant – which easily could result in being arrested, jailed and prosecuted – with all the risk to their person at the time of arrest and while in custody, and with the considerable expense and consequences that could ensue – all in the wake of HB 1606.

These same ordinary, commonplace and routine activities of daily life are protected and not subject to prosecution in other jurisdictions, for example, in the State of Florida.

It is of comparable importance to note that HB 1606 was passed by huge margins in both the Texas House and Senate – with only one true Republican Senator of 31 Texas Senators opposing it – and that it was signed into law by the &quot;Republican&quot; Governor Rick Perry – This was indeed a seminal event of signal importance to all who live, work or visit Texas.

  HB 1606 will have the predictably profound effect of placing persons at-risk – by criminalizing ordinary, commonplace and routine activities of daily life which are protected and not subject to prosecution in other jurisdictions, for example, in the State of Florida.

Indeed, and emphatically, Texas has been accumulating major “minuses” in the individual liberty and personal freedom arena – it is barely still a “red” state and demographically is likely to turn decidedly “blue” in short order.
&lt;I&gt;Sic transit Gloria mundi&lt;/I&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for your cogent and insightful analysis &#8211; it is admirable, inspiring and set forth well.  I heartily agree with your diagnosis and with your conclusions.</p>
<p>This sad state of affairs &#8211; which, as you ably and rightfully note, has been in evolution for what is now generations &#8211; it has become astoundingly and increasingly manifest, particularly in light of recent events on both the domestic and world stages.</p>
<p>It is lamentable, too, that you are spot-on with respect to demagogues who parade as &#8220;conservatives&#8221; &#8211; those who you so correctly, colorfully and well-deservedly characterized as such.</p>
<p>May I hasten to add &#8220;John McCain&#8221; to your list?</p>
<p>We are indeed &#8220;on the same page&#8221;.</p>
<p>It should be noted that even those on the public stage who might even passably be said to be &#8220;conservative&#8221;, those who would stand up for and who would protect our values, our civil liberties and our freedoms are but a distinct and small minority. We are at grave risk – not only from the ever-widening and deepening incursions and surveillance of an overbearing and increasingly powerful and burdensome central government – but clearly also by state government.</p>
<p>In this regard, I call to your attention the recently enacted Texas bill HB 1606 which became effective on September 1, 2013.  This bill is portentous &#8211; it hands to police and prosecutors immensely extended latitude to arrest and prosecute, potentially reaching and criminalizing conduct which encompasses a wide range of ordinary every day activities and encounters.</p>
<p>It is remarkably easy to list the everyday scenarios, the “tussles” and encounters that ordinary people and their family members might have – at Wal-Mart, with a neighbor, at the Post Office, on the road, in a restaurant – which easily could result in being arrested, jailed and prosecuted – with all the risk to their person at the time of arrest and while in custody, and with the considerable expense and consequences that could ensue – all in the wake of HB 1606.</p>
<p>These same ordinary, commonplace and routine activities of daily life are protected and not subject to prosecution in other jurisdictions, for example, in the State of Florida.</p>
<p>It is of comparable importance to note that HB 1606 was passed by huge margins in both the Texas House and Senate – with only one true Republican Senator of 31 Texas Senators opposing it – and that it was signed into law by the &#8220;Republican&#8221; Governor Rick Perry – This was indeed a seminal event of signal importance to all who live, work or visit Texas.</p>
<p>  HB 1606 will have the predictably profound effect of placing persons at-risk – by criminalizing ordinary, commonplace and routine activities of daily life which are protected and not subject to prosecution in other jurisdictions, for example, in the State of Florida.</p>
<p>Indeed, and emphatically, Texas has been accumulating major “minuses” in the individual liberty and personal freedom arena – it is barely still a “red” state and demographically is likely to turn decidedly “blue” in short order.<br />
<i>Sic transit Gloria mundi</i></p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s neat that you suddenly get all thoughtful and prudent about military action when Obama proposes it.  Surely, if he had come out with a strong declaration against US involvement there, FPM and its cheer leaders would be calling him a traitor, a weakling, a cowardly isolationist, etc., etc.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s neat that you suddenly get all thoughtful and prudent about military action when Obama proposes it.  Surely, if he had come out with a strong declaration against US involvement there, FPM and its cheer leaders would be calling him a traitor, a weakling, a cowardly isolationist, etc., etc.</p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s right wingers, who dominate the Republican Party, right wing media, the Tea Party and chat boards like this one, have confused &quot;conservative&quot; with absolute adherence to a list of specific policies historically associated with conservatives.
  
No matter what is going on in the economy and the world, for instance, the right wingers&#039; economic platform MUST ALWAYS BE, &quot;lower taxes, fewer regulations, cut all spending but raise military spending.&quot;  If times are good, bad or otherwise, if we are at war or at peace, that must be the &quot;conservative&quot; answer.  Period.

Since Reagan, with the exception of Ron Paul on the military spending, there has not been a single GOP candidate for president who&#039;s economic agenda hasn&#039;t been exactly that.  &quot;Lower taxes, fewer regulations, cut all spending but raise military spending.&quot;  Strict adherence to these or any specific policies - regardless of circumstances - is not conservative; it&#039;s a cult.  

Instead, conservatism is a temperament which trusts and empowers the individual, is skeptical of government, moves slowly and respects traditional institutions and practices, and works towards maintaining social stability and individual freedom so that individuals can thrive.  

It first seeks to understand reality as it exists, and then applies a set of basic and immutable principles as its guiding lights in an ever-changing world.  Given its sympathy towards individuals over government, it often expresses itself in a preference for lower taxes, fewer regulations, lower spending, and spending to maintain an adequate defense TO THE GREATEST DEGREE THAT IT IS PRACTICAL and supportive of the underlying goals of these policies.  (Gov. Reagan put in tax increases in California to beat back a threatening deficit, e.g.)
  
That conservatives would have voted for lowering taxes on the very top brackets in the midst of two major wars, as George W. Bush did and which today&#039;s &quot;conservatives&quot; applauded, would have simply dumb-founded past generations of conservatives, let alone our Founding Fathers. 

We are living through the ugly rump-end of a once great conservatism. What was once a vibrant and inviting intellectual movement marked by healthy internal debate has degraded into an angry, vindictive, populist cult of self-styled victims, led by demagogic runts like Palin and Limbaugh, sour simpletons forever looking to ex-communicate the ideologically impure.  

The parallels between today&#039;s conservatives and liberal dead-enders of the late &#039;70s is startling.  My only hope is that we&#039;re finally starting to see some cracks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s right wingers, who dominate the Republican Party, right wing media, the Tea Party and chat boards like this one, have confused &#8220;conservative&#8221; with absolute adherence to a list of specific policies historically associated with conservatives.</p>
<p>No matter what is going on in the economy and the world, for instance, the right wingers&#8217; economic platform MUST ALWAYS BE, &#8220;lower taxes, fewer regulations, cut all spending but raise military spending.&#8221;  If times are good, bad or otherwise, if we are at war or at peace, that must be the &#8220;conservative&#8221; answer.  Period.</p>
<p>Since Reagan, with the exception of Ron Paul on the military spending, there has not been a single GOP candidate for president who&#8217;s economic agenda hasn&#8217;t been exactly that.  &#8220;Lower taxes, fewer regulations, cut all spending but raise military spending.&#8221;  Strict adherence to these or any specific policies &#8211; regardless of circumstances &#8211; is not conservative; it&#8217;s a cult.  </p>
<p>Instead, conservatism is a temperament which trusts and empowers the individual, is skeptical of government, moves slowly and respects traditional institutions and practices, and works towards maintaining social stability and individual freedom so that individuals can thrive.  </p>
<p>It first seeks to understand reality as it exists, and then applies a set of basic and immutable principles as its guiding lights in an ever-changing world.  Given its sympathy towards individuals over government, it often expresses itself in a preference for lower taxes, fewer regulations, lower spending, and spending to maintain an adequate defense TO THE GREATEST DEGREE THAT IT IS PRACTICAL and supportive of the underlying goals of these policies.  (Gov. Reagan put in tax increases in California to beat back a threatening deficit, e.g.)</p>
<p>That conservatives would have voted for lowering taxes on the very top brackets in the midst of two major wars, as George W. Bush did and which today&#8217;s &#8220;conservatives&#8221; applauded, would have simply dumb-founded past generations of conservatives, let alone our Founding Fathers. </p>
<p>We are living through the ugly rump-end of a once great conservatism. What was once a vibrant and inviting intellectual movement marked by healthy internal debate has degraded into an angry, vindictive, populist cult of self-styled victims, led by demagogic runts like Palin and Limbaugh, sour simpletons forever looking to ex-communicate the ideologically impure.  </p>
<p>The parallels between today&#8217;s conservatives and liberal dead-enders of the late &#8217;70s is startling.  My only hope is that we&#8217;re finally starting to see some cracks.</p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reagan promoted individual freedom, responsibility, creativity and social stability, wished to limit government where practical, and respected moving slowly and working within established institutions, practices and norms.  That&#039;s conservative.  

Today he&#039;d be condemned as RINO and would be a pariah of the so-called &quot;conservative&quot; right wing radical nutjobs on this idiotic board.  &quot;No taxes ever, under any circumstances!&quot; is not only not conservative, it&#039;s not responsible for coherent.  GW Bush refused to raise taxes while we were fighting two enormously expensive wars, and buried us in calamitous debt - much to the Chinese.  You know why?  Because he had to bow down to the radical absolutist whack jobs who took over the Republican Party and refused to budge on taxes for anyone for any reason.  

Reagan raised taxes while governor because he inherited a massive state budget deficit from Governor Brown that threatened the fiscal viability of the state.  Reagan was a deficit hawk (something conservatives used to care about even when conservatives were in office) and decided the best thing to do to get us out of the hole was raise taxes.  He also cut spending.  It was tough medicine but he knew it was the only reasonable course of action.  

Now, he was either right or wrong for doing that, but he was conservative to respond to reality as it existed in regard to the state budget.  

Would he have been a &quot;real conservative&quot; to you if he had let the state collapse while refusing to budge on taxes?  Probably.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reagan promoted individual freedom, responsibility, creativity and social stability, wished to limit government where practical, and respected moving slowly and working within established institutions, practices and norms.  That&#8217;s conservative.  </p>
<p>Today he&#8217;d be condemned as RINO and would be a pariah of the so-called &#8220;conservative&#8221; right wing radical nutjobs on this idiotic board.  &#8220;No taxes ever, under any circumstances!&#8221; is not only not conservative, it&#8217;s not responsible for coherent.  GW Bush refused to raise taxes while we were fighting two enormously expensive wars, and buried us in calamitous debt &#8211; much to the Chinese.  You know why?  Because he had to bow down to the radical absolutist whack jobs who took over the Republican Party and refused to budge on taxes for anyone for any reason.  </p>
<p>Reagan raised taxes while governor because he inherited a massive state budget deficit from Governor Brown that threatened the fiscal viability of the state.  Reagan was a deficit hawk (something conservatives used to care about even when conservatives were in office) and decided the best thing to do to get us out of the hole was raise taxes.  He also cut spending.  It was tough medicine but he knew it was the only reasonable course of action.  </p>
<p>Now, he was either right or wrong for doing that, but he was conservative to respond to reality as it existed in regard to the state budget.  </p>
<p>Would he have been a &#8220;real conservative&#8221; to you if he had let the state collapse while refusing to budge on taxes?  Probably.</p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuck you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fuck you.</p>
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		<title>By: Bobby Gordy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Gordy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a problem with all of this I believe we should stop communicating with all other countries get all of our troops back home and decide what to do next after that! I also believe all foreign aid should be cut off permanently and we should stop shipping in outside products and start making them ourselves! If you have a problem with someone holding a gun you dont try to &quot;talk it out&quot; you kill the bastard! if someone says &quot; I&#039;m gonna kill you&quot; what do you do say hey lets try to work this out wanna talk about it? NO you kill the sob right then and there! We have allowed the useless American government take over and screw everything up for us while we play n our phones and facebook and tweet blind to the fact that we no longer have any control over what is going on in this country! Lets stop playing games kill whoever challenges us the right way by blasting that ass off the face of the planet and keep our children alive and at home!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a problem with all of this I believe we should stop communicating with all other countries get all of our troops back home and decide what to do next after that! I also believe all foreign aid should be cut off permanently and we should stop shipping in outside products and start making them ourselves! If you have a problem with someone holding a gun you dont try to &#8220;talk it out&#8221; you kill the bastard! if someone says &#8221; I&#8217;m gonna kill you&#8221; what do you do say hey lets try to work this out wanna talk about it? NO you kill the sob right then and there! We have allowed the useless American government take over and screw everything up for us while we play n our phones and facebook and tweet blind to the fact that we no longer have any control over what is going on in this country! Lets stop playing games kill whoever challenges us the right way by blasting that ass off the face of the planet and keep our children alive and at home!!!</p>
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		<title>By: thegoodsamaratin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thegoodsamaratin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world need America so they can use it as a measuring stick and say that&#039;s where the top of the mountain is. We are the best and always will be. And i dare anybody to try to come take it away from me......i&#039;m actually a canadian lol]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world need America so they can use it as a measuring stick and say that&#8217;s where the top of the mountain is. We are the best and always will be. And i dare anybody to try to come take it away from me&#8230;&#8230;i&#8217;m actually a canadian lol</p>
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