Report: Hitchens beaten by pro-Syrian thugs in Beirut? Update: “I was on the ground and getting it in the head”
posted at 4:54 pm on February 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
Look on the bright side: This’ll make for one hell of a Slate column once he gets back.
I can only assume they didn’t recognize him, as the opportunity to scalp one of the world’s foremost atheists surely would have been irresistible.
I dont know if you find this as news worthy or not, but Christopher Hitchens is currently in Beirut sponsored by the same group that owns that crap NOW Lebanon. He got in a few nights ago and surprisingly went out drinking. On his way out of the bar he saw an SSNP poster and wrote on it “Fuck the SSNP”. There just happened to be some SSNP thugs near by–most likely asking people for their ID, and most likely to no avail–and saw him write on the poster and kicked his ass. He is still walking with a limp.
Abu Muqawama says he’s confirmed the story. The SSNP is, of course, a Hezbollah ally that advocates a Syrian anschluss of Lebanon (and Israel, natch). Consider Hitch a minor martyr to the cause of the Cedar Revolution here. Exit question one: More or less unpleasant than being waterboarded? Exit question two: Er, isn’t Ace there with him? Has anyone heard from Ace recently?
Update: Belated exit question three: Is it time for me to organize a mighty atheist army and lead it on a march to Damascus for justice? Yes.
Update: Forbes says Totten was in the mix.
But later that night, three of our “scoop” brigade–Jonathan Foreman, Michael Totten and Christopher Hitchens–got involved in a street brawl with some thugs of a Syria-loving skinhead party called the SNPN after Hitchens rather gallantly insulted their swastika flag. On our way to a meeting with Minister of State Nissib Lahoud, Hitchens showed me the gashed knuckles and bruises suffered during the punch up. The attackers had apparently come out of nowhere on posh Hamda Street, where they had gone to buy shoes. “I was on the ground,” Hitchens said, “and getting it in the head.” It was a miracle they didn’t pull Kalashnikovs.
Note: I changed the headline to reflect that the attackers were pro-Syrian, but not necessarily Syrian in origin.
Update: Ace sets the record straight.
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Hey PootyPoot, those damned Czechs and Hungarians had it coming to them too, right?
Great comment, BTW
funky chicken on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
What happened to the thugs’ “personal responsibility” not to start a brawl?
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Seems like that question should be directed to Pelosi, Reid, BO, Holder, Geitner and the rest of our “leadership”.
Cody1991 on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Yes, it was reckless and the result was predictable, but standing up to fascists has its benefits. At this point I think the question to ask Hitch is: Would he do it again?
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
No, that’s what the left does to excuse them morally for brutality.
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Yes, I was unable to ever read the Bible (multiple times) because the library insisted on putting it on the highest shelf. Einstein.
You really don’t see anything hypocritical in the hatred and ugliness that “YAAARRRGGHHHH” has spewed in the name of your beloved Christ? Really?!
How very sad for you.
Tanya on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Publicity!
Jim Treacher on February 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Yeah, he just needs to bring more friends next time, that’s all.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM
So you change a headline to clarify that Syrians are not directly blamed for beating up Hitchens but do nothing about a misleading Palin headline. Real nice.
Mark1971 on February 18, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Darth, it’s no use.
Moral indignation, fence sitting and a feeling of victim-born entitlement (oh my the religious zealots are suppressing me online!) characterizes all those from the Left. These things also characterize Atheists (or whatever the current in-vogue name they grant themselves today happens to be).
Take AP for example; a fence sitter who never takes a stance on anything, yet sneers at everything. A Monday morning quarterback. He is the equivalent of a President who, during his time in the Legislature, voted PRESENT on all important matters.
Not very impressive.
Gibbon speaks of this kind of person in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Page 37 in the modern library version):
“A cloud of critics, of compilers, of commentators, darkened the face of learning, and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste.”
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Yeah. If it turned out he had all kinds of James Bond moves and kicked all their asses, that would have been okay too.
Jim Treacher on February 18, 2009 at 6:26 PM
But you are missing my point, it is not about excusing them. I am not in favor of what they did. My point is that Hitch was not without culpability in this. He made a provocative move and paid for it. I used the wild animals scenario to focus on the fact that Hitchens should have known better.
carbon_footprint on February 18, 2009 at 6:29 PM
The word ‘thugs’ gave it a higher probability that a brawl might ensue. Let’s not make the mistake of applying rational thought to irrational players. That mistake cost Hitchens an undeserved (although provoked) whoopin.
It is possible to not condone both parties’ behavior…even for wholly seperate reasons.
anuts on February 18, 2009 at 6:29 PM
~The pen is only mightier than the sword
……when it’s backed up by the gun~
Hitch seems to have a touch of Theo Van Gogh naivete four years beyond its expiration date.
profitsbeard on February 18, 2009 at 6:29 PM
This pisses me off. I wish I could have been there.
Dr. Manhattan on February 18, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Aren’t you the Fredhead who still blames me for singlehandedly destroying the Thompson campaign?
No, wait. That’s ExTex, right?
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:31 PM
What hypocrisy would that be, dear?
Would it be more consistent if I loved the fat, damned drunk when he bashes Islam and only scorned him when he bashes Christ?
YAAARRRGGHHHH on February 18, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Definitely feeling the love on this thread.
theboss on February 18, 2009 at 6:34 PM
He was man enough to be waterboarded and took a stand to call it torture, so he is man enough to take an ass whoopin for telling them to GFY.
Civilized.
getalife on February 18, 2009 at 6:35 PM
No. I supported Mitt Romney. But your cheap shots (akin to the kind of person Gibbon describes) did little to focus primary discussions on important matters. You’re more of a tabloid guy. You seek controversy then leap out and ridicule participants.
Your blogging during the Primaries belonged more to the Perez Hilton side of the internet.
But feel free not to address the issue I raised.
The Beta wolves howl.
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 6:35 PM
LOL. There was a sad story in the news several months ago about an early-20′s, liberal white girl who was hitch-hiking around the nation on some sort of “spread the liberal sweetness and light” campaign. She wound up getting murdered while riding a bike through the worst neighborhood in New Orleans in the middle of the night.
The lowlife who killed her deserves to get a cyanide injection but no one with a molecule of discerning judgment could be surprised by what happened to her.
Similar principle here. I love Hitch and detest the criminal scum who beat him up but, jeebus, is anybody really surprised by the narrative here? Get drunk, trash thugs’ sign, get whumped. Not exactly a shocker.
Django on February 18, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Hunt for that man!
Comb the city!
Every street! Every grate!
Set a guard at every gate!
Drag him out!
Shout the moment that you find him!
Damn!
Knock in the doors
Lock up the city!
Track him down
Search the town
And be quick about it
Now!
How the devil do I ever prevail when I’m only a man?
But I’ll never be duped by that scurrilous Allahpundit again!
PercyB on February 18, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Okay. Feel free to keep visiting.
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Ha! That was an unintended benefit. I very much doubt he had that in mind when he defaced the poster.
Sully, say, didn’t land that plane in the Hudson for publicity, but he sure got a lot of it. Of course one man is a paragon of sobriety, while the other…
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Looks like we’re on track for 1,000 insufferable atheist vs. indignant believer comments before midnight Pacific. Awesome.
Load the shotgun and hide your women of childbearing age ’cause I stop wearing pants at 8:30!
ScottMcC on February 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM
This is it. This is the Armageddon thread.
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Love, friendship, respect, do not inspire some people as much as hatred for someone.
Tav on February 18, 2009 at 6:39 PM
LOL. There was a sad story in the news several months ago about an early-20’s, liberal white girl who was hitch-hiking around the nation on some sort of “spread the liberal sweetness and light” campaign. She wound up getting murdered while riding a bike through the worst neighborhood in New Orleans in the middle of the night.
Again, someone with the intellectual capacity of a rock who thinks that everything and everyone is all love and peace and butterflies, makes the same tired mistake of not recognizing just where the hell they are.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 6:39 PM
He defaced a poster, so it was ok that he was physically attacked? That sounds like what some here are saying. Giving someone a piece of your mind or contacting the police are appropriate reactions. This was not an appropriate reaction…I don’t care who you are.
This isn’t an Atheist/Christian argument…it doesn’t figure into it at all. I’d be happy to have a beer with Hitch…he’s far and away more sensible when it comes to geopolitics than most of my friends.
I hope those pro-Syrian thugs who started this fight got more than they dished out.
Asher on February 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM
I will. I look for Ed’s posts first. I’ll read yours when it’s a slow news day. It’s like browsing tabloids in the check-out line when you’re behind a cart overflowing with coupon items.
I used to look for Mr. Preston’s stuff too. He’s a sharp one.
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Let me fix that for you…
RightWinged on February 18, 2009 at 6:41 PM
I think what they’d trying to say is that the band fired their drummer because he only has one arm.
Jim Treacher on February 18, 2009 at 6:41 PM
LOL…Dude…you are the definition of phelgmatic.
This is as good a place as any to say thanks for the many chuckles you have provided on this site.
Django on February 18, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Sentiments exactly.
emailnuevo on February 18, 2009 at 6:42 PM
So the moron is in a foreign country and he does something deliberately provocative to a rather violent group? I don’t much feel sorry for him.
KSgop on February 18, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Good old Hitchens.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Buy Danish:
No, the question to ask is, “Would he do it again … stone cold sober?”
orville on February 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM
You should be banned for that.
JiangxiDad on February 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM
So the moron is in a foreign country and he does something deliberately provocative to a rather violent group? I don’t much feel sorry for him.
KSgop on February 18, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Nor do I.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Are you serious? Last time I checked, immediately after being waterboarded someone is able to get up and go on with their day without ill effect. Given the option, I suspect Hitch would gladly go under water for a few seconds rather than feeling like he’d been beaten like a rented mule for a week or two.
moxie_neanderthal on February 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM
That is precisely what some here are saying and exactly that is immediately and indubitably apparent.
semloh on February 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM
PS. Buy Danish
Or rather, “Would he do it again… stone cold sober, and this time, deliberately in front of the SSNP?”
orville on February 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM
If only you could get a quote from the Speaker in Rome condemning Hitchens actions an update. Imagine that fat thread…oh this is the stuff dreams are made of. Oh by the way I am from Montana 4th generation- not newly transplanted from say somewhere coastal and SW of Montana. You are doing fine, I am a Palin supporter who can also take it as well as dish it out. I think you could be snarkier is that a word or just a vision?
Dr Evil on February 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Remember this post?
You thought AP was just kidding. But he wasn’t.
SteakRules on February 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Gold, Jerry…. GOLD!
wccawa on February 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Normally I wouldn’t suggest attacking a city like Damascus. However if you were to do it, instead of going in there by force, try to put up a siege. I don’t mean the modern day sieges, I mean like the olden ones. You know catapults, battering rams, flaming arrows, etc. Just a thought.
FontanaConservative on February 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Heh. Well, this one is topical.
Allahpundit on February 18, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Hitchens irritates me with his ignorant attacks on Christianity but what was done to him was wrong and I hope he recovers quickly and fully.
Messing up a sign is not cause for a beating.
aikidoka on February 18, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Oh and instead of Damascus why not DC like someone else suggested.
FontanaConservative on February 18, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I went to that place you described above last year. I was hiking…I lasted a month and 700 miles before I ran screaming. I met one other guy from Montana while on trail there and we just stared at each other and then asked ourselves: “Why?”
So, 4th generation, huh? You’re just settling in. Welcome!
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 6:51 PM
funny.
the thing about provocation.
isn’t this what protest warrior used to do? and when they got blowback and death threats and punches thrown at them, did you consider them victims of their own stupidity or martyrs for a good cause?
this was the flag hitchens defaced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Syrian_Social_Nationalist_Party.svg
for the, ahem, ecumenicalists in here, note that it’s not an islamic flag. it’s an unreconstructed volkish national socialist flag.
the thing that has me sunk about the many depressing views expressed here is that i’m not confident that many of you would have the moral clarity or decency to walk up to such a symbol and blot it out with a giant “f*ck you” if it showed up in your neighborhood.
what a god damned shame that is.
eh on February 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Ah, but that presumes he is sober on occasion.
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM
He defaced a poster, so it was ok that he was physically attacked? That sounds like what some here are saying.
Asher on February 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM
That is precisely what some here are saying and exactly that is immediately and indubitably apparent.
semloh on February 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM
HE WAS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY! A country that doesn’t really care about anything American. It would also occur here. Just try to paint blood graffiti on a crip wall. Why are we being so moralist here. YES HE DESERVED IT! You don’t go to a foreign country and force your American opinions on the locals. They might not like it. Again, I don’t disagree and I thought it was right and funny. But, if you are going to have the huevos to do this then you better have enough with you for the inevitable fight.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Hardly and I have never ran into a native Montanan that had to go out of their way to insult their host. Montanans are friendly, self reliant, self confident people that don’t need to insult others to make themselves feel superior but the transplants into the state, bring their bad manners with them.
Dr Evil on February 18, 2009 at 6:56 PM
The sign is private property and an expression of belief/opinion.
Unalienable right to defend your property.
Unalienable right to defend your freedom of speech.
Wonder while Hitchen was on the ground, did he suddenly find God? Think he was praying for his life?
Let’s not forget our unalienable rights were established through violence.
Keep turning the other cheek, your daughter will be wearing a burka.
BTW: Wow, so many people have AP pegged! Good to see.
klickink.wordpress.com on February 18, 2009 at 6:57 PM
eh on February 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Great contribution, though I disagree with you vehemently on immigration. However, I laud you for this. Well done!!!
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I find it hard….no, IMPOSSIBLE to be sympathetic to Hitchens. If the guy is that fucking stupid, he deserves to get his ass kicked. Anyone want to take bets that ol’ Hitch was operating under the influence of alcoholic beverages?
Where’s the OUTRAGE that he would drink in a Muslim country? Doesn’t he value and respect religious diversity?
GarandFan on February 18, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Oh, well, now… that is a different animal entirely. Nice straw man, by the way.
Should something like that show up in my town, I can almost guarantee the outcome would have been significantly different. But even then, my actions wouldn’t be undertaken with a BAC in the triple digits.
What we are dealing with here, however, is a vodka-chuffing furrner going all blow-art on the locals in Beirut, and the consequences thereof.
God help him, though. Drinking can be fun, but other times? Not so much.
wccawa on February 18, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 6:51 PM
My family homesteaded Montana in 1894, when did your folks come into Montana?
Dr Evil on February 18, 2009 at 6:58 PM
The Protest Warriors operate here in the US. Hitchens is in a foreign country – in the Middle East. Big difference.
KSgop on February 18, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Hardly and I have never ran into a native Montanan that had to go out of their way to insult their host. Montanans are friendly, self reliant, self confident people that don’t need to insult others to make themselves feel superior but the transplants into the state, bring their bad manners with them.
Dr Evil on February 18, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Montana and North Dakota are the only states I have never been to. If I say I have eaten at Montana Mikes, will I get a pass?
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 7:00 PM
That is the exact same reasoning used by college liberals when they deface college republican posters, newspapers and offices. The same reasoning used by people who deface Nativity scenes. The same reasoning used by people who deface or steal candidate signs (McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden) ones.
Are you suggesting selective application of law, here in America? If so, who decides what is worthy of defacement? A better course of action is via the ballot box or better education. Taking a STAND openly doesn’t require vandalism.
Now, if such a flag as the one you linked to above is carried by someone killing or assaulting others? Then I would recommend a defacement alright, and not just of the flag.
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 7:00 PM
That’s why they invented North Dakotans.
wccawa on February 18, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Clarification. I disagree only with your rants last night about MM, and “racism”…I don’t actually know where you stand on immigration, and we don’t need to take the thread in that direction either. For another time…
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 7:00 PM
much appreciated!
eh on February 18, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Do you have the moral clarity to see the difference?
If a foreign thug comes to my home and sprays F USA on my flag, he’ll get a first-class beatdown.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 7:01 PM
er, what he said.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Oh good Lord. Now this is getting silly. What next? Are we going out back to the barn to see who can pee higher and farther?
You got me! I am Nancy Pelosi. How did you find me out? I’ll check back later for your answer, I am late for my weekly face lift.
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 7:03 PM
i was threadjacking and trying out the newbs last night. i’ll admit to bad form at least on that one.
eh on February 18, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Do you have the moral clarity to see the difference?
If a foreign thug comes to my home and sprays F USA on my flag, he’ll get a first-class beatdown.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Damn right. Further, if I caught someone removing a political sign in my yard that they don’t agree with, they just might get the beatdown as well. (unless it’s a kid or old lady).
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 7:04 PM
so, the u.s. flag = the nazi flag…?
eh on February 18, 2009 at 7:04 PM
a little like the pot calling the kettle??
FLKraKa on February 18, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I concur. I may ban myself while leaving the door open for rapprochement at a later date (probably after dinner).
Django on February 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Given your posts here, you no doubt deserved the ban. Another LGF commenter who “complained about his characterization of comments on this thread” wasn’t banned; you’re obviously not telling us the whole story.
Hollowpoint on February 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I looked it up, and Montana’s family homesteaded in 1892…so looks like you are the newcomer…
right2bright on February 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM
so, the u.s. flag = the nazi flag…?
eh on February 18, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Dude, you can piss on it and spraypaint it all you want. As long as you are an American citizen and not trespassing on my property. If you are not, then you better be accompanied by a large group of likeminded friends.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 7:07 PM
An obvious lunatic. Charles was wise to see through your fakery. How can you live with yourself?
wccawa on February 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM
If that sign were a socialist symbol, I’d be happy to come over, mutilate it, and argue with you why. Since I’m a lady, who despises all things socialist/communist, you couldn’t even beat me up :)
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Surely you can do better then this attempt.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM
How so? Which posts?
Yes, that’s it, I’m concealing something incredibly sinister.
Django on February 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM
No, it isn’t. A poster or nativity scene or campaign sign is an expression of speech. Freedom of speech is a basic individual right. We agree thus far.
Where you are wrong is in believing that the SSNP has a right to their own opinion. It is the goal of their organization to deprive millions of individuals of their rights. Any individual or group which seeks to deprive others of their rights, can make no claim to rights of their own.
Hitchens’ activity, defacing the political speech of a gang of thugs, is no different than depriving a murderer of his liberty by imprisoning him–by depriving another man of his right to life, the murderer forfeits his right to liberty. Hitchens’ action was a defense of the rights of individuals, not an offense against them.
hicsuget on February 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Oh, the shame.
Django on February 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM
AP, I’m struck by how much I both love and hate what you have to say.
That said, God bless Christopher Hitchens. His is a worldview that eats at the bones, but by God his hands make a mighty work at times.
In this work, Godspeed and quick mending, Mr. Hitchens. I hope that you can get back to work soon in the fight against the true evil of this world.
spmat on February 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM
This is America, where your actions are protected by law.
When not in America, it is advisable to have your actions protected by force.
Your own comments vis a vis bodyguards make this point. Hitch did something risky and he paid for it physically. Was it worth it? Well, that’s for him to reveal.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I really, really hate that open registration always manages to bring in this special breed of retard.
This is a conservative site, but one that in my opinion needs to be more liberal with the ban-hammer.
Hollowpoint on February 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM
If that sign were a socialist symbol, I’d be happy to come over, mutilate it, and argue with you why. Since I’m a lady, who despises all things socialist/communist, you couldn’t even beat me up :)
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Well it wouldn’t be a socialist symbol or even a Democrap vote for me sign. But if you just I don’t know, called me in advance, I would let you beat me up just for s&g’s.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Filthy scum.
Now, c’mon. We’re breaking up the “Pile on Hitchey” party. I watch. And enjoy.
wccawa on February 18, 2009 at 7:12 PM
not quite. here’s the difference. treating actual nazis as actual nazis is treating them according to who they are. treating college republicans as nazis is a godwins law violation.
let’s not bend over backwards to defend nazis’ “right” to violent indignation.
and can we aggree, now that the election’s over, that the mutual vandalism of yard signs is not serious business? it’s as grave an act as tping the bushes on halloween.
eh on February 18, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Dang. Well then let’s take up a donation to make a statue of him.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Good luck to both sides! I say cage them together and let them beat each other to death :)
Aristotle on February 18, 2009 at 7:13 PM
This could be Tony Kenning‘s big break!
ScottMcC on February 18, 2009 at 7:13 PM
MDS, I was just kidding Flyover, of course. I’m incredibly protective of private property and would never infringe on others’.
I don’t disagree with any of what you said. You can hold myriad of thoughts in one head. I expressed enough what got me turned off. Lesson to self, as before, mostly, stay out of such threads.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on February 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I’m pretty boring. Back on topic – it’s way more exciting and keeps you an active commenter.
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I see your point and I am not unsympathetic to it, but I still worry that selective allowance of defacement (vandalism) would undermine key rights in America.
I have no idea what is allowable or “legal” in the place where Hitchens was, but to allow or to encourage similar vandalism here, in the US–even in the case of a poster announcing a Nazi Youth meeting in, say, Baltimore–represents a significant undermining of key rights in our society.
I did not say the SSNP has or does not have a right to their own opinion. In general, my belief is yes, we ALL have a right to our own opinions. Believing that you can vandalize the written opinion of others and that to NOT do is a shameful thing? Well, how far behind is State sanctioned censorship?
Maybe we could call such a thing, a Fairness Doctrine.
Montana on February 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Ahhahahaha! Hitch walks the talk. Ha Ha Cool! The man has got a set of clankers on him to be sure. Drunk albeit but clankers non the same.
sonnyspats1 on February 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM
…Some agreement with you in the instance referenced.
Now respond to my post above. Do you actually have a point or are you just looking for an argument?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM
Django on February 18, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Oh yeah, if someone doesn’t take a firm stance on every issue in lockstep with Christian Conservatives, they are certainly fence-sitters. Using logic and really thinking out matters, and possibly coming to a stance where you’re not 100% one way or another evidently should be discouraged to the highest degree. This is America, dammit! You’re not allowed to have any opinions unless they’re hardcore!
And if you have any opinions that aren’t, you’re Obama. Hooray.
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 7:18 PM
right2bright on February 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Wrong Lincoln signed the homestead act into law in 1862 and they started pouring into Montana in 1883 the 25th Infantry Buffalo Soliders were already stationed at Ft Missoula in 1888 Ft Missoula created in 1877.
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/02/buffalo-soldiers-fort-missoula-montana.html
Dr Evil on February 18, 2009 at 7:18 PM
he was arguing as if flags and political symbolism have no content, only form.
eh on February 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM
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