<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mike, I was struggling for irony - the subject line meant "liberal" in the sense of expansive, with reference to the fact that Hagel was seen as more liberal in US political terms than other Defense Secretaries.<br><br>But do you actually approve of "keeping up pressure — through Special Operations forces and drones — on terrorist groups in Yemen, Somalia and North Africa"? Do you find it "liberal" in any sense? (See, perhaps, Chris Hedges' 'Death of the Liberal Class.')<br><br>A world-wide assassination program is murder, whether it's done by Nazis or Americans, Republicans or Democrats. --CGE <br><br><br>On Jan 31, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Mike Lehman <<a href="mailto:rebelmike@earthlink.net">rebelmike@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I'm actually starting to get a little scared by this. These liberals <br>sound like pretty nasty folks, murdering folks and all. Heck, they sound <br>almost as bad as those conservatives that think life, liberty and <br>happiness are only guaranteed in the nine months between conception and <br>birth, after that it's all about personal responsibility, suckers, and <br>if you can't afford personal responsibility, it's not anyone else's <br>fault but yours for not being born to wealth.<br><br>Maybe we need to bring HUAC back to keep an eye on them? Because I don't <br>know any liberals myself, in fact can hardly recall reading anything <br>from them on this list.<br><br>Maybe someone should start naming names? Ratting out these subversives <br>that appear to be cleverly hidden among us might be a good idea, because <br>they must be up to no good if I can't spot them lurking amongst us, <br>breathing hard, grinding their teeth together, and thumping their chest <br>like monkeys on meth.<br><br>I guess Hagel is one of these liberals, too, even though he's a <br>Republican and liberal Republicans are known to be a vanishing species. <br>What's killing them off? Liberal murderers? Maybe someone should tell <br>Hagel before it's his turn? Sounds like a set-up to me, I'll bet the <br>murdering liberals will arrange a photo-op and the drone will <br>accidentally blow him up instead. Run, Chuck, run!<br><br>Is that what the black helicopters are for, to secretly shuttle liberals <br>around so they won't be spotted by us mortal human beings when they're <br>doing all that murdering?.<br><br>And why is Carl writing like this about these murderers? Sounds pretty <br>dangerous to just go on and on in public like that about murderers. <br>Don't stand too close to him, either, I think I just heard a drone...<br>Thank goodness Carl is doing all he can to educate us dummies who can't <br>think for ourselves about those liberals.<br>Mike<br><br>On 1/31/2013 3:01 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">"Mr. Hagel ... said he would keep up pressure — through Special Operations forces and drones — on terrorist groups in Yemen, Somalia and North Africa." [NYT]<br><br>The euphemism ("keep up pressure") means that Hagel will support Obama's assassinations by drones and 'Special Operation' death squads - vicious and unconstitutional killings of men, women, and children in countries with which we are not at war.<br><br>--CGE<br><br></blockquote><br><br><br>------------------------------------<br><br>Yahoo! Groups Links<br><br><*> To visit your group on the web, go to:<br> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-core/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-core/</a><br><br><*> Your email settings:<br> Individual Email | Traditional<br><br><*> To change settings online go to:<br> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-core/join">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-core/join</a><br> (Yahoo! ID required)<br><br><*> To change settings via email:<br> <a href="mailto:sf-core-digest@yahoogroups.com">sf-core-digest@yahoogroups.com</a> <br> <a href="mailto:sf-core-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com">sf-core-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com</a><br><br><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br> <a href="mailto:sf-core-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com">sf-core-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com</a><br><br><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:<br> <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/</a><br><br></blockquote></body></html>