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Monday, July 14, 2008


Git 'er done.

The progression of apologists for the state is always more or less the same: to suggest that the government is doing something flatly illegal and immoral is disloyal, and then once it has been proved that the government has been doing something flatly illegal and immoral it is only soft-headed idealists who think that such things are unjustifiable. “We have to be pragmatic!” they tell us. This is where the logic of wanting to “get things done” takes you.

Daniel Larison ~ On Torture and Detainees


via Rod Dreher ~ Rule of law? Screw it, says US president


1 comment:

Jacob said...

"Ladies and gentlemen (...pause...) we got 'im."

I about puked.

This is yet another excellent quote.

You'd better pay attention to your surroundings. Watch yersef.