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McCarthyism 2010: The Phony Rage of GOP Resurgence

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There's a lot of talk about the concept of "too big to fail." One conservative politician said the objective of the conservative movement was to reduce government to something that was "too small to matter." If you believe that, you are more stupid than I could have imagined.

In the name of freedom and liberty you're chasing the wrong enemy. If the government is too small to matter, who enforces the rules and keeps order? Who catches and punishes the bad guys? Who enforces the Constitution you claim to love?

Oh, in the end it's really survival of the fittest you say? Well, at least we both accept Darwin. Maybe we are making progress.

The real truth is that real progress will only come when we understand that the "government as the enemy" con, is the biggest con-job of all. Government is far from perfect, but it is not our enemy. Not by a long shot.

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