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Liberalism Without Liberty

45caliber Wrote: Sep 23, 2009 9:03 AM
At least it doesn't to some politicians. They want a repressed society so they can control the money. China is a good example of this. So is Obama. Liberty is a good word to attract support but it must go elsewhere if money is involved.

WASHINGTON -- Two Octobers ago, the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal, one of America's highest civilian honors, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked of a "special relationship between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the United States." Said Sen. Mitch McConnell: "We have reached out in solidarity to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people, and the Chinese government needs to know that we will continue to do so." President George W. Bush urged Chinese leaders "to welcome the Dalai Lama to China. They will find this good man to be a man...