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Jun. 2, 2011 7:41am Naked Emperor News

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MaddieT
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:05am
Tell me he’s not on something! No one is that wild eyed just from talking about us.,

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- Meyvn
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 12:02pm
  That’s evil you see in his eyes.
  
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TwoLazy
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:05am
These guys must be drinking the water outta the Hudson River … I think its as poluted as their minds are.

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CBDenver
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:04am
It seems to me we are having trouble as a country precisely because we tried to be like the other nations. The progressive era brought European-style Fabian socialist ideas into America and we have been going downhill every since. Going back to the foundations of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence is the way out of the dilemma

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- BigDaddyL
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:58am
  This guy is smoking the progressive crack pipe something strong…
  
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grumpyt
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:04am
Actually, some of his ideas are correct. We must change the tax code (Fair Tax). We must have longer terms and LIMIT THEM. We have to have Citizen Legislators. We NEED to go through the entire “US Code” (our Laws) and get rid of those that inhibit States from exercising THEIR rights. Shrink the Federal Government and bring our power back to the local level.

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MaddieT
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:03am
Fareed is Obammies adviser now? I odn’t recall electing him ot anything, no wonder we are going to Hell in an handbasket, did Fareed advise Obama to take a 200 million dollar trip to visit the Queen with 500 people in his entourage? nice going Fareed,. Dumbass

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Nervous Investor
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:02am
Fareed Zakaria and his little ideas became obsolete when Ronald Reagan became President of the USA and Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the UK …. this reactionary nonsense that Zakaria spouts needs to be overcome so the world can get on with the business of building an economy.

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randy
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:02am
Amen !

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commonsenseguy
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:02am
i just wish i could put my boot up his communist ****,some one needs to take him fishing,and throw is **** over board,or use him for shark bait,

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- Larry E
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:27pm
  He might make good coyote bait too, but the coyotes would likely die of food poisoning.
  
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- pipsqueak
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:44pm
  You need to study forms of rule.
  
  Jesus, and He crucified, was a Socialist, wanting fairness and love for all.
  
  The meek shall inherit the earth, I’m said to say (for your kind).
  
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- Pallamus
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:36pm
  Jesus was here to save our souls. He was not on earth to stir trouble or to cause a revolution. He was simply proclaiming God’s supremacy and mercy. And it was through Jesus’ sacrifice that our souls are saved. Do not put a label or political slogan on Christ because he was not here to meddle in man’s politics. He was here to open our minds and hearts to his Truth. In his own words he said “Render unto Caesar’s what is Caesar’s and render unto God what is God’s.” – Jesus Christ
  
  Many Democrats and blasphemers will rush to claim that Jesus was a socialist. That he was not. He is God. And to paint him and/or associate him with a political cause or movement in any way form or fashion, is simply not right. Politics are for mere mortals.
  
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- pamela kay
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 6:22am
  PALLAMUS, I so agree with your comments. Amen, and God Bless you!
  
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- Linda_Callaway_FL
  Jun. 4, 2011 at 12:06am
  Amen!
  
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- ivy524
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:37pm
  Oh Please, Jesus was NOT a Socialist!
  
  “All of the misery created over the last hundred and fifty years by socialist ideas stems from one single anti-Christian idea popularized by Karl Marx and his followers: you are a victim of the world you see.
  
  Once you believe you are a victim of the world around you, you are likely to invent illusions of being oppressed or seeing an oppressed people, as Barack Obama and his church have done”.
  
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- Bermuda Onion
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:17pm
  Don’t know what verses you read in the Bible but Jesus was NOT a socialist and learn how to write. You make no sense. It amazes me how liberals hate the Bible, Jesus and God and when it suits them they bring him into the conversation. Hypocrites!
  
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- You Can Say He Was Born Again
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:29pm
  Ditto !
  
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- chicago76
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:12pm
  You really don’t understand what you are talking about.
  
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- mlcblog
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 12:33am
  I do not agree that Jesus was a socialist. I believe you are mistaken.
  
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- Talmid of Yeshua
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 1:36am
  You are correct. Yeshua (Jesus), was a Torah-observant Jewish rabbi. The 613 commandments in Scripture, and none of them support liberal and/or socialist ideology.
  
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- Hugh Akston II
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 6:00am
  Really Jesus a socialist. So he made man to depend upon the state for his needs and not God. He commands you to take the fruits of your neighbors labors and give it to those who will not employ their own God given talents to provide for their own needs. You are a fool, a bum, a thief, or all three. Did Jesus tell us to look to the wealthy and covet what they have and plunder it under the cover that this is now charity? Charity belongs to those who can not help themselves not those who will not help themselves. God commands the individual to look after the orphan, the widow, and the lame not the state. On the day of judgment the nations do not stand before God to give an account for what they have don or not done… MEN DO, women do, each one individually. You socialists will be the goats that say but didn’t I feed the poor. Socialism is idol worship and denies from men their God given talents to provide for their own needs and demands that men worship the state. It is not just despotic, it is demonic. You socialists deny from men their God given right of self determination and render Gods greatest creation, human free will, to be nothing more than drones to the state or parasites. And when men do not give the state their free will you will have them purged.
  
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- AllAmericanGirl22
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 5:25pm
  good idea!
  
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- Agnes
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 1:16am
  excellent idea and great comments.
  
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CanDan
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:01am
Better like Moslum countries?

Bagdad Bob Zakaria is just a soldier in the Nazi- Moslum Military

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optimusprimal1972200
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:00am
fareed go to hell

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Jenny Lind
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:00am
It’s nice to know we are doing something right so that the left moans, keep talking Fareed, you will wake up more Americans!

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commonsenseguy
Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:00am
hey **** head,we don’t want to be like other counties, most of them or third world dictatorships,and suppress,kill,rape and starve the own people, so thanks but no thanks, if you don’t love my country get the hell out, where do they find these communist anti american idiots,damn, i can not believe he can get a job here much less live here, hey people, if you live near this moron, go get him, do what ever you have to to run him out of you community,then run him out of your state,he is a left wing low life anti American nut job,who needs his ass wiped, bless some one find him and beat the communist crap out of him, who even watches or listens to this lying weird o.

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MaddieT
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:59am
Is Fareed for real, is he even an American,? I guess we shoudl give everything over to the muslims and Sharia, its working for Europe . right? Thsi guy is so anti American he shoudl be banned , imagine Hannity over in the middle east telling them whats wrong with their country LOL, yeah right. And there is Rose listening to him, he’s too nice, a good kick in th epant should do it , for both of them. What makes him think anyone cares what this feeble minded twit thinks.?

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- Irosin
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:33pm
  What needs to happen is to STOP giving these radical foreigners a platform to put lies, trash and pure evil in the weak minded ones who will follow and believe in whatever someone says. If only the weak minded would absorb some common sense of a Constitutional conservative.
  
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Proud2BAmerican
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:56am
A Parochial man trying to tell us that we cant learn to be “better” like other countries… right. Our tax code I agree needs to be changed and simplified, but to say that Constitution needs to be changed is because it is antiquated? India has been stuck in an antiquated system alongside all these other asian, European, and middle-eastern countries!! Is this man serious!? They are facing in even bigger problems in Europe with the euro because they claimed a better monetary system and look where they are at. Exactly what nation is he wanting us to be like? They are all more corrupt, more disorganized and more antiquated than ours. Go back to India Fareed.

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beachmom
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:56am
Just who is doing better you foreigner?
We have the longest standing Constitution.
Leave if you don’t like it you tool.

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- EZDOZIT
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 12:48pm
  The US Constitution has a self defense mechanism built in it to protect it from enemies foreign and domestic. It can only protect itself if only the men and women that take the oath to defend it are honorable and true. Allen West would be one man that I would trust with this responsibility.
  I would like someone to explain to america how Islam can co-exist with US Constitution?
  The liberals spent their life separating religion(Christianity) from government.
  But now they embrace Islam, which would controls everything in their lives?
  Mental illness: a person with a inconsistent thought pattern.
  
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verityquest
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:56am
What in God’s name could this clown be thinking, or smoking? Better? Better? Let me ask one question: name ANY OTHER country on this planet more than THIS ONE that people from all over the planet RISK THEIR VERY LIVES to get into, legally, or illegally, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

The U.S.A. is not perfect, certainly, but I can assure you that at the (social) pace it’s going, it is, and will continue to be, LESS perfect than it is, was, or was founded to be.

This kind of thinking falls under the “no good deed goes unpunished” category. I, for one, am sick to death of apologizing, and giving away the farm. The backbone of this country is pretty much done having its historically generous nature being chronically, exponentially taken advantage of.

VOTE – 2012

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Nervous Investor
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:55am
Fareed Zakaria needs to be exported ….. for free ….. problem is no other place wants to import him.

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- SlimnRanger
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:06am
  I think he misses his camal
  
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nuttyvet
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:53am
oh… and he calls and advises the president! it’s no wonder why BO is such a failure!

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Mandors
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:53am
Yes, we parochial Americans just can’t get over our preoccupation with freedom of speech, freedom of religion, protection from unreasonable searches, cruel and unusual punishment….

But I digress.

Fareed is a moron.

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wkw58
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:53am
Mr. Zakaria, if you believe that there are “better places” in this world….please go there.

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kickagrandma
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:52am
No one is doing anything better than the USA~~~ never have and never will, ever. We ARE the last bastion of hope (REAL HOPE) for this world.

I do hope everyone who voted this administration in is choking on their votes. Do you all have the courage, the AMERICAN FORTITUDE to say, “I was wrong!” We’d surely love to hear that sound loud and clear.

As for fareed, he’s muslime, just like his boss and they both work for satan.

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- turkey13
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:25am
  Because of that pesky Constituition and 1865(Civil War) we have not had a war on our grounds except for atackers. The Civil War was all about greed, couldn’t give up them slaves, would have to put them on the payrole(black and white). You can count on your fingers a few countrys that has a track record like us and obama and this nut belittles us.
  
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- Gamecock97
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:53am
  While I agree with your final sentiment, Turkey…. I take issue with your assertion that the Civil War was about greed and the South having to put slaves on the payroll. Remember, there were just as many abolitionists in the South as there were in the North. The shot from Fort Sumter was fired in protection of State’s Rights. While economics was central to the conflict, it wasn’t just labor — it was also that the Federal Government at the time was requiring Southern states to purchase manufactured goods from their Northern brothers in order to prop up the Northern economy. It was then, as it is now, the Federal government usurping state’s control in order to manipulate economic outcomes as it saw fit. Part of that manipulation was control over the labor force (e.g. slavery), but keep in mind that only a very small percentage of Southern land owners were slaveholders and the country didn’t go to war over that small percentage. Also, please remember that Lincoln while morally opposed to slavery didn’t emancipate the slaves as a moral declaration. Slaves were emancipated as part of political and military strategy to put an end to the war, not to right a wrong.
  
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- carnifex
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:17am
  @TURKY 13, AND GAMECOCK97
  
  Gamecock was right on except for Lincoln being morally against slavery. Lincoln didn’t give a flying fig for slaves emancipation. The Emancipation Proclamation was a speech intended to start a slave rebellion in the south will the war was going on. But Lincoln as a figurehood for the freeing of slaves is just another example of how history gets changed to reflect the meme of the times. Growing up in Kentucky, I was always amazed how even the teachers here would get it wrong. As another strange fact of the Civil war, Quantrill, the famous guerilla fighter for the south, was from a staunch abolutionist family.
  
  CHIVALRY–NOT ALL GIRLS LIKE IT. JUST THE ONES WORTH DYING FOR.
  
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- DavidD
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:39pm
  Lincoln knew slavery was morally wrong. He was interested in preserving the Union and letting slavery fall out of favor over time. It was inevitable that Americans came to terms with and turned against slavery, in fact this was already happening during Lincoln’s time. Lincoln did not feel as President it was his place to order Americans not to have slaves. In hindsight many folks tend to think Lincoln did not have a problem with slavery because he did not “order” it to stop. Well it ain’t that simple. The Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves in SECEDING CONFEDERATE states to be free and allowed recruiting those former slaves into the Union Army. This proclamation technically had little if any power but gave the Union Army something to help unite them.
  
  Ironic, today we have a pResident dictator who thinks he can tell Americans what they can and cannot do. Lincoln did not think that way.
  
  Lincoln is quoted in many places as against slavery. Here’s one quote from a Lincoln letter, you can find the original letter online:
  “I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.”
  -Abraham Lincoln
  
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dsm
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:51am
I told myself not to watch any of this idiots videos anymore, but he is like a car wreck you just have to look. What do you expect from one of Soros’ useful idiots. WE NEED TO ADHERE TO THE CONSTITUTION MORE THAN EVER. Fareed if you don’t like it, move to one of the countries you are referring to that is better than the US. Believe me you will not be missed.

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- starman70
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:01am
  AMEN!!!!!! There are planes and ships leaving every day. Why don’t you board one Mr. Zakariah and find a PERMANANT home somewhere else. I’m sure France would be more to your liking.
  
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Dr. Insane O
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:49am
These people are mentally ill preying on the emotions of the illiterate.

They must be stopped at all costs to save America

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- jakartaman
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:50am
  WE will stop them cold in 2012.
  GET out and vote while we still can. Bring your whole family and friends.
  There has to be a very large message sent the wold over. WE are not like you – We are and will continue to be freedom loving Americans – Not socialists.
  Vote every Democrat and RINO out in 2012
  
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- ForgivenWretch
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:33am
  Well put Doctor.
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:38pm
  Waterboard this insurgent
  
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teddrunk
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:45am
Who are doing things better? Certainly no one else has the responsibilities we have. The rest of the world is a whiny joke.

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- Eyore
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:17am
  We only have those Responsibilities because the Progressive want to control everything
  If we stopped we would be better off and all the peoples of the world would
  have to take care of themselves
  
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- Palin4president
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:59am
  Right! In this clip he says we have two weak neighboring countries. So he means canada with it’s mationl health care, high taxes and weak military or Mexico with it’s drug wars and corruption. This guys a joke. Please Glenn keep exposing A-holes like this.
  
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- jackbauer
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:00am
  Yes it is because we carry the responsibility, other countries can play their social games. I listened to a fool on NPR this week talking about how Canada’s foreign policy is one of business not military. That the US needs to learn that foreign policy is not military oriented. Well we could if someone else would protect us like we protect the world. Most of our allies spend little on defense because they know we’ll rescue them.
  Yes, Fareed our tax code is a joke and you want to know who made it that way, the bleeding heart liberal progressives. Our number one and two problems right now are entitlements that constitutionally should have never been launched.
  Our governance problem is that Congress believes, and the voters believe, that Congress should act on every issue every time there is a slight hiccup. This goes for the President as well. Are you listening voters. Stop demanding laws for everything.
  As for you Fareed, pack your bags it’s moving time. The sooner the better! .
  
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- TheShocker
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:55am
  Zakaria’s facts are correct, his conclusions are wrong. The tax code is a joke, Congress is a joke, the United States is a failing nation on the brink of collapse. The solution is not to copy the Europeans, the Canadians or the Chinese, the solution is to return to the Constitution, to limited government, to federalism, to states rights.
  
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- orkydorky
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 1:46pm
  The moron is right about one thing this country is a mess, but that’s where the logic ends. The situation we’re in is from moving away from the constitution and joining monetarily with other countries and the world, so if they go down , we go down. The first thing we need to do is sever any relationship with the federal reserve, and world trade agreements that have removed most manufacturing from this country. Progressives has driven us into the ground with regulations, taxes, and big government grab for power, all positioning us further away from the constitution. Our need is to get an ax and start chopping, the EPA, the Education Department, Homeland Security, and many many more useless and over burdening Departments of regulations and squanderers of our taxes! Growing government and taking away our freedoms with regulation is not nor will ever be the answer!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:50pm
  I’m so Glad Bama was properly Vetted, This kind of SLIME keeps
  oozing from his past, He has had a strange assortment of ??????
  infiltrate this Administration.. I would still like to know WHO paid
  for His education !! More Questions than Answers. Yea, I Know,
  I’M Racist..But I still want to know !!
  Oprah said “He is such a nice guy” Oh, Thats good for Me !
  Got My vote…………GAWD !!!!! AAAAWWWWGGGG!!!!
  
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LadyIzShy
Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:45am
what other countries might these be? his complaints are things the PROGRESSIVES did to this country….ugggg

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- nuttyvet
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:52am
  Then go home!!!!
  
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- Wilma
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:54am
  Crickets
  
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- nuttyvet
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:54am
  @Ladyizshy – that wasn’t directed at you ;)
  
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- IMPEACHBHO
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:57am
  The CONSTITUTION is America! We must restore it, as it is being destroyed every day by the current administration and the left.
  
  Throw out ALL of these traitors in 2012!!!!!!!
  
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- Dustyluv
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:57am
  If you dont love it, do us a favor and go home to one of your MUSLIM countries. They seem to be doing so well nowadays.
  
  Idiot!
  
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- mikem1969
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:59am
  You mean the other countries that continue to riot, enslave their people, commit acts of terrorism on their own people, belittle, degrade and abuse women, etc, you mean those countries you freaking moron. If yo udon’t like AMERICA then GET THE F OUT OF IT AND NEVER COME BACK. Obama continues to surround himself with ant-american people, it is time this treasonous traitor is tried for treason and executed accordingly after convicted.
- grumpyt
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:59am
  As usual, “WE” are the problem. Time to find a way to use OUR laws to stop this agenda. They have a plan that they have been following for 100 years! Now WE must “Plan our work & work our PLAN”!
  
  Time to put our $$$ where our hearts are and hire lawyers to enforce our LAWS!
  
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- lovenfl3
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:02am
  I am so sick and tired of these people. Move to one of these countries that you think are so much better Fareed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXPpBLlc1U
  
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- cemerius
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:03am
  The USA is the example for all the other countries to emulate!!!! There is NO OTHER country like ours!! Like an other country better? GO THERE!
  
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- 13th Imam
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:05am
  Actually , he is mostly correct. Our Federal Gov has become too large, , the congress has intruded into American life all too much. Where he is incorrect is that the Constitution is still viable, if people like Barry, and the DEMOCRAT party follow it’s tenants. GM became a crappy company as the Union got more powerful, and the management cowtowed to the union, and both decided to create crappy vehicles.What country’s is he speaking of North Korea, Iran (Ayrian), Syria?
  
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- thegrassroots
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:07am
  Typical intellectually challenged “obama buddy” rhetoric. The left is in a constant state of perplexity over the “Don’t Tread On Me” Americans Who Refuse To Join them in their lemming line-up. Because of their limited brain power, the left is constantly hurting themselves trying to figure it all out. The Left Is Very Entertaining!
  
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- penismightier
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:08am
  Obama can not be gone soon enough. I am sick of outsiders that don’t respect our heritage and constitution and so are most Americans. Fareed (sp?) should STFU.
  
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- biohazard23
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:10am
  Yeah, we’re soooooo much worse than Yemen, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, N Korea, Myanmar………
  
  Hey, Fareed, shut up and make me some falafel!
  
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- seeker9
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:12am
  Throw away our Constitution, then the REAL corruption can begin!
  
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- TexasCommonSense
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:25am
  Of course the constitution doesn’t need to be changed. It keeps the government off our backs. At least it’s supposed to do that. LadyIzShy nailed it. Everything which is the most broken was brought to us by progressives.
  
  To all you progressives out there: tell me one think in the Bill of Rights you would like to do without. How much of your freedom are you willing to give up?
  
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- nzkiwi
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:30am
  What a silly little man.
  
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- BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:30am
  Just like a progressive. A whiner and complainer. I am thankful for the constitution, and I value it greatly. The founders were great men who deserve honor along with God for giving us a clue as to what some men would try to do if the constitution were not in place. The founders knew that men are eternally hungry for control and power and eventually this hunger would enslave the citizens of our country. This is why I have so much respect for the Constitution of the United States. It tries to keep the power of government in check by the citizens. It is also why I have such a unfavorable opinion of those who try to spit on and mock the constitution daily. IT IS A TELLING SIGN OF WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE !!!!!! The enemy is within the gates of our own country. I stand against them.
  
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- Michael
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:33am
  A vote for Ladyizshy…………. I’m still trying to figure out what countries are better than the USA. There are 190 to choose from but only Israel comes close. The proximity of their enemies makes is a bit dangerous. Even worse than living near the border in TX, NM, or AZ (CA can fend for themsleves as far as I’m concerned.)
  
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- jredegg
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:36am
  There is one thing that is great about America, you can leave anytime you wish. Mr.Zakaria may I suggest Yemen. Just a thought!
  
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- thegrassroots
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:40am
  The buddy-traitor-twins, obama and zakaria, need to go off together and be whiny-little-lemmings in one of those “better … other countries.” We intelligent and benevolent Americans will happily take up a collection for one way tickets to muslim-land along with a boot out the door in their backsides.
  
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- stifroc
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:27am
  who is this guy?
  Oh hes the pathetic little man who said the President calls him for advise on affairs WEEKLY! Then he had to retract that and say “uh… yeah I made that up…”
  
  He has gotten more public exposure on this website than he has on any of his broadcasts.
  
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- Calmandcollected
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:27am
  As a conservative I am often disappointed when I see the angry, race-baiting comments on an article like this. Although the basis for his argument is completely illogical and false, he is mostly right about the problems with the government and the tax code. Instead of returning to proven principles of American success he wants to further develop and progress a government that has way overstepped its bounds.
- freeus
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:32am
  He is right about the tax code.
  
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- Opinionmonger
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:34am
  In any other country he would be jailed for uttering that kind of critisisms.
  A well, people realy do not understand freedom until they have lost it.
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:37am
  He said
  We are a large country with two oceans, weak neighbors and “With a HISTORY OF SUCCESS”
  I will say this just once…
  Love it or leave it.
  Call me, I will pay for your airfare.
  
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- BSdetector
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:38am
  So true LadyIzShy. Without the people like this guy sides with, we wouldn’t have any of the problems he listed.
  
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- GETLIFE
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:42am
  SEEKER9, so true! The real question here is, why is brother Fareed sticking around? I’ve lived in some of those “better” countries. Either he’s just an inexperienced ignoramus (probable), or he’s a liar and there is something in it for him.
  
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- TheLascone
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:48am
  Love it … or leave it !
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/23630227@N06/5783234943/in/photostream
  
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- wheels
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:48am
  All you America/Israel haters take your sorry worthless asses to Europe, Im sure theres some stimulus cash laying around you can apply for to transplant you to a “better place”. Our Founders & Constitution (Yep, Love Em!) gave you the freedom to GTFO, please exercise your unalienable rights to give them up, really.
  
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- daltek2012
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:49am
  Where do these idiots come from….If AMERICA is sooooo bad, why are people from all nations flocking to get here? AMERICA stand up for our freedom because with out it we will become them.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:51am
  The constitution is like the bible ;you can interpret it any way you like and where you can’t you can ammend it.The most meaningless “meme” on the planet.Innocent till proven guilty [except if we really hate you then you're a "enemy combatant " or terrorist and can be shot on site.Due process for all except if you're a fetus then we just say you're not human and can be dismembered at will.Religious freedom for all except if we hate your religion then we say its not a religion and anyone who subcribers to it is existentiallty evil[as the Fox media machine says of islam] .Then we can pass laws prohibiting houses of worship for this “non-religion”.Five minutes after 9-11 we became a nation of surrender monkeys to our much tauted values.We previously bragged how we were better and different from all other human beings who ever existed on the face of the earth – 5 minutes after 9-11 we became rabid nationalsts and our much tauted yet never really tested “values” went out the window and made way for torture, indefinite detention, assassinations, ,intrutions in our private sphere and no longer able to travel freely unfettered by the government.The constitution is the most pompous, Rorsach test going.Changes are made by people in positions of power[media, courts and legislators] who may or may not follow the will of the people.They can change attitutes of the people through legislation, propaganda[media],agitation or the rulings of a handful of people on the supreme court
- Buck Bagaw
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 9:51am
  He actually made a couple of good points. He is spot on where the complexity of the tax code and money in politics is concerned. Even idealogs make sense sometimes, if you listen carefully.
  
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- ixmfourxi
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:01am
  The progressives like Fareed want the USA to look like European countries. Have a monarchy with large social programs running their country. Unfortunately thats why we have the HUGE immigration issue. The immigrants are getting away from the large social progressive governments. The more the left cries and wines. The more the right is digging deeper with successful and strong 2012 election.
  
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- drbage
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:15am
  If America and Americans are so bad, evil, and corrupt Mr. Zakaria, please explain why so many thousands strive legally and illegally to come here? If that is how you feel, there are daily flights from NYC to almost every place on the planet and I am certain that you could afford a ticket, preferably one way.
  
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- ForgivenWretch
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:29am
  The only thing he is remotely close one is the tax system. The founders would agree, but it is due to Progressivism which was not the original intent. So, if we stuck to the Constitution, we wouldn’t have such a tax mess and the economy would benefit.
  
  He is also living in a fantasy land because he does not invoke the name of any of these mystical countries that are doing it so much better. Maybe he means we should be taxing the infidel?
  
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- JohnGalt
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:31am
  It’s dysfunctional because people are trying to twist and corrupt what the constitution is!!
  
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- Eliasim
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:37am
  All you people need to learn to see the larger picture. Everything that comes from the mouth of these people and many foreigners isn’t because they really dislike the founders, but because they must break you from your foundation and traditions in order for them to strip away the country and land from you. They want the resources that are in the United States, plain and simple and they don’t want to share it with you. The question really “only” is are you going to let them do it?
  
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- nptden
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:38am
  From one of BHO’s top advisors. So why do they come here and get prominent positions to destroy our traditions and government? Simple they are on the same ‘team’. Look at all of Barack Hussien’s crony’s. Communists, socialists, Jihadists.
  
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- vennoye
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:40am
  To muslims..guess Fareed Zakaria is one..countries under Sharia Law are “Heaven on Earth” These are probably the better countries he is talking about. United States of America…….
  Love It, or Leave it!! How many of you remember the days we were having to express that??
  Déjà vu anyone????
  
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- momprayn
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:42am
  Fareed is a Muslim – that’s why he’s saying these things — and probably being used as one of the left’s media “tools”. As Glenn as said, they’re getting more bold and public with their beliefs. So that’s the good news and bad news. I’ll take it as good since it’s finally getting out in the open and people can make the necessary decisions to hopefully get rid of this dangerous problem.
  Yes, of course – I agree that maybe some of his statements are true – but it’s only bc we’ve gotten away from the Consititution & our Christian roots…that’s what the Tea Party is about and why they hate them with a passion also. These people are irrational and have no common sense and are driven & helped by satan – but they’re stubbornly blind to all that. We must include them in our prayers for enlightenment/salvation/healing. I’m hearing from many missionraies around the world that Muslims are getting supernatural dreams about Jesus and are converting. That is the answer. Jesus is always …the…answer.
  
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- Thatsitivehadenough
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 10:57am
  Send this rat bag back to where he came from. We don’t need him. How’d he get into America anyway?
  
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- hifi74
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:02am
  Well Mr Farheed or however you spell your name, if you don’t like it here go where you do like it. I’d like to leave my country the way I left it for my kids and god willing grandkids one day and not this mess you idiots are leaving.
  
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- carnifex
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:03am
  @ROSE-ELLEN
  
  1] The constitution is only open to liberal-progressives who want to further an agenda. IE. (the 2nd amendment does not give you a right to own a gun, or bullets. IE: The right to abortion is based on a ruling that cited a “shadow of a penumbra”.
  2] The assumption of innocence is founded one of the most basic building blocks of logic, that you can’t prove a negative.
  3] Enemy combatants have been treated much harsher in history. They were called spies, and shot summarily on the battlefield. As far as torture, see the comfy chair sketch by Monty Python.
  4] Abortion: see we can agree on somethings. Its wrong to kill except in the protection of innocent lives. ( so what should we do with the “enemy combatants if you wouldn’t have us execute them? Life in prison seems like a good deal to me)
  5] Islam is NOT a religion. It is a list of orders written by a 7th century pederast, on how you can do any evil man can think of, and pass it off as “religion” In the past 5 years, every rape in Norway has been committed by Muslim men. Islam condones pederasty, misogyny, slavery, usury, lying, killing, maiming, etc…
  6] They can TRY to change our attitudes about freedom, I myself always thought Ben Franklin was right,” those who would give up a little liberty for a little security deserve neither liberty or security. (an armed society is a polite society {see 2nd amendment }).
  
  Try to think before you post next time sweetheart
  
  CHIVALR
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:03am
  Fareed Zakaria said:
  
  “So, I think that – it’s not just Congress, but – as a society, as a country, we have to ask ourselves, are we willing to accept that there’s a big world out there, other people know a lot about what’s going on, we are a successful parochial country, we are a large country with two vast oceans, two weak neighbors, with a history of success; Those are bad conditions from which to learn. We’re like IBM or General Motors in 1975.”
  
  Fareed acks like our Founders didn’t have these discussions at length.
  
  The fact is that our Founders had brilliant minds, were well-read, were historians (and were quite aware of the argument for what we call Communism, and of the tactics of agitation, by the way).
  
  They discussed Montesquieu and the Republic of Lycia (Federalist Papers #10).
  
  They discussed the turbulent democracies of ancient Greece and then modern Italy which were offered as examples to dissuade them from forming our proposed Republic, saying “Under the confusion of names, it has been an easy task to transfer to a republic observations applicable to a democracy only;” (Federalist Papers #14).
  
  They discussed the Monarchial, Democratic, and Republican forms of government as it relates to their ability to preserve the freedoms of their citizens; both the Monarchial and Democratic forms fail – which is why we are not a Democracy (Federalist Papers #48).
  
  And they allude to the “pestilent effects of paper money” (Federalist Papers #44).
  
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- smithclar3nc3
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:11am
  This man can’t appreciate the greatness of the people that founded this country nor will he embrace it because it has nothing to do with his people or his culture. And I challenge him to find another country inwhich the people actually hold the reigns of government. Sure lots of country say it but ours is the only one with it written in our charter of government. More over if you look at the heart of what is destroying our country morally,economicly and corrupting the government it all has one thing in common Progressive/Socialist legislation and amendments. Not one of principles on which this country was founded.
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:14am
  Fareed Zakaria said:
  
  “The role of money in politics has become so large”
  
  That’s because of government intervention. The Sherman Act, for example, destroyed efficiency in favor of government monopoly and protectionism. You can blame the Progressives for this.
  
  See here.
  
  The Truth About Sherman
  http://mises.org/daily/331
  
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- PatriotWorks
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:21am
  ferretreed is a radical muslim and a liar. Ws are in the position we are in thru lack of introspection. Slime like this always attempt to make the American people feel ignorant and out of touch with the times.This of course is untrue and thankfully more of us each day are waking up to the fact that we only need apply the constitution and its original intent to return our country to the beacon of life, liberty and freedom it was designed to be. A true muslim follows the hole-y quran and attacks the the infidel head on with full disclosure.
  A Radical muslim says “Go and peace be with you” then proceeds to shoot you in the back!
  There is no such thing as a muslim American
  there are only muslims who live in America whose allegence is to alla and the quran.
  islam is the religion/political system of peace- peace is achieved when all infidels are converted or killed!
  None of the above is opinion, It is unabridged fact as stated in the quran for all to see!
  The quran is the 21st century mine kampf! Isreal knows what is coming, will the rest of the world wake up in time?
  Please forgive my spelling as the teleprompter is broken. yuk yuk he he 02 June 2008
  
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- TomFerrari
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:22am
  has anybody else noticed how many of these people look like emaciated vegans? ewww…
  maybe it is doing something to their brains.
  
  that’s it. The CDC was trying to warn us about zombies – zombies eat brains – these people have lost their brains – eg: the zombies already ate their brains.
  
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- Alky
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:27am
  I can’t think of any other countries where people are risking their lives to enter illegally. If America is such an awful place, people would be running away in droves… although that “may” be the future :(
  
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- CatB
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:29am
  If it is so bad here in America … if you hate FREEDOM AND LIBERTY so much .. then leave … the border works both ways … you are free to leave .. Isn’t America great .. we won’t make you stay .. Farheed ..
  
  TEA!
  
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- lvamervet
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:30am
  mr. obama does not respect our CONSTITUTION…..
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:40am
  Fareed Zakaria said:
  
  “We’ve really got to ask ourselves why can’t we do best practices – businesses do it all the time.”
  
  Federalist Papers #10 is ALL ABOUT best practices.
  
  They said of factions:
  
  “There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.
  
  “There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.
  
  “It could never be more truly said than of the first remedy, that it was worse than the disease. Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.
  
  “The second expedient is as impracticable as the first would be unwise. As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.”
  
  …
  
  “The inference to which we are brought is, that the causes of faction cannot be removed, and that relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects.”
  
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- Bearack
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:42am
  I would honestly love to hear the examples of these other countries he’s so enthralled with. He is right on one thing, however in that our tax code is a joke. We should simplify it and put a flat tax across the board.
  
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- RACHAL44
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:49am
  Back to the sand dunes *******, you are not welcome here!!!!!
  
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- bbg1123
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 12:05pm
  That’s exactly the problem …they create all these problems, then say they want to fix them with more of the same laws and policies that created them … and those who don’t pay attention … believe them, just because they say it. It amazes me, how many people have an opinion, without knowing what it is they are expressing an opinion on. And what makes this Fareed think he can comment on the success of the republic we have built, that his kind are trying to destroy … I would expect nothing else to come out of his mouth … I’m just surprised people listen to a foreign muslim. To me, he’s an idiot, but he has the annointed one’s ear.
  
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- paperpushermj
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 12:36pm
  Who is This WE he keeps Talking About?
  
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- VegasGuy
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 1:04pm
  With rare exception every person I have met who was born in another country thinks the U.S. would be a much better country if only we were more like the country they were born in. When I ask, why don’t you move back there then, they always say they can’t find work. The only two people that are the exceptions are my dear friends, an Australian and a Scotswoman who is now an American citizen.
  
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- We Are Not Alone
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 1:23pm
  VAN JONES:
  is a felon, communist, friend of the obama administration, wants jail birds to be the new entrepreneurs (I’ll go with military people), wants reparation for all wrongs done decades ago, truther, Supports Mumia Abu-Jamal, plans to gradually replace capitalism with Marxism…..
  
  FAREED ZAKARIA:
  
  BEMOANS PAROCHIAL AMERICANS LOVE OF THE FOUNDERS & CONSTITUTION AS THE REASON WE CAN’T LEARN TO BE BETTER LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES
  
  BETTER THEN WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES????
  
  ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! (Sorry for shouting)
  Has this moron ever seen any other country step up to tragedy, wherever it is, like the GREAT USA.
  
  THESE PEOPLE ARE a danger to our freedoms, along with this administration
  
  Those that elected obama might want to see if their life is better now and see where the country is heading.
  
  VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2012 – SURROUND THE Republican nominee because these communists are setting the groundwork for what’s ahead. This election will be the most important in our lifetime. This may be our last election!!!!!!
  
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- Jstarusa
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 1:33pm
  You are correct! What other country has done more for the world as we know it than the United States?
  If that idiot thinks that about the USA he needs to go find a country of his choice (Not Western) to move to and leave this country alone. Seems the kool-aid has taken its toll with this guy!
  
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- techengineer11
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 1:50pm
  A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right: Thanks for the thoughtful comments. The situation really looks hopeless to me. Fareed is the result of the 1965 Immigration Act probably the 2nd most detrimental piece of legislation to the Constitution ever passed in America. It was what gave us the Dieverse and Multicult society which we have now which is nothing but a experiment doomed to failure. It has never worked in the history of mankind and is certain not to work here in America.
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:14pm
  @We Are Not Alone,
  
  “VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2012 – SURROUND THE Republican nominee because these communists are setting the groundwork for what’s ahead. This election will be the most important in our lifetime. This may be our last election!!!!!!”
  
  The Republican Party is Progressive Light. Can I get you to watch the following video? My vote is with Ron Paul.
  
  Thought Controllers Call Ron Paul “Extreme”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFhSr1A1do
  
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- SIRJASON
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:18pm
  Fareed, where in bloody hell do you get “we” and “our country”? You must have a Muslim rat in your pocket or you are talking about your islam homeland! “We the People” are not interesteed one whit what you feel, think or say about America and our Founding Fathers! Go poke Arab sand, you Muslim moron
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:23pm
  Back to your “PROGRESSIVE CESSPOOL”, Trool…
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:27pm
  @techengineer11,
  
  “Thanks for the thoughtful comments. The situation really looks hopeless to me.”
  
  As has always been the case, if we can claim to be able to argue the case for our Constitutional Republic as our Founders did, and as Glenn Beck implores America to do, then we can still change minds.
  
  Our Founders have already argued the merits of our Republic over Monarchies and Democracies, and we have plenty of resources from the Austrian school of Economics.
  
  The most powerful thing the Collectivists have over us is that we are currently stupid ignoramouses – and that’s our fault that we can’t argue these things. It’s our fault we hate to argue with people because it’s “impolite”.
  
  The United States as our Founders set it up is the BEST form of government – we just don’t know why, and our ignorance of the dangers of central planning will destroy us like it did many other countries before us.
  
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- We Are Not Alone
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 2:50pm
  @A DOCTORS LABOR IS NOT MY RIGHT – Thank you for that, I like Ron Paul’s ideas (except the war thing, sometimes we have no choice) Tom Woods does a great job explaining Paul’s positions. I’d repost the youtube but it’s kinda long, but my point is ANYTHING and ANYBODY to replace obama…. I can’t even capitalize his name because I have such disdain for him because of his policies. Whoever the nominee is (if not a Liberal) is OK with me this time around. Thanks again, luv your posts.
  
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- JRook
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 3:08pm
  What part of Western arrogance do people here not get. We constantly profess to be superior politically, economically, religiously, etc. Yet our investment in weapons and intrusion into numerous sovereign countries and constant ignorant comments about all religions other than Christianity make us increasingly look like 18th. and 19th century England. The world has shown us that it can’t be colonized by capitalism, western culture, Christianity even when it is cloak within a military action. Time for the US to worry about and invest in itself and leave the rest of the world to be what they will be. If they attack us or a non-deserving ally then we should respond quickly and harshly. That will work much better than our made up ideological and capitalistic pseudo wars.
  
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- Vital
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 3:17pm
  Progressives have been intent on destroying our country for a hundred years and this so called intelligent man has the nerve to come here from another country and complain…has he read our Constitution? I bet he hasn’t.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 3:19pm
  Good Saudi friends ????More slime from Past,More Questions than Answers !!
  
  http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/09/who-paid-for-obamas-harvard-law.html
  
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- chazman
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 3:24pm
  Total butthead … ‘nough said!
  
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- techengineer11
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 3:26pm
  A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right: I didn’t know from your posts that you were a Paul supporter. I steered away from him in the last election because of his stance on Abortion. I do believe that our Founding Fathers had a moral code in which guided them in Governing and that code was Christianity; hence, the reason Abortion was illegal for some 300 odd years here in America.
  
  Regardless like you said there are much bigger fish to fry now.. We have to get back to the Constitution if we are to slow down this push towards collectivism.
  
  FWIW I love his support of the War Powers Act as well and his position of staying out of the Middle East and the rest of the World.
  
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- IronSights
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:00pm
  Um…..what other countries are people trying to sneak into for a better life, that americans (notice the lower case “a”) think we need to be like? If there are other countries that are that great and we should emulate, I would think we would be reading reports of an up surge of illegals entering these countries due to their “greatness”. Just saying. Don’t recall ever reading of a group of americans, floating on a truck hood raft to get to Cuba, etc. Could be I just missed it.
  
  I don’t know if these clowns really think Americans are that stupid, OR that if they say it long enough that their lunacy will be become truth.
  
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- papapatriot
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:21pm
  If there are better countries why did Zakaria come here? With Obama’s administration also bemoaning the founders and the Constitution perhaps he should return with Fareed to his homeland. Don’t let the door hit you in the ***.
  
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- banjarmon
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:41pm
  Fareed Zakaria, Go back to your home land and it better be in a Sandy place..
  
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- ottodiedacktick
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:49pm
  The reason our Constitution is great is because it was written by common men who were imperfect
  and seldom agreed with each other. It was an attempt by common man to rule himself. Our
  Constitution was not perfect then (18th cent.) and it is not perfect now, but I am not being held here
  against my will.
  
  What Fareed doesn’t understand is that Americans don’t want to be governed by an elite self-righteous all-knowing self-appointed ruling class. We now share that in common with
  the rest of the world and we need to rid our gov’t of these people.
  
  But, wherever a man goes,
  men will pursue
  and paw him with their dirty institutions,
  and, if they can,
  constrain him to belong
  to their desperate odd-fellow society.
  — – Henry David Thoreau
  
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- Timekeeper
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 5:56pm
  We already are “better” than other countries. Thats’ why everyone wants to come to America. The Constitution and the love of it, the principles and ideals that this nation were founded upon are the reason that WE are – the strongest, bravest, most prosperous nation on Earth. The nutcase should go somewhere else.
  
  WE need people in office who have AMERICAN VALUES, Principles, and Traditions. VOTE the othhers out – from City Hall to the Halls of Congress and get people in there that have these American Values.
  
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- mill
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:04pm
  Some one needs to ask this foreign ass if he dislikes our constitution so much.
  ..why doesn’t he go home and take his buddy obama with him.
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:04pm
  Show me where Zakaria is wrong!
  Nowhere does he say the US is more dysfunctional than Yemen, Afghanistan, and their like.
  Clearly his frame of reference is Europe, which has been chastened by history more than America, and has never been in constitutional lockdown, so to speak. Switzerland, maybe: a free society, a heavily capitalist economy, a broad democracy, a federal system, numerous minorities, like us, but not so worshipful of itself and not accustomed to being the boss of everyone.
  
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- old white guy
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:20pm
  fareed, if you can find a better country than the u.s. call me. i will go there tomorrow. although with the likes of fareed in the country the u.s. will not be great or good much longer. just look at who is president.
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:31pm
  @JRook,
  
  “What part of Western arrogance do people here not get. We constantly profess to be superior politically, economically, religiously, etc. Yet our investment in weapons and intrusion into numerous sovereign countries and constant ignorant comments about all religions other than Christianity make us increasingly look like 18th. and 19th century England.”
  
  Nation-building was never our Founders’ goal. I used to figure that it was ok to directly protect other countries from the oppressions of central planning (Marxism, Communism, Sharia, etc.), but I now see that as a sovereign nation, the United States must also respect the sovereignty of other nations (This is why Ron Paul wouldn’t have gone into Pakistan to capture/kill bin Laden).
  
  “The world has shown us that it can’t be colonized by capitalism, western culture, Christianity even when it is cloak within a military action.”
  
  Capitalism isn’t something that can “colonize” – Capitalism is simply the freedom to be as resourceful as you can be without violating the inalienable rights of another. This is true even without regard to foreign trade.
  
  A country can be completely isolationist AND Capitalist, which would be great for every country that did at least that.
  
  (continued on next post)
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:32pm
  @JRook,
  
  (continued from prior post)
  
  Further, Capitalism does NOT entail so-called “international patents” – that is actually a violation of national sovereignty. I, for one, have no problem with other countries reverse engineering our products and then attempting to sell them back to us at a cheaper price.
  
  “Time for the US to worry about and invest in itself and leave the rest of the world to be what they will be. If they attack us or a non-deserving ally then we should respond quickly and harshly. That will work much better than our made up ideological and capitalistic pseudo wars.”
  
  I pretty much agree, though I have to reiterate that Capitalism works for everyone, and that it is NOT Capitalism to violate another country’s sovereignty (because trade, then, isn’t free, but forced); AND that it’s not exploitation to engage in Capitalist free trade with other countries.
  
  There’s a great response to the Story of Stuff video that speaks largely to this last point. It’s a four part series, but here’s the link to the first:
  
  Story of Stuff, The Critique Part 1 of 4
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5uJgG05xUY
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 6:50pm
  @Lloyd Drako,
  
  “Clearly his frame of reference is Europe, which has been chastened by history more than America, and has never been in constitutional lockdown, so to speak. Switzerland, maybe: a free society, a heavily capitalist economy, a broad democracy, a federal system, numerous minorities, like us, but not so worshipful of itself and not accustomed to being the boss of everyone.”
  
  Constitutional lockdown is a GOOD thing, because it slows the spread of factions, as our Founders noted.
  
  Federalist Papers #10:
  
  “If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle, which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote. It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.”
  
  And our Founders never intended for the United States to throw its weight around, but to respect the sovereignty of other nations. Neither our Constitution, nor Capitalism, is to blame for the perceived faults of the United States, which you mention.
  
  Blame the Progressive’s Marxist ideas of protectionism under the guise of Anti-Trust, and their deliberate misinterpretation of the Commerce Clause, for our businesses setting up in other countries to escape their assault on our economic liberties.
  
  The following article helps explain one aspect of why companies would want to leave the United States.
  
  The Truth About Sherman
  http
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 7:22pm
  @Lloyd Drako,
  
  Oops, that last link was:
  
  The Truth About Sherman
  http://mises.org/daily/331
  
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- jhaydeng
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:37pm
  What an extremist!
  
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- PatriotsLikeMe
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 8:37pm
  Why is Charlie Rose even interviewing this loser…no one even watches CNN. He has to be interviewed on some other station just to get his name and face in the press. Parochial? We’re inward looking? Who the hell pulled the world’s **** out of it in WWII? Who the hell taught third world farmers how to irrigate their fields and rotate their crops so they could not only feed their neighbors but eventually export to other countries, even to our own detriment? We have done MORE for the other nations in the world than ANY other country, probably ALL other countries combined. It galls me to hear him use the term “our” when he talks about this country and it’s legislative bodies, while throwing the incredible work our forefathers did under the Hamza IFV! Go away, puny, insuciant pest and take that scary mask with you!!!
  
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- FuturePresident
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:20pm
  If i was a murderer this dude would be on my list LOL.
  
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- MiketheTrucker
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:39pm
  This “man” is insane! Shria is the law of BARBARIANS.
  
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- MiketheTrucker
  Jun. 2, 2011 at 11:49pm
  Hey, Zakky boy, if you don’t like us you can LEAVE.
  
  In fact, I bet someone will even buy you a ONE WAY ticket on the first plane outta here!
  
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- bombshelterbob
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 12:10am
  Good old Fareed just keeps proving my point, progressive/liberal/socialist/fascist/communists are fundamentally evil. They are stupid and disconnected from reality, habitual liars who have a plan to destroy the country. They have no plan for what to do afterward, they are just hell bent on revolution. They may be surprised when they get it however because we have guns too and we outnumber the little bastards!
  
  West2012
  
  Faith-Food-Firearms-Gold-West, the perfect survival plan
  
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- mizflame98
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 12:25am
  If the other countries are better then why did he immigrate here? Was he country slumming or something?
  
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- silentwatcher
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 1:39am
  Hey Zacharia,,,,,,,,,,piss off.
  
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- UPSETVET
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 3:55am
  Is Fareed Zakaria a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN of the USA ? If not, he’s a NATUALIZED CITIZEN or he’s a RESIDENT. If Zakaria is a ntural born citizen of the USA he can accoring to the US Constitution say anything. Freedom of thought and speeck are Constitutional rights of every US citizen. Insurrection is not a right, it’s a crime.
  
  However, if Fareed Zakaria is a naturalized citizen or living in the USA with a resident visa, he took a sworn oathe to preserve, protect and defend the US Constitution that he is publically ridiculing and promoting it’ destruction. If Zakaria is not a natural born citizen why hasn’t he been arrested and deported for breaking his sworn oath and calling for insurrection in America ?
  
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- sayangku
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 6:23am
  So true! The problem with the country is because of the centralized corruption that exists. Progressives have their greedy hands in everything and have totally fouled the system from the top to the bottom. Less regulation and more power must be given to the individual. Its not the people that are the problem its the Govt.
  
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- PALM KING
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 1:30pm
  Fareed is a jackass! Its a God inspired thing that most other people will never get. They can “claim” to be Americans but their only goal is to try and break US down and make us into some other loser Nation. Aint gonna happen pal. ONE NATION UNDER GOD! Living as FREE MEN. Our Nation was establshed by God to be the light and hope of the world. Our history shows His Holy blessings upon ths Nation. SaD THAT Obama does not get that because he is NOT a Christian. He may show up for Church services for photo ops but He and the Fareeds of the world will never understand what Amercia and her strength truly is. The day we as a FREE people stop beleving in Christ, we wll reap the destruction these kind of people seek. God Bless the United States with Famlies that still seek Him.
  
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- BlazingPatriot
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 3:04pm
  Has anyone looked in to see if this Fareed Zakaria guy has ties to anyone or group?
  Just wondering…..
  
  Al-Qaeda ?
  Muslim Brotherhood ?
  Extremists ?
  
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- chilo7
  Jun. 3, 2011 at 7:00pm
  to nuttyvet, i agree,Please,Go Home,whereever that is- don’t care- just go.
  
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- AmericanGeekGurl
  Jun. 6, 2011 at 10:17pm
  best post – we desperately need to recover what we have lost by progressive erosion over so many years. thanks to more & more conservative sources, more people are waking up, standing up & speaking up!!
  
  REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER [2012]!!
  
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