Night Strike wrote: PLAYER57832 wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Certainly, his GPA is not a national secret...is it?
what is the reason that he has his thesis and his grades sealed? and what can we learn from this that we can apply to the birth certificate fiasco.
"He wouldnt seal
that"
oops, HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS SEALED TOO!

and the files...on stanley dunham have been sealed....
Noticing a pattern, and it aint transparency!
The pattern you are following is called McCarthyism.
So asking legitimate questions is now McCarthyism?
No, insinuating that the only reason someone would fail to release normally private information is that they are hiding something dastardly... THAT very much is McCarthyism.
Particularly when tied with "marxist" accussations.
here is a link for anyone who missed this part of their history lessons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyismthe first paragraph gives a decent definition:
McCarthyism is the political action of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. Originally coined to criticize the anti-communist pursuits of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, "McCarthyism" soon took on a broader meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries. Night Strike wrote:No one is getting fired or thrown in jail from answering these questions.
...yet.
though, if you want to get technical, telling people to vote someone out of office because "they are a marxist" and other idiocy is pretty much getting people fired based on false accusations... very much like McCarthy.
McCarthy gave us Nixon. Wonder who this new round will give us?