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Snowjob? (Nadelhoffer)

Apparently, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow thinks the NY Times has incorrectly placed its readers’ "right to know" over other people’s "right to live."  The laughable exchange can be found here.  Perhaps he should have been questioned by Ben Franklin instead, who surely would have reminded him that, "those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."  In this case, I suppose most Americans are getting precisely what they deserve for their shortsightedness.  All hail the commander in thief!

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