Letters to the Editor
shooter242
Published Letters: 1638
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Important Clarification re: Habeus
[Read the article: Various matters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In my opinion, Graham is a disgrace--to the senate and to his oath. But he is by no means alone. There are many parts of the Constitution that are now considered "niceties" by members of both parties. -- casual_observer
Obviously noone is bothering to make sure everyone understands this is about Habeus for ALIENS, as in NON-CITIZENS. While Casual Observer may have been mislead, Glenn's presentation as well as Geiger's is purposely oblique to imply something other than what it is. Most people consider that dishonest.
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re: Shooter Dishonest. Tsk.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]because of the changes made to our laws last year, you will have no legal access to the courts to prove that you are a citizen (even if you actually are one) with habeas rights. Thus, in practice, habeas rights have been stripped of anyone the President does not wish to have them.... -- Jebbie
I don't see any supporting documentation. Could this be a kneejerk response by a rabid partisan?
Meanwhile I have this....
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004), the Supreme Court reaffirmed the right of United States citizens to seek writs of habeas corpus even when declared enemy combatants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpusThink about that while they're waterboarding your sorry ass.
Fortunately for you BDS is not actionable. Come back when you have something valid to offer. Heh.
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@ casual observer
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]To me, this is simply saying that the government cannot tinker with Habeas, period.-- casual_observer
Indeed. And reinforced by the Supreme Court as cited in my reply to "Jebbie" below. The easy way to remember it is the scramble to change Padilla's status because of the ruling. Sadly, I have to maintain my stance that failure to distinguish between citizens and the rest of the world is inciting resentment where none is warranted. Worse, it is the case with much of floating BDS. Purposeful misunderstanding of the facts is encouraged to provoke an emotional response.
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Glenn is correct re: McCain....
[Read the article: The GOP is the party of the Iraq war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Meanwhile, elsewhere....
Here's a sobering thought
We've already lost the war in Iraq, and the pullout is inevitable. There is just no win there, which is why Cheney and Lieberman are pushing so aggressively for an Iran war. So when the collapse happens, who do you think the base is going to blame?
You guessed it: liberals and the Democratic party. The party of "personal responsibility" sure isn't going to blame themselves for anything.More likely the real blame will go to the Iraqis. We tried mightily to bring freedom to the ME and it isn't capable of taking advantage of it while sectarian war continues. But you may be sure liberals will take credit for the loss, ensuring their reputation for being brie-eating surrender monkeys.
In the end the entire exercise of Iraq will go down as a learning experience in Islamic fundamentalism and what's required for a democracy to take root. It will have been a relatively inexpensive lesson, albeit necessary for us to move forward. I'm sure many here will protest, but ask yourselves what the outcome could have been if Saddam had either come clean, or actually had WMD's and used them. This decade's dominant event was the result of one man's hubris. And so goes history.
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re: The Muslims are Coming
[Read the article: David Brooks' field trip to the White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You people may not believe it, but the Europeans certainly do...
Last year Jens Orback, the Democracy Minister in the former Social Democratic government of Sweden, caused a stir by saying on a state radio program, “We must be open and tolerant towards Islam and the Muslims so that when we become the minority they will be the same towards us.”
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/07/islam-is-part-of-our-culture.html
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Screw Freedom
[Read the article: David Brooks' field trip to the White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn: The religious views of our political leaders matter and ought to be open much more to examination and questioning. That is particularly true when they continuously tell us, even if we don't want to believe it, that their beliefs and decisions are grounded in theology and religion and moral absolutism, not politics or pragmatism.
Hmmmm, politics and pragmatism. Yeah, let's become opportunistic scavengers of whatever we can hustle from other people. Principles? Not for us, thank you.
I have to wonder what will become of politics and pragmatism when confronted with the religiousity of Sharia. Check out the appearance of Islamic creationism here in the US. Good luck with that one, heh.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/science/17book.html?ex=1342324800&en=c10299705d5fa752&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Yes. It is.
[Read the article: David Brooks' field trip to the White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's hard to imagine anything more frightening than the president of world most powerful nation imagining that he knows the mind of God, and who will do everything in his power to eradicate "evil", as he sees it.-- Madame Defarge
I think it's more frightening to comtemplate someone with no moral compass at all, doing the pragmatic or politic thing of the moment. That's how eugenics, McCarthyism, or the killing fields of Cambodia came to be.
You people seem to forget that Bush waged the least bloody, most circumspect, campaign ever fought. The killing after the actual invasion is generated by non-Americans. Even Murtha's shining moment of declaring our troops murderers at Haditha is being proven wrong.
Interestingly, Bush is supporting "evil" by doing a deal with N.Korea, and opening dialog with Iran. Any comments or compliments about that from the peanut gallery? I'm always comforted by the simplistic idiocy, with which most here denounce simplistic idiocy.
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Democrats and God and speaking to ghosts.
[Read the article: David Brooks' field trip to the White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So what are you going to do about all the candidate's expressions of devotion to religion? Is that a real concern or just acknowledged as telling people what they want to hear. You know, "politics and pragmatism"?
Hillary proudly announced talking to the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt in days past. I guess that knocks her out of the box for office, yes?