Letters to the Editor
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Adnoto:
Nevermind. Don't bother. I have been paying attention and, to my mind, there literally isn't anything of note to praise.. so, seriously, don't bother.
So you're not in favor of restoring habeas corpus, which Chris Dodd and Pat Leahy introduced yesterday and all Democrats voted for?
And you don't think it's worth enacting a mandatory timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, as Russ Feingold and Harry Reid did today?
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Voting Green
I've had a terrible time voting for Dems over the years. Fortunately, in California, it's been easy to vote Green without sending electoral college votes to a Republican. Of course the claim that there are no differences between Dems and Repubs is rather suspect in today's environment.
WTO - World Toilet Organization?
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The "Yeas"...
...on the MoveOn resolution:
Yeas
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Salazar (D-CO)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Not Voting
Biden (D-DE)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00344#top
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@arne
When you're right, you're right. Active duty officers shouldn't insert themselves into political discourse. Why Petraeus was doing that is not quite as clear.
Here's a hint: Because Congress passed a law requiring him to make a report to them. I'm sure that having his time wasted by Congress was not at the top of Petraeus's own personal to-do list.
Don't get out much, do you?
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Anonymous:
I'm sure that having his time wasted by Congress was not at the top of Petraeus's own personal to-do list.
Especially since he was spending such a huge portion of his time while in Iraq not commanding the war, but putting on shows for visiting Congressmen and media stars to convince them How Great Things Are Going. All of that was coordinated with various former White House PR and Communication officials, such as Steve Schmidt and Gen. Bernger.
Are you under the impression that Congress forced him to do that, too?
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GG
I think it's easy to be dismissive of the differences when the differences don't matter to your life. -- GG
WTF? That "your" had better be of the royal variety. As in, "our."
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I know this is just a forum, mostly for talk, but still...
WTF? That "your" had better be of the royal variety. As in, "our."
-- adnoto
lead, follow, or get the hell out if the way.
Whining was not in that list.
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Oh for fucks sake...
So you're not in favor of restoring habeas corpus, which Chris Dodd and Pat Leahy introduced yesterday and all Democrats voted for?
And you don't think it's worth enacting a mandatory timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, as Russ Feingold and Harry Reid did today? -- GlennGreenwald
Oh no. You're right. You have me pegged. I would never want either of those two things to occur.
Who helped habeas corpus go away? Who voted overwhelmingly to sanction the war in the first place? Who keeps passing funding to continue the occupation? Who had a hand in allowing all of these things in the first place and continues to allow them? Who didn't filibuster? Who allows free filibusters and has helped make an even bigger mockery of the system?
I am sure you will let us all know when either of those things you mention actually happens. When do you figure? Right after the election?
(answered in kind)
Take care of yourself Glenn. I wish you the best.
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Leahy email:
"Congress made a mistake of historical proportions when it suspended habeas rights a few years ago -- and unfortunately Senate Republicans made another mistake yesterday by mounting a filibuster and failing to allow us to restore it. The good news is we've picked up 8 more votes since the Senate voted to suspend habeas corpus last fall, but we still need 4 more Senators to reach a filibuster-proof 60 vote margin."
"I am disappointed that we did not succeed yesterday -- but we're not giving up, not by a long shot. Defending the Constitution is not always politically easy, especially in a time of war. But our nation is at its greatest when it stands up for the Constitution, during the best of times and the worst of times. That's why I believe in the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act, and why my colleagues and I are still working hard to pass it."
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Seems about the right time to quote a real American hero...
"History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure." -- Thurgood Marshall
We recovered before, we can do so again. Reward good behavior and punish the bad.
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Details
GG:
I think it's easy to be dismissive of the differences when the differences don't matter to your life.
Absolutely true. The differences in the Democratic and Republican party platforms (and voting patterns) make a huge difference to me, but then I'm female. Even so, I vote for the person, not their party-- and I still vote mostly for Democrats (and never a Republican).
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*sigh*
GG:
Attaturk has made a critical find for the Nation. The Senate must convene, overnight, one of those dramatic emergency sessions which it heroically called to save Terri Schiavo ... The Senate cannot stand by quietly while NR and Goldberg defame our men and women in harm's way. ... [they] must act against this anti-military slur from our nation's leading conservative pro-war magazine.
Isn't this where someone tends to cue: *crickets*
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*sigh2*
Or, it's okay if you're a Republican.
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Arne...
I approve of Dean for the most part, but I don't know enough about how much control he has over allocations.
He has enough control that Rahm Emanuel was irritated with him for not supporting some of his (Emanuel's) candidates as much as he would have liked. Dean considered his 50-state strategy as a higher priority. And the 2006 results validated Dean's strategy and choices in candidates more than Emanuel's.
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It would appear...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/053791.php
that most of the GOP politicians are crooks. I suppose that stands to reason since those that despise government will mostly be interested in destroying it while enriching themselves. Why people vote for such parasites is beyond me, unless of course, they are stupid, or in on the take.