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Preliminary facts and thoughts about Eric Holder

Is Obama's likely nominee for Attorney General an encouraging sign for advocates of the Constitution and the rule of law?
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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:14 AM

    @Baldie McEagle

    It's medieval. It sounds like Malleus Maleficarum or something.

    Funny you should say that. The Catholic Church made a similar descent from the 7th to the 11th centuries. Brian Harrison documents it in some detail, if you're interested.

    http://www.rtforum.org/lt/lt119.html

    Of course, the ultimate '24' style tough guy remark of all time was uttered by a Catholic Inquisitor during the Albigensian Crusade:

    Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius!

    "Kill them all! God will recognize his own!"

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