Comments on: ThinkFast: March 20, 2007 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:58:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: oilwell supply http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-4381270 oilwell supply Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:41:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-4381270 <strong>oilwell supply</strong> Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! oilwell supply

Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2372024 Raymond Funamoto Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:20:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2372024 Thank You, McPAIN, for ONCE AGAIN SHOWING EVERYONE YOUR TRUE COLOURS--YELLOW THROUGH AND THROUGH TO MATCH THE YELLOW STRIPE RUNNING DOWN YA BACK and BILIOUS GREEN TO MATCH YA SICK SOUL and YA PASTY-WHITE FLIP-FLOPPING SCHIZOID PSYCHO FACE!!!!! Patrick Fitzgerald REMOVED? Oh, That's Right! Bushland Uber Allies REGARD PROSECUTORS WHO "DO THEIR JOBS THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO" BY GOING AFTER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AS "ANATHEMA" TO THEM MUCH AS WOLFSBANE IS ANATHEMA TO VAMPIRES AND SILVER IS ANATHEMA TO WEREWOLVES. "GET BACK...I HAVE THE PROSECUTOR'S HANDBOOK....YA ARE POWERLESS, Bush!!!!!" Yes, WHEN THE ENEMY IS PREPARED TO DIE FOR THEIR FANATICISM, THERE IS LITTLE EVEN THE FINEST FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD, aka THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, CAN DO TO STOP THEM!!!! TIME CHIMPya Bush and his "Toy-Soldier" Generals UNDERSTOOD THIS INDISPUTABLE FACT AND STOPPED WASTING OUR MILITARY MANPOWER, SQUANDERING OUR AMERICAN LIVES, AND BROUGHT OUR SOLDIERS HOME OR DEPLOYED THEM EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT TIRING THEM OUT THROUGH ENDLESS REPEATED TOURS OF DUTY, NICHT WAHR?????? Drudge IS A DRUDGE AND A STUPID PIECE OF HYENA-SHIT. WHY THIS MISERABLE CRETIN IS EVEN BOTHERED WITH ESCAPES ME----HE IS SO BENEATH THE CONTEMPT OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WITH COMMON SENSE WHO REGARD HIS JINGOISTIC DEMAGOGUERY AS THE CHATTERINGS OF AN APE, AND A DUMB APE AT THAT----EVEN A CROSS-EYED BABOON HAS MORE CREDIBILITY THAN Drudge, AND IS PRETTIER, TOO!!!!! "Suppression of global warming science"--THAT ALONE AND IN ITSELF IS A JUSTIFIABLE REASON FOR IMPEACHMENT----JUST TOSS IT ON THE HEAP OF INDICTMENTS AND BUILDING SUBPOENAS ON THAT LARGE MOUNTAIN BUILDING UP, BOYS----THE SHEER WEIGHT OF ALL THIS EVIDENCE WOULD SINK MANY TITANICS AND FILL MANY TITANIC STADIUMS WITH ITS SHEER NUMBER!!!!! Ah Yes, "A COMPUTER GLITCH" SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO "F*CK-OVER" AS MANY STUDENTS AS IN-HUMANLY POSSIBLE!!!!! 'Lil Kim Jong MENTALLY-ILL's "Secret" Phone Call to Ahmadinejad: "President Ahmadinejad--I'll Keep the CHIMPster Busy When I Invade South Korea--Now's Your Chance to Raise HOLY TERROR in Iraq and Elsewhere--We'll Meet Later And Discuss How This Works Out!" Ahmadinejad: "O.K., Kim...Sounds Good To Me!!!!!" CRY ME A RIVER, Baby!!!!! TOO MUCH TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING DIVERTED TOWARDS THE MILITARY--THEIR SHARE MUST BE CUT DRASTICALLY AND USED MORE EFFECTIVELY--STARTING BY IMPEACHING CHIMPya/Cheney AND GETTING RID OF Bushland Uber Allies AND THEIR PARASITICAL UMBILICAL ATTACHMENT TO "The Military Industrial Complex" and BIG BUSINESS and OIL WHILE SUCKING MONIES FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE----AMONG "OTHER" THINGS!!!!! JUST AS A LEOPARD NEVER CHANGES ITS SPOTS OR RATHER, IN DeLay's CASE, A LAMPREY/HAGFISH NEVER QUITS BEING A PARASITE UPON ITS HOST, IN DeLay's CASE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, DeLay IS ONE PARASITE THAT SHOULD BE MERCILESSLY KILLED, DESTROYED, WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH FOR THE GOOD OF ALL!!!!! Thank You, McPAIN, for ONCE AGAIN SHOWING EVERYONE YOUR TRUE COLOURS–YELLOW THROUGH AND THROUGH TO MATCH THE YELLOW STRIPE RUNNING DOWN YA BACK and BILIOUS GREEN TO MATCH YA SICK SOUL and YA PASTY-WHITE FLIP-FLOPPING SCHIZOID PSYCHO FACE!!!!!
Patrick Fitzgerald REMOVED? Oh, That’s Right! Bushland Uber Allies REGARD PROSECUTORS WHO “DO THEIR JOBS THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO” BY GOING AFTER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AS “ANATHEMA” TO THEM MUCH AS WOLFSBANE IS ANATHEMA TO VAMPIRES AND SILVER IS ANATHEMA TO WEREWOLVES. “GET BACK…I HAVE THE PROSECUTOR’S HANDBOOK….YA ARE POWERLESS, Bush!!!!!”
Yes, WHEN THE ENEMY IS PREPARED TO DIE FOR THEIR FANATICISM, THERE IS LITTLE EVEN THE FINEST FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD, aka THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, CAN DO TO STOP THEM!!!! TIME CHIMPya Bush and his “Toy-Soldier” Generals UNDERSTOOD THIS INDISPUTABLE FACT AND STOPPED WASTING OUR MILITARY MANPOWER, SQUANDERING OUR AMERICAN LIVES, AND BROUGHT OUR SOLDIERS HOME OR DEPLOYED THEM EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT TIRING THEM OUT THROUGH ENDLESS REPEATED TOURS OF DUTY, NICHT WAHR??????
Drudge IS A DRUDGE AND A STUPID PIECE OF HYENA-SHIT. WHY THIS MISERABLE CRETIN IS EVEN BOTHERED WITH ESCAPES ME—-HE IS SO BENEATH THE CONTEMPT OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WITH COMMON SENSE WHO REGARD HIS JINGOISTIC DEMAGOGUERY AS THE CHATTERINGS OF AN APE, AND A DUMB APE AT THAT—-EVEN A CROSS-EYED BABOON HAS MORE CREDIBILITY THAN Drudge, AND IS PRETTIER, TOO!!!!!
“Suppression of global warming science”–THAT ALONE AND IN ITSELF IS A JUSTIFIABLE REASON FOR IMPEACHMENT—-JUST TOSS IT ON THE HEAP OF INDICTMENTS AND BUILDING SUBPOENAS ON THAT LARGE MOUNTAIN BUILDING UP, BOYS—-THE SHEER WEIGHT OF ALL THIS EVIDENCE WOULD SINK MANY TITANICS AND FILL MANY TITANIC STADIUMS WITH ITS SHEER NUMBER!!!!!
Ah Yes, “A COMPUTER GLITCH” SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO “F*CK-OVER” AS MANY STUDENTS AS IN-HUMANLY POSSIBLE!!!!!
‘Lil Kim Jong MENTALLY-ILL’s “Secret” Phone Call to Ahmadinejad: “President Ahmadinejad–I’ll Keep the CHIMPster Busy When I Invade South Korea–Now’s Your Chance to Raise HOLY TERROR in Iraq and Elsewhere–We’ll Meet Later And Discuss How This Works Out!” Ahmadinejad: “O.K., Kim…Sounds Good To Me!!!!!”
CRY ME A RIVER, Baby!!!!!
TOO MUCH TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING DIVERTED TOWARDS THE MILITARY–THEIR SHARE MUST BE CUT DRASTICALLY AND USED MORE EFFECTIVELY–STARTING BY IMPEACHING CHIMPya/Cheney AND GETTING RID OF Bushland Uber Allies AND THEIR PARASITICAL UMBILICAL ATTACHMENT TO “The Military Industrial Complex” and BIG BUSINESS and OIL WHILE SUCKING MONIES FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE—-AMONG “OTHER” THINGS!!!!!
JUST AS A LEOPARD NEVER CHANGES ITS SPOTS OR RATHER, IN DeLay’s CASE, A LAMPREY/HAGFISH NEVER QUITS BEING A PARASITE UPON ITS HOST, IN DeLay’s CASE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, DeLay IS ONE PARASITE THAT SHOULD BE MERCILESSLY KILLED, DESTROYED, WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH FOR THE GOOD OF ALL!!!!!

]]> By: Tobey Tall http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2363973 Tobey Tall Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:18:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2363973 <strong>3223</strong> You have to Forgive people like Jake that think an American troop killed every 8 hours in iraq is worth it 3223

You have to Forgive people like Jake that think an American troop killed every 8 hours in iraq is worth it

]]> By: hacker bob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2361393 hacker bob Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:16:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2361393 <blockquote><strong>War bill includes tempting projects</strong> Democrats’ tactic poses dilemma for some lawmakers For Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), there is $25 million for spinach growers hurt by last year's E. coli scare. For three conservative Democrats in Georgia, there is $75 million for peanut storage. For lawmakers from the bone-dry West, there is $500 million for wildfire suppression. An additional $120 million is earmarked for shrimp and Atlantic menhaden fishermen. So far, at least in public pronouncements, the $21 billion in funding beyond President Bush's request has earned Democrats nothing but scorn. For more than a year, Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R) has tried unsuccessfully to secure federal funds to prevent salt water from intruding on rice fields in his lowland Louisiana district. So it came as a surprise last week when Boustany found $15 million in the House's huge war spending bill for his rice farmers. He hadn't even asked that the bill include it. Last year, Rep. John Barrow (Ga.) circulated a petition trying to get Republican House leaders to schedule a vote on drought relief. This year, Barrow's advocacy has yielded $3.7 billion worth of agricultural disaster assistance in the war spending bill, which he bragged about last week in a statement to constituents. </blockquote> What does any of this have to do with the Iraq war supplement? What happened not the "No Pork" promise?

War bill includes tempting projects
Democrats’ tactic poses dilemma for some lawmakers

For Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), there is $25 million for spinach growers hurt by last year’s E. coli scare.

For three conservative Democrats in Georgia, there is $75 million for peanut storage.

For lawmakers from the bone-dry West, there is $500 million for wildfire suppression.

An additional $120 million is earmarked for shrimp and Atlantic menhaden fishermen.

So far, at least in public pronouncements, the $21 billion in funding beyond President Bush’s request has earned Democrats nothing but scorn.

For more than a year, Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R) has tried unsuccessfully to secure federal funds to prevent salt water from intruding on rice fields in his lowland Louisiana district. So it came as a surprise last week when Boustany found $15 million in the House’s huge war spending bill for his rice farmers. He hadn’t even asked that the bill include it.

Last year, Rep. John Barrow (Ga.) circulated a petition trying to get Republican House leaders to schedule a vote on drought relief. This year, Barrow’s advocacy has yielded $3.7 billion worth of agricultural disaster assistance in the war spending bill, which he bragged about last week in a statement to constituents.

What does any of this have to do with the Iraq war supplement? What happened not the “No Pork” promise?

]]> By: hacker bob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2361378 hacker bob Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:12:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2361378 <em>Al Gore talks the talk and walks the walk! At least, he doesn’t talk and then jump into a gas guzzling SUV!!! Comment by IraqVet — March 20, 2007 @ 11:14 am</em> While I agree that Patty is an idiot, please explain how Gore walks the walk driving around in that Cadillac in "An Inconvenient Truth", or why he finally switched one of his homes to "green power" only after it was announced in December that he had never been using "green power". Or the stocks in Oxy Petrol. Or the zinc mine... Gore talks the talk, but walks with a VERY noticeable limp Al Gore talks the talk and walks the walk! At least, he doesn’t talk and then jump into a gas guzzling SUV!!!

Comment by IraqVet — March 20, 2007 @ 11:14 am

While I agree that Patty is an idiot, please explain how Gore walks the walk driving around in that Cadillac in “An Inconvenient Truth”, or why he finally switched one of his homes to “green power” only after it was announced in December that he had never been using “green power”. Or the stocks in Oxy Petrol. Or the zinc mine…

Gore talks the talk, but walks with a VERY noticeable limp

]]> By: Caveman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2361266 Caveman Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:56:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2361266 <em>Seems the leg was trying to gnaw itself free of the beast. Comment by RUCerious</em> My friend Thorg has a Saber Tooth Tiger who'll get the job done quick. Seems the leg was trying to gnaw itself free of the beast.
Comment by RUCerious

My friend Thorg has a Saber Tooth Tiger who’ll get the job done quick.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2361197 RUCerious Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:48:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2361197 Just reported that Cheney went to the hospital complaining of pain in the leg that had the blood clot last week. Seems the leg was trying to gnaw itself free of the beast. Just reported that Cheney went to the hospital complaining of pain in the leg that had the blood clot last week.

Seems the leg was trying to gnaw itself free of the beast.

]]> By: Liberals Heart Terrorists http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2361086 Liberals Heart Terrorists Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:21:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2361086 Good - let the country see how pathetic Gore has become. No wonder Tipper is so into mental health. Will Gore agree to a global warming debate? Good – let the country see how pathetic Gore has become. No wonder Tipper is so into mental health.

Will Gore agree to a global warming debate?

]]> By: Arne Langsetmo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2361037 Arne Langsetmo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:11:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2361037 #56 Briseadh na Faire <i> Military commissions act can be reversed to disallow the exemption for Bush & Cheney, don’t believe that it can’t. Comment by veritas — March 20, 2007 @ 10:01 am Actually, that question would likely end up before the Supreme Court. Can a person, once exempted from criminal liability, have that exemption removed? Would the exemption be treated the same as a pardon? I don’t know the answers, and right now, I don’t have the time to research the applicable decisions. It may even be a case of first impression. One thing is certain, any crimes committed during the efffective period of the statute would be unprosecutable, and that cannot be changed without becoming an ex post facto law. And ex post facto laws are prohibited by the Constitution.</i> Not quite so sure about that. Here's a twist that might make it interesting: If the "law" that supposedly enables the behavour (or exempts it from prosecution) is determined to be unconstitutional, isn't the standard thinking that the "law" never in fact existed? If so, then if the MCA falls to constitutional challenge, then Dubya and cohort may find they're in the hot seat. They may have an out under certain fact situations and against certain charges by claiming they were relying on the legality of the law, but I'm not sure that would apply to all possible prosecutions. Kind of like the Nuremberg defence; orders from on high are no excuse, nor are "orders" from Congress if found to be flawed. Cheers, #56 Briseadh na Faire

Military commissions act can be reversed to disallow the exemption for Bush & Cheney, don’t believe that it can’t.

Comment by veritas — March 20, 2007 @ 10:01 am

Actually, that question would likely end up before the Supreme Court. Can a person, once exempted from criminal liability, have that exemption removed?

Would the exemption be treated the same as a pardon?

I don’t know the answers, and right now, I don’t have the time to research the applicable decisions. It may even be a case of first impression.

One thing is certain, any crimes committed during the efffective period of the statute would be unprosecutable, and that cannot be changed without becoming an ex post facto law. And ex post facto laws are prohibited by the Constitution.

Not quite so sure about that. Here’s a twist that might make it interesting: If the “law” that supposedly enables the behavour (or exempts it from prosecution) is determined to be unconstitutional, isn’t the standard thinking that the “law” never in fact existed? If so, then if the MCA falls to constitutional challenge, then Dubya and cohort may find they’re in the hot seat. They may have an out under certain fact situations and against certain charges by claiming they were relying on the legality of the law, but I’m not sure that would apply to all possible prosecutions. Kind of like the Nuremberg defence; orders from on high are no excuse, nor are “orders” from Congress if found to be flawed.

Cheers,

]]> By: decentengineer2003 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360990 decentengineer2003 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:59:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360990 Iraq before the invasion and occupation was much better than today under the occupation. Close to 1 million Iraqis have been killed, 15 million have been displaced/refugees, the entire infrastructure has been bombed, there is no electricty, water, food, medicine, jobs, no security, no schools/colleges, no adminsitration, only oil looters and a coalition of thieves. Torture, rape, murder is the order of the day. As long as there is foreign occupation, these unfortunate things will continue, so all foreign troops with their death squads should go out of Iraq. They have done enough of terrorism on Iraqis, now please leave Iraq. I hope better sense will prevail on all of us. Let peace prevail in Iraq. Iraq before the invasion and occupation was much better than today under the occupation. Close to 1 million Iraqis have been killed, 15 million have been displaced/refugees, the entire infrastructure has been bombed, there is no electricty, water, food, medicine, jobs, no security, no schools/colleges, no adminsitration, only oil looters and a coalition of thieves. Torture, rape, murder is the order of the day. As long as there is foreign occupation, these unfortunate things will continue, so all foreign troops with their death squads should go out of Iraq. They have done enough of terrorism on Iraqis, now please leave Iraq. I hope better sense will prevail on all of us. Let peace prevail in Iraq.

]]> By: Patrick1 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360977 Patrick1 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:55:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360977 War Bill Includes Tempting Projects Democrats' Tactic Poses Dilemma for Some Lawmakers By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 20, 2007; Page A01 House Democratic leaders are offering billions in federal funds for lawmakers' pet projects large and small to secure enough votes this week to pass an Iraq funding bill that would end the war next year. So far, the projects -- which range from the reconstruction of New Orleans levees to the building of peanut storehouses in Georgia -- have had little impact on the tally. For a funding bill that establishes tough new readiness standards for deploying combat forces and sets an Aug. 31, 2008, deadline to bring the troops home, votes do not come cheap. War Bill Includes Tempting Projects
Democrats’ Tactic Poses Dilemma for Some Lawmakers

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 20, 2007; Page A01

House Democratic leaders are offering billions in federal funds for lawmakers’ pet projects large and small to secure enough votes this week to pass an Iraq funding bill that would end the war next year.

So far, the projects — which range from the reconstruction of New Orleans levees to the building of peanut storehouses in Georgia — have had little impact on the tally. For a funding bill that establishes tough new readiness standards for deploying combat forces and sets an Aug. 31, 2008, deadline to bring the troops home, votes do not come cheap.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360960 ForTruth Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:50:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360960 Who' "straight talk"bus is that in the background? Who’ “straight talk”bus is that in the background?

]]> By: BK5 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360901 BK5 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:45:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360901 McCain's an incorrigible dipshit. McCain’s an incorrigible dipshit.

]]> By: Caveman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360772 Caveman Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:22:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360772 It's nice to see McCains wife looks so 'comfortable',as usual. It’s nice to see McCains wife looks so ‘comfortable’,as usual.

]]> By: Swordsbane http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360592 Swordsbane Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:49:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360592 <em>I have NEVER heard of such a thing as the limitation of Freedom of Speech in relations to science, which is supposed to be unbias of anything except for factual data supporting theoretical conclusions! But leave it to BUSH and REPUBLICANS to attempt to re-write that part of history too! Comment by IraqVet — March 20, 2007 @ 11:16 am</em> Part of their strategy is any truth which happens to coincide with what the democrats say is accused of being part of the democrat agenda, and therefore suspect, since democrat = evil.... and of course anything that is NOT part of the republican agenda is part of the democrat agenda which is, of course, evil.. so by their logic, everything NOT republican is evil, by definition. Much of the time, they don't even bother to explain it further. Anything a democrat (or anyone else for that matter) says that doesn't support the republican agenda is automatically motivated by the desire to see the republicans fail, instead of trying to get to the truth. That is usually how I get accused of being a democrat too :) I have NEVER heard of such a thing as the limitation of Freedom of Speech in relations to science, which is supposed to be unbias of anything except for factual data supporting theoretical conclusions!

But leave it to BUSH and REPUBLICANS to attempt to re-write that part of history too!

Comment by IraqVet — March 20, 2007 @ 11:16 am

Part of their strategy is any truth which happens to coincide with what the democrats say is accused of being part of the democrat agenda, and therefore suspect, since democrat = evil…. and of course anything that is NOT part of the republican agenda is part of the democrat agenda which is, of course, evil.. so by their logic, everything NOT republican is evil, by definition. Much of the time, they don’t even bother to explain it further. Anything a democrat (or anyone else for that matter) says that doesn’t support the republican agenda is automatically motivated by the desire to see the republicans fail, instead of trying to get to the truth.

That is usually how I get accused of being a democrat too :)

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360554 Briseadh na Faire Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:42:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360554 <em><blockquote>Military commissions act can be reversed to disallow the exemption for Bush & Cheney, don’t believe that it can’t. Comment by veritas — March 20, 2007 @ 10:01 am</blockquote></em> Actually, that question would likely end up before the Supreme Court. Can a person, once exempted from criminal liability, have that exemption removed? Would the exemption be treated the same as a pardon? I don't know the answers, and right now, I don't have the time to research the applicable decisions. It may even be a case of first impression. One thing is certain, any crimes committed during the efffective period of the statute would be unprosecutable, and that cannot be changed without becoming an <em>ex post facto</em> law. And <em>ex post facto</em> laws are prohibited by the Constitution.
Military commissions act can be reversed to disallow the exemption for Bush & Cheney, don’t believe that it can’t.

Comment by veritas — March 20, 2007 @ 10:01 am

Actually, that question would likely end up before the Supreme Court. Can a person, once exempted from criminal liability, have that exemption removed?

Would the exemption be treated the same as a pardon?

I don’t know the answers, and right now, I don’t have the time to research the applicable decisions. It may even be a case of first impression.

One thing is certain, any crimes committed during the efffective period of the statute would be unprosecutable, and that cannot be changed without becoming an ex post facto law. And ex post facto laws are prohibited by the Constitution.

]]> By: IraqVet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360445 IraqVet Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:16:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360445 <blockquote>Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) explained, “Free speech is not a simple thing and is subject to and directed by policy.” THAT is treason. Comment by Swordsbane — March 20, 2007 @ 11:09 am </blockquote> Nope! THAT is UTAH!!! They elected him, they can claim him! I have NEVER heard of such a thing as the limitation of Freedom of Speech in relations to science, which is supposed to be unbias of anything except for factual data supporting theoretical conclusions! But leave it to BUSH and REPUBLICANS to attempt to re-write that part of history too!

Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) explained, “Free speech is not a simple thing and is subject to and directed by policy.”

THAT is treason.

Comment by Swordsbane — March 20, 2007 @ 11:09 am

Nope! THAT is UTAH!!! They elected him, they can claim him!

I have NEVER heard of such a thing as the limitation of Freedom of Speech in relations to science, which is supposed to be unbias of anything except for factual data supporting theoretical conclusions!

But leave it to BUSH and REPUBLICANS to attempt to re-write that part of history too!

]]> By: IraqVet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360433 IraqVet Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:14:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360433 <blockquote>Is Gore flying to his testimony in a corporate jet and then taken to the Capitol in a gas guzzling limo? Comment by Patrick1 — March 20, 2007 @ 10:40 am </blockquote> You know...some a**holes always try toice skate uphill!!! Even "if' he was, is that any different from BUSH, CHENEY, HASTERT, etc. Al Gore talks the talk and walks the walk! At least, he doesn't talk and then jump into a gas guzzling SUV!!! IDIOT!

Is Gore flying to his testimony in a corporate jet and then taken to the Capitol in a gas guzzling limo?

Comment by Patrick1 — March 20, 2007 @ 10:40 am

You know…some a**holes always try toice skate uphill!!! Even “if’ he was, is that any different from BUSH, CHENEY, HASTERT, etc.

Al Gore talks the talk and walks the walk! At least, he doesn’t talk and then jump into a gas guzzling SUV!!!

IDIOT!

]]> By: Swordsbane http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360410 Swordsbane Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:09:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360410 <em>Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) explained, “Free speech is not a simple thing and is subject to and directed by policy.” </em> THAT is treason. Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) explained, “Free speech is not a simple thing and is subject to and directed by policy.”

THAT is treason.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-2360408 katy Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:09:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/20/thinkfast-march-20-2007/#comment-2360408 well, crap... sorry about the double post... it wasn't there a second ago... well, crap… sorry about the double post… it wasn’t there a second ago…

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