They need to be reminded that the do not have the authority to repeal any amendment to the Constitution.

Well, “my friend,” since we are now in a war, to make a change would be to get us out of the war.

Make up your mind Mac – change what we’ve got, or make more war. Mutually exclusive.

Aparently Articles of Impeachment against the President isn’t news even for TP.

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About 75 legal residents whose applications for U.S. citizenship have been delayed protested Monday outside the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services office in Dallas.

DallasNews

The protesters claimed they were promised their citizenship applications would be processed in time to vote.

Comment by good_golly — January 28, 2008 @ 12:26 pm

You’re entitled to your opinion.

Yes, it is an essential freedom. If the government has a reasonable basis to conclude that one party in a communication is affiliated with al-Qa’ida, they should have no trouble obtaining a warrant to tap their phone. Even retroactively, as the FISA law allows.

(2) is the prevention of further 9/11 type attacks merely “a little temporary safety?”

Comment by good_golly — January 28, 2008 @ 11:47 am

Yes, it is. It is, by definition, temporary. People will continue to use terrorist tactics – violence against civilans for political purposes – in the U.S. and around the world for decades. Centuries, even. No matter how many phones we tap or people we put on watch lists, these attacks will happen. It’s just a matter of time.

I don’t think we should just let them happen. Terrorism is a crime, and law enforcement should work to prevent crime as much as possible. However, we also need to reexamine the global economic and social policies that make the U.S. such a deserving target for terrorist attacks in the first place.

Comment by good_golly — January 28, 2008 @ 11:47 am

Typical shallow scholarship. The actual quote: “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” is now generally agreed to have been written by Franklin. His “I didn’t write that” refers to the BOOK, goon. Poor Richard’s Almanack includes: “Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.”

“I resign.”

American Street: The myth that Republicans are fiscally responsible stewards of the economy simply means that the vast majority of Americans know nothing about politics or economics.

I stand effectively corrected ; Mea Culpa………..

The complete quote from Ben Franklin is this:

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety, AND WILL LOSE BOTH.”

Bachmann came close to Secret Service arrest last year for holding on to her favorite Bush for 30 seconds. Can she out do herself this year? Look for a perfectly stylish airhead whose language skills match her ‘Bush’.

Will Jean Shcmidt slip in her own vomit?

Will Bachmann get arrested?

Will Bush tell jokes?

His last SOTU can’t come soon enough for Planet Earth.

As if Ms Clinton doesn’t have it tough enough to try and be the 1st woman elected president ; the 3 empty-headed twits named above sure do not make it easier for women in politics to be taken very seriously……………..

I would imagine the dems in the group are doing it to rub Bush’s nose in the fact that he’s leaving office with no major accomplishments under his belt.

Other aisle seat stalkers include Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), Todd R. Platts (R-Pa.), Jean Schmidt ( R-Ohio), Mary Bono (R-Calif.), Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and a handful of others.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/8136.html

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Oil dips below $90 a barrel, and “may have peaked.” Most investors betting on further decline.

http://www.ft.com/ cms/ s/ 0/ d42c4e06-cd2c-11dc-9b2b-000077b07658,s01=1.html

Comment by good_golly — January 28, 2008 @ 10:56 am

All those lives that have been senselessly extinguished are justified because of falling gas/oil prices , eh chucklehead ?

What the hell is wrong with you………..

Unfinished business for Bush in final State of the Union address
CNN – 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) — With fear of an impending recession, President Bush on Monday night will use his last State of the Union address to revisit unfinished business and press for quick action to keep the economy afloat, administration officials say.
Bush speech will seek to calm American nerves Reuters
Bush Seizes on Stimulus to Shape His Final Year (Update2) Bloomberg