Comments on: Ashcroft: Bush is ‘the most respectful’ ever of civil liberties. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:02:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Annie B. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4262581 Annie B. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:09:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4262581 John Ashcroft had one great moment when he refused to go along with Alberto Gonzale's trying to get him to override the acting attorney general's decision. Looks like that will be his only one. John Ashcroft had one great moment when he refused to go along with Alberto Gonzale’s trying to get him to override the acting attorney general’s decision.

Looks like that will be his only one.

]]> By: natisman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4262211 natisman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:22:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4262211 But does John Asscraft know what a civil liberty is? I don't think so? So how can he figure out that Shrub-boy is cool with them? Lots of questions! But does John Asscraft know what a civil liberty is?

I don’t think so?

So how can he figure out that Shrub-boy is cool with them?

Lots of questions!

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4262045 sacopenapa Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:29:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4262045 Is the criminal Rove writing what he says? Is the criminal Rove writing what he says?

]]> By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4262036 christopher wiwi Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:30:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4262036 delusional,bootlicking BUSHCO man loyal to the end!!!!!!!!!!! delusional,bootlicking BUSHCO man loyal to the end!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: FitterDon http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261987 FitterDon Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:39:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261987 Idiotic comments like this are why Asscroft got beat by a dead man. Idiotic comments like this are why Asscroft got beat by a dead man.

]]> By: williamf http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261707 williamf Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:24:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261707 Ashcroft, go back to the Reichstag and sit on it. We can credit you with the first efforts to make this beautiful country of ours a model of Nazi Germany. STFU!! Ashcroft, go back to the Reichstag and sit on it. We can credit you with the first efforts to make this beautiful country of ours a model of Nazi Germany. STFU!!

]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261665 Brain From Planet Arous Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:49:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261665 A Little Sound collage of <a href="http://www.noble-gas.com/asscrack-seedy.mp3" rel="nofollow">AssCrack and Seedy</a> A Little Sound collage of AssCrack and Seedy

]]> By: FearandSmear http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261606 FearandSmear Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:23:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261606 Oh, John - how we've missed you. Fredo was more entertaining but your degree of batshit craziness is unmatched in modern legal times. Oh, John – how we’ve missed you. Fredo was more entertaining but your degree of batshit craziness is unmatched in modern legal times.

]]> By: mparker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261545 mparker Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:35:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261545 You fell asleep next to a pod didn't you ? You fell asleep next to a pod didn’t you ?

]]> By: ucsbclassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261506 ucsbclassics53 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:00:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261506 Yes, I'm sure Bush has been most respectful of civil rights also... Yes, I’m sure Bush has been most respectful of civil rights also…

]]> By: Tired of being lied to http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261500 Tired of being lied to Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:52:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261500 What a warped sense of respect, and I don't buy it. Just because Bush and Company has taken from us a measurable chunk of our civil liberties does not mean he is protecting them. I doubt you would think I respect you, your car or home, if I came to you and removed them. Oh, I will tell you not to worry and that it is my job is to protect you, and that the only way I can do that is to deprive you of them. Good hell, we haven't had a president until now who got away with this crap - why do we STILL put up with it? What a warped sense of respect, and I don’t buy it. Just because Bush and Company has taken from us a measurable chunk of our civil liberties does not mean he is protecting them. I doubt you would think I respect you, your car or home, if I came to you and removed them. Oh, I will tell you not to worry and that it is my job is to protect you, and that the only way I can do that is to deprive you of them. Good hell, we haven’t had a president until now who got away with this crap – why do we STILL put up with it?

]]> By: rehbock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261481 rehbock Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:20:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261481 Ashcroft's statement is true if you add qualifiers. Bush is the most respectful of civil liberties remaining after determining that that which we believed were civil liberties don't exist. Or he is the most respectful of civil liberties embodied in the Second Amendment. Or most respectful of civil liberties of corporations. See Ashcroft just didnt't quite get it into a soundbite. Ashcroft’s statement is true if you add qualifiers. Bush is the most respectful of civil liberties remaining after determining that that which we believed were civil liberties don’t exist. Or he is the most respectful of civil liberties embodied in the Second Amendment. Or most respectful of civil liberties of corporations. See Ashcroft just didnt’t quite get it into a soundbite.

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261454 Saint Augustine Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:53:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261454 Do you know any police officers? I recently asked one "If the president invokes martial law and people begin a rebellion against him, what will you and your fellow officers do?" His answer was that personally he wasn't sure but the topic has been discussed among themselves. Given what we know about Bush and his administration I would not be surprised by another attack here in the states before the next president is sworn in. But, unless Cheney and Bush were killed in that attack I would suspect them of being behind it. Do you know any police officers? I recently asked one “If the president invokes martial law and people begin a rebellion against him, what will you and your fellow officers do?”

His answer was that personally he wasn’t sure but the topic has been discussed among themselves.

Given what we know about Bush and his administration I would not be surprised by another attack here in the states before the next president is sworn in. But, unless Cheney and Bush were killed in that attack I would suspect them of being behind it.

]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-2/#comment-4261432 Brain From Planet Arous Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:27:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261432 <em>Have fun guys…I own 6000 books. :-D Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 10, 2008 @ 1:15 pm</em> Well....If one of those books are subversive........Antiwar, Socialism, Che Guevara, Animal Rights, Environmentalism, Atheism, Nudism, or Feminism, we will confiscate them and burn them. Then you will be just like Linda here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWTjRiXDEI" rel="nofollow"></a> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWTjRiXDEI Have fun guys…I own 6000 books. :-D

Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 10, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

Well….If one of those books are subversive……..Antiwar, Socialism, Che Guevara, Animal Rights, Environmentalism, Atheism, Nudism, or Feminism, we will confiscate them and burn them.

Then you will be just like Linda here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWTjRiXDEI

]]> By: Ms_Joanne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-1/#comment-4261421 Ms_Joanne Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:15:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261421 <em>...recently having firemen tell DHS what books you read. </em> Have fun guys...I own 6000 books. :-D …recently having firemen tell DHS what books you read.

Have fun guys…I own 6000 books. :-D

]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-1/#comment-4261412 Brain From Planet Arous Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:09:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261412 <em>Hey guys, since there isn’t a ThinkFast today, I was wondering if anyone else saw these two items. I am sincerely interested in your thoughts. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/07/6918/ http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/ConnectingTheDots.htm Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 10, 2008 @ 12:01 pm</em> #1 - Militarization and paranoia of our culture, in the mode of the brownshirts in Nazi Germany, and recently having firemen tell DHS what books you read. #2 - Iran is about to move their Bourse from Dollars to Euros, and we remember what happened to Iraq when Hussein did that. Something is afoot, and it does not look good. And........don't expect Hillary to NOT attack Iran. Hey guys, since there isn’t a ThinkFast today, I was wondering if anyone else saw these two items. I am sincerely interested in your thoughts.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/07/6918/

http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/ConnectingTheDots.htm

Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 10, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

#1 – Militarization and paranoia of our culture, in the mode of the brownshirts in Nazi Germany, and recently having firemen tell DHS what books you read.

#2 – Iran is about to move their Bourse from Dollars to Euros, and we remember what happened to Iraq when Hussein did that. Something is afoot, and it does not look good. And……..don’t expect Hillary to NOT attack Iran.

]]> By: Jericho http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-1/#comment-4261410 Jericho Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:01:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261410 Funny,... from where I'm standing the devil seems more respectful of civil liberties than Bush. Funny,… from where I’m standing the devil seems more respectful of civil liberties than Bush.

]]> By: Ms_Joanne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-1/#comment-4261407 Ms_Joanne Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:00:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261407 I think, unfortunately, all the telecom crap is directly related to those events taking place and the inability for the regular people to be able to freely communicate with each other. I fear for what my country has become. But I am scared $hitless about what it might become. I keep telling myself I am overreacting...but I don't think so. IF we get to the next election, and if Obama is elected I think this is going to come to fruition. If Clinton wins I think we'll survive for a few more years. Either way, there is too much in place for me to have much comfort in too many things. I think, unfortunately, all the telecom crap is directly related to those events taking place and the inability for the regular people to be able to freely communicate with each other.

I fear for what my country has become. But I am scared $hitless about what it might become.

I keep telling myself I am overreacting…but I don’t think so. IF we get to the next election, and if Obama is elected I think this is going to come to fruition. If Clinton wins I think we’ll survive for a few more years. Either way, there is too much in place for me to have much comfort in too many things.

]]> By: prius04 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-1/#comment-4261405 prius04 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:59:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261405 Read Naomi Kliens book Disaster Capitalism and Ashcrofts statements will make perfect sense. These people define freedom and liberty differently from you and I. To them, freedom is the freedom for multinational corporations to make profits. The more those corporations are free to do what they want in that pursuit, the more "liberty" there is. They have nver been referring to free speech or individual civil liberties. Or the rights for individuals to organize. When you understand the definitions these people use you will better understand what they've been doing. READ THE BOOK! Read Naomi Kliens book Disaster Capitalism and Ashcrofts statements will make perfect sense.

These people define freedom and liberty differently from you and I. To them, freedom is the freedom for multinational corporations to make profits. The more those corporations are free to do what they want in that pursuit, the more “liberty” there is. They have nver been referring to free speech or individual civil liberties. Or the rights for individuals to organize.

When you understand the definitions these people use you will better understand what they’ve been doing.

READ THE BOOK!

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/comment-page-1/#comment-4261400 Briseadh na Faire Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:57:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/#comment-4261400 Ms Joanne, I found the first article somewhat disturbing, especially when combined with the stories about halliburton's concentration camps build around the U.S. Martial Law, with its concommitant consolidation of all Government functions into a singular Unitary Executive, usurping even state and local governments, is a foregone conclusion. The question is, what will we do when Blackwater has guards on every street corner? By then, there won't be much anyone can do. Those of us who speak out will disappear; we'll be the first ones gone. Mourn, then, not for us, but for those we leave behind. Peace and Blessings. Ms Joanne,

I found the first article somewhat disturbing, especially when combined with the stories about halliburton’s concentration camps build around the U.S.

Martial Law, with its concommitant consolidation of all Government functions into a singular Unitary Executive, usurping even state and local governments, is a foregone conclusion.

The question is, what will we do when Blackwater has guards on every street corner?

By then, there won’t be much anyone can do. Those of us who speak out will disappear; we’ll be the first ones gone.

Mourn, then, not for us, but for those we leave behind.

Peace and Blessings.

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