Comments on: Blackwater affiliate company urges use of Sharia law in American court.

By: octamethyl

octamethyl — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:30:54 +0000

If we are going to adopt Sharia, Islamic law, then we should also chop off the hands of boosh and cheney

By: larkohio

larkohio — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:19:48 +0000

Sharia law??? Why on earth would we do that? Is this a Muslim country? I think not.

By: woodguy

woodguy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:02:47 +0000

We might as well try them under Sharia law. We are ruled by the American Taliban, aren’t we?

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:56:33 +0000

Reading the link, it says that Sharia doesn’t hold a company responsible for the action of its employees (of course, I have to ask how big companies were and how much control they had in the early days of Sharia? As opposed to the relatively recent formation in US law which in certain instances ascribes the same responsibilities to a company as it does a person).

So let me guess the progression:

*) Sharia should be employed so that the company can’t be sued.
*) Widows sue the individuals (or their estates).
*) Argument is that Sharia doesn’t apply and that the laws of the US put the proper action as a suit against the company

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:52:46 +0000

Oh, but … but … but … THAT’S DIFFERENT!!!!!

Jebus. Barstids.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:44:27 +0000

From the Newsobserver article:

“Where did the crash occur?” Prince said. “Afghanistan.”

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Presidential Airways argued that the lawsuit must be dismissed; legal doctrine holds that soldiers cannot sue the government, and the company was acting as an agent of the government.

Last year, a series of federal judges dismissed that argument.

A dipshit and his doofus attorney. **snort**

By: RantingTommy

RantingTommy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:38:21 +0000

dbadass Says:

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You’ll have to hope on rogerse. Pussy for Life lock box has run away.

Aww. Did we hurt his widdle feewings? Mebbe we should call whine wun wun and get him a waaambulance.

By: Frosty Cupcake

Frosty Cupcake — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:35:35 +0000

Sharia law is ultraconservative. Naturally such a scheme fits in perfectly with Republicans.

By: dbadass

dbadass — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:33:31 +0000

RantingTommy Says:
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just when you think they cant get any lower….

I guess lax_cok and rogerdodger are still waiting for their talking points on this one

come on guys, I’m curious to see how you silly little cowards defend this.

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You’ll have to hope on rogerse. Pussy for Life lock box has run away.

By: Above the Clouds

Above the Clouds — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:28:32 +0000

This is part of the Republican mess “conservatives” and John McCain supporters everywhere are placing their presidential hopes. And you thought it was tough being a Republican in 2006.

By: misshusseinmolly

misshusseinmolly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:28:22 +0000

Either Blackwater is culpable in the deaths of these three Americans, or they aren’t. It would seem that our own laws would be sufficient to determine that. Apparently Blackwater doesn’t trust that justice will prevail (at least not THEIR way), so they will stop at nothing to screw these men’s widows more than they already have.

Fine. If Blackwater is subject to Sharia law while working in Afghanistan, let’s apply this to ALL of our contractors — Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR, et al., and make them subject to the law of whatever country they are operating in.

Doesn’t Sharia law dictate that a hand shall be amputated as penalty for stealing? (just kidding — that’s not done in Iraq, and only in heavy Taliban areas of Afghanistan)

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:27:20 +0000

The pilots were sky-larking, cowboying all over the landscape, running canyons, etc, and then ran out of air to turn in, and smacked the side of a mountain. There’s a recording of the whole thing, iirc.

Privatized military presents a horrible threat to the tattered remnamts of USer democracy:

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. . . . [There is also an] inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and . . . degeneracy of manners and of morals. . . . No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. . . . — James Madison, 1793

By: RantingTommy

RantingTommy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:25:07 +0000

just when you think they cant get any lower….

I guess lax_cok and rogerdodger are still waiting for their talking points on this one

come on guys, I’m curious to see how you silly little cowards defend this.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:24:10 +0000

If it includes chopping the hands off and plucking their eyes out of Erick Prince, I’m for it.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:15:56 +0000

Now there’s a black pit of morality for ya.

Did they dig up Johnny Cochran for that one?

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:14:22 +0000

Just like bull shit bush, find or make a law up to fit the crime being comitted..Blessing

By: unbelievable

unbelievable — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:12:04 +0000

Even Jesus is dispensible to these Cons. Figures.

By: unbelievable

unbelievable — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:10:51 +0000

Greedy, immoral Republican hypocrites.