Posted on 03/09/2005 8:35:05 PM PST by neverdem
Naw, if we're putting a black man in solely on the basis of his race, that'd be a bad thing. Plus, I don't trust the stories about Attucks, since they seem to be primarily based on the work of William Nell, who was himself an activist trying to promote black freedom at the time, and not necessarily an unbiased source. Attucks might just have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. Any freedom fighter included has to be someone who's allied himself to the cause and deserves it on merit.
Now, that doesn't mean I won't take suggestions--I just don't know that Attucks fits the bill. It could well be a fictitious African, and ANY African, who meets the specs. In fact, fictitious is kind of hard to beat (which is why Uncle Sam and John Bull are the American and British reps). If the Poles and the Aussies had similar Joe Blow national counterparts, I'd put them instead of Kosciusko and Patterson.
It's so hard to be patient.....
"THIS is scary! It was about time to totally withdraw from letting other interfere in our sovereignty."
Here, here! And it's also time to get rid of judges who look to foreign sources to base their opinions on!
"Memo to the US Supreme Court:
American law applies in the United States.
International law applies elsewhere! "
ditto!
Then American TOURISTS will stop going to MEXICO, and head to a country that provides better protection for its revenue sources.
MEXICO will be economically destroyed if it allows Americans to be harmed in any way!
Never trust a UN outfit. Period.
Where is Jesse Helms when we need him? He almost singlehandedly exposed the UN for what it really is. I miss him dearly.
It's Lent you know. We don't say the H*******h word during Lent. :-(
World Judicial Body is that the same as the World Courts? If so i thought we already withdrew from that, or is this a seperate thing?
---"It's Lent you know. We don't say the H*******h word during Lent. :-("---
In the case, I'll do whatever it takes to purchase an indulgence to celebrate our withdrawl.
Heh heh heh ;-)
YUCK!
Well that's a start! When do we withdraw from the UN?
Yes, but not completely in the domestice arena. The state of Texas will have to fight the President, who is from Texas...
For their part, Texas prosecutors have not conceded that the president has the power to force courts there to reopen the Medellín case.
In a statement, Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for Attorney General Greg Abbott of Texas, questioned the president's authority.
"The State of Texas believes no international court supersedes the laws of Texas or the laws of the United States," Mr. Strickland said. "We respectfully believe the executive determination exceeds the constitutional bounds for federal authority."
This was set in motion before the decision to withdraw...
We declined to ratify the treaty recognizing the International Criminal Court. In this case, we withdrew from protocols that granted review to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
Borge used to be a "poet," now he's just a thug. I say, if they get some U.N. resolutions against the U.S. and we defy them and they decide to "use force." Well...
What would a "President Kerry" have done to deal with this?
Three Cheers! This is great news!
(What it is going to take to bring this nightmare to a head is anybody's guess.)
"That's what they do now, and have been doing forever."
Actually, Mexico is far better about contacting consuls as required under the convention. As are most States. Texas is the most agregious violator.
" How else can they require relatives of jailed Americans to pay for room & bard(!) while in jail and extract other extortions before releasing their prisoners?"
That's a different story than contacting consulates, isn't it? Anyway, some jurisdictions in the US require prisoners to cough-up room and board.
"Bush was supposed to have rescinded our signature to join the International Court of Justice."
I believe you are thinking of the International Criminal Court.
We have been a part of the International Court of Justice since 1946 according to the article.
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