Posted on 06/27/2005 1:58:30 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Do I feel safer because we've spent $300,000 ousting a tinpot dictator from a country that didn't threaten American freedom? No --- but I feel a h-ll of a lot less safe in my home because the Supreme Court says it's ok for government to seize it and give it to some politically connected friends of politicians.
Has Bush said ANYTHING about the Supreme Court's outrageous eminent domain decision last week? I want to hear about THAT, not another speech about the mess in Iraq.
Oh please. You have ranted against the President for ages. Remember when you were calling him a Nazi and posting pictures of Hitler and Nazi propaganda posters?
Brownshirts don't let brownshirts post and drive. Get the point?
no with chemical weapons and car bombs in the middle of NYC....
you apparently havent been paying ANY attention...
but do you take that chance?
the man was/is unstable.
Iran is worrisome for that same reason. They are NOT jumping off prematurely.
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20041220-083613-1804r.htm
Says Clint Bolick
http://baltimorechronicle.com/012105SheldonRichman.shtml
Sheldon Richman quotes from the Wall Street Journal here.
During CFR, I was sure against his actions. When he failed to enforce border controls, I was against that as well. I publicly stated that only his failure to campaign for the reintroduction of the Assault Weapons Ban would permit me to vote for him.
He did, and I voted for him.
Remember when you were calling him a Nazi and posting pictures of Hitler and Nazi propaganda posters?
I cannot remember that which did not occur. You are an outright liar. Prove this comment or retract your bullshit lie.
Liar.
Look, I cannot help it if there is absolutely no level of tyrannical usurpation of our rights that will bother you. Some people are just born to be subjects.
Better that they stayed out of it entirely than be tarred with this decision, I suppose.
Better still, they could have filed a brief supporting Kelo.
I wasn't criticizing the resolution itself. I was criticizing the legitimacy that it confers on the UN when it's stated, as Bush said very clearly to the General Assembly during the run-up to the war, that UN resolutions must be enforced.
The U.N. is not without it's purpose...remember keep your enemies close?
I've heard that said before around here, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The idea is that keeping them close means we can keep an eye on them, right? But that's assuming they'd consider it a disadvantage to themselves if we kept an eye on them. But if they did, then they wouldn't be there in the UN. So I don't know what it's really enabling us to do that we couldn't do otherwise.
To the extent that it functions as a conduit in relaying a message to the nations of the world...it may be have usefulness.
We can relay messages just fine without the UN. Nonetheless, if all it was was a diplomatic forum, with no kind of assumed legal powers, then I'd have no problem with it in principle.
A point John Kerry knew, or cared, little about...he should have remembered George Washinton's farewell address.
Well, true. I personally think both parties could stand to look it over from time to time.
If you look at the links logician4u provided, he is.
Thusly, my comment.
Bush isn't a conservative. He's an elitist. Anything that helps his elite wins his approval. He's only played 'conservative' long enough to get elected, and now the real Bush seems to be shining through.
I'm angriest at myself, for being fooled.
I'm sure the homeowners who used to live on the 13 acres of land that was seized to build a new stadium for the Texas Rangers would have no trouble believing it.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/bush/saturday.html
Big whoop.
Ever heard of oil-for-food?
Koffe Annan?
Jaques Chirac?
Vladamir Putin?
Ever see the pictures of Saddam's brand new billion dollar palaces, along side photos of children who had no water?
Sanctions my butt, you dum dum.
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