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To: yobid
3 entries found for treason.

Meaningless. The only one that has meaning is

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court."
And Venezuela isn't our declared enemy. The list of those tried for treason in this country is short, and all were for direct actions against the US or for giving secrets to or directly materially aiding our enemies. The one treason conviction I know of for making public statements beneficial to the enemy was "Tokyo Rose" (Iva Toguri D'Aquino), and that was questionable and later pardoned.
19 posted on 01/13/2006 8:41:52 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

Thank you.


20 posted on 01/13/2006 8:44:22 AM PST by yobid (What we have here is a failure to communicate)
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To: antiRepublicrat

If Belafonte was on my football team, and he was talking smack about the coach, he would be kicked off the team. This country is more important than any football game (go Seahawks), he should be deported and not allowed back in this country.


21 posted on 01/13/2006 8:50:27 AM PST by jeremiah (People wake up, the water is getting hot)
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