Posted on 08/17/2006 1:02:27 PM PDT by Peach
Press conference to start shortly; podium is set up waiting for Gonzales.
We spend a lot of time arguing...but until and unless it is shown that the NSA is monitoring purely domestic communications in an intrusive and warrantless manner, the judges ruling is not merely wrong, but quite simply implausible. It's based upon extending the U.S. Constitution to the whole world (selectively, and against U.S. interests), as well as ignoring the difference between criminals acting independently or in very small groups and large foreign organizations carrying out war. This last part is only possible because we have in the past been successful enough in war to allow many to grow up without actual comprehension of it - even if they persist in fearful paranoia of imagined metaphors.
Yep, great timing. That and Ned lamont being nominated. LOL
Not as good as his weather machine that dumped the worst blizzard in 50 years onto ALgore when he went to NY for a global warming talk, but pretty close.
I'm beginning to think this is not Bush hatred at work - it is the Islam nation at work in our own country.
Why is all of this blamed on Bush hatred? What about the Muslim power in this country? Maybe we are seeing the under-the-table muslims at work influencing lawsuits, politicians, etc. It would really explain why no eavesdropping, all hinderances to the terrorist war and all attempts to wrest power away from the President of the U.S.
Just maybe we are seeing the takeover of our country by the muslims within our own country.
That's the information I was waiting on.
I simply advance it as a possibility.
I would certainly agree with your offering as a valid reason to pause for thought and seriously consider.
It does make one wonder, why a day after calling out Islamo Fascists as who we are fighting a war on terrorism against, we then hear a portrayal as the beligerents as "a extremist group of folks".
Cavuto after interviewing Ann Coulter a few minutes ago, now has offered he didn't know who appointed the Judge in question when it came up during the interview but does now.
Neil, FR is a good place for show prep, buddy. ;-)
Hi Peach!
There is that "privacy" issue again. I have NEVER read anything about "privacy" in the Constitution. She looks like she could be a spokeswoman for NOW as well as a lawyer for the ACLU.
NOW LOOK... you are being far to gracious to catah! ;-)
LLS
CNN is happy.
see keywords under thread title.
The list is growing. lol
I've about had it with Fox!!! My gosh!! What -- did they have to get back to the jbr case????
Wouldn't it be great if he came out and said "We know that this judge is a Carter appointee and a liberal whack job and we are extremely confident that this ruling will not hold up."
This ruling by Anna Diggs Taylor should not be appealed. It should be ignored.
Did I miss it??
Personally, I would enjoy it if he announced that the justice department was bringing up the judge on treason charges, based on aiding the enemy.
Ditto with the aclu clowns to brought the case in the first place.
a little about judge anna diggs taylors baggage.....her daddy was a crook.....this has been forgotten by many, and maybe it explains her anti-America ruling:
Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
Democrat, Michigan (1955-1980)
The Honorable Charles C. Diggs, Jr. was found guilty in 1978 for taking kickbacks from three of his congressional staffers; he was re-elected to office; then censured by the House, and finally resigned, then went to prison for 7 months.
Indicted of 11 counts of mail fraud and 18 counts of falsifying congressional payrolls. Prosecutors said he received $66,000 in kickbacks from 1973-1977 from several staffers, and used some of that money for his personal business and congressional expenses.
Guilty of: Diggs was found guilty of all 29 counts against him in October 1978, then the next month he was re-elected to his 13th term in Congress.
The Jailbird Count. Prison term: 7 months at minimum-security prison at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. Diggs became a member of the Congressional Prison Caucus.
Congressional censure: In July 1979, the House of Representatives unanimously censured Diggs, after half an hour of floor discussion. No Member of Congress stood up to defend him. In a letter to his colleagues, Diggs admitted misuse of public funds for private use. He apologized to Congress and agreed to repay the House more than $45,000 and accept the censure. The fine would come out of his paycheck, at $500 a month. (A nice sweet deal: that means Diggs would have to stay in office another 7-1/2 years and have $500 deducted each month to pay restitution. But that didn't happen.)
Diggs also faced a $29,000 tax bill from the IRS for failing to pay income taxes on the payroll kickback money.
After having been found guilty, then disgraced by his colleagues in Congress, it still took Diggs another full year to resign from Congress, in June 1980. He probably waited until June so that he could still collect his Congressional salary and to wait the verdict of the U.S. Supreme Court. Diggs appealed to the Court to review his conviction; the Court let his conviction stand without comment.
Historical note: Only once before in the twentieth century had the House censured a member, and that was 60 years earlier in a case of a Texas Congressman who was punished for inserting objectionable material into the Congressional Record
The C.B.B. Spin
Diggs's excuse: The employees willingly gave him the kick-backs because he was in "very dire financial straits."
Sources: Richard L. Lyons, "Rep. Diggs Admits Misuse of Funds, Accepts Censure," Washington Post, June 30, 1979, A1. Irvin Molotsky, "Obituary: Charles Diggs, 75, Congressman Censured Over Kickbacks," New York Times, August 26, 1998, D18
http://www.congressionalbadboys.com/Diggs.htm
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Great find. That is a great example where the nut did not fall far from the tree. Guess that's why jimma catta appointed her.
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