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John Bolton: Citizen's arrest attempt was comic
Telegraph ^ | 5/29/08 | Stephen Adams

Posted on 05/30/2008 2:01:04 PM PDT by Dawnsblood

Brushing aside Mr Monbiot’s attempted citizen’s arrest, he said: “I think in my own individual case it’s kind of comic.”

But he added: “I think there’s a larger issue here. You have a democratically elected parliament and its government assessed the war as legal and proper.”

When individuals took actions outside the law, in their eyes to bring those responsible for the war to justice, “that is the point you move towards lawlessness and fascism,” he said.

And when one’s views do match those of the democratically elected government, “you have to accept that”, he added.

Dismissing Mr Monbiot’s attempted citizen’s arrest as “street theatre”, he claimed not to have been aware of much opposition towards his visit.

“I don’t see a lot of it, I must say,” he said. “I would assess it in the same way I assess Monbiot – as an indication of the larger potential problem.”

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arrest; bolton; monbiot; moonbat
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1 posted on 05/30/2008 2:01:04 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
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To: Dawnsblood
“I would be delighted to go to Bristol and face the fruitcakes down,” he said.

John Bolton for President.

2 posted on 05/30/2008 2:04:02 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Dawnsblood

Get ready for some rough sailing if Obama is elected. This type of harrasment will increase. We are going into a full scale war with these evil people.


3 posted on 05/30/2008 2:04:17 PM PDT by unkus
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To: unkus

Sadly, I see this coming whether Barry O’Bama wins or not.


4 posted on 05/30/2008 2:05:46 PM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: Dawnsblood

Is “Monboit” French for Moon Bat?


5 posted on 05/30/2008 2:06:33 PM PDT by Kieri (Midwest Snark Claw & Feather Club Founder)
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To: Dawnsblood

Mr Monbiot?

Wonder if it is pronounced:....’moonbat’?

LOL


6 posted on 05/30/2008 2:06:46 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Dawnsblood
"I would assess it in the same way I assess Monbiot – as an indication of the larger potential problem."

clarification: "I would assess it in the same way I assess Monbiot - who is the original psychotic drooling 'moonbat'"

there, fixed it!!
7 posted on 05/30/2008 2:07:10 PM PDT by Enchante (Barack Chamberlain: My 1930s Appeasement Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Socialist Policies!)
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To: Dawnsblood

>When individuals took actions outside the law, in their eyes to bring those responsible for the war to justice, “that is the point you move towards lawlessness and fascism,” he said.

Good, but throw in treason and arrest the would be arrester.


8 posted on 05/30/2008 2:09:09 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (He who puts up with insult invites injury. - Proverb)
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To: frankiep

I see it coming, too. But what is it going to take to get people’s heads out of their..., I mean out of the sand?


9 posted on 05/30/2008 2:09:32 PM PDT by unkus
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To: penelopesire; Kieri

It’s been suggested by credible sources that “monbiot” is indeed the root word of “moonbat”.


10 posted on 05/30/2008 2:10:21 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

I believe “mon” is French for “my.”

By context, I am going to assume “biot” is French for “bitch.”


11 posted on 05/30/2008 2:13:04 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: DuncanWaring

LOL!


12 posted on 05/30/2008 2:17:58 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: unkus

I don’t think anything will. There are people who just cannot be reasoned with or with whom you cannot expect to have a rational and civil discussion with. They have heard a few bumper sticker slogans about foreign policy, economics, and the environment and it has made them into True Believers. You cannot expect a sane reaction from such people when you confront them with other ideas or attempt to engage them in a debate. It doesn’t take much to convince them that they are right - just a bumper sticker slogan or two, and if it wasn’t for those they wouldn’t even have an opinion - and you can be damn sure that they aren’t going to let someone come around and confuse them with stuff that contradicts what they have built up in their minds as absolute truth.


13 posted on 05/30/2008 2:21:48 PM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: unkus

“Get ready for some rough sailing if Obama is elected. This type of harrasment will increase. We are going into a full scale war with these evil people.”

We have BEEN in a full scale war with these people for some time. The problem is, most of our side hasn’t seemed to notice.


14 posted on 05/30/2008 2:25:39 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: frankiep

Much of the liberal mindset of what I call the Useful Idiots is based on nothing more than feel-good, touchy feely crap. If something makes them “feel good” they fall for it. There is no logic involved. Then when it comes back to bite them in the _ss, they don’t know what to think. They just go on to fall for the next scam perputrated on them. They don’t realize that when the users with the real agenda are done with them, they will be tossed out like the trash.


15 posted on 05/30/2008 2:30:13 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Pravious

“We have BEEN in a full scale war with these people for some time. The problem is, most of our side hasn’t seemed to notice”

But now it is going to get meaner and uglier.


16 posted on 05/30/2008 2:33:33 PM PDT by unkus
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To: unkus

“We are going into a full scale war with these evil people.”

I’ve been thinking this for a long time. I think there will be armed conflict between the leftwing, self-righteous, self appointed fascist fruitcakes in this country and the rest of the population.

I think the left is totally nuts and detachted from pragmatic reality as I know it.

The left wants to destroy freedom and America’s ability to defend itself.


17 posted on 05/30/2008 2:33:58 PM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
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To: TheWasteLand
"John Bolton for President."

When I read this, I immediately thought. "We need someone with John Bolton's temperment, plus his intellect" then I thought, We sure haven't found it yet in the Republican elites. Why NOT John Bolton?

He would make a great President. As much as I like GWB, he hasn't been the most fiscally responsible POTUS. I think Bolton would match so much my exact stance on almost everything. He would run circles around McCain.

18 posted on 05/30/2008 2:34:54 PM PDT by libs_kma (The land of the free, because of the brave)
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To: unkus

Obama and a rat congress will ship everyone involved with the Bush administration to the Hague. Count on it.


19 posted on 05/30/2008 2:35:11 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: TheWasteLand
John Bolton for President.

That's not in the cards but Sec of state would be good

20 posted on 05/30/2008 2:35:50 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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