Posted on 01/05/2002 8:44:19 AM PST by Exnihilo
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO ADDRESS NATION FROM CALIFORNIA @ 12:50 ET, click the source to watch live.
He's expected to counter Sen. Tom Daschle's remarks.
If he wasn't so short he'd be picking himself up off the floor.
"I believe in the power of prayer."
That had to be him then!!
this man says what he believes, without hesitation, without embarrassment. He knows about the armour of God.
And I can say it: I TRUST THIS MAN WITH MY LIFE!!!!
Are you talking about Bush's regular Saturday morning address or the Townhall meeting in Ontario?
Take your pick..., he won 'em all!!!! Go W! Let's Roll!
OH.......I love it! "I wasn't interested in debate!!!"
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO ADDRESS NATION
He's expected to counter Sen. Tom Daschle's remarks.
I applaud Bush.
He's thanking the LEOS and the director of homeland defense. Thats got to upset some here.
You pinged me VA Advogado. I believe 95% of LEO's are honorable. It's the 5% -- the JBT's that I don't trust. Is this why you pinged me, because you're one of the 5% and wanted me to post your admittance that you're a JBT...
Funny how the ones that hate the war on drugs the most end up saying some of the most violent and confrontational things.
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I have no problem with Jack booted thugs when they're used against the right people. In this case, law breaking druggies are the right people. No mercy, no peas.
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American twaddle. You're either with us or against us. You are clearly against us.
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Ha, never. Its a lot easier to just crank up what we're doing now and keep you in the cross hairs. Give the BATF more effective tools, more money, more men and bigger bounties and we're there.
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Reason: You claim to have witnessed numerous constitutional abuses. Can you give me some examples?
Levine: The Carlson case is the best. The man was a Fortune 500 executive and had no reputation whatsoever. He didnt know coke from garden mulch. A criminal informant pointed out his house and two other houses. Agents, without any investigation whatsoever, just crashed into his house and shot the man down. That is now typical. 60 Minutes did a wonderful piece on it in 1993 called "The Informers." There is no U.S. Constitution any more when it comes to the drug war.
In that case, a multi-agency task force, outfitted in high-tech guerrilla gear, crashed into the home of a Fortune 500 executive and shot him down in his own living room on the basis of the word of an uncorroborated informant. Nobody was penalized for it. In fact, the people who did it were eventually promoted.
As the expert witness, I had access to all the reports and I recommended that these people be prosecuted. They paid no attention to the mans civil rights. He had no record or reputation for drugs. They did nothing but crash through his door on the basis of an informants say-so. The drug war has succeeded in militarizing police against their own people.
Judge James P. Gray: Anyone who talks about it [WOD] with me in the elevator or in the judges lunchroom agrees that what were doing is not working. Publicly, judges are pretty conservative people. A lot of them dont see themselves as social workers. A lot of them are concerned about their effectiveness and getting reelected, so they are just not going to say publicly what they believe privately.
That was really brought home to me when I gave four forums sponsored by the American Bar Association. After doing so, I received a letter from the present chief justice of the Supreme Court of a Southern state. He wrote, "Dear Jim: Youre right. The War on Drugs isnt working. Youre also right that its fully appropriate for a sitting judge to discuss it because of what our position is in society. And I see these cases all the time coming across my desk. What we are doing simply isnt working. But I gave up a lucrative law practice for this present job. I love my job and if I were to speak publicly, I would have to spend all my time justifying myself. I just dont think I could do it."
Now a little boy saying he was very impressed with how Pres. Bush handled Sept 11th. Then asked what his very first thought was when he heard about the plane crashing into the WTC. (The President then put in a plug for his readaing initiative). Then Andy Card came in and said, "America is under attack."
Made up his mind (then), if America was under attack, we'd get them. I wasn't interested in lawyers, in a bunch of debate, I was interested in finding out who did it and bringing them to justice. I also knew they would try to hide. And anybody who provided haven, help, food, would be held accountable by the USA.
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