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Fear No Evil

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Originally posted by: chucky2
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: loozar111

Ah, while we're charging people left and right, can we charge Clinton with killing all those Somalian civilians?

Also, why are Kennedy and Johnson referred to as 'Presidents' while Bush is a 'Traitor in Chief'?

Do it if you can make it stick, jackass. That's still not an excuse from charging your Traitor In Chief and his criminal gang of traitors, murderers, war criminals and war profiteers for their crimes.

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil

Don't worry, Obama is going to bring Chicago Political integrity back to the white house.

You pissy, whining neocon losers keep telling us how corrupt Obama's administration is going to be, but you have YET to present one (count them on one finger) piece of evidence to support your bullshit. Yet, you still keep ducking the issues of the crimes committed by the Bushwhackos, as DOCUMENTED by the Senate Armed Services Committee's report.

As I said to loozar111, prove your accusations against Obama if you can, but UNTIL you can provide such evidence, just slink off into your slime pit, and sit on your thumb and twirl.

Meanwhile, George W. Bush and his gang MURDERED over 4,000 American troops in their war of LIES in Iraq and committed torture and other horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity. If YOU don't have the balls, let alone the brains to stand against and hold them accountable for their horrific crimes, YOU dishonor the service and the memory of our fallen troops and everything they fought for and died to defend.

YOU are truly pathetic! :thumbsdown: :|

I said 'Obama is going to bring', which means the future.. which means I am predicting it.. which means it hasn't happened yet, which means I cannot provide any proof because it hasn't happened.. YET..

Just curious, if Obama doesn't immediately pull us out of Iraq is he responsible for deaths as well? Or are you just going to continue to blame Bush for everything?

Surely if you had all this proof of Bush you could get SOMEONE in government to listen to you? I want PROOF you have presented any of this evidence you have to someone in a position to do something about it. Anything other than PROOF means you are nothing but an internet LIAR sitting behind his keyboard MURDERING more troops by not putting an end to this Bush regime.

I love this game! Its fun! I gotta get more macros set up. It will add to my credibility if I just repeat the same stuff over and over!

You are, literally, arguing with a Macro that is programmed in BDS...you realize this, right? It's your free time....just letting you know....

Chuck

I know! Its fun though.. I enjoy it.. because the macro seems to get more and more angry as time goes on.
 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: Fear No Evil

You are, literally, arguing with a Macro that is programmed in BDS...you realize this, right? It's your free time....just letting you know....

Chuck

I know! Its fun though.. I enjoy it.. because the macro seems to get more and more angry as time goes on.[/quote]

Laugh while you can. Are you too much of a pathetic, sniveling coward to reply to my more recent reply to you?

Hey... As long as you're not trying to tell us that some wrong you perceive justifies another, all you have to do is prove your claims, instead of spewing a bunch of smoke.

If you think Obama has violated your Constitutional rights, follow eskimospy's suggestion. Check out the Constitution, and come back to tell us which article or amendment you believe has been violated by whom.

Hell!! If can you make your point based on the facts, I'll stand with you against whoever's guilty. :)

You can search for my posts detailing names, dates, facts and statutes George W. Bush and his gang have violated. If it's important enough for you, I can bore the regulars with another posting of one or more of my "macros," stored text files formatted with links, fonts, etc.

Or you can take my word for it. :p

We're still waiting for you to prove Obama violated your Constitutional rights or any laws. You made the charges. I even said I would support you if you could prove any of them. Do it, or STFU. :thumbsdown: :|
 
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Originally posted by: eskimospy

Wait a minute, are you trying to say that social safety nets cause unwanted pregnancy, crime, and a failure of education? *sigh*. Turn off the Rush Limbaugh.

As for your whole 'lib-fantasy' shit, give me a break. The Secretary General of the UN himself says that the invasion of Iraq was a violation of the UN charter. That's pretty decent evidence of a violation of international law. I guess the SecGen is just intentionally misrepresenting international law too.

I'm not exactly sure why I'm trying to argue this with you, as it appears you're totally off the deep end, but I'm going to hope for a reasoned explanation of why it's not a violation.

The Secretary-General of the UN is part of the Secretariat, not a member of the Security Council whose decisions are actually binding. The argument against the war in Iraq is that UN Resolution 1441 did not automatically authorize force in event of its material breach. I suppose you could argue that it does authorize force, but I think that most people would agree (and the US and UK at the time of 1441) that it was not.
 
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Originally posted by: Ozoned
Here is the wall that you will never be able to climb, Harvey

The Military Commissions Act defines certain prohibitions of Common Article 3 for United States law, and it reaffirms and reinforces the authority of the President to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions.
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We are a nation of Laws and rules. Pretty much guarantees that anyone with the power to make a law or rule can do what they feel they are compelled to do.

You can express outrage, but that is all you can do, unless you are willing to live outside the confines of these Laws and rules we have.

No, the Supreme Court has ruled that the President doesn't have such broad executive power to detain US citizens, etc. under the MCA and AUMF as authorized by Congress. They basically did not give the President deference.
 

Steeplerot

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Originally posted by: Fear No Evil


I know! Its fun though.. I enjoy it.. because the macro seems to get more and more angry as time goes on.

You ever think this is because he actually investigates and takes the time to refute you guys bullshit in depth to be brushed off by small-minded pricks who too busy goose-stepping to talk radio crap to use their heads when evidence is provided?
Nah, this would upset your little fundamentalist right-wing alter-universe you guys live in.
I am glad I am no moderator in this place, I would have banned most of the idiots in here for being so intellectually dishonest playing stupid on purpose thus logjamming any real debate, I do not see why he bothers with people so lost they cannot even use their own critical thinking skills. You all are so wrapped up in right-wing media sounding board bullshit talking points even when evidence is presented it has become like a new coming of Roman Catholicism. (not dissing Catholics)
Have a day.
 

chucky2

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Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil


I know! Its fun though.. I enjoy it.. because the macro seems to get more and more angry as time goes on.

You ever think this is because he actually investigates and takes the time to refute you guys bullshit in depth to be brushed off by small-minded pricks who too busy goose-stepping to talk radio crap to use their heads when evidence is provided?
Nah, this would upset your little fundamentalist right-wing alter-universe you guys live in.
I am glad I am no moderator in this place, I would have banned most of the idiots in here for being so intellectually dishonest playing stupid on purpose thus logjamming any real debate, I do not see why he bothers with people so lost they cannot even use their own critical thinking skills. You all are so wrapped up in right-wing media sounding board bullshit talking points even when evidence is presented it has become like a new coming of Roman Catholicism. (not dissing Catholics)
Have a day.

Errrr....

.....No.

Chuck
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: Harvey


How many illegal wars did Clinton start?

Since you asked. http://rrojasdatabank.info/agf...o_kosovo/msg00096.html

The senate actually voted against his intrusion into the Balkans and he did it anyway in direct violation of const unlike when senate allowed Bush to invade Iraq. starving and bombing half a million Iraqis also could be construed as illegal.

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.
 

fskimospy

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Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Harvey


How many illegal wars did Clinton start?

Since you asked. http://rrojasdatabank.info/agf...o_kosovo/msg00096.html

The senate actually voted against his intrusion into the Balkans and he did it anyway in direct violation of const unlike when senate allowed Bush to invade Iraq. starving and bombing half a million Iraqis also could be construed as illegal.

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

Seek professional help.
 
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Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Harvey


How many illegal wars did Clinton start?

Since you asked. http://rrojasdatabank.info/agf...o_kosovo/msg00096.html

The senate actually voted against his intrusion into the Balkans and he did it anyway in direct violation of const unlike when senate allowed Bush to invade Iraq. starving and bombing half a million Iraqis also could be construed as illegal.

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

How do you know it's in direct violation of the Constitution? That's a pretty serious constitutional issue that the Court rarely ever touches and they didn't address it in this case.
 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: Zebo

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

You are one sick fuck. :(
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Zebo

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

You are one sick fuck. :(

Fair enough. Now that we got that out of the way where is your replusion for Clintons various international law and US constitutional law violations. Not pointing this to make Bush's excusable just saying we have had imperial unaccountable presidency for a long while.
 
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Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Zebo

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

You are one sick fuck. :(

Fair enough. Now that we got that out of the way where is your replusion for Clintons various international law and US constitutional law violations. Not pointing this to make Bush's excusable just saying we have had imperial unaccountable presidency for a long while.

Do you even know what international law consists of? Or do you know of these constitutional issues?

What specifically did Clinton violate and why do you feel that such actions violated international law and the Constitution?
 

bozack

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Originally posted by: chess9
I'd be in favor of hanging Bush and every one of his cohorts who supported this business, but Obama's aides have suggested that Obama is more interested in something like a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, without prosecutions. What galls me is that if the positions had been reversed the Republicans would have ginned up the entire Justice Department to prosecute Dems. Dems are such fucking wusses.....

-Robert

Seriously? pretty sick there...

Thankfully not everyone is as twisted as you.
 

BMW540I6speed

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We Succumbed To Our Need For Revenge...

The attacks that occurred on 9/11 drove us to believe that any action against our enemies was justified. To hell with the Geneva Convention and to hell with our democratic ideals. This is war, folks, and any means justifies the ends. The point is that a line was crossed. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others suspended civil protections and laws in the belief that such action was justified.

Having said that, This brings us to the war Crimes accountability enigma..

Many here feel that those responsible for Bush administration war crimes should at least be investigated, and more preferably, prosecuted for their transgressions.

However, hard-core Bush supporters have been busy creating a ?Don?t Go There? recommendation for Obama to follow during the early portion of his administration. Stuart Taylor, a Brookings Institute fellow and Bush apologist, recently emphasized this "warning" in his December 9th Slate article:

?First, such investigations and prosecutions would tear apart the country and blow up Obama's hopes of lifting us out of our multiple crises.?

Taylor goes on to explain that people can't be held responsible for committing crimes if a lawyer told them it was legal and you can't hold lawyers responsible for telling them it was legal if they used a crackpot, untested legal theory to support it. So, heck - all any president needs is a creative lawyer like Yoo and it's get out of jail free.

Though I disagree with some of Taylor?s assumptions, but I do agree with him on these type of trails hurting the Obama Administration and the hopes of bringing the country together. I do think he has brought up an interesting concept in regard to the ?legality? of the torture, wiretapping, and detention issues that were presented to Congress by the Bush administration shortly after 9/11. One has to assume that the early push by the Cheney team to convince members of Congress, most notably the intelligence committee members, as well as key Senate and House leadership on both sides of the aisle had to include documented support of legality from the OLC. These people were emphatically told that these acts were legal.

Does that mean they were in fact legal? Common sense says no. But, Taylor argues that the grey area of legality is large enough that a court may find it hard to accept, and hence it?s not worth putting the public through such an ordeal.

I have to agree about puting the American public through trails such as Nuremburg (remember how look they took!) is not worth it.

A lot of heads would roll if we got caught up in this "war crimes" business. Trials such as these were fraught with complexity and moral nuance and all kinds of suspect qualities. It would demoralize the very people that we need right now at the helm of the ship of state, carefully guiding us through the treacherous waters of our uncertain and dangerous times.

Not now...

 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Zebo

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

You are one sick fuck. :(

Fair enough. Now that we got that out of the way where is your replusion for Clintons various international law and US constitutional law violations. Not pointing this to make Bush's excusable just saying we have had imperial unaccountable presidency for a long while.

The Senate Armed Services Committee Report documents Federal and international crimes committed by your Traitor In Chief and his gang. It specifies names, dates and actions that constitute the most horrific of crimes, crimes that bring to mind the most reviled names in human history, including Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and more. :|

The saddest part about thier crimes is that they committed these crimes in OUR name. In doing so, they dishonored and debased each of us, individually, and the crediblity of all of us as a once respected, once honored nation. :(

You said "most Americans" don't care whether they commited torture. You are wrong. "Most Americans" I know would agree that your belief about THEIR views are what makes you one sick fuck.

Then, you try to divert attention from the Bushwhackos' horrific, inhuman crimes against humanity by pointing to other alleged crimes by Clinton, and you try to weasel out of responsibility for doing so by saying Clinton's alleged crimes don't excuse those committed by your Traitor In Chief and his gang.

Stay with that thought for awhile because that IS the point. If you can prove charges against Clinton, pursue them. However, NO crime committed by anyone else excuses what the George W. Bush and his gang of thugs have done, and NO failure to pursue those who have committed other crimes and prosecute other criminals excuses what they have done.

Your entire statement has no place in this discussion, and the fact that you would even attempt to divert attention from the Bushwhackos' crimes is further evidence that you are one sick fuck.

Originally posted by: BMW540I6speed

We Succumbed To Our Need For Revenge...
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I have to agree about puting the American public through trails such as Nuremburg (remember how look they took!) is not worth it.

A lot of heads would roll if we got caught up in this "war crimes" business. Trials such as these were fraught with complexity and moral nuance and all kinds of suspect qualities. It would demoralize the very people that we need right now at the helm of the ship of state, carefully guiding us through the treacherous waters of our uncertain and dangerous times.

Not now...

I disagree with you about putting the American public through trials. If we cannot do so, we mock our entire system of justice. The most certain way to demoralize ourselves is to ignore the horrific crimes George W. Bush and his murderous gang have commited. If we cannot them responsible for the crimes they have committed, we betray the values defined by our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution and prove to ourselves and the world that our alleged "nation of laws" is a sham.

We cannot allow that to happen. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales and every member of the Bush administration involved in committing torture MUST be held accountable.

RIGHT NOW!
 

chucky2

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"crimes that bring to mind the most reviled names in human history, including Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and more."

Congrats!!! You've reached Moonbeam land!!! Say Hi to him for us here on Earth, have a good time chatting.... :thumbsup:

Chuck
 

blackangst1

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Originally posted by: chucky2
"crimes that bring to mind the most reviled names in human history, including Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and more."

Congrats!!! You've reached Moonbeam land!!! Say Hi to him for us here on Earth, have a good time chatting.... :thumbsup:

Chuck

Beat me to it. I quit reading at that point. I almost thought it was Dave posting.
 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: chucky2
"crimes that bring to mind the most reviled names in human history, including Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and more."

Congrats!!! You've reached Moonbeam land!!! Say Hi to him for us here on Earth, have a good time chatting.... :thumbsup:

Chuck

Congrats back at you!!! You've joined the heard of inhuman monsters and vile creatures with no conscience, no ethics, no morals and no humanity. :|

Please enjoy an extra large helping of FOAD! :thumbsdown:
 

chucky2

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Weird...the API between Moonbeamland where Macro is at, and Earth, must not support the Trifecta...is this true about the API, or, are you slipping?

We should be seeing 3 Emoticons, not 2....

Chuck
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Zebo

As far as torture. I like most Americans don't care which is why it has no traction. I'm a member of the eye for and eye school. We should actually be feeding them to pigs to reciprocate the decapitations.

You are one sick fuck. :(

Fair enough. Now that we got that out of the way where is your replusion for Clintons various international law and US constitutional law violations. Not pointing this to make Bush's excusable just saying we have had imperial unaccountable presidency for a long while.

The Senate Armed Services Committee Report documents Federal and international crimes committed by your Traitor In Chief and his gang. It specifies names, dates and actions that constitute the most horrific of crimes, crimes that bring to mind the most reviled names in human history, including Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and more. :|

The saddest part about thier crimes is that they committed these crimes in OUR name. In doing so, they dishonored and debased each of us, individually, and the crediblity of all of us as a once respected, once honored nation. :(

You said "most Americans" don't care whether they commited torture. You are wrong. "Most Americans" I know would agree that your belief about THEIR views are what makes you one sick fuck.

Then, you try to divert attention from the Bushwhackos' horrific, inhuman crimes against humanity by pointing to other alleged crimes by Clinton, and you try to weasel out of responsibility for doing so by saying Clinton's alleged crimes don't excuse those committed by your Traitor In Chief and his gang.

Stay with that thought for awhile because that IS the point. If you can prove charges against Clinton, pursue them. However, NO crime committed by anyone else excuses what the George W. Bush and his gang of thugs have done, and NO failure to pursue those who have committed other crimes and prosecute other criminals excuses what they have done.

Your entire statement has no place in this discussion, and the fact that you would even attempt to divert attention from the Bushwhackos' crimes is further evidence that you are one sick fuck.

Originally posted by: BMW540I6speed

We Succumbed To Our Need For Revenge...
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I have to agree about puting the American public through trails such as Nuremburg (remember how look they took!) is not worth it.

A lot of heads would roll if we got caught up in this "war crimes" business. Trials such as these were fraught with complexity and moral nuance and all kinds of suspect qualities. It would demoralize the very people that we need right now at the helm of the ship of state, carefully guiding us through the treacherous waters of our uncertain and dangerous times.

Not now...

I disagree with you about putting the American public through trials. If we cannot do so, we mock our entire system of justice. The most certain way to demoralize ourselves is to ignore the horrific crimes George W. Bush and his murderous gang have commited. If we cannot them responsible for the crimes they have committed, we betray the values defined by our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution and prove to ourselves and the world that our alleged "nation of laws" is a sham.

We cannot allow that to happen. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales and every member of the Bush administration involved in committing torture MUST be held accountable.

RIGHT NOW!

I didn't know death penalty for terrorist was so controversial. If I'm a 'sick fuck' in your eyes so be it, I won't lose any sleep over it. Clinton's 'crimes' are documented in link I provided you just won't take the time to read them too busy frothing at the mouth w/ regards to Bush whom I've already said actions are inexcusable. But unimpeachable and unaccountable which is reason for highlting presidential history.

As far as the public does not care, hell, even Black Bush does not care! After Googling extensively it's impossible to find Black Bush?s reaction to the Rumsfeld Report. Might the lack of response to this report be for reasons related to the fact that Obama is not a transformative or challenging personality we were lead to believe? Might it be because he would do the same thing?
 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: Zebo

I didn't know death penalty for terrorist was so controversial. If I'm a 'sick fuck' in your eyes so be it, I won't lose any sleep over it.

Before you start handing out death sentences, you may want to start by convicting and sentencing them under the law. The only American court that would do either based on "confessions" obtained under torture is one of the sham kangaroo courts established by your Traitor In Chief and his cabal of traitors, torturers and war criminals, the same lying pieces of shit who committed torture to obtain those "confessions."

If you're so gung ho to kill them without a fair trial, I can only hope YOU are the next one to be falsely accused of being a terrorist, imprisoned, tortured for years and eventually, given the sentence you would wish on others who may or may not actually have committed any crime, whatsoever.

If you're so willing to commit torture and kill those whose only confession was obtained under such torture, you ARE as much a terrorist as your Traitor In Chief and his gang, and you should be treated as such. :thumbsdown: :|

Clinton's 'crimes' are documented in link I provided you just won't take the time to read them too busy frothing at the mouth w/ regards to Bush whom I've already said actions are inexcusable. But unimpeachable and unaccountable which is reason for highlting presidential history.

Your gripe is with your perceived failure of the legal system to deal with Clinton. If you want to piss and moan about it, do so. If you can spur anyone in authority to act on your accusations and convict him, more power to you.

If you think any failure of the system to impose adequate sanctions against Clinton in any way rationalizes, let alone justifies, allowing or excusing the torture, murder and treason commited by your Traitor In Chief and his criminal gang, you dishonor the prinicples defined by our Constitution that have guided our nation for over 200 years and the value of every American life sacrificed in defending those principles.

YOU are an embarrassment to the United States of America and a disgrace to humanity. :(
 

chucky2

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See, I knew you were slipping earlier...the API between Earth and where you're at does support the Trifecta!!!

Slacker....

Chuck