Why do I love my local library? Because the librarians never fail to point me to the accurate resources in the reference section no matter how obscure the subject or question.
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No, it doesn't exempt American citizens. http://www
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You have to have standing to challenge the Constituti
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FWIW, it's things like this that weaned me off of Randi Rhodes: Her unconditio
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Obama’s veto threat was never about substantive objections to the detention powers vested by this bill; put another way, he was never objecting to the bill on civil liberties grounds. Obama's not an opponent of indefinite detention; he’s a vigorous proponent of it, as evidenced by his continuous , multi-face ted embrace of that policy.
Obama’s objections to this bill had nothing to do with civil liberties, due process or the Constitution. It had everything to do with Executive power. The WhiteHouse ’s complaint was that Congress had no business tying the hands of the President when deciding who should go into military detention, who should be denied a trial, which agencies should interrogat e suspects (the FBI or the CIA). Such decisions, insisted the WhiteHouse, are for the President, not Congress, to make. In other words, his veto threat wasn't grounded in the premise that indefinite military detention is wrong; it was grounded in the premise that it should be the President who decides who goes into military detention and why, not Congress.
Even the one substantive objection the WhiteHouse expressed to the bill — mandatory military detention for accused American Terrorists captured on US soil — was about Executive power, not due process or core liberties. The definitive , conclusive proof of that is that Sen. CarlLevin has several times disclosed that it was the White House which demanded removal of a provision in his original draft that would have exempted U.S. citizens from military detention.
In other words, this was an example of the WhiteHouse demanding greater detention powers in the bill by insisting on the removal of one of its few constraints (the prohibitio n on military detention for Americans captured on US soil). That’s because the WhiteHouse ’s North Star on this bill — as they repeatedly made clear — was Presidenti al discretion: they were going to veto the bill if it contained any limits on the President’ s detention powers, regardless of whether those limits forced him to put people in military prison or barred him from doing so.
Any doubt that this was the WhiteHouse’s only concern with the bill is now dispelled by virtue of the President’ s willingnes s to sign it after certain changes were made in Conference between the House and Senate. Those changes were almost entirely about removing the parts of the bill that constraine d his power, and had nothing to do with improving the bill from a civil liberties perspectiv e. Once the sole concern of the WhiteHouse was addressed — eliminatin g limits on the President’ s power — they were happy to sign the bill even though (rather: because) none of the civil liberties assaults were fixed.
Fascist America in 10 Steps
Step 1: Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
Step 2: Create secret prisons where torture takes place.
Step 3: Develop a thug caste or paramilita
Step 4: Set up an internal surveillan
Step 5: Harass citizens' groups.
Step 6: Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
Step 7: Target key individual
Step 8: Control the press.
Step 9: Treat all political dissidents as traitors.
Step 10: Suspend the rule of law.
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What's false, unfounded, fabricated
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That's got nothing to do with this provision.
And as far as pre-existi
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Read this thread.
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If they're not a 'brown' person, if they're not criticizin
[Here's another example of the folly of 'pragmatis
If it isn't affecting them, it won't affect them, and so it's nothing that they should have to waste their time on. Or in their 'bottom line'.
There's nothing "pragmatic
But they're certainly not about Democratic values.
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The list of issues that 'pragmatis
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If 'pragmatis
If 'pragmatis
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The list of issues that 'pragmatis
If 'pragmatis
If 'pragmatis
If 'pragmatis
If they're not a 'brown' person, if they're not criticizin
[Here's another example of the folly of 'pragmatis
If it isn't affecting them, it won't affect them, and so it's nothing that they should have to waste their time on. Or in their 'bottom line'.
There's nothing "pragmatic
But they're certainly not about Democratic values.
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Nothing was given to 2.5 million young adults. They were forced to purchase insurance on their own or go onto their parents policy. Those who are happy about this, who think it's a victory, refuse to realize that we could have gotten healthcare coverage for everyone and cheaper but for their selling out for so little back.
The #1 obstacle to getting to what we thought we were voting for when we put Obama and Democrats into power: The 'Pragmatis
Lord, help us from those ever "well-mean
We hear about "pragmatis
'Pragmatis
'Pragmatis
Two of the best recent examples of the Obama Administra
See here.
And here.
And here.
And here.
KEEP READING
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Short answer: No.
There is no one currently running whom I support. The election is still a year away, no primaries or caucuses have been held, and much can happen, will happen, before I have to decide who to vote for. In my decades of voting, I've never voted for a Republican
I will state that I can't see any circumstan
When women can no longer get an abortion in 92% of the counties in the US, what difference does it make which party is in power to those who are past menopause or can afford to send our daughters to Paris for an abortion?
When Obama and Democrats practice Republican foreign policy (expanding wars and codifying never-endi
When Tim Geithner/H
When neither party has on its agenda getting money out of politics, eliminatin
When both parties kick 'hot potato' issues that are wrecking the lives or ordinary people down the road or to the states or to the courts yet always manage to meet corporate lobbyists' demands, it really doesn't matter which party gets into power.
So to many who could never imagine voting for a Republican
Just sayin'.
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Obama Health Care Law Gave Medical Coerage to 2.5 Million Young Adults
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Nothing was given to 2.5 million young adults. They were forced to purchase insurance on their own or go onto their parents policy. Those who are happy about this, who think it's a victory, refuse to realize that we could have gotten healthcare coverage for everyone and cheaper but for their selling out for so little back.
The #1 obstacle to getting to what we thought we were voting for when we put Obama and Democrats into power: The 'Pragmatis
Lord, help us from those ever "well-mean
We hear about "pragmatis
'Pragmatis
'Pragmatis
Two of the best recent examples of the Obama Administra
See here.
And here.
And here.
And here.
KEEP READING
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By "thinning of the herd" I not talking specifical
We already are seeing homelessne
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What kind of proof do you want?
Public healthcare
And the longer there's a payroll tax holiday, the sooner Social Security and Medicare will meet its demise.
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