tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post337045988963813034..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Let The Finger-Pointing BeginAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26406937395491710592010-02-03T23:25:08.656-05:002010-02-03T23:25:08.656-05:00Indi: If I'd been the doctor, I'd have sh...Indi: If I'd been the doctor, I'd have shot him. I mean, I'd have given him a shot (for the pain, of course). I hear that he'll eventually be doing the call to prayer, in an exceptional soprano.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-29187175313404483252010-02-03T23:02:43.895-05:002010-02-03T23:02:43.895-05:00Lawhawk
I have heard that if you experience a bur...Lawhawk<br /><br />I have heard that if you experience a burning sensation in your nether regions you have to have a doctor look at it immediately<br /><br />But this underwear bober guy Eeeeek!Individualisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005025873042230314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35002946989179151622010-02-03T21:06:37.324-05:002010-02-03T21:06:37.324-05:00Wednesday Update: Holder has now taken the credit...Wednesday Update: Holder has now taken the credit/blame for the civilian trial and Miranda decisions. His defense rambled and explained nothing about his decision-making process or the inconsistency of when civilian rights are appropriate, and when they're not. My advice to Holder: Don't walk in front of any buses.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79409382534906362922010-02-02T23:33:29.412-05:002010-02-02T23:33:29.412-05:00Tennessee: If it were anybody in the military bel...Tennessee: If it were anybody in the military below the level of commander-in-chief, the answer would be "yes." Unfortunately, the amateur in charge is still the civilian that the Constitution put in charge of the armed forces. So, the answer there is no.<br /><br />As for the civilian end of it, as Congressman Gerald Ford once said "high crimes and misdemeanors are what we say they are." The penalty is impeachment and trial before the Senate. Somehow, I just don't think that's going to happen with a Congress even more Democratic than the one that declared Bill Clinton "the greatest President ever."<br /><br />Ultimately, the punishment for Obama's stalking-horse, Holder, would be termination. For Obama himself, it's called "the ballot box." Having a derelict intellect doesn't rise to the level of dereliction of duty, particularly when you're too dumb to understand your duty ("to make sure that the laws are faithfully executed and to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution"). The last President to understand that was one Ronald Reagan.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10024816377625098042010-02-02T23:17:40.647-05:002010-02-02T23:17:40.647-05:00In a just society, the person responsible for maki...In a just society, the person responsible for making this decision should be fired. Does derilection of duty somehow qualify as a high crime or misdemeanor?Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-73419944114419893972010-02-02T22:41:19.810-05:002010-02-02T22:41:19.810-05:00Unrelated political note: Mark Kirk, the fiscal c...Unrelated political note: Mark Kirk, the fiscal conservative/social moderate candidate has handily won the Republican primary in Illinois for the Senate seat held by Roland Burris and formerly held by Obama. The turnout was historically low, and the Democrats have split, with Alex Guinnoulias holding a +/- five point lead over his major rival. The Democrats are not in great shape here. Kirk is riding the Massachusetts Miracle into the nomination, and Giannoulias has Democrat lethargy to contend with, along with his own quetionable financial history. His family bank is in debt something like $85 million, and he was a loan officer at the bank when the bad loans were being approved.<br /><br />With Marco Rubio now leading Charlie Crist by 12 points in the upcoming Florida primary, things just keep looking better all the time.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-1834062136801573322010-02-02T21:59:18.318-05:002010-02-02T21:59:18.318-05:00CalFed: I'm pretty sure there was plenty of c...CalFed: I'm pretty sure there was plenty of coke being taken in by the Obamists, but I'm not so sure it was Coca-Cola.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-38686519000949100522010-02-02T21:57:54.340-05:002010-02-02T21:57:54.340-05:00WriterX: McCain looked flummoxed by Gates's p...WriterX: McCain looked flummoxed by Gates's perfectly gentlemanly and proper answer to his three nearly-identical questions. Gates would have been perfectly justified in rolling his eyes, though I didn't catch that.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79239509021530105422010-02-02T21:50:09.326-05:002010-02-02T21:50:09.326-05:00Lawhawk. Let's not leave Coke out of this son...Lawhawk. Let's not leave Coke out of this songfest. "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony--mmm, Eric Holder. I'd like to bring the terrorists here, and keep them company. He's the real thing--Eric Holder."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284025222779154243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-24553003783915564562010-02-02T21:48:07.591-05:002010-02-02T21:48:07.591-05:00LawHawk, I couldn't watch much of McCain at th...LawHawk, I couldn't watch much of McCain at that hearing without cringing. Unfortunately, he never knows when to shut up. And I'm pretty sure it looked like Gates started to roll his eyes.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-14432348314446563452010-02-02T21:39:46.079-05:002010-02-02T21:39:46.079-05:00I keep thinking of that Dr. Pepper commercial from...I keep thinking of that Dr. Pepper commercial from years ago, with slightly different words: "I'm a moron, she's a moron, he's a moron, we're a moron, wouldn't you like to be a moron, too? Drink Dr. Holder, Drink Dr. Holder."LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57089219431074904432010-02-02T21:32:04.166-05:002010-02-02T21:32:04.166-05:00WriterX: It's going to take more intelligence...WriterX: It's going to take more intelligence and more savvy than Obama has in his arsenal to avoid the consequences of this decision. It won't cripple him, but it will weaken him.<br /><br />BTW, I noticed that our born-again conservative John McCain grilled Defense Secretary Gates today on the issue. He made a point, and when Gates wouldn't answer, reinforced it. But like so much else in McCain's political history, he didn't know when to stop and ended up looking like a bully. Gates is in the Defense Department, and McCain knows that the only valid question really was "was your Department invited to the phone conference that made this decision?" In fact, I asked exactly that rhetorical question in my article, knowing that the answer was "no." <br /><br />Beyond that, McCain knew (or should have known) that Gates wasn't going to respond to the question of whether he approved of the Adbulmutallab decision. As he should have, Gates answered that that decision wasn't his to make, and he deferred to the Attorney General and the President. McCain made his point, and it was time to move on. But he didn't. Tin ear.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11201624301110359962010-02-02T21:18:49.944-05:002010-02-02T21:18:49.944-05:00Obama and Holder: Dumb and Dumber. Unfortunately f...Obama and Holder: Dumb and Dumber. Unfortunately for Obama, he's unable to vote "present" on this one. If anyone is to blame, it's him, no matter how hard (and he's certainly trying) to distance himself from Holder.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42158004625081600722010-02-02T20:17:55.881-05:002010-02-02T20:17:55.881-05:00HamiltonsGhost: I haven't seen anything quite...HamiltonsGhost: I haven't seen anything quite like it since the Nixon administration during Watergate. But even that debacle didn't rise to the important national security level of this idiotic debate and self-defeating political maneuverings in a legal department.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75796228557367241592010-02-02T20:14:55.619-05:002010-02-02T20:14:55.619-05:00Lawhawk--This is sounding more and more like a nut...Lawhawk--This is sounding more and more like a nutcase debating his evil twin in the mirror. Has any administration ever shown such obvious signs of paranoid-schizophrenia in the recent past?HamiltonsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777000856977635480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-36473932449676015982010-02-02T20:08:19.614-05:002010-02-02T20:08:19.614-05:00StanH: I pride myself on my fabulous grasp of the...StanH: I pride myself on my fabulous grasp of the obvious.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7112378136288541662010-02-02T20:06:15.926-05:002010-02-02T20:06:15.926-05:00Patti: Don't you know we're above finger-...Patti: Don't you know we're above finger-pulling? LOL<br /><br />The latest news on the panty-bomber is that his parents have been flown to the US and have convinced him to continue giving information the way he was doing before getting Mirandized. The plot is sickening. if he does give useful information on other plots, that muddies the legal waters even more over whether any of it can be used against him later at a civilian trial. Probably yes, since it's a "waiver" of his right to remain silent------but. Of course, in a military tribunal, that's not an issue.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85749524586075671902010-02-02T20:06:08.850-05:002010-02-02T20:06:08.850-05:00You know Lawhawk as soon as I posted that comment ...You know Lawhawk as soon as I posted that comment about Carter, “I’m number two,” I knew somebody would slam that hanging curve over the fence, LOL!StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87338802750333363242010-02-02T19:32:19.305-05:002010-02-02T19:32:19.305-05:00well, as long as it's finger pointing and not ...well, as long as it's finger pointing and not pulling...pattihttp://www.notawonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-46711023166908860382010-02-02T19:12:21.698-05:002010-02-02T19:12:21.698-05:00NOTE: The Obama administration can't even sor...<b>NOTE</b>: The Obama administration can't even sort out its own logic. While dancing around the issue by saying the Bush administration made such determinations as well, it ignores its own internal debates. As recently as <i>one day</i> before the Christmas bombing attempt, the Obamaists still had a terrorist in custody of the military, and were still questioning him after months of interrogation, because "interrogation regarding related terrorist plans must come before criminal prosecution."<br /><br />That position reflects the public's view that fighting a war comes before prosecuting a "common criminal." And since the detainees are not entitled to civilian trials at all, Miranda isn't an issue since we can choose to try them in military tribunals, or not try them at all by simply detaining them indefinitely until the wars end. These are not legal niceties, they are life-and-death decisions on a national scale. <br /><br />Those words come from Preet Bharara, a high-ranking Justice Department lawyer in the matter of Ahmed Ghailani, implicated in the Al Qaeda bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (yes, that long ago). Bharara is the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.<br /><br />His position is that "The United States was, and still is, at war with Al Qaeda, and because the group does not control territory as a sovereign nation does, the war effort relies less on deterrence than on disruption--on preventing attacks before they can occur. At the core of such disruption efforts is obtaining accurate intelligence about Al Qaeda's plans, leaders and capabilities." <br /><br />That view is 180 degrees away from the Christmas bomber view. Yet both involved Al Qaeda affiliates. How are we supposed to have any trust in an administration with such deeply and internally-inconsistent views of how terrorist detainees should be processed?LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-41778671654591307762010-02-02T18:51:30.786-05:002010-02-02T18:51:30.786-05:00StanH: Carter has been number two for a long time...StanH: Carter has been number two for a long time, I think it just had a different meaning at one time. LOL<br /><br />It is indeed frustrating watching this carnival legal sideshow. If it were only amateurish, I'd be amused. But it's endangering our national security.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-59250950377416402002010-02-02T18:49:09.738-05:002010-02-02T18:49:09.738-05:00Bev: It's a long way from the left coast to y...Bev: It's a long way from the left coast to your part of the country, but from here it looks like Schumer's games aren't fooling very many people.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79285183308510008782010-02-02T18:47:58.799-05:002010-02-02T18:47:58.799-05:00NickeGoomba: Welcome, and well said. Damn those ...NickeGoomba: Welcome, and well said. Damn those fascists tormentors, Bush and Cheney.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7887177810376763512010-02-02T18:46:20.300-05:002010-02-02T18:46:20.300-05:00Andrew: I'm hoping that the public, along wit...Andrew: I'm hoping that the public, along with blogs like ours and a few conservative newspapers are getting that point across--strongly. Obama's doctrinaire arrogance along with his inability to admit a mistake is making this a hard slog when it should be an easy transition.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-82303071658343794582010-02-02T18:38:12.933-05:002010-02-02T18:38:12.933-05:00I always enjoy your articles Lawhawk, but I ended ...I always enjoy your articles Lawhawk, but I ended this one with anger. Like I said earlier on one of Andrews post, I pray that there are adults in the room. These are the most inept bunch of clowns that I’ve ever witnessed. <br /><br />I hear Carter is seen walking around Plains, GA whistling and grinning. People will ask, “what are you so happy about Mr. President, you got a mouse in your pocket?” The president will answer with a twinkle in his eye, “I’m number two!”StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.com