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- I am about as sick and tired as can be with Our Congress and how it plays Partisan Politics with our Nation and how that affects the world view of our country as a whole which is divided and unable to reach a National consensus.
How long shall it take for the American Public to wake up and see the need for Term Limits to prevent such outrageous behavior from those who seem to be cemented into their congressional chairs for life?
It is high time to take back our government and return it into the hands of the People instead of those politicians who%u2019s political ambitions and quest for power seem to out weight their loyalty to the American Public and it%u2019s welfare in general!
Shame on congress and shame on those who allow it to be divisive and Partisan for they have created a culture which is quit frankly counter productive for the good of America and allowed special interest to over ride the common good!
I am certainly one feed up republican who has always voted my conscious and not the Party Line. The Democrats are certainly no better and have caused much of the problems we face today.
When shall we see a Citizen representative government once again and not this congress which is steeped in special interest and its own self preservation. - Reply to this comment
- commonvoter, you said:
"I was taught our President was elected to protect and uphold our United States Consitution and the freedoms it affords our citizens."
Although is of course a top priority for this president, it would be a moot point to protect the Constitution if America is over-run and destroyed by terrorists, wouldn't it?
Protecting Americans from attack is a much higher priority. Let's keep our priorities straight, OK? - Reply to this comment
- I agree that mistakes were made in this Iraq thing, but what wars have been executed perfectly, not one. The fact is the world is a better place without sadaam in power, but now we have other threats to deal with since sadaam is out of power mainly Iran. Sadaam was the only person that kept Iran in check because Iran and Iraq were more concentrated on killing each other than the U.S. Now Iran is flying around like a caged bird that has just been released. The bottom line is that the vast majority of Iraqi people are happy to be liberated from Sadaam, now the question is do they want freedom as much as we want it for them. Well only time will tell. This whole visit of the priminister of Iraq to Iran is not making me very optimistic. I beleive we have an obligation to this country and to the men and women fighting for this country to use every tool necessary to fight this unconventional enemy. So i guess we have to agree to disagree.
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- That's OK dfass405, (I was wondering what I had said for you to think I was being insulting to you or indeed anyone)
This is not unexpected news. I thought McCain and Powell would win this one. If you think I am a peace nut and don't believe in wars, you're wrong. The men in my family have fought in every war in the 20th century starting with WWI.
It is just this conflict (I won't call it a war because it is not that, no matter what gw says) that bothers me and espcially that non-war experienced leader we have that continues to kill innocent people and increase our debt and alienate the rest of the world, and increase of risk of attack that I have problems with.
There has to be good justification for the act of war and I have not heard one yet from him. Lies, yes lots of them, but no real facts that make me want to say to my 17 year old son, go join up.
Justifications for war are pretty rare anymore and not since 1941 have we had one. Defending Kwait was a UN effort with a strong coalition. That is considerable different than this debacle.
I just read where another 4 GI's were killed today. - Reply to this comment
- Rush Limbaugh for President are you kidding me!! He is the worst president ever if it happens. I think you listen to too much radio/TV. This guy is the most frustrated guy I have ever seen or heard of. These guys you just listed are good for doing business with politics as talk hosts or news readers. US needs a too perfect man/woman as president to satisfy the Americans.
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- The terrorists don't deserve the rights of the Geneva Convention because they don't follow it.
Do they meet the following requirements of Article 4 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War?
(a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
(c) That of carrying arms openly;
(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. - Reply to this comment
- no prob celeste. lol
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- Pretty good dfass405! I had a good laugh. Thanks for that!
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- Hooray. Either common demorcratic sense has prevailed or their just worried about the elections. Let's see what happens next week.
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- RicK Santorum is one of the few good men in this country. I think we should have these people as the leadership for our country in 2008
President: Rush Limbaugh
Vice President: Michael Savage
Secretary of State: Ann Coulter
Attorney General: Bill OReilly
Other Government Officials: Michael Medved, Dennis Pragger, Bill Bennet, RicK Santorum, Laura Ingram, Sean Hannity, Allan Combs (for diversity), Allan Keys
Janitors and secretaries: Sandy theBergular, Hitlery Clinton, Nancy Graceless, John Kerrless, Nancy Pelosi, Al Franken, Rossi ODonnel, Condi Rice
What do you think? - Reply to this comment
- Our legislators need to give America back to the people and stop behaving like a bunch of SS generals. Illegal wiretapping, secret prisons, torturing, what's next concentration camps. This administration is one scary group. Hooray for Colin Powell for coming out publicly and endorsing the Geneva conventions instead of sounding like Rich Santorum who thinks its okay to behave however the terrorists behave. I believe this administration will set our great country back at least 50 to 100 years. I can't believe the way the republicans have endorsed every fascist idea Bush/Cheney/Rove come up with. You know their getting big bucks to shut up and go along. What a coincidence gas prices are dropping a couple of months before the mid elections. Keep on praying America.
A very worried citizen of the United States - Reply to this comment
- If conservatives are such idiots why is the number one cable news program Bill O'Reilly, why is Rush Limbaugh #1 radio show followed by a number of other conservative talk shows, why do republicans control the government, why is Bush's approval rating the highest in months (47% i think). Why is Air America going bankrupt, why are the Democrats angrier than ever, why are conservatives gaining momentum coming to November?? Just a few questions.
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- I now know why we are in the state we are in. Our President thinks he was elected to "protect the homeland"! I was taught our President was elected to protect and uphold our United States Consitution and the freedoms it affords our citizens.
If he had done that we would not have lost our standing with our allies and we would not have interfered in a country for false reasons. - Reply to this comment
- wow, Mmaarrs, you probably just made billions of people upset (if they saw your comment), lol. You insulted 3 of the worlds largest religions. You did play it smart, however, as long as you dont offend liberals you can sleep safely at night. If you offend liberals you might get censored, be careful.
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- I think it all boils down to how one defines the word %u201CTorture%u201D%u2026 In the United States,%u201CTorture%u201D is %u201Chaving to listen to %u201CW%u201D try and conjugate a sentence.%u201D %u201CTorture%u201D is %u201Chaving to watch him spend our tax dollars fly around the country repeatedly selling his mistaken position on EVERY issue he%u2019s attempted to push since he was %u201Cappointed%u201D President.%u201D %u201CTorture%u201D is %u201Chaving to see that smirk on Chaney%u2019s mouth as he looks into the TV camera and lies to us that this War is almost over and the insurgency is about to dissolve.%u201D (NOT!!!) %u201CTorture%u201D is %u201Chaving to think how this country went from a $15B budget surplus in 2001 to $450B+ in the RED in 5 years!!!%u201D %u201CTorture%u201D is %u201Chearing %u201CW%u201D say he%u2019s a %u201Ccoalition builder%u201D and then builds the most divisive political atmosphere in U.S. political history.%u201D (He also gets failing marks for being %u201CThe Decider%u201D!) %u201CTorture%u201D is %u201Cthe thought that %u201CW%u201D has 2 more years LEFT IN OFFICE!!!%u201D THAT how we define %u201CTORTURE%u201D%u2026and our country is about to break!
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- Posted by FARTKNOCKER2 at 01:33 PM : Sep 14, 2006:
"Sorry I must have missed when the terrorist signed off on Genva Convention and agreed to Article #3 ."
What has this got to do with American behavior? America DID agree to the Convention in its entirety.
"Last I saw they gave no quarter."
Yes, and now the Bush administration pushes America to be more and more like them. Who is the enemy?
"So now Powell along with the DNC wants us to go to battle with one leg tied,arms in hang cuffs ."
Bloated hyperbole. The Bush administration _chose_ to make this a military struggle, when in fact, victory belongs to the intelligence and police agencies (who, by the way, are the sole agencies thus far effective against terrorist plots, if you believe the Bush/Cheney cabal story). All the allied military are doing in Iraq is burning money, destroying innocent lives (both American and foreign) and perpetuating themselves.
"Not giving the soldiers all the info that can be gotten is terrible."
Keeping the soldiers in harms way for absolutely no perceptible benefit to the nation is criminal. If the Republican Congress had one ounce of moral fortitude, it would demand answers from their unquestioned champion, George W. Bush.
"We don't have to lower our standards but we sure can scare the hell out of them."
Yet, the current Bush legislation is all about lowering our standards to the gutter level of torture and domestic spying. - Reply to this comment
- Celeste, Im sorry. I was not talking about you I was talking about this comment "dfass: typical winger frothing at the mouth.:People like you and your raving lunacy are a joke and funny to watch.
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- For anyone that lives and believes other than the dysfunctional myths of Judism, Islam, and Chistianity, the continuing attrocity that is the middle east IS the direct result of this unholy trinity. Thus is it any surprise all three myths have a common genesis? The nations that are held in the dysfunctional trance of these there myths or memes, the US, Britain, Israel, and all other Western nations, have engaged in all sorts of torture since their inception, though with one important distinction; it is all done, mostly contrary to the "rules", in hush-hush behind closed doors. In re: Today's "Gitmo", yesterday's "Tiger Cages" in Viet Nam, Eisenhower's staravtion of German POWs after WWII, Britain's torture of German prisoners thoughout WWI and WWII (takes one to know one - through all that time Britain has been ruled by a rival German House, the Windsors), and the endless torture attrocities carried out by Israel since its torturous inception.
Thus, given torture is inevitable, and given the propensity for human nature to be swayed by myth, the solution to the torture matter is rather simple:
Any signatory to the torture group accord is welcome to torture as they please (the "terrorists" do as they please because they have not "signed' on to Geneva, et cet, n'est pas?) with one simple caveat. All torture, however extreme, is to be photographed in IMAX and distributed via live sattelite feed to all news media, foriegn and domestic.
Let the chips fall where they may . . . - Reply to this comment
- Asking you to read is hardly calling you a name or a temper tantrum. I am pointing our what experienced diplomats and politicans have been saying for years.
This problem is rooted in our foreign policy.
I'll say it again.
This problem is rooted in our foreign policy.
Until we change our attitudes toward other countries, we will continue to suffer these kinds of crisis. And it will eventually lead to our downfall. I have said many times that only an international coalition can bring be used to bring stability to a country or region.
Don't believe everything you read either. Check it out by reading other sources on a subject too. How many hours a day did you say you read again? - Reply to this comment
- Colin Powell is a stateman and a war veteran who served this incompetent and inept president well. Neither Bush, his administration nor many of those in congress have served in the military. And probably none of their children have or are serving. George Bush is not a veteran because service in the National Guard does not qualify as a veteran unless activated for war. The one thing Bush did for the National Guard is to allow them to become eligible for veteran's benefits by sending them to war. Thanks George
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