ConstitutionCrusader's Comments (49)

“I'm so with you on all points. I wish people would read more...”

“it makes your mind want to explode, huh? Mine too.”

“succinct, but you said a mouthful! I agree.”

“I'm with you.”

“idiot america in action.”

“*crosses fingers and chants* please please please please please please! Pick a real liberal and not some piecemeal symbolic bi-partisan "appease the right" candidate?!? Please!?”

“This is one of the most rid.i.cu.lous arguments I've ever heard. Torturing prisoners is an egregious disregard for human rights, for everything the constitution stands for, and a slap in the face to everything our service men and women have ever fought to preserve over generations. How can you defend that? We need to make it clear to the world that that kind of disgraceful behavior is not what America stands for and that we reject that definition of our identity wholly and completely. We need to make it perfectly clear that we respect and uphold our agreements and our principles- not to mention the rule of law. Pauper or president, a criminal is a criminal, and crime on this scale should be prosecuted aggressively. If you want to live in a country where it's okay to torture prisoners, why don't you move to Egypt or Saudi Arabia? America does not torture!! (anymore).”

“Growing up in a city, this Easter symbology never made sense to me, but when I moved out to the midwest, the very week of Easter I stepped out into my back yard and found a small bunny rabbit sitting right next to a bright blue robin's egg. Spring had sprung, and these were the signs :)”

“I know, its so absurd and insulting! The GOP's answer to the definitive election is "I know, we'll get our own black guy!" Its like saying the only reason Obama won is because of his race. These idiots don't seem to understand that maybe their rotten policies and ideologies, you know, the ones that have brought this country to death's door, might need some reconsideration.”

“It seems like everywhere I go- I read bloggers react to the overwhelming and mostly unfounded criticism found in the comments section. Its not you, Joe, I've seen comments that would take the hair off your chest, on what seemed to be a straightforward and innocuous little blurb. There's no escaping scathing remarks, no matter where you go, so you might as well enjoy having a voice, and then take your birthday licks like everyone else.

That being said, I understand your alarm about the stimulus bill. On the surface it does appear to be antithetical to most conservative theories on how to revive an economy, but since I am of the conviction that those theories are obsolete, I'm not worried. I also think Bob Cesca made a very valid point in his recent post, and you have not really addressed those, rather latching on to his assessment of your character, and responding in kind. If now really is the time for debate, lets debate the issues, and leave our haggard egos out of it.”

“Mr. G! I went to school with your daughter both before and after your assignment to Morocco. Its such a thrill to read your pieces, keep up the good work!”

“hehehehehe. Don't forget the duct tape and plastic wrap!”

“What a pleasure it was to read this. Thank you so much! It is wonderfully written. Its so fantastic to hear some voices of sanity every once in a while.”

“She said Obama is playing the left-wing base for fools. She said she likes his appointments. That scares me.”

“Its all been a house of cards for so long... it was bound to collapse. Its time to address the fundamentals. most of us can not afford the basics required to cover our living expenses. Debt till we die. No more!! Time for change!!”

“"It means accepting that the rich and powerful alone can no longer rule the world."

You would *think* we would have learned that... a very long time ago. Democracy is supposed to take the power from the wallet, and give it to the ballot.”

“Under ordinary circumstances, an incoming administration would not be "expected" to investigate the previous administration with an eye toward prosecution. But this is not an ordinary circumstance, this is an *unprecedented* disregard for the laws and statutes that spell out our most sacred ideals. The most fundamental edicts regarding human and civil rights have been systematically defiled by the outgoing administration. The consequences are so monstrous, and fixing the damage is easier said than done. How can we go forward without addressing the flagrant abuses of the law that took place in the last eight years? How does that even benefit us?”

“the fact that the evidence to go to war was falsified intentionally, is documented in the so-called Downing Street Memo. We have physical documentation. That should be more than enough to make a case.”

“While I disagree with your analysis of the facts, at least you didn't use the "we need to look forward, not back" argument. Not that it matters, since we will never see prosecutions. But on this theoretical plane, they still deserve prosecution. 1) The fact that they used lawyers in an attempt to warp, manipulate and circumvent the law, much like a crooked corporation would try to find loopholes in tax law, only testifies to the fact that they were trying to avoid liability for extra-cons­titutional actions. I guess they learned from Nixon et. al. (See? If you don't punish them, they come back smarter and more anti-biotic resistant!)
2) If the GOP can prosecute Clinton for lying to the public about a private matter, we certainly can and should prosecute Bush&Co for lying to the UN, to Congress, and to the people about WMDs. When you purposely FABRICATE evidence in order to invade a sovereign nation, I think you should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
3) In the interest of justice, or an approximation thereof, we should prosecute the officials behind the illegal war in Iraq. We are, after all, aggressively prosecuting and punishing military servicepersons with outstanding records, for conscientious and dare I say VALID objections to fighting in Iraq. If we can charge them with dereliction of duty, disobeying a direct order, desertion etc. We Da** well had better be able to prosecute the government for their traitorous deceit.”

“re: a Newsweek article: "The article, written by Michael Isikoff, came at the heels of another report by the Associated Press, which quoted a pair of anonymous Obama advisors as saying that there was little-to-no chance that an Obama Justice Department would try to prosecute Bush-era officials for torture. The same report quoted Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., as saying that members of the Bush administration would not face war crimes charges in the United States. "These things are not going to happen."”

“here here!”

“Wow. That was amazing. Thank you. Much respect, CC.”

“The anxiety produced by campaigns of paranoia paved the way for the administration to quietly take away the rights and liberties that previous generations had struggled, fought and indeed died to extend to each one of our citizens. Fundamental respect for and adherence to the laws which protect human and civil rights are what is supposed to distinguish our form of governance from all others on the face of the earth. I can scarcely imagine a greater insult to the founding principles of the United States of America than to shamelessly and aggressively seek to undermine those laws. In my mind, it undercuts the greatest progress humanity has made during its long, often dark path across history. Furthermore, with the complicity of mouthpieces such as Fox News, the administration branded anyone who dared speak out against this atrocity “unpatriotic” and “anti-American”. The irony of that warped view of reality is so monstrous, the mind strains to make sense of it.”

“Very good, I hope we all keep that in mind, but especially Phil!”

“One more reason I'm glad to have Obama as President: Black folks have been dealing with terrorism consistently for a VERY long time. Burning crosses, bombing churches with little girls in them, hanging a man with a sign around his neck that reads "This N--- Voted!" If that kind of terrorism didn't stop the civil-rights movement, it sure as gravy isn't going to stop Obama from reforming this country and re-instating the Rule Of Law!”