Man, I hate the primary season:
In third grade, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled ‘I Want To Be a President.’ His third grade teacher: Fermina Katarina Sinaga “asked her class to write an essay titled ‘My dream: What I want to be in the future.’ Senator Obama wrote ‘I want to be a President,’ she said.” [The Los Angeles Times, 3/15/07]
In kindergarten, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled ‘I Want to Become President.’ “Iis Darmawan, 63, Senator Obama’s kindergarten teacher, remembers him as an exceptionally tall and curly haired child who quickly picked up the local language and had sharp math skills. He wrote an essay titled, ‘I Want To Become President,’ the teacher said.” [AP, 1/25/07 ]
Even more damning, in the first grade Obama wrote an essay entitled “I want to be a firefighter” and in the second grade wrote an essay entitled “I want to be the first baseman for the White Sox”. Now, I ask you, how can we trust such an inconsistent, blow with the wind, bend with the polls, flip-flopper like that?
It’s all in the grade school essay people! And what kindergartener can spell “Become.” Such plagiarism at such a young age can only stand in mute condemnation of Obama’s lack of ethics and sickening desire to win at all costs. I mean, has anyone even seen Obama’s permament record? What does he have to hide by keepingthat secret, I wonder! Is it irresponsible to speculate that Obama’s grade school history shows a pattern of abusing small, furry animals and drug use? It would be irresponsible not to speculate!
December 3rd, 2007
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General, Politics, Satire, Humor |
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Recently, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, did not want a bill passed that limited his ability to order the torture of detainess in the custody of the United States. Congress passed such a ban. This is how the President reacted:
When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief.
After approving the bill last Friday, Bush issued a ‘’signing statement” — an official document in which a president lays out his interpretation of a new law — declaring that he will view the interrogation limits in the context of his broader powers to protect national security. This means Bush believes he can waive the restrictions, the White House and legal specialists said.
‘’The executive branch shall construe [the law] in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President . . . as Commander in Chief,” Bush wrote, adding that this approach ‘’will assist in achieving the shared objective of the Congress and the President . . . of protecting the American people from further terrorist attacks.”
Some legal specialists said yesterday that the president’s signing statement, which was posted on the White House website but had gone unnoticed over the New Year’s weekend, raises serious questions about whether he intends to follow the law.
A senior administration official, who spoke to a Globe reporter about the statement on condition of anonymity because he is not an official spokesman, said the president intended to reserve the right to use harsher methods in special situations involving national security.
Recently, Hugo Chavez, a man reviled as a the worst of dictators by those on the right, fought for a set of changes to the Constitution, some of which would have extended the power of his office greatly, even dangerously, and made it possible for him to run for that office as often as he liked. The referendum failed. This is how the dictator reacted:
Almost immediately after the results were broadcast on state television, Mr. Chávez conceded defeat, describing the results as a “photo finish.”
“I congratulate my adversaries for this victory,” he said. “For now, we could not do it.”
I would be the last to claim that Hugo Chavez is a saint, or even a politician worth emulating. But I do find it interesting that when faced with the will of the people, Bush ignored that will and Chavez bowed to it. One we are told, is a vile threat to the freedom of his nation becasue of his incessant power grabs and disdain for democratic process. The other is a great leader of men, fully committed to democracy in his home country and abroad. If I hadn’t attached names to this story, could you tell which was supposed to be which?
December 3rd, 2007
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So torture wasn’t enough, we can now kidnap people off the street:
AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.
A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.
Do I really need to explain why this is wrong? We have extradition treaties with these countries. There is a procedure where the US gets to make its case in front of a judge. It is the very definition of due process these treaties protect US citizens as well as foreign citizens. Kidnapping people off the street when the process goes against you is despicable, the kind of nonsense vigilantism that you would expect out of a bad Chuck Norris movie (but I repeat myself).
And it is now official US government policy. Does anyone not think this will make other governments less likely to help the US as their citizens’ contempt for the US grows? Does anyone not think that this will hurt our economy as people decide that, combined with the hassle of getting into the country in the first place, since they could be stolen out of their homes in their own countries without trial or recourse its just not worth the hassle? Does anyone not notice that kidnapping people is wrong?
The stain and the stench of the Bush Administration will take a generation at least to wash away.
December 3rd, 2007
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R. Neal, of South Knox Bubba fame has a new blog dedicated to liberal writers in Tennessee. It has some very good writers and is well wirth checking out. You can find the latest morning roundup here.
December 3rd, 2007
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General, Bloggin |
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