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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:21 AM Original message |
President has a Constitutional authority above any law passed by Congress |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. We're not at war. |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Wait a minute. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. What country are we fighting? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. It's as much as war as The War on Drugs. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. We are definitely not at war |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Could you tell us when a declaration of war was ratified by congress? |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Legal sense? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Correct, Viet Nam was not an official war either. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. actually, Viet Nam was officially referred to as the "Viet Nam Conflict" |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. This is a LEGAL question ... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. "War is declared against sovereign states" |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. It is NOT a "war" |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. Please go and read the Constitution |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
65. We are discussing LEGAL issues. To be specific, whether a president |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Being 'at war' requires a 'declaration of war'. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. We're way beyond the question of any declaration. There is NO WAR. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. We are NOT AT WAR!! We have INVADED and BOMBED a peaceful nation, |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
68. Well yes but.. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. "There is a war going on" |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. war was never declared! and can only be declared by congress! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. There is killing going on. No war. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. The do you have a link |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Only Congress can declare war and THEY NEVER HAVE! |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
61. I'm "Hooked on a Feeling" - can you be at war with a feeling - "Terror" |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
70. There has been NO DECLARATION OF WAR . |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. VIDEO |
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Marleyb (736 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. War or no War- Bush cannot just attack another nation |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Not at war?!? How can you say that? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. I heard that. Daschle & Harmon just sat there. Pathetic. |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. I saw it |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yes i am but that is why they were on |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. The President is above Congress? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Roosevelt did it too." |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Maybe we should round up all Arabs, Persians and Muslims |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Careful... |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
67. You kid, but there are people who do want that to happen. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Roberts needs to take a handful of those pills |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Roberts has a prescription for "memory pills?" Should he be in charge? |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Seriously, If He Is Taking Aricept, Then He Must Have A Dementia |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. and Roosevelt was wrong. Each and every President who has |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes we DID hold FDR and other presidents accountable. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Really? How was Roosevelt held accountable for internment camps? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. By congress. CONGRESS approved of it. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. and Congress approved the Patriot Act, yes? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. which act, despite being odious |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No fucking shit, Sherlock |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. Yes it did, and I totally agree that both were contemptable acts. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Hitler's acts were "officially approved" as well |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Congress approved it, the SC upheld some of it |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Yes - after the fact. But FDR was never held accountable |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. true, never the less the courts have ruled |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Exactly! Roosevelt was wrong. Bush is wrong. Just because Roosevelt did it |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. It is easy to show how the US was accountable for internment ... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. and that's all we ever get isn't it? Well after the fact, when the harm |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "...We WILL continue to get Presidents that think they are |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Thank you. Precisely. This is about the country - not a political party. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. but mommy, everybody is doing it. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. I know--this show is laying out starkly the key diff betw R and D |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sen WTF: "These are not whistleblowers. Risen had a financial interest" |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'd like a peek at Roberts' portfolio- see about HIS financial interests |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. But there was no FISA Court in Rooseveldt's day |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Indeed |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
33. The Dem response should be, re: FDR: |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. We are not at war. And whatever it is, the 'Mission' was declared |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. Show me what Police State looks like! |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. And so he thinks, I smell blood, and little boots is going down. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. FISA was put in place after Nixon FOR A REASON. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
58. Oh good grief! |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. Kings may be judges of the earth, |
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paineinthearse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
64. "at time of war"? we are NOT at war! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. This ain't the 1920s |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
72. The difference between Roosevelt and Bush, Roberts, |
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