From: Keith on
In article <eg0k2p$e61$1(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu
says...
> In article <MPG.1f8d91f2b6b5c0e8989d5f(a)News.Individual.NET>,
> Keith <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
> >In article <efugkv$4up$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu
> >says...
> >> In article <nrc5i2tq8jr4k99aqofmbbesm7em13ktok(a)4ax.com>,
> >> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
> >> >On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:28:11 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
> >> ><nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>"Lloyd Parker" <lparker(a)emory.edu> wrote in message
> >> >>news:eftptn$c8p$2(a)leto.cc.emory.edu...
> >> >>
> >> >>> Tell me how many times the Bill of Rights says "people" and how many
> times
> >> >>> it
> >> >>> says "citizens."
> >> >>
> >> >>SCOTUS has said that even visitors have the rights of citizens when it
> come
> >> >>to legal processes. After all, you expect their homeland laws to apply
> in
> >> >>the US would you?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Correct. But they also realize that the rights apply only when those
> >> >people are physically in the USA. Which is why some bad guys are held
> >> >elsewhere.
> >> >
> >> >John
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Well, Bush thought Gitmo qualified as "elsewhere" but the USSC said no.
> Then
> >> he held people in Europe, which is raising a stink there. It might keep
> some
> >> prospective EU members out even.
> >
> >Actually, no it didn't. It said only that Congress had some say in
> >the matter.
> >
> No, Bush claimed the detainees could not sue in US courts and the case should
> be dismissed. The USSC said they could, and heard the case. Not talking
> about the way of trying them; talking about the right to sue.

No, it said that the Bush plan hadn't been authorized by congress,
but that they were free to do so.

---
Keith
From: Keith on
In article <4523D85F.43BBD99C(a)earthlink.net>,
mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says...
> Jim Thompson wrote:
> >
> > I should know shortly what low-life job Eric has at Battelle... my
> > guess is janitor ;-)
>
>
> Are you sure they would give him that much responsibility?

Keys to the place?

--
Keith
From: Keith on
In article <%8RUg.8425$GR.1728(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says...
>
> "Keith" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f8d949b973606e3989d61(a)News.Individual.NET...
> >
> >> > Oh, you mean like the Reagen and Clinton administrations did with Osama
> >> > bin Laden when he was fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan?
> >>
> >> Sadly, yes.
> >
> > Another idiot heard from.
>
> You don't believe that former administrations provided substantial support
> to two people/organizations who have subsequently turned against the US?
> You need to read more, it's well-known.

It's well known that the Quarterbacking on Monday morning is much
better than that on Sunday afternoon too. What a maroon!

--
Keith
From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:06:56 +0100, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
> >news:v673i2dusng3t5a82qt9hm7n8ve5p4t7ua(a)4ax.com...
>
> >> ---
> >> "It" being radical Islam,
> >
> >Radical Islam can't be described as having a "single unified goal."
>
> ---
> I disagree. I think the single, unified goal would be the
> acquisition of unlimited power.

Since you're incapable even of identifying 'radical Islam' your thoughts count for
nothing.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> I think the US's actions speak otherwise in that, clearly, we have
> no aspirations to Empire.

" the Project for the New American Century is a non-profit, educational organization
whose goal is to promote American global leadership "

http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm


> Had we chosen to we could have kept
> Germany and Japan after we beat them, but we didn't.

The *USA* didn't beat them and they weren't yours to keep.

Graham