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msanthrope

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58. If the drone issue was so damn serious to Dennis, why did he wait for the Lame Duck session?
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 02:50 PM
Nov 2012

And why isn't he going for the whole enchilada, so to speak?

I wish we had drones in the 1930s before Hitler killed his first person. Reason enough graham4anything Nov 2012 #1
Your lack of knowledge of history and WWII is only overshadowed SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #2
I am a Jew myself. I resent you wanting the Hitlers of the world to attack us like on 9-11 graham4anything Nov 2012 #3
You may be willing to live under a surveillance by drone state, Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #7
As a Progressive Democrat I abhor the adaption of Bush policies which we fought so sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #19
I'd have been just fine with Bush drone striking Osama Bin Laden at Tora Bora. You? nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #31
yup! graham4anything Nov 2012 #37
Cynthia McKinney spent her last weeks in Congress probing the CIA assassination of Tupac Shakur. msanthrope Nov 2012 #38
fine, you will jump at any chance to attack Kucinich G_j Nov 2012 #46
If the drone issue was so damn serious to Dennis, why did he wait for the Lame Duck session? msanthrope Nov 2012 #58
You got it backwards. Hitler would be the one using the drones. redgreenandblue Nov 2012 #5
Unchecked power? He won an election acting like Ron or Rand Paul. By charisma graham4anything Nov 2012 #6
Was there a war declared? Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #9
Didn't Ron Paul vote for Afghanastan? graham4anything Nov 2012 #10
There have been votes about funding for Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #15
actually I think George Washington did too. It is in the constitution graham4anything Nov 2012 #16
Please send me the exact spot that this is located: Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #18
the serenity canard applies. Change/Accept/Know the difference graham4anything Nov 2012 #30
funding=for it graham4anything Nov 2012 #17
Thank god for people like Dennis Kucinich who stood up against Bush's illegal sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #22
+1000 G_j Nov 2012 #24
Kucinich voted for war in the AUMF of 9/18/2001. I hate to bring facts into this. nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #36
I prefer to move forward on social issues. Wars have been fought for a million years now graham4anything Nov 2012 #26
That is all fine and good btw, but it doesn't get things passed. It is all best in show graham4anything Nov 2012 #27
You seem to have a habit of attaching comments to other people's comments and then sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #61
I almost always agree with Congressman Kucinich. kossp Nov 2012 #62
Kucinich voted for war in the AUMF of 9/18/2001, invoking the War Powers Act. msanthrope Nov 2012 #33
Yes. Ron Paul voted for it. The AUMF of 9/18/2001 invoking the War Powers Act. msanthrope Nov 2012 #32
Your ignorance of history (and of German history in particular) is breathtaking. Hitler coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #40
What point is this? Technically, neither did Bill Clinton BECAUSE OF IDIOTIC THIRD PARTIES graham4anything Nov 2012 #43
My point was to point out how your historical analogy is an EPIC FAIL because coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #44
He wasn't in charge then? All the killings were due to someone else? He was singular. graham4anything Nov 2012 #45
You remained conveniently, albeit understandably, silent before coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #51
I just answered it. graham4anything Nov 2012 #56
OK, so your answer for the record is that you are willing to sacrifice 50 German civilians coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #69
How many of the 20 million killed actually would have? BTW-Einstein was Jewish. graham4anything Nov 2012 #74
I'll let the facts speak for themselves: You will gladly sacrifice 50 German children to coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #78
Your whole argument is bogus. Who said anyone else but Mr. Hitler would die? graham4anything Nov 2012 #85
You clearly have not been paying attention to the gist of this thread which is that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #89
My read on his position is that he would sacrifice 19.9 million to save 20 million. Bonobo Nov 2012 #90
He would sacrifice 19.9 million on the mere off chance he might save 20 million. But yeah coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #91
Anti-semitism and nationalism are what enabled Hitler who then used those coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #42
Or in the 1800's. raouldukelives Nov 2012 #11
more than 6 million have died in congo & the us is in the middle of the action. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #20
And then another one zipplewrath Nov 2012 #34
How many German civilians would you have been willing to sacrifice to coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #39
BTW- I don't like the house (which is republican) attempting to upsurp Presidential powers graham4anything Nov 2012 #4
Don't presidents have authority to assassinate U.S. citizens now? DerekG Nov 2012 #8
If I remember my civics class from a long time ago kossp Nov 2012 #12
The President should not have the power to summarily execute anyone without coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #48
I don't think so either. kossp Nov 2012 #53
Welcome to DU kossp. I could not agree with you more. I do not believe they sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #63
Thank you kindly. kossp Nov 2012 #65
I do not know the origin either, but it seems to have begun openly during the Bush sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #67
Actually, it's the "pseudo left" that have become silent or outright support extra-judicial coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #92
Is execution without trial a presidential power now? when did they write that into the HiPointDem Nov 2012 #21
Osama Bin Laden should have had a trial? When we declare war (as we did on 9/18/2001) msanthrope Nov 2012 #41
There was no Declaration of War on 9/18/2001. I defy you to coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #50
Right here--and we went to war in Afghanistan on it-- msanthrope Nov 2012 #55
Gee, that's funny. The link you give me references a piece of legislation called coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #59
Vietnam was not a war? Afghanistan and Iraq are not wars? The Constitution does not msanthrope Nov 2012 #73
Fact: you're the one who claimed we 'declared war on Sept 18, 2001'. If you meant we 'authorized coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #76
Yes. We declared war, invoking the War Powers Act under the auspices of Article 1, Section 8. Read msanthrope Nov 2012 #81
Um, no, actually my profanity was directed at the asshole who accused me of coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #83
Well, yes, I do think it is disrespectful to tell a war veteran that what they served in wasn't a msanthrope Nov 2012 #84
No, but then they were never so assinine as to claim that the U.S. declared war. In fact, I was coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #86
A war vet told you he wasn't in a war and you decided to base your knowledge of civics msanthrope Nov 2012 #94
First I was 'dissing soldiers' and now I'm a 'birther.' It's off to Ignore coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #96
Yes, I find that claiming that war veterans didn't actually serve in a war to be a disrespectful msanthrope Nov 2012 #99
Congress hasn't declared war since 1941. eom TransitJohn Nov 2012 #77
Watch out or you'll be accused of 'dissing soldiers' :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #79
That argument was tried in the 70's, as a means to avoid the draft. It didn't work msanthrope Nov 2012 #82
So bow to your masters while they control your life Ter Nov 2012 #98
War by any means is NOT the answer. If our policies do not match out rhetoric. kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #13
Good. Lucinda Nov 2012 #14
K&R PETRUS Nov 2012 #23
"Bipartisan Resolution" ProSense Nov 2012 #25
Kucinich - Paul bipartisanship is OK, I guess...nt SidDithers Nov 2012 #29
Fuck Ron Paul...nt SidDithers Nov 2012 #28
And Kucinich is on his way out the door. RomneyLies Nov 2012 #47
Kucinich will always care... Octafish Nov 2012 #35
I think I died and woke up on a Ron Paul website graham4anything Nov 2012 #49
intellectual dishonesty G_j Nov 2012 #52
It's Ron Paul's bill. Ron Paul did not sign Kucinich's impeachment bill back then. graham4anything Nov 2012 #54
Truth be told, I don't care whose bill it is!!!!! kossp Nov 2012 #60
Of course you are right. woo me with science Nov 2012 #72
It might actually mean something if it included Congress members who will also be members in the RomneyLies Nov 2012 #57
That's a stellar third grade argument. woo me with science Nov 2012 #71
LOL - Good one! - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #80
So your political opinions are based on what? Bonobo Nov 2012 #88
I am against the NRA and guns and lobby groups & republibertarianstea party graham4anything Nov 2012 #93
Nothing wrong with drone strikes. sagat Nov 2012 #64
Respectfully, you're ok with the killing of innocent kossp Nov 2012 #66
Due Process and Presumption of Innocence are so coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #68
So you would have no issue with another country using them on us? Marrah_G Nov 2012 #95
Bravo! I wish I could rec this reply a million times to the heavens. You cut coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #97
Emphatic K&R - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #70
Kick for the right thing RobertEarl Nov 2012 #75
Thank you. Unending drone attacks... Bonobo Nov 2012 #87
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