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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:39 AM Original message |
Did Bush Have Right To Order Torture? |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. So do 55% of respondents to the poll |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I hope so too |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. We should torture Rush and see if he's lying about his dope! |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sure!! He had permission from Gawd |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. not only that, it basically gave the pres. a green light |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. I recall that they already composed one in 2001-02 already, |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. might |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good morning Crewleader ! |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Good Morning to you |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ask the opposite question |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Apparently so according to chimpy nt |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Geneva Convention |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. * gave the OK to the Holy Mossad to kill U.S. citizens, I believe |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. Note that those were bush junta "lawyers', not normal human beings. n/t |
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themann1086 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Bush's legal team |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. Which of course raises the question |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. NO |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. They said the pres has "inherent consitutional authority" to order torture |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. To sumarise: Bush is above the law |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Well, that flies in the face of nearly 60 years of international law |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It also flies in the face of US Constitutional law |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. "..the final set" ?? |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. WESH TV Channel 2 is |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. true... but there's Buddy Dyer |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Hey, I'm Floridian too. Just sometimes I get bummed out by all the |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Absolutely not |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Jack Rabbit |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Hi, Crew . . . |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. plain and simple n/t |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. To correct my post from this morning |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. The UN treaty on Torture |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. ....but what about the Geneva Convention you ask? |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. ...It must be the US Code |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The lawyers are basing it on the notion of not being able to prosecute |
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themann1086 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. haha! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. What about US code, War Crimes Act of 1996? |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. check out survey |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. If 100% of American approved of torture... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. That on-line poll allows you to vote multiple times without even |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm sure he thinks so. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. Those Pesky Pubs are into rationalizing their desire, short term gain, |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Hi Opihi |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Doesn't anyone see what is wrong with this question? |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. exactly |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. No according to global policy |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. More on the women "prisoners" |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Torture "commonplace" says inmates families |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Anyone ready to eat dinner? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. Like I care what his hand-picked lawyers say!... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. and another thing... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. It depends on how you define torture... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. Thanks, Crew. I Voted. |
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donhakman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. He has declared he is not bound by laws |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Hi David Z |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I Saw Biden and Kennedy Crawling All Over Ashcroft on C-SPAN |
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