Posted on 03/29/2005 11:00:33 AM PST by EternalVigilance
Well, and since God made Jeb and George and God is Sovereign after all...well...you know...
Address the points in the article, and knock off the ad hominems.
But, no one is blaming the legislature. They are blaming Greer, Felos, and Michael Schiavo. There is too much rhetoric being thrown about, and it doesn't CHANGE anything.
You got it.
"Address the points in the article, and knock off the ad hominems."
Are you attacking me? EV...!!!
In his next article, Keyes will argue that Jeb Bush ought to station national guardsmen outside of every abortion clinic in Florida to prevent the murders that take place there daily.
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Yes, I think last Thursday it was decided that the Bush family was at fault and that their careers were finished and that they are sub-human cowards. Plus, we're all boycotting Florida.
Makes perfect sense to me!
The problem is that the Florida constitution is poorly drafted. Keyes is right--there is a portion of the Constitution that reads as he says it does--Art. I, Sec. 2, I think.
But read on: Art. I, Sec. 9 states the following: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law..."
The two sections are clearly contradictory--Section 2 appears to state a blanket prohibition: all persons have a right to life--but then Sec. 9 clearly contemplates the state taking away life and liberty, which we know happens all the time--I'm sure Florida jails and prisons are packed with folks who have had their liberty rights taken away by the states, and the Florida cemetaries have a number of folks who were executed by the state, clearly taking away the "inalienable" right to life.
Unless Keyes wants to go around arguing that Florida should open its prisons and pardon all its death row inmates, I don't think he makes a very strong case, because Section 2 has to have the words "without due process" read into it, otherwise it ceases to make any sense.
This time last year I was in Florida. Wish I was there right now and not here in the cubicle. :(
It's beautiful in Ft Lauderdale today....about 78 and sunny.
Good point. One governor may use his executive power for good, but others might not be restrained and use it only in a difficult and terrible situation such as this. If there is no oversight on a governor (other than the threat of losing reelection years down the road) then the door opens for the abuse of power in ways that will be harmful.
I struggle to understand the reactions of certain people to the fact that Terri lingers. Although I can understand her parents' desire to hold on, if they and everyone who supports them truly believe Terri is suffering why wouldn't they want it to end quickly? I don't know whether Terri is fully aware of what is happening or not, but either way I hope she is not suffering and do not want any suffering she is experiencing to last long. Certainly I wish the tube had not been removed, but now I pray she isn't suffering or that any suffering will end sooner rather than later.
Attack the messenger, and hope you can then discredit the message...nice.
Feels like DU around here since I've been gone a few days.
Then YOU do something. THINK of something that will change this. I think there is no remedy left.
You are correct - and this is one of those reasons:
"If the governor tells the local police in Pinellas County to step aside, they must do so, or else be arrested and tried for an assault on the government of the state, which is to say insurrection."
That is so incorrect!! The only way the Gov could do that was with a COURT ORDER - which the Gov did not have.
I worked for a Sheriff's office - and I can tell you - NO STATE POLICE EVERY TOLD US WHAT TO DO - so NO governor would have that authority either.
He's trying to subscribe authority to Gov Bush which does not exist! The reason Keys is doing that is so he can blame Gov Bush for not acting.
This is just beyond the pale - and proves to me once more WHY I DID NOT AND NEVER WILL SUPPORT ALAN KEYS.
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