Posted on 04/18/2010 7:09:37 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
There’s no way this could go wrong. [face-palm]
That is vague enough to cover literally anything. Imagination is the only limit.
This should once and for all finish McCain’s chances of reelection. It’s almost like he’s begging to be defeated.
May your chains rest lightly.
I don’t know...if it’s limited to US citizens caught on foreign battlefields, it’s hard to imagine anyone but Muslim fanatics coming into its scope. However, if it includes citizens incarcerated within the US, then I really fear we are close to the precipice. There’s a reason McCain/Feingold was overturned by the SCOTUS - is McCain up to his old anti-constitutional tricks?
You need a mental health exam stat!
Better read it again! We need JD elected and I would call having McCain there a crisis!
bfl
Precisely.
And with this regime, their imagination is extremely dangerous.
I still do not see how the bill can be Constitutional if an American citizen is denied his rights.
I also did not care for the section about the “coalition partners” and that acts against them are covered as well.
If CW2 or AR2 breaks out, and Zero brings in NATO ground forces or UN blue helmets, any act against them will trigger use of this proposed Act.
We are heading toward a massive reset of the American experiment.
A “John Birch Society” publication?
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Precisely! The New American is THE publication of the John Birch Society:
"In addition to political topics, The New American also publishes articles about economics (from a free-enterprise perspective of course!), culture, and history. It is published by American Opinion Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of The John Birch Society".
plenty of THOSE waiting.
Tea Partiers will be the “beligerent” threats eventually, you KNOW it.
McCain’s a progressive moron, but holding an enemy prisoner of war without trial for the duration of hostilities is the norm within the international law of warfare. In fact, if the enemy is an illegal combatant, he can be executed (but, I believe some sort of trial is required before doing so).
It seems to me that McCain may be discovering the international law of warfare, which he didn’t seem to understand during Bush’s administration.
I expected it in that case anyway. Martial law would take care of the BoRs. My answer to that is Live Free or Die.
RINOs of a feather hang together.
Consider the source of this info. It’s John Birch tin foil hat crapola.
“enemy belligerent”
An enemy belligerent is anyone the PTB decides it is.
Just say NO!
“This should once and for all finish McCain’s chances of reelection.”
We’ve thought and said that at least a dozen times over one boneheaded move of his or the other. But instead this thread is full of people complaining that it was even posted. The legislation may have merit, it will take study, but I wouldn’t give extra powers to this president on anything.
Heads back in the sand people!
Something that clearly does not apply to one Sarah Palin, despite her disgusting "loyalty" to the clearly disloyal skunk McCain.
...maybe he can have it all subcontracted to the North Vietnamese
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