Posted on 11/18/2010 10:10:08 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
Thanks... pingy for after work...
>>Don’t worry. Lakin will be found guilty, for guilty he is.<<
Right there ladies and gentlemen is the attitude that will threaten the masses of “we the people” when push comes to shove. The military will follow orders and we are sol if we are not well armed.
Talked to a soldier, airman or Marine lately? The Commandant of the Marine Corps has said openly gay troops affects combat operations, and has data to back it up. Do you want our guys to lose?
Once again, I was OPPOSING openly gay service in the military. We should not be concerning ourselves with “gay rights” within the military. I said in my first sentence this will result in cliques of gay activists in the ranks. These people will drive out heteros and cause all kinds of harrassment and discrimination.
That is nice! Thanks for the tip.
If Hussein is not President, is not every law, exec order, etc that he signed also illegal?
You might take a look at post #137 as well.
You say you want a rev oh loo shun yeah yeah
We’d all love to see the plan
These people are nuts. Crazy. They’re the ones who need to be behind bars . . . and I don’t mean taverns.
Ladies and gentlemen, should an officer of the Armed Forces refuse to follow or implement any order or policy of the Congress or Courts that he considers to be unconstitutional?
Yes, and they are thrilling reads with great character development. I have read them all twice.
I hope his new novel, Castigo Cay, comes out soon.
>>If Hussein is not President, is not every law, exec order, etc that he signed also illegal?<<
They would not be legal if it was proven that he was ineligible to be president. Don’t even think that that is going to come out. Even Republicans won’t go there. It would be chaos in this country. That will be protected till forever if the general public doesn’t force something.
I think he will be forced out for something else to protect from any illegitimacy issues coming out..
Research the Roman emperor Caracalla..he was not a natural born citizen..his mother was Syrian. His emperor father married her after his Roman wife died.
He murdered his brother, slaughtered 20,000 political opponents, gave citizenship to every one in the Empire to increase tax revenue to support his massive public spending.
Gibbons tells us this was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire.
Vattel tells us in his Law of Nations:
Natural born citizens are those born from citizen parents. A society cannot perpetuate itself otherwise. A society should desire this.
>>Ladies and gentlemen, should an officer of the Armed Forces refuse to follow or implement any order or policy of the Congress or Courts that he considers to be unconstitutional?<<
Yes. Read the oath of office they take.
sounds like dictatorship
It didn’t prevent Macarthur/Patton from this (I hate wikipedia but it was quicker for me to grab from there than get my reference books out):
In July 1932, Patton served under Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur as a major commanding 600 troops, including the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. On July 28, MacArthur ordered these troops to advance on protesting veterans known as the “Bonus Army” in Washington, D.C. with tear gas and bayonets.
A good soldier follows orders, a good officer knows a lawful from unlawful order. Unfortunately as a prior officer myself, I saw many who cared more for their “career” and political expediency than for their duty, stewardship, and honor.
Nice way to enter FR, by calling some of us naive.
My dh just retired from the Marines, and every single Officer we know holds allegiance first and foremost to the founding Constitution. Wait...I think there was one who voted for the prØmpter, and he came around rather quickly to see the error in his choice.
It is probable that Scotus will soon usurp Article I Sections 1 & 8, and make law. It will illegally take on the Congressional power to “make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces;” and order the military to keep, enlist and commission open homosexuals.
Should the Supreme Court do this, should an officer comply with this unconstitutional diktat any more than comply with an order to deploy to Iraq?
Yep.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely; and without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter; So help me God.
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