tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post3851867443749193514..comments2023-11-05T03:05:05.785-05:00Comments on MyRightWingDad.net: FW: obamaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-6822420740800917092012-03-22T20:50:09.214-04:002012-03-22T20:50:09.214-04:00Interesting hypothesis, but Lincoln had 4 years to...Interesting hypothesis, but Lincoln had 4 years to authorize the assassination of the Confederate leadership, and didn't.<br /><br />It should also be noted that he did not do so, even though the Confederacy represented, I would argue, a much greater existential threat to the U.S. than Al Qaeda does.<br /><br />Not only was Davis never assassinated, he was charged with treason but never even Marc with a Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185217636530362867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-82555947715603955852012-03-21T21:01:11.474-04:002012-03-21T21:01:11.474-04:00Did Lincoln ever order the assassination of Jeff D...<i>Did Lincoln ever order the assassination of Jeff Davis or Confederate diplomats abroad? </i><br /><br />Didn't have the chance, as far as I know. I wonder if he would have given the order if given the oppourtunity.<br /><br />Let's suppose a hypothetical: its the Siege of Petersburgh, and Union spies have discovered that Jefferson Davis is in the Confederate camp. The know about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-83424196177256465752012-03-21T13:44:45.100-04:002012-03-21T13:44:45.100-04:00Did Lincoln ever order the assassination of Jeff D...Did Lincoln ever order the assassination of Jeff Davis or Confederate diplomats abroad? There's a difference between killing a fellow countryman on the battlefield and having him whacked at home. And saying the whole world is a battlefield and this war lasts forever doesn't cut it.Marc with a Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185217636530362867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-77483421750663417882012-03-20T08:50:29.204-04:002012-03-20T08:50:29.204-04:00147 years of becoming the world's dominant nat...<i>147 years of becoming the world's dominant nation and example to others.</i><br /><br />So because we are a "dominant" nation now its not ok. But before we were so great relative to the rest of the world it was ok?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-68564589861182923702012-03-20T03:06:03.865-04:002012-03-20T03:06:03.865-04:00what's the meaningful difference between al-Aw...<i>what's the meaningful difference between al-Awlaki and say... a Confederate?</i><br /><br />147 years of becoming the world's dominant nation and example to others.<br /><br />Being convicted of treason against the United States allows your citizenship to be revoked. I would prefer that we had actually followed that process and revoked his citizenship, or put him on trial, than simply Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-46238390622276495952012-03-17T16:43:54.364-04:002012-03-17T16:43:54.364-04:00I'm mostly with Charlie E on this one, and I v...I'm mostly with Charlie E on this one, and I very much oppose the lack-of-due-process assassination of US Citizen, Al-Awlaki... for me, that's a very very very dangerous & slippery slope. JMHO, of course, but...<br /><br />That said, I, too, tend to see Obama as nothing more than a Republican/rightwinger in "drag" or worse.<br /><br />Why do GOPer voters HATE Obama with theferschitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-46212363990279807222012-03-17T12:12:53.893-04:002012-03-17T12:12:53.893-04:00Obama signed the executive order to close Gitmo on...Obama signed the executive order to close Gitmo on January 22, 2009.<br /><br />On May 20, 2009, the senate voted 90-6 to oppose the executive order.gruaudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-85068285748810171772012-03-17T11:28:42.121-04:002012-03-17T11:28:42.121-04:00He hasn't lifted a finger to close Guantanamo ...<i>He hasn't lifted a finger to close Guantanamo Bay.</i><br /><br />Oh I don't think that's quite right. He had to lift a whole hand to sign the order closing it. I saw it on TV. <br /><br /><i>He's killed U.S. citizens without due process</i><br /><br />I'll go off topic, but let me just play DA here: what's the meaningful difference between al-Awlaki and say... a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-79203206232630429752012-03-17T11:08:51.020-04:002012-03-17T11:08:51.020-04:00He hasn't lifted a finger to close Guantanamo ...He hasn't lifted a finger to close Guantanamo Bay.<br /><br />We're holding hundreds of prisoners there without trial or charges.<br /><br />He cut taxes when we need to raise them.<br /><br />He's cutting spending when we need to be spending more.<br /><br />He dropped single payer and the government option from the health care bill, then he allowed the Republicans to make nearly 200CharlieEhttp://www.ecigarettestore.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-74752994544004590132012-03-17T11:00:12.896-04:002012-03-17T11:00:12.896-04:00Well this is a new tact. All this time they screa...Well this is a new tact. All this time they scream that he's a muslim, and now they are worried he's secretly Jewish just like JC.<br /><br />Also nice thought to suggest leaving the remains of a US President in a foreign land might be acceptable. Real patriotic, assholes. <br /><br /><i>In God We Trus</i><br /><br />And with FSM we proofread, apparently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com