I thought it was a Burger in honor of Hitler or Mussolini

I really need to call my therapist

oops. dbl post

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
John McCain just hired the Weekly Standard�s Michael Goldfarb to be his number-two communications guy. Glenn Greenwald points out that this isn�t a particularly encouraging sign when it comes to reining in executive power. Goldfarb has written (falsely, by any reasonable reading of the Constitution, Federalist Papers, or diaries of the Constitutional Convention) that the founders believed the president should have "near dictatorial" powers when it comes to war and foreign policy.


http://www.theagitator.com/2008/06/02/mcdictator/


Hmmmm... Lets see if I can find exactly what Goldfarb said.

Bill Kristol today proudly announces that one of his Weekly Standard staff members, Michael Goldfarb, was just named the Deputy Communications Director of the McCain campaign. Last April, this newest McCain official participated in a conference call with former Senator George Mitchell, during which Mitchell advocated a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. Afterwards, this is what Goldfarb wrote about what he thinks are the powers the President possesses in our country:

Mitchell�s less than persuasive answer [to whether withdrawal timetables �somehow infringe on the president�s powers as commander in chief?�]: �Congress is a coequal branch of government�the framers did not want to have one branch in charge of the government.�

True enough, but they sought an energetic executive with near dictatorial power in pursuing foreign policy and war. So no, the Constitution does not put Congress on an equal footing with the executive in matters of national security.

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Where, in any honest interpretation of the Constitution does it say: "During war, the President should be granted DICTATOR like powers"?


Can we expect a member of the press to ask Sen. McCain if he agrees with his new Communications employees assessment of dictatorial powers? I bet not.

William the Bloody, son of Irving Kristol, widely accepted to be one of the fathers of the most destructive political platforms of all time, NeoConservatism. I have no respect for those who advocate the principles of perpetual war.

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
John McCain just hired the Weekly Standard�s Michael Goldfarb to be his number-two communications guy. Glenn Greenwald points out that this isn�t a particularly encouraging sign when it comes to reining in executive power. Goldfarb has written (falsely, by any reasonable reading of the Constitution, Federalist Papers, or diaries of the Constitutional Convention) that the founders believed the president should have "near dictatorial" powers when it comes to war and foreign policy.


http://www.theagitator.com/2008/06/02/mcdictator/


Hmmmm... Lets see if I can find exactly what Goldfarb said.

Bill Kristol today proudly announces that one of his Weekly Standard staff members, Michael Goldfarb, was just named the Deputy Communications Director of the McCain campaign. Last April, this newest McCain official participated in a conference call with former Senator George Mitchell, during which Mitchell advocated a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. Afterwards, this is what Goldfarb wrote about what he thinks are the powers the President possesses in our country:

Mitchell�s less than persuasive answer [to whether withdrawal timetables �somehow infringe on the president�s powers as commander in chief?�]: �Congress is a coequal branch of government�the framers did not want to have one branch in charge of the government.�

True enough, but they sought an energetic executive with near dictatorial power in pursuing foreign policy and war. So no, the Constitution does not put Congress on an equal footing with the executive in matters of national security.

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Where, in any honest interpretation of the Constitution does it say: "During war, the President should be granted DICTATOR like powers"?


Can we expect a member of the press to ask Sen. McCain if he agrees with his new Communications employees assessment of dictatorial powers? I bet not.

warmachine, you cannot be an expert and an authority on everyone, everything, object, entity, philosophy, religious faith, and on and on and on.

I matters NOT who or what you respect. I myself and I am sure many others do not base our ideals, what is right and what is wrong on YOUR respect for whom/whatever.

I am beginning to think you have no respect for anything, and that is a shame, because you do, somewhere in your mind have an intellect of decent reasoning, at times, that is. No one is perfect.

But for some reason, lately you seem to find fault with everything, and I do not understand that warmachine, because when I first started reading your posts I enjoyed them. Now I feel like someone stole the old warmachine and replaced it with this pessimistic one.

I used to feel like I was learning when I read your posts, now I just cannot understand you or your posts. There just is not anything to learn from you anymore.


Lindyy

warmachine, you cannot be an expert and an authority on everyone, everything, object, entity, philosophy, religious faith, and on and on and on.

I matters NOT who or what you respect. I myself and I am sure many others do not base our ideals, what is right and what is wrong on YOUR respect for whom/whatever.

I am beginning to think you have no respect for anything, and that is a shame, because you do, somewhere in your mind have an intellect of decent reasoning, at times, that is. No one is perfect.

But for some reason, lately you seem to find fault with everything, and I do not understand that warmachine, because when I first started reading your posts I enjoyed them. Now I feel like someone stole the old warmachine and replaced it with this pessimistic one.

I used to feel like I was learning when I read your posts, now I just cannot understand you or your posts. There just is not anything to learn from you anymore.


Lindyy

I see you are still having a hard time understanding my pain when I look at the prevailing ideals in the party that claims to be the conservative bunch.
I found a very good way to explain my political thoughts without error. I'm going to post it because it's going to help all these conservatives who are extremely critical of my words to get a feel for what it's like looking at the abomination that the G.O.P. has become.

I never have said I have all the answers, but if I feel like I can provide content on some of them, I don't see why thats a problem. Is anything I've posted about Kristol or the guy McCain hired been untruthful?

In fact, Fanta and I went rounds over Prescott Bush and everytime we answered something, from either side of the arguement, we came up with more questions, more posting of evidence until I reached a wall, because Prescott mananged to get off on his charges, regained his financial wealth and used it to launch a career in politics, eventually becoming a Senator.

I've still not been able to come up with anything new and unless I can, Fanta, by the evidence has me whipped, I blame it on the lack of a conviction, but what do you do, since thats just speculation. If you don't like what I post, prove me wrong, show me where I'm wrong, but don't take it personal if I can show evidence to bust a debunking or I have a different view. My personality and my views are my own, nobody on has to like it, but come at me with evidence, don't respond by questioning my character.