tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post7023782767600978910..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: Lest we forget...Fran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-65464576313377831072008-07-09T22:07:00.000-05:002008-07-09T22:07:00.000-05:00I think Christy and her Ex are the saner folks in...I think Christy and her Ex are the saner folks in the limelight now.johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-38867396011731060192008-07-09T18:58:00.000-05:002008-07-09T18:58:00.000-05:00'But the Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of Bush 41 wen...'But the Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of Bush 41 went down even my memory hole...'<BR/><BR/>You and too many other Americans, sadly.<BR/><BR/>What was the euphemism used?...'Criminalization of policy differences'?<BR/><BR/>Poppy, action officer on numerous White House escapades that none dared call treason (for those playing at home, selling arms to a rogue nation in order to finance an explicitly illegal war) pardoned the rats in the trap before they started to squeal, and walked out the West Wing door whistling. <BR/><BR/>With all the ignoble rot and hyper hanky-panky exhibited by his offspring, that anyone would truly be surprised at the capacity for the Bush family and others of their class to act exclusively in their own self-interest against the people they were elected to serve beggars belief.darkblackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584075324283109495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-31888481552475849632008-07-09T13:54:00.000-05:002008-07-09T13:54:00.000-05:00The thing that gets me most about their recommenda...The thing that gets me most about their recommendation is that it is about 221 years old.<BR/><BR/>"<A HREF="http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html#section8" REL="nofollow">[The Congress shall have power to] declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;</A>"<BR/><BR/>Call me crazy, but last I checked using military force against a foreign country counts as a declaration of war.John J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15113315088960432426noreply@blogger.com