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In reply to the discussion: "NDAA does a lot of things, but the one thing it doesn't do is authorize the detention of Americans" [View all]mazzarro
(3,450 posts)29. Yes indeed - just like people believed G.W. Bush more than all the screaming antiwar activists?
People keep amazing me with this unfettered belief that the president - whomever it is - will tell the people the whole truth! Whether he is democrat or rethug, the president's scheme regarding what he is doing is never fully displayed for us all to see or know.
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"NDAA does a lot of things, but the one thing it doesn't do is authorize the detention of Americans" [View all]
Tx4obama
Dec 2011
OP
I don't think anything is all good or all bad in politics. I'm thankful for the good we get,
gateley
Jan 2012
#51
There were THREE Feinstein amendments, the 3rd one passed before the NDAA bill did n/t
Tx4obama
Jan 2012
#9
"Wow government listening to the people...how exciting is that?" <--- ROFLMAO
stockholmer
Jan 2012
#15
It amazes me sometimes, shouldn't the legislative branch receive the ire? I mean I blame...
roseBudd
Dec 2011
#4
Obama's veto might not have stopped the enactment of the bill, but there is a chance it would have
JDPriestly
Jan 2012
#76
Had he vetoed the bill, most likely, the Democrats in the Senate would have prevailed
JDPriestly
Jan 2012
#82
Uh huh. Now is not the time for gay rights. Now is not the time to question our president
Downtown Hound
Jan 2012
#45
A person of truly good character does what is right and if he does it with strength and conviction,
JDPriestly
Jan 2012
#77
It's easier to blame one person instead of 535. Besides, they like some of those jobs.
freshwest
Jan 2012
#49
Those who didn't read and understand the President's signing statement will also refuse to
lamp_shade
Jan 2012
#10
Oh? Did he say citizens can't be detained without charges? Great -- where is that?
DirkGently
Jan 2012
#20
Funny, when we blew up that kid with a missile, we heard AUMF trumped the Constitution.
DirkGently
Jan 2012
#17
Yes indeed - just like people believed G.W. Bush more than all the screaming antiwar activists?
mazzarro
Jan 2012
#29
It's an excuse they can later use to explain their ignorance when their rosy predictions turn out to
Downtown Hound
Jan 2012
#36
Once again, please try clarifying your ramblings a little bit so they make sense. n/t
Downtown Hound
Jan 2012
#41
Are you honestly trying to say that the president's signing statement carries the rule of law with
Downtown Hound
Jan 2012
#63
We already have the Patriot Act, War Commissions Act, secret CIA prisons all over the globe...
lib2DaBone
Jan 2012
#13
Oh and as for me proving that it is unconstitutional, I give you the 5th Amendment
Downtown Hound
Jan 2012
#58
What kind of rag tag crap is that from a constitutional lawyer???? Pleeez like a used car lot
lunasun
Jan 2012
#33
He's been convinced to hold on to power he says he will not use. Wasn't that the plot of LOTR?
DirkGently
Jan 2012
#66
"NDAA does a lot of things, but the one thing it doesn't do is authorize the detention of Americans"
plantwomyn
Jan 2012
#23
It's not that it's "new." It codifies & builds upon Bush's illegal interpretation of AUMF.
DirkGently
Jan 2012
#69
It does authorize the detention of American citizens; it simply doesn't "require"'it
ddickey
Jan 2012
#32