Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Ken, if a policeman shoots a civilian to protect his life or the life of others, that's one thing. Summary execution of US citizens is another thing, whether they are here or on foreign soil. No good can come from giving the president authority to execute citizens at will.
As the Attorney General made clear, the President does not have the legal authority to do that.
The President does have the authority to do exactly what you said in the first sentence.
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new world order2
climber
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the President does not have the legal authority to do that
But he does have the authority to arrest suspects without a warrant, hold them without trial,
deny them access to counsel or admission of bail. Or so goes the NDAA. No?
Drones over the homeland? Count on it.
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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actually, maybe we can learn something from sweden:
http://www.thelocal.se/46562/20130306/#.UTenRFdZ98F
maybe this doesn't mean that republicans are smarter than swedes because we've been saying this for years now, but it does confirm that swedes are smarter than american liberals who insist 1) we don't have a spending problem and 2) all we need to do is raise taxes to solve the spending problem we don't have
winston smith is dead
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dirtbag
climber
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I laugh robustly at your frustration bookie.
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Dr. F.
Big Wall climber
SoCal
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 08:28am PT
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So the drones are going to be used for spying on people, is that your new paranoia conspiracy?
What are they going see that a Helicopter can't see?
Do they have x-ray vision, and will see you meth lab?
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jghedge
climber
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250,000 private sector jobs added last month
Economy is BLASTING - I'm even hiring people, for God's sake
Just think how much better it'd be w/o repub obstructionism
Which, fortunately, we won't have to worry about for too much longer.
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jghedge
climber
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Hahahaha, TGT thinks if there's no housing bubble, the economy must be bad
For those of us who figured out better ways to make money than digging ditches, the economy is great right now.
Still stuck trying to milk the housing/construction sector for work? That'll be the last thing to come back.
And after the Bush economic disaster, only a fool thinks of property as investment anymore.
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WBraun
climber
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the economy is great right now.
Don't delude yourself so easily with all your so called data.
The real picture is not found in your Google searches .....
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Gary
Social climber
Right outside of Delacroix
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Check out TGT's chart. All the recessions happened with Republicans in power.
What a surprise.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Werner,
You make a good point. The economy is, of course, far from great, but the data just released is very encouraging because it's the first big push in the right direction we've had in a long time.
It may not be clear exactly what caused it, but I hope everyone, regardless of party, applauds the trend and hopes it continues.
There's still way too many people hurting way too badly out there, but at least it got better instead of staying the same or getting worse.
John
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Once you get down into the details it's not that good.
the number of Americans not in the labor force increased 296,000 between January and February.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in the labor force,” including people who have retired on schedule, taken early retirement, or simply given up looking for work.
The increase marks the second month in a row, after rising in January from 88.8 million in December. Those not in the labor force had declined in December from 88.9 million in November.
The nation's unemployment rate decreased to 7.7 percent in February, down from 7.9 percent in January. Overall unemployment “has shown little movement, on net, since September 2012,” the Labor Department said.
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Dr. F.
Big Wall climber
SoCal
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 07:39pm PT
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So after all the whining, and Rand Pauls's waste of a 13 hour filibuster For Nothing
We finally find out the truth, That Obama will not use drones on American Terrorists
He never could, it was all lies they were running on,
Rand Paul knew they couldn't be used here, but he went like a fool
Eric Holder clarifies policy on drone attacks on U.S. soil
Senator ends filibuster of Brennan CIA nomination
Thu, Mar 7 2013
WASHINGTON | Thu Mar 7, 2013 2:25pm EST
(Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday that President Barack Obama would not have the authority to order a drone to kill an American citizen on U.S. soil who was "not engaged in combat."
In a two-sentence letter to Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul, Holder said he had heard Paul wanted to know if the president could use a drone to kill an American outside of an emergency situation.
"The answer to that question is no," Holder wrote.
He was responding in part to Paul's extensive critique of a letter the attorney general sent to the senator, which was made public on Tuesday. Holder said then that drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil were not anticipated, but he did not rule them out in circumstances similar to the September 11 attacks in 2001.
On Wednesday, Paul spent nearly 13 hours speaking on the Senate floor in an attempt to block the confirmation of John Brennan as the next CIA director in protest at the use of drones in targeted killings.
The Obama administration has increasingly used drone strikes to target militants overseas, particularly in Pakistan and Yemen.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-usa-congress-holder-idUSBRE92614B20130307
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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As the Attorney General made clear, the President does not have the legal authority to do that.
After six weeks of requests and a 13 hour filibuster.
Was it really that difficult a question for an ex "professor of constitutional law"?
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Dr. F.
Big Wall climber
SoCal
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 07:48pm PT
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He said no months ago
why was it so hard for the Senator to realize that he was just being a moron
OH!
he wanted to work up his base into a frenzy over a bunch of lies
Just like all the rest of the evil Republicans
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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I just lost any respect I had for Ron with that racist photo. So lame.
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