Comments on: A critical warning from Michael Mukasey

By: Gary Ogletree

Gary Ogletree — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:18:33 +0000

After we survive the Obama Disaster we may want to declare captured jihadis to be prisoners of war, who have no rights in court and can be held until the war is over. As long as islam exists there will be jihad, so it’s life without parole.

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:14:28 +0000

They are, at bottom, followers of a decayed and mediated version of Rousseau. Rousseau, the same man who taught that freedom under law is something one must earn and for which one must strive, that without moral liberty, a man is something even less than a beast. Freedom, what? If *only* the latter day followers would read even a word of Rousseau!

By: James

James — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:02:04 +0000

Three quick comments:

(1) The argument for trying suspected terrorists in civilian courts is that doing so is the only course of action consistent with law and justice, not that doing so would somehow prevent future attacks. That Mukasey doesn’t understand this is quite revealing.

(2) Kimball’s sneering claim that liberals “believe that man everywhere was born good and does bad things because of a faulty upbringing, poverty, or a lack of the right sort of community organization in his life” is false. President Obama, to mention only one especially prominent liberal, believes no such thing.

(3) I find Kimball’s talk of “adults” in politics hard to take. This coming from a man who, while claiming to cherish the humanistic ideals of truth and reason, regularly praises the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.

By: Allende

Allende — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:34:59 +0000

The Nobel Committee has tied Obama’s hands with the medal ribbon.

By: Bob Miller

Bob Miller — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:19:37 +0000

This article says, “My greatest fear about the Obama administration at the moment is that its principals do not understand evil.”

My greatest fear is that its principals are evil. Whether this condition came about through ignorance of evil or not is relatively unimportant.

By: biblio44

biblio44 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:22:05 +0000

Oops! Forgot the “h” in right, right?

By: biblio44

biblio44 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:38:58 +0000

“We tried the first World Trade Center bombers in civilian courts. In return we got 9/11 and the murder of nearly 3,000 innocents.”

This nicely excuses W from responsibility. What was in that Aug. ’01 memo the CIA sent to Bush? Oh, yes: “Have a nice day clearing brush.”

“My greatest fear about the Obama administration at the moment is that its principals do not understand evil.”

Don’t worry, Roger, they understand evil – not only the murderous evil of al qaeda, but the hate spewed by the rigt:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/10/18/secret_service_under_strain_as_leaders_face_more_threats/