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• The End of Intervention - Madeleine Albright

  Wed Jun 11, 2008
  • Prospero: I though we were talking about what is necessary for the US to step down from its self-assumed roles as world cop. Isn't it necessary that there be some other organized force available to step in and subdue malefactors--like Serbia and Somalia?

• Was Barack Obama Right, Is It Time for the US to Take a Hard Line with Pakistan?

  Thu Jun 12, 2008
  • criminal defendts have ALWAYS had recourse to habeus corpus Access to the privilege--not the right of habeas corpus is subject to regulation by congress and, in emergencies, the president.

• Florida Man Stomps Baby Chicks To Death

  Fri Jun 13, 2008
  • I came back to tell you I'm ashamed of myself.

• Whose Race Problem? Lots of Americans Accept Obama. But Will the World?

  Thu Jun 12, 2008
  • Boy Trevor--you don't allow for the chance that I could be joking? You malign Ricky Nelson unnecessarily--though he did sing with his eyes closed a bunch.

• High Court ruling may delay war crimes trials

  Thu Jun 12, 2008
  • I'm just saying the court is in the practice of making law instead of reviewing them. This isn't new and ignoring it is the very reason it continues.

• It really sucks when you're facing the death penalty and the prosecutor and the judge are sleeping together

  Fri Jun 13, 2008
  • You make my point--we care far too little about ethics for our elected branches--to you it is only about the elections and not the governing--that part is irrelevant.

• It really sucks when you're facing the death penalty and the prosecutor and the judge are sleeping together

  Fri Jun 13, 2008
  • So..........you oppose ethics for elected officials?

• Is Listening To An Audiobook Inferior To Reading A Book?

  Fri Mar 2, 2007
  • Does listening to an audiobook count as "reading" a book? Is it an inferior act? Do you retain as much? These are some questions i have been contemplated lately.

• High Court ruling may delay war crimes trials

  Thu Jun 12, 2008
  • Please tell me how the court got it right. It just gave Constitutional rights to people who are not citizens of this country. It's called the RULE OF LAW. Power cannot exist outside of the law's reach if law is to actually rule.

• It really sucks when you're facing the death penalty and the prosecutor and the judge are sleeping together

  Fri Jun 13, 2008
  • I beg your pardon. I think it is very relevant. We impose standards for conflicts of interest on the judiciary, why not on the legislature and executive. It 's only irrelevant because you choose not to care about conflicts of interest in the legislature and executive.