Tag archive for ‘Colleagues’
Patriotism, Service to the Nation, POWs, and Torture
I have been thinking all day today about Gen. Wes Clark (Ret.) argument against Sen. McCain that he lacks “command experience” because his military career is essentially one of dropping bombs on innocent civilians and getting captured and tortured.
Sen. McCain’s service to his country in Vietnam was honorable. That story is a difficult one to [...]
Death is an appropriate sentence for the rape of a child…
The Supreme Court declared today in Louisiana v. Kennedy that execution is an excessive punishment for child rape, despite the “years of long anguish” for victims. Truly amazing - child rape does not warrant the death penalty.
The court’s 5-4 decision struck down a Louisiana law that allows capital punishment for people convicted of raping children [...]
Why does America so love Barrack Obama?
When Sen. Barrack Obama announced his candidacy to rockstar crowds, I shook my head and said, “oh boy - this guy may be the real deal. He may be lightening in a bottle.” My colleagues, some of them democrats, got me to change my initial impression of Obama, telling me how Hillary would ultimately beat [...]
Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Detainees at GTMO
By a 5 to 4 vote that brought strongly worded and remorseful dissents from the Court’s conservative justices, the majority held that an alternative procedure designed by the Administration and Congress was inadequate to insure that the detainees “receive their day in court”. While all Supreme Court cases are necessarily historic - as they become [...]
Sen. Clinton finally gives up… Obama the “presumptive” nominee.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.
The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and [...]
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