Comments on: They Picked a Bad Week to Stop Sniffing Glue

By: SpaceLobster

SpaceLobster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:43:25 +0000

Double woops. I gotta get a better hat.

By: SpaceLobster

SpaceLobster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:42:55 +0000

Woops. Wrongly placed.

By: radlib1

radlib1 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:01:09 +0000

The whole family wasn’t ex-communicated. Only the girl, her mother, and other relatives who helped her get the abortion. The rapist step-father escaped papal denunciation. After all, the Catholic Church is against abortion and “for life.” (But apparently, rape, incest, and the sexual abuse of children by adults or even priests is still condoned or conveniently overlooked by the Catholic Church.)

By: MarkH

MarkH — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:24:06 +0000

After reading all the bizarro blog world articles, including one about a 9 year old Brazilian girl who was raped by her step-father and then the whole family was ex-communicated by the Catholic Church because they had to abort the fetus, I come here for sanity and real substantial issues. And, what do I meet, but “They Picked a Bad Week to Stop Sniffing Glue”. Oh well.

I think Obama’s peeps are right. If you lay it on Yoo, then Bush & Co aren’t so guilty. Gotta lay blame where blame is due. Yoo needs to be ex-communicated from the Bar and that’s a different religion altogether.

By: james

james — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:03:29 +0000

For the past year I’ve been re-reading Gibbs “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” The feeling that I’m reading modern history is a lot of times inescapable.

By: questioneverything

questioneverything — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:20:46 +0000

What the hell happened to “no one is above the law”? Guess that still doesn’t apply. Who knows what permanently burrowed Bush lawyer actually argued this case, but if there is never any prosecution, the world, and many U.S. citizens who pay attention, will not forget. Hypocrisy is hypocrisy, regardless of political party. Every elected official better pay attention.

By: R.H. Green

R.H. Green — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:17:05 +0000

This is probably EPU by now, but thanks. After raising that question, I got the brilliant idea to look it up myself. I tried to reply to myself, but the moderator kept denying entry;(”She said that for an hour, An’ I hung up”).
Kneedler’s bio is long and cuts across several administrations. Doubt if he’s a Bushbot, but as a career litigator, is probably accustomed to arguing as directed. This means one should look, if so interested, into who directed him as the Al-Marri case was being prepared; that would have been Clement until January, and then the Acting AG until Holder was confirmed. I’ve gotten interested in this question of whether Obama is using the Bush DoJ to carry his dirty water, or if the Bush DoJ is using the Obama presidency to do the same. So far it’s not clear, although good arguments can be made for each position.

By: Nell

Nell — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:39:20 +0000

since the Obama pick for Solicitor Gen has not yet been confirmed, I’m curious who was argueing to the Supreme Ct that the Al-Marri detention case is “moot”.

Acting Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:16:41 +0000

I have a niece who’s a lawyer (UCLA). She said law school requires organization. I’m not seeing much organization in Yoo’s thinking, more like a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

By: R.H. Green

R.H. Green — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:56:06 +0000

Before reading your post, I ran a quick Wikipedia look at OLC and at Steven Bradbury. From what I can tell, he’s still the OLC. Further since the Obama pick for Solicitor Gen has not yet been confirmed, I’m curious who was argueing to the Supreme Ct that the Al-Marri detention case is “moot”. We’re getting strong arguments that the Obama administration has done little to establish a post-Bush legacy; is it possible the Bush burrows have control of the place? Inquiring minds want to know.