Greenwald's problem (and that of many of his fellow travellers) is that he thinks -- or wishes -- that the Congress can legislate away the powers granted to the President by the Constitution.

Ya. I want to give those people the power to choose our judges. Right.

I said all along that this is whole thing was a political issue rather than a legal one - that it would never see the inside of a court room. The whole reason was because of the polls - if the dems look weak they lose in the polls and it is an election year after all....

I'm a huge science fiction reader. And I really like the alternate history books by Harry Turtledove. The man has written like 10 books encompassing from the South winning the Civil War all the way up through into WWII. And 2 books on pearl Harbor, where the Japs invaded. Plus tons of other alternative history books.

But, he doesn't come close to the alternate reality that the Surrender Monkeys consistently create hourly. It's mind boggling.

http://www.nationalreview.com/document/document042602.asp

So when is Bush going to stop holding hands with the leader of the Saudis? I mean they attacked us on 911 and Bush just lets Osama go and stops thinking about him ...then he invades Iraq to please his neocon masters ...and then he goes around holding the hand of the leader of Saudi Arabia (you know the country that attacked us on 911) after almost all of the 911 terrorists came from Saudi Arabia and Osama is a Saudi and Saudis were funding the 911 terrorists...

Hey Russ "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!" ...go remind your King that THE PEOPLE own America and Congress is given far far more power in the U.S. Constitution than is the president... look it up...read the Constitution. The founding fathers were hell bent on protecting THE PEOPLE from another run away crazy acting like he is King...

also ... ALL POWERS that are not specifically printed in the Constitution as powers of the president are RESERVED for the PEOPLE, the STATES, and CONGRESS... look it up ... the president is not that big a deal in America...we dont believe in kinds here ..go tell that to your leaders...

Gerald,

I suspect we will never try to "invade" Saudi Arabia and they know it. The reason is that it would never be accepted for anywhere in the Muslim world for non-muslims to hold Mecca.

But along those lines - should we invade England - I mean Richard Reid came from there....LOL

No read the link ... Saudi Arabia is the moral power behind Reid and the Bush family.. and all the others that use Taliban thinking to justify their actions. If we took down Saudi Arabia the bush families power would be gone ...they would be exposed as the benedict arnolds that they are and the rest of the muslim world would see that America wont let sleeze bags trick us from going straight for the throat just like the democrats did in WWII.

Oh, Lord, another lefty who goes off topic. Talking points email not cover the terrorist intercepts today, Gerald?

You speak of invading Saudi Arabia, and yet you defend Saddam and Iran. Go take your hackery somewhere else; you only bring this up because we aren't actually planning to invade. If we were, you'd find some reason to defend them as well.

BTW, I'm extremely disappointed with Bush's handling of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syria. I'll bet you'd defend Bashir Assad and Kim Jong Il, too.

Gerald appears to be off his meds today.

What part of "powers granted to the President by the Constitution" (you know, that piece of parchment with the words We the People of the United States written at the top) might he have failed to understand?

I'll take "all of it" for $500, Alex.

gerald,

perhaps you could then explain why Al Gore just took $250 THOUSAND DOLLARS to make a speech in Saudi Arabia - and imagine this - paid for by an organization dominated by the same families you want to link to Bush. Try reading something besides Newsweak and conspiracy blogs.

Oh yea gerald....you better take apart your computer and phone because you know they are bugged. And check all your vents, wiring, closets, basement, attic, and under your bed for transmitters because you know that the big, bad "THEY" are listening to everything you do....MUAHAHAHAHAHAAH

Specter ...When I heard that Gore had done that it really pissed me off. In fact the more this all does on the less I value the last two votes I threw into their direction. I expect anyone I call my "leader" to use reason. I dont expect anything like that from the right. The right uses "used car salesman logic"... which basically means they lie to themselves and others.. I would think that because the left glorifies diversity and THINKING before acting that they would be able to reason that the souorce of the religious fundamentalism in the world is 1) Saudi Arabi and 2) America. So why would Gore go make friends with the Saudis?

As far as spying ..dont joke about it... READ history. Those that do not read history are doomed to repeat it. Powerful centralized governments (Americas Feds ever since post-civil war) ALWAYS end up seeing their own people as the enemy. The U.S. government has done exactly that a couple times in the last century. There is nothing funny about it. It starts off being directed externally (Communists) and then turns against the people (Red Scare)... Mix that with the republicans allowing in the American version of the Taliban into their party and you got a dangerous mix. Laugh if you want. But later when the local religious police are taking your child to jail for breaking the old jewish code they dug up from somewhere in their bible you will be sorry you didnt think about human nature and history when supporting this.

As far as defending Saddam or Iran or North Korea once again you on the right are thinking like "used car salesmen". It is not about being on someones side... It is about reasoning (logic) about who did what and why. Saddam did NOT attack America. Saudis did. Saddam == bad. Saudis == invaders on our soil on 911. What is so hard to understand about that? I would go so far as to suggest paying Saddam to invade Saudi Arabia. He would have done it. And he wasnt behind 911 so who cares if we use him?

I do defend Iran as far as 1) They signed the NPT which gives them the right to use nuclear technology. That was Americas deal to the Iranians in the first place. 2) We (CIA) violated their soverignty by forcing who we wanted to as their leader back in the 50s and 60s.... which lead directly to the Iranian revolutions ...which is EXACTLY what America would have done if that was done to us. Infact that is what we did in the 1700s. HOWEVER I do NOT defend Irans religous fundamentalists. Religious quaks are dangerous. This is why the neocons should have no power in the US and why the mullahs in Iran should not either. However we must accept responsiblity for allowing them to come to power because we helped their previous leaders to abuse the people in the 50s and 60s. Iran must NOT get a nuclear bomb. But pretending like we did nothing to encourage that is not going to help us solve the problem without another war. If we accept our responsibility that will take them off their high horse they now ride in deviance of anything American.

Russ go read the U.S. Contitution. IT does not say ALL POWERS belong to the president. In fact it lists just a few things he can do and then says ALL OTHER POWERS belong to The People, The States, and Congress... go read it. And read the writings of the founding fathers... they meant what they wrote and they knew why they put it there like that.

If you cant figure this stuff out on your own dont be saying I need "meds" ...very childish. I have presented a line of logic. If you can find LOGICAL fault in it then present it and I have no problem accepting it and continueing with the thought process. This is the part of the left I admire. From the right I expect an understanding of the hard cold reality of the "bad people" out there. Befriending our enemy (Saudi Arabia) for money is what Bush, co has done for the last 50 to 60 years. Do YOU support that? Do YOU see the germans and the saudis as potential business partners? Or do you use your rightwing brain to see them for what they are? And if you do then why not force that on Bush, co?

You are right that the left wants to be friends with everyone even when that is not possible. Think Progress people dont like my ideas about Saudi Arabia either. But at least they are not sell outs like Bush, co... who on the left and the right uses both reasoning about the bad people in this world and logic about how to fix it? The left does part of that correctly and the right does the other part correctly. Where is the middle way where both parts are done correctly at the same time?

Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon Her, was a woman

There is a growing amount of evidence that The Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon Her, was a woman. I recall talking to my young niece, a strong believer in the Prophet, peace be upon Her. My niece became very excited and exclaimed, “You mean that the Prophet, peace be upon Her, is a chick?” Yes I replied. I also said that the Prophet, peace be upon Her, would probably prefer being called a woman, not a chick.

http://mohammedpeacebeuponherisawoman.blogspot.com/