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Originally Posted by joblack
"All of you folks in foreign countries .... really, I wish to hell and back again that my country would stay the heck out of interfering with policy in your countries. Having said that, I really wish that you all would get a better education in the laws and politics of my country before spouting off things that simply have no basis in fact."
LOL ... you're quite amusing. You should consider that some foreign visitors have a better view of your actual state of 'freedom'.
In a state of law there could be no "enemy combatant". I have read about some trials where the people aren't guilty but are still in custody because they 'could be dangerous'.
This is a police state ... only how much 'police state' is in question.
This could be possible in Nazi Germany - but today it isn't.
In fact I'm not only talking about 'border problems' ... I'm talking about the global tendency.
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There is also a difference between arrogance, ignorance and assertiveness. You possess the first and second ... but the last is missing.
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In a state of law there can be no enemy combatants?? Really?? So, in a state of law there are no wars ever?? Amazing.
Nice to know that you don't consider me assertive. I honestly don't care that you consider me arrogant or ignorant, because I consider you to be both as well. So, I guess we're even there. Isn't that special??
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Originally Posted by Milarepa
If every attorney left Washington we would most certainly be left with many fewer congressmen (and women) according to the ABA, in 2006 53% of all senators and 36% of all congressmen were formerly attorneys. So yes, while not a requirement, it seems that indeed attorneys play a very large role in writing the laws as well as interpreting said laws within the judicial branch. I don't believe I am quite as ignorant of how our government works as you seem to think, and in fact I believe that sometimes it is best to take our learning outside of books and actually understand how it relates to real world applications,but I really do appreciate you stooping to our lowly level for your quick crash course in civics.
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So .... he's a really simple solution for your little problem. You just make sure that no attorneys are elected into Congress. I mean really, where do all those citizens get off voting for people who have a law degree anyway??? What an awful idea!! So .... let's see .... a whole 36 percent of the House of Representatives are "former" attorneys. So, if I understand you correctly, that thirty six percent is responsible for all of the laws in this country?? Wow ... really powerful bunch. And half of the Senate!! Half of the Senate and roughly a third of the House are responsible for all the laws.
I wonder what all those non-attorney members of Congress do with their time since they don't have any input in the legislative process?? Well, never mind ... you just get right out there and see to it that no more people with law degrees are elected to Congress. It can be your very own personal crusade. If you really work at it, maybe you can get the civil rights of attorneys eliminated altogether, since you seem to think of us as second class citizens anyway.
Oh .... I will have to remember to resign from the Texas Civil Rights Project ... I mean how awful of me to even think of working pro bono to protect people's
actual civil rights. I really should be working on protecting the rights we don't have, but you think we should ... like the right to bring child porn into the country. Although, I'm not sure that would be as big a benefit to the cause of "freedom" as some might want to argue. (And, I'm looking at you, NAMBLA.)