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Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:50 PM
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Bill Frist says no congressional approval is needed to invade Syria
Edited on Mon Nov-01-04 09:50 PM by stupidgit
Just heard it on CNN (Larry King Live), George Mitchell disagreed - looking for a link soon
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:53 PM
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1. Methinks he needs to go back to what he knows.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:54 PM
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3. cat torture?
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:58 PM
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7. Can you elaborate... :)
Must be I missed something.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:01 PM
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Frist has admitted pretending to adopt kittens to a good home..
..then killing them in medical experiments, when he was in medical school. Freelance medical research on unsuspecting family pets. This is the truth, and can be verified. It makes me ill to think of the families that thought their beloved kittens were going to a good home. And THAT assbite actually holds an honored spot in the GOP. Sick bunch.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:05 PM
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15. So he would have been in his mid-twenties?
Thats pretty sick.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:03 PM
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13. Bill Frist used to adopt cats at animal shelters...
then experement on them during his med school days. He is a sociapath and a psychopath, plain and simple.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:54 PM
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2. Bill sees himself as our future president.
Never happen, Bill.
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DrBB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:54 PM
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4. Or anywhere else Dear Leader decides
For we love Dear Leader, and trust him to guide his sheep wherever they must die to glorify his Holy Name.
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phirili Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:54 PM
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5. Bill Frist is a nut. Saw him acting like a crazed animal at the debates.
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:57 PM
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6. Frist is probably right. Congress gave the President broad powers and
it would be left up to SCOTUS to rule on what congress meant. If Bush invaded Syria, I doubt that SCOTUS would accept a case leaving it to congress to decide. Even if congress passed a bill overriding Bush's action, Bush could veto the bill and 34 senators could sustain the veto leaving an invasion approved.
:shrug:
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BlueScreen Donating Member (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:09 PM
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20. I agree-- Congress ceded the right to declare war when they
handed Bush the blank check on invading Iraq. Set a dangerous precedent.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:23 PM
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23. that's what I thought...and it needs to be changed BACK
to the way it was.
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Libby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 09:59 PM
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8. Frist makes me ill.
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:01 PM
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9. He is completely and unalterably INSANE
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:07 PM
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18. At least the Punk isn't your senator. The shame of FrankenFrist is heavy
upon some of us. And some of us realize that we live in a state of people who must also be insane because they voted for and still support that crazy sumbitch.
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:01 PM
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10. Give it a shot. See what the people say about it.
Maybe you can get the American people and the rest of the world to give you their opinion. Maybe you won't like it. Maybe we'll be in the streets like we were last time. Maybe we'll be less peaceful than we were the last time. Maybe you can start a revolution. You fool.

I'd rather walk than pour gasoline in my tank that took blood to make.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:02 PM
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11. And I thought Trent Lott was bad.
:shrug:
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cosmicaug Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:02 PM
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12. I think that sums the administration's position.
stupidgit wrote:
Bill Frist says no congressional approval is needed to invade Syria
I think that that honestly sums up what the administration's position happens to be. Last time around some saner voices prevailed within the administration and they decided not to test the issue. Next time around, if Bush stays, they probably won't bother (they might claim the Iraq authorization applies to Syria or they'll simply outright say, wanting to test the whole congressional approval thing, that they don't give a fuck --Cheney has a hardon for "restoring executive power" so he'd no doubt love to put it to the test).

And of course, we won't need a draft because W says so.
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Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:03 PM
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14. What pissed me off was his justification

Bill Frist said, basically, "as Commander-in-Chief he doesn't need permission".
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:08 PM
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19. Will be change his mind when Kerry becomes President?
You betcha.
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Samantha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:06 PM
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16. I do not think a Congressional resolution supersedes the Constitution
I also thought that when the Senators signed that Congressional resolution giving Bush* the authority they gave him. I think it was unconstitutional. They simply put in writing they would not challenge him, and consequently, try to impeach him.

Only Congress can declare a war. The President can summon the military to Defend the country if we were attacked, but he or she cannot dispatch the military for offensive purposes.
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Wols Donating Member (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:07 PM
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17. Just imagine
the kittens who had been stuck at animal shelters finally getting their shot at a loving home....only to have Frist adopt them, take them home, and carve them up. One sick bastard.
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3trievers Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:10 PM
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21. brain dead
Frist voted once before he was elected to the Senate.He may be a good surgeon but he is politically brain dead.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:22 PM
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22. Syria is next on the PNAC list....
...and the *resident has power to order an invasion without congress - historically, no pres could order a war - congress had to do that. Now, however, because of the changes bu$hit enacted - he and he alone has the sole power to order such a thing. Isn't that correct?
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MadProphetMargin Donating Member (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:25 PM
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24. Well, an ARMY would be nice. How does this monkeyf*cker think we're
going to invade?

Last I checked, the military was busy.
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