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dronestar
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Message 260 of 337 (647640)
01-10-2012 3:42 PM
Reply to: Message 240 by Dogmafood
01-08-2012 9:09 PM


Number 1! (though it smells kinda like number two)
DF writes:
My point is, why are the most powerful nations the most powerful nations? It is because they have succeded. Should we persue a model that leads to less success?
One of the reasons america is a powerful nation is because it has succeeded in achieving the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. USA, number ONE, USA, USA, U S A !!! shock and awe baby!
Incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia
Yes, america SHOULD PERSUE THIS MODEL which can ONLY bring it even greater success. One way is for ol' liberal Obama to have signED the Indefinite Detention of Citizens Into Law Act. I am sooo happy ol' liberal Obama didn't even TRY to refuse to sign the bill.
quote:
President Barack Obama rang in the New Year by signing the NDAA law with its provision allowing him to indefinitely detain citizens.
quote:
most experts agree that such indefinite detention of citizens violates the Constitution.
It will become . . .
quote:
"one of the greatest rollbacks of civil liberties in the history of our country"
zcommunications.org - zcommunications Resources and Information.
Number ONE, USA, USA!!! god bless america! shock and awe baby! SHOCK and AWE!!! (Wasn't that Bush-Cheney administration just awful!)

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dronestar
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Message 262 of 337 (647643)
01-10-2012 4:02 PM
Reply to: Message 261 by crashfrog
01-10-2012 3:49 PM


Re: Number 1! (though it smells kinda like number two)
Crash writes:
The NDAA doesn't contain a "provision allowing him to indefinitely detain citizens." It simply contains no provision that prevents him from doing so.
Though President Obama’s insistence that he can unilaterally label a citizen as a terrorist and order his killing simply does not mean there is any actual provision that keeps Obama from actually from doing so.
(cough, cough, Anwar al-Aulaqi)

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dronestar
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Message 279 of 337 (647837)
01-11-2012 2:35 PM
Reply to: Message 277 by Coyote
01-11-2012 12:25 PM


Who's being a sociopath?
quote:
The US has not just bragged, it has actually used nuclear weapons.
Coyote writes:
It worked too, didn't it?
I remember the Bush/Gore debate in 2000 when immoral simpleton Bush Jr. smirked and smiled when he talked (bragged) about Texas executions. You see, he has the lack of remorse, shame or guilt found in true sociopaths. Bush Jr. has never been unable to empathize with the pain of innocent victims, having only contempt for their weakness or distress.
As I read your short reply "It worked too, didn't it?", I somehow saw/felt Bush Jr. again. The same horrific chill and disgust were unmistakable.
I suppose it is remotely possible I have misread your short reply. If so, I do apologize.

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dronestar
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Message 281 of 337 (647840)
01-11-2012 2:59 PM
Reply to: Message 280 by Coyote
01-11-2012 2:48 PM


Re: Who's being a sociopath?
Sorry, Rahvin and I recently did the atomic-bomb debate. As I recall with my photographic memory (right after getting a call from the president of the usa, and just before making love for the seventh time to a super model), I beat Rahvin's brains out in the debate. But I digress. I'll pass on doing another atomic bomb debate again so soon. Sorry.
However, you (SIMILAR to a true sociapath) missed my main point. It was your SEEMING glibness, perhaps even sheer glee in the use of a weapon of mass destruction that I was posting about.
Edited by dronester, : "sheer," that's better.

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dronestar
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Message 283 of 337 (647843)
01-11-2012 3:12 PM
Reply to: Message 282 by Coyote
01-11-2012 3:11 PM


Re: Who's being a sociopath?
A million apologies.

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