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calimary

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29. Awfully hard supporting something that john yoo and dick cheney are for...

Reply to HardTimes99 (Reply #9)

Wed Aug 21, 2013, 04:13 PM

Aug 2013

I find that sometimes that helps when trying to figure out where I stand on various ballot propositions that I don't know much about or haven't had a lot of time to study. I look at who's pushing it, who's funding the campaign, who's endorsing. If I don't like THEM, then it's a pretty safe bet I won't like the proposition, either.

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Guy Who Wrote Legal Memos Defending Torture Defends NSA- It Takes Too Long To Obey The Constitution [View all] Catherina Aug 2013 OP

not even trying. b/c it's too difficult. niiiiice. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #1

Fuck Yoo and the Cheney he rode in on. neverforget Aug 2013 #2

Sounds about right. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #3

Unforgivable. tblue Aug 2013 #25

Reminder: "Terrorism" has a very nebulous definition Pholus Aug 2013 #4

Further to your point: when the strong commit terrorism upon the weak, the strong HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #5

It helps to read official statements on surveillance when you... Pholus Aug 2013 #7

John Yoo is a low life fucking piece of shit. Autumn Aug 2013 #6

Exactly this ^^^^^. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #8

Further to your point: when Cheney spoke up in defense of the HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #9

Sadder yet that many on this board fujiyama Aug 2013 #10

hell yes, and you are gonna love this shit right here Autumn Aug 2013 #11

W.T.F. n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #13

Yeah, that's a great big WTF. Autumn Aug 2013 #14

Awfully hard supporting something that john yoo and dick cheney are for... calimary Aug 2013 #29

Jesus Chirst and the sorrow of it is that a great portion gopiscrap Aug 2013 #12

He's a disgrace struggle4progress Aug 2013 #15

Where is he in hiding, anyway? (I can only assume he would be in hiding) nt silvershadow Aug 2013 #16

The transformation is complete. Government has become a business. Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #17

If we were still a nation of laws . . . markpkessinger Aug 2013 #18

In a sense he is correct. The POINT of the Constitution is to restrict government action... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #19

the GOP's basically okay with this--I guess opponents aren't just being racist MisterP Aug 2013 #20

Yoo needs JEB Aug 2013 #21

Yoo is, quite simply, no more qualified to interpret the Constitution... Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #22

The original Constitution of America. Iliyah Aug 2013 #23

John Yoo can fuck off. blackspade Aug 2013 #24

And, it's inconvenient! Think how much easier the drug war would be, if cops could just walk into Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #26

Yea, well, he can't be all bad. He defended the drone policy. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #27

Has Yoo ever heard of the Third Amendment? Bolo Boffin Aug 2013 #28

I could argue that the NSA's and FBI's insistence on ISPs installing backdoors... backscatter712 Aug 2013 #31

OMG! accidental truth: Hydra Aug 2013 #30

! hootinholler Aug 2013 #32