tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post6153076145518499032..comments2024-03-17T14:01:29.276-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: More Lousy "Research" At The Tribune-ReviewMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-42866611251256580092010-01-20T12:42:06.600-05:002010-01-20T12:42:06.600-05:00HTTT, Dayvoe's point was that the Trib did not...HTTT, Dayvoe's point was that the Trib did not publish all of Holder's 2002 opinion, distorting what he actually said. You certainly are entitled to your opinion that Holder's 2002 opinion and current stance is full of it. I would disagree, not on legal grounds, but on political grounds. Terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda (and also insurgent groups) are not political states, they have no official status, as compared to the PLO, for example. Al Qaeda literally could not and almost certainly would not sign the Geneva Convention. But it's members are citizens of countries (perhaps including our own). The effectiveness of torture as an interrogation technique has come into question, and we have been told that some people in the Middle East are joining either Al Qaeda or insurgent groups at least in part because we are torturing detainees. So to me it really makes sense to treat our prisoners better than we did during the Bush administration (and possibly better than we are now). Doing might decrease the ability of Al Qaeda to recruit, might make other countries feel better about helping us, and using different interrogation techniques might yield more and better information. <br /><br />As for Angie Langley, I can’t necessarily speak for Dayvoe, but my impression was he didn’t care that much, he was mostly correcting Conservative misinformation about the affair. Grayson was (is?) calling for an investigation into what seemed like some technical violations of campaign or tax rules by Ms. Langley’s particular group. I don’t know if the FEC responded or not. <br /><br />The way the Coakley issue was presented, it appears to already be resolved, as far as the Senate Ethics Committee is concerned. I don’t know if there are any other agencies involved, if so, they may take action. Since this is out in the open, it seems like calling for further investigation is pretty silly.EdHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109361235271107574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-30403824608376442322010-01-20T10:30:21.322-05:002010-01-20T10:30:21.322-05:00who are entitled to, in our own interests, entitle...<i>who are entitled to, in our own interests, entitled to be treated in a very humane way and almost consistent with all of the dictates of the Geneva Convention. </i><br />Holder is full of it. Those who do not follow the Geneva Conventions are not entitled to the protections in it.<br />Progressives have been using Geneva Conventions as an excuse and it gets destroyed by <a href="http://kingdomofidiots.blogspot.com/2006/10/links-of-day_25.html" rel="nofollow">quoting the Geneva Conventions.</a><br /><br /><i>One of the reasons why…well, You quoted this bit, but apparently, didn’t catch it:<br /><br /><b>They shall furthermore be bound by the Convention in relation to the said Power, if the latter accepts and applies the provisions thereof.</b><br /><br />If the party does NOT accept and apply the conventions, the other parties are not bound by them. Convention protections are reciprocal.<br /><br />So much for that argument.</i><br /><br />BTW I never got a answer to my comment.<br />Rep. Alan Grayson and Dayvoe wants to send <a href="http://2politicaljunkies.blogspot.com/2009/12/trib-brain-trust-flubs-story-again.html#comments" rel="nofollow">Angie Langley to prison for 5 years for making a mistake/misinformation on her FEC paperwork</a>.<br /><br />Same standard for Martha Coakley?<br /><a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20091113honest_mistakes_martha_coakley_failed_to_disclose_all_assets/" rel="nofollow">‘Honest mistakes’: Martha Coakley failed to disclose all assets</a><br /><i><br />"Attorney General Martha Coakley acknowledged yesterday she overlooked more than $200,000 in savings when she mistakenly claimed to have zero personal assets in a financial disclosure required of candidates for U.S. Senate.<br /><br />Coakley’s filing with the Senate Committee on Ethics will be corrected to include overlooked accounts, including a savings account in her husband’s name with more than $200,000 and a personal IRA containing roughly $12,000, said campaign spokesman Corey Welford"</i>Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™https://www.blogger.com/profile/14533575674043719198noreply@blogger.com