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Topic: President, Rand Paul?
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Faith
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Registered: Jul 2011
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posted March 15, 2013 03:06 PM
  
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Originally posted by katatonic:
Lol "why don't you read the letter" was aimed personally at me
Yes, and it was intended as a question. Why don't you read the letter? I really wanted to know why you didn't read it. quote:
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and thank you for confirming that you think personal attack is the "dynamic" here. No wonder you feelinsulted when someone disagrees with your ideas or statements.
Who are you to say how I feel? What are you even talking about? We often fall into these pointless squabbles, so what should I have said about our dynamic? That it's peaceful? quote:
Originally posted by katatonic:
I used to trade insults with jwhop, and occasionally with ami, because both use personal insults instead of argument. Mostly i confine myself to critiquing what is said and not the speaker...
I don't recall ever insulting you. I also prefer to stick with the topic and not get into any personal jabs. If you were insulted by my question, I guess there is nothing I can do in hindsight. I would "take it back" but I honestly still think you misrepresented the contents of the letter you posted, and don't know why you did so, thus the question lingers for me. IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 4062
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posted March 15, 2013 03:11 PM
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Originally posted by katatonic:
And holder's NO came as answer to "a different question" ie his first question - if drone strikes against citizens at home WOULD EVER happen - is answered honestly ... It is hypothetically conceivable for instsnce that given a situation like 9/11 IF americans were involved, that "taking them out" would be done as the best option and to save thousands of lives.But the answer to whether the President has the authority to drone stroke civilians is no. In other words unless an sct of war like 9/11 is about to take place he has no such authority. Basically whst has changed? The way the question was framed ...
I thought we all knew that America was declared a battlefield with the 2011 NDAA.  No? So, since we are currently at war, the question is immediately applicable to current circumstances: does the President have this authority? Yes or no. You may think that is too black and white but usually, that's the way the law works: it's either legal or illegal and not "kind of legal." IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 15, 2013 04:28 PM
As i said my phone makes complexity difficult. Not wanting to keep thinking up different ways of repeating myself, i willState that if i posted something without reading it carefully, i always SAY SO, but that is very rare. Since i also commented on the contents i hardly think your question was genuine, but i am willing to drop it because it really is getting repetitious. IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 4062
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posted March 15, 2013 05:42 PM
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Originally posted by katatonic:
Since i also commented on the contents i hardly think your question was genuine,
It was precisely your comment on the contents that elicited my genuine question, as I've explained ad nauseum. If you had read what Holder said, I don't see how you could reach the conclusion that Rand's concerns and further questions were unwarranted, disingenuous, kabuki theater.
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katatonic
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posted March 15, 2013 06:15 PM
Just opened this thread to find my last post duplicated, weird glitch?IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 4062
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posted March 15, 2013 06:19 PM
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Originally posted by katatonic:
it really is getting repetitious.
Uh huh.  quote:
Originally posted by katatonic:
Just opened this thread to find my last post duplicated, weird glitch?
Oh I thought you were being funny. IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 15, 2013 06:32 PM
Well it was funny - and apt! - but i won't take credit for the effortlessness of my humor, no idea what happened!IP: Logged |
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