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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (20526)	11/20/2001 2:56:40 PM
From: Jagfan	Respond to of 59480

Maybe It should be Stupid Post of The Hour...here's another: To:Mephisto who started this subject From: Mephisto Tuesday, Nov 20, 2001 1:43 PM Respond to of 1128 Seizing Dictatorial Power From The New York Times November 15, 2001 ESSAY By WILLIAM SAFIRE WASHINGTON -- Misadvised by a frustrated and panic-stricken attorney general, a president of the United States has just assumed what amounts to dictatorial power to jail or execute aliens. Intimidated by terrorists and inflamed by a passion for rough justice, we are letting George W. Bush get away with the replacement of the American rule of law with military kangaroo courts.

To: jlallen who wrote (20526)	11/20/2001 4:48:00 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 59480

How about the cheapest stupid billionaire of the Day award: The other night, our dinner was interrupted by one of those infernal solicitation calls from a long-distance phone service. When we said we weren't interested, the caller retorted with the following scripted pitch: "If you don't take advantage of our low prices, the terrorists will have won." OK, that didn't happen. (Yet.) But this did, according to the New York Post: Homemaking mogul Martha Stewart, in a cost-cutting measure, decided to nix the company Christmas and instead asked staffers to host dinner parties for 10 at their homes. No one saluted when she ran that idea up the flagpole, so she sent out a memo, saying, yes: "The terrorists have certainly succeeded if so few of you participate in a company-wide effort to 'get together.' " opinionjournal.com