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Hank Chinaski 03-22-2005 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
True. Bush lied so the procedure was flawed from the outset.
85. Court-Martial


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Secret_Agent_Man 03-22-2005 01:10 PM
Screw the law, chad87655 has spoken
 
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
A proscribed governmental form would come under an exception. I guess I'm curious how any inquiry into what a person "would have wanted" can happen when no evidence is admissible. Maybe the inquiry itself was as flawed as the idea of Congress passing a law?
But the verbal evidence is likely admissible under, for example, FRE 803(3) -- which seems "dead-on" to me -- and could be under FRE 807. On a practical level, because evidentiary rulings are discretionary, they are rarely reversed.

I'm not sure that the inquiry is a flawed policy idea -- but that's the function of the Florida law permitting it. The alternative is that people will be on machines forever if they don't sign the right form, unless there is, essentially, unanimous agreement among interested parties as to their wishes (so no court challenge).

S_A_M

Secret_Agent_Man 03-22-2005 01:12 PM
Motherfucking jackass, part 281039171
 
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Hot Tub Tom



Yeah, it's all about you, cocksucker.
The Richard Scrushy defense.

S_A_M

Secret_Agent_Man 03-22-2005 01:15 PM
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Originally posted by taxwonk
The Procedure is always more important than a single life. .. You're willing to send thousands to die in Iraq for the sake of the Procedure.
Not sure he'd put it that way. IIRC, he also said that the federal government should not be intervening.

S_A_M

ltl/fb 03-22-2005 01:17 PM
Motherfucking jackass, part 281039171
 
Quote:
Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Yeah, it's all about you, cocksucker.
You say "cocksucker" like it's an insult.

I guess it would be, to Tom, but still.

taxwonk 03-22-2005 01:37 PM
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Originally posted by bilmore
(should it be determined that I actually have a point.)
I have thought of you as many things over the years, Bilmore, but never have I thought you pointless.

taxwonk 03-22-2005 01:44 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Tax cuts.
It's more than just tax cuts. I thin it can best be described (at least among the republicans I know) as "I got mine - fuck all y'all."

ltl/fb 03-22-2005 01:54 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
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Originally posted by taxwonk
It's more than just tax cuts. I thin it can best be described (at least among the republicans I know) as "I got mine - fuck all y'all."
Works for me. But tax cuts kinda sound better as a "reelect me" platform.

bilmore 03-22-2005 01:54 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
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Originally posted by taxwonk
I think it can best be described (at least among the republicans I know) as "I got mine - fuck all y'all."
But doesn't "fuck all y'all" imply an active injustice being done to someone? If I steal your cow, or bash you in the head, that qualifies, but if I simply decide that I am being told to give more of what's mine to others then I think is right, is that fairly characterized as "fuck all y'all"? I don't think so.

ltl/fb 03-22-2005 01:57 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
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Originally posted by bilmore
But doesn't "fuck all y'all" imply an active injustice being done to someone? If I steal your cow, or bash you in the head, that qualifies, but if I simply decide that I am being told to give more of what's mine to others then I think is right, is that fairly characterized as "fuck all y'all"? I don't think so.
Gosh, bilmore, this would make some kind of sense if we suddenly abolished all taxation. But given the regressivity of SS taxes and sales taxes, and the decreased progressivity of the income taxes, we really are taking comparatively more from those who have less. And making up the rest of what you get to keep by going further and further into debt -- which seems like it might possibly maybe have some long-term economic consequences.

Which is to say, don't be so SO much of a fucking jackass moron.

bilmore 03-22-2005 02:00 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Which is to say, don't be so SO much of a fucking jackass moron.
I think you should work DNC PR.

Replaced_Texan 03-22-2005 02:01 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
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Originally posted by bilmore
I think you should work DNC PR.
She and I tag team.

ltl/fb 03-22-2005 02:01 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
Quote:
Originally posted by bilmore
I think you should work DNC PR.
You should have said that the jackass is the symbol of the D party, not the R party.

taxwonk 03-22-2005 02:03 PM
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Originally posted by bilmore
I'm going to give you an opportunity to rethink this statement, because it's one of the most vacuous things I've read here for a bit, and that's not a particularly high threshold given the last few weeks.
If they aren't there to defend Democracy and our way of life, then why are they there? Iraq had not presented an iminent direct threat to the US when it was invaded.

And I may be many things, Bilmore, but vacuous is not one of them.

Hank Chinaski 03-22-2005 02:06 PM
The Bush Legacy
 
Quote:
Originally posted by ltl/fb
You should have said that the jackass is the symbol of the D party, not the R party.
Huh? Big fat bloated sexual deviants are the symbol of the modern democratic party.


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