Comments | resk: Yet 1 more reason for me to vote for Dennis Kucinich in the MI Primary

resk

Yet 1 more reason for me to vote for Dennis Kucinich in the MI Primary

Jan 11, 2008 15:10

He's calling for a recount in the New Hampshire Primary ( Read more... )

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machiavelli_f January 11 2008, 20:26:16 UTC

While I'm in favor of much of this, there are a few things (i.e. number 20) that are absolutely unconstitutional.

But my question is:
2. The immediate, phased withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq; replacing them with an international security force.

How can a withrawal be immediate, but phased? If its taking place in phases, it's NOT taking place immediately.

Allow me to explain . . . resk January 11 2008, 20:35:05 UTC

First of all: The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights declares a well-regulated militia as "being necessary to the security of a free State" and prohibits infringement of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." The meaning of the Second Amendment is one of the most misunderstood and disputed among the entire Bill of Rights.

He's not defying the constitution. He's just doing some regulating.

Here's his plan for Iraq:

1. Announce that the US will end the occupation, close the military bases, and withdraw ( ... )

Re: Allow me to explain . . . m0thy January 11 2008, 20:46:51 UTC

I think 1 through 4 are doable, but I have doubts about how much power a President really has to accomplish anything past 5...

Re: Allow me to explain . . . resk January 11 2008, 20:47:59 UTC

Oh the President himself has very little power. The corporations who fund him, on the other hand . . .

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m0thy January 11 2008, 20:31:15 UTC

Are you really voting in the primary? You strike me as politically ambivalent.

resk January 11 2008, 20:36:16 UTC

You almost got me on that one. I almost gave you a real response.

Took me about 3 seconds to figure out that you were kidding.

m0thy January 11 2008, 20:42:51 UTC

I'll take 3 seconds. If I was serious, I'd have used a more serious icon.

peaceandcarrots January 11 2008, 20:37:47 UTC

Can you bring you self to vote for an anti-bacon candidate?

resk January 11 2008, 20:40:30 UTC

That is the one stance of his with which I take exception.

As long as he doesn't propose any Bacon Regulations, I think I can deal.

anonymous January 11 2008, 20:39:58 UTC

I am already going to vote for him. I also don't agree with him on 20 b/c I ... don't fully trust our government anymore and think we should all have that right to bear arms, but otherwise HE'S THE MAN!
BTW, great read in TruthOut.org: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011008A.shtml.
It is two psychoanalysts examining the psychology of G.W. Bush. Just read the first few paragraphs. It will suck you in. I 'didn't have the time' and ended up reading the entire article. Try to get to the middle of “What he is capable of” chilling stuff.

resk January 11 2008, 20:42:00 UTC

You don't trust our goverment?

Why do you hate America so much?

machiavelli_f January 11 2008, 20:49:03 UTC

Don't you hate when people post anonymously?

At least I have the guts to show my name when I piss on your boots. *grin*

resk January 11 2008, 20:55:18 UTC

I know who that is. She just forgot to login.

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Re: Allow me to explain . . . ubersaurus January 11 2008, 20:42:14 UTC

So much hate on NAFTA and the WTO

Re: Allow me to explain . . . resk January 11 2008, 20:43:30 UTC

Do you blame him?

Re: Allow me to explain . . . ubersaurus January 11 2008, 20:47:14 UTC

Oh I can fully understand why people don't like it. But I don't think that we should pull out of it; we're already too embedded. The economic repercussions would be painful.

Re: Allow me to explain . . . resk January 11 2008, 20:55:58 UTC

More painful in the longrun than sticking with it?

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