McCain loses his mind...proposes radical bill

[FishingBack]

The Atlantic Monthly has just released the text of a bill introduced by Sen McCain (R-AZ), which, if passed, would allow the

President or his minions to label individual U.S. CITIZENS ON U.S. SOIL as 'high value detainees' and 'unprivileged enemy combatants' in the 'war on terrors' " if he/she:
(1) poses a threat of an attack on civilians or civilian facilities within the U.S. or U.S. facilities abroad;
(2) poses a threat to U.S. military personnel or U.S. military facilities;
(3) potential intelligence value;
(4) is a member of al Qaeda or a terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda or
(5) such other matters as the President considers appropriate."[/B]

Note that no actual crime is required to have been committed.

Once labelled as such, the individual would not receive miranda warnings, not be allowed access to the courts, and could be held and interrogated indefinitely without judicial oversight.

The sponsor, and all 8 cosponsors of this bill are Republicans.

The article is here.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...n-bill-you-ought-to-read-more-carefully/37116

The text of the proposed law is here.

http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/politics/ARM10090.pdf

 

[Hitman]

 

[onlyjourneyman]

OMG !!
He has finally crossed to the dark side...
From the right--to the middle--to off the grid.
I hope we come up with a more reasonable choice next election.

 

[petelanca]

I would trust the bill in the hands of trustworthy administration.

 

[dfsutton]

I would trust the bill in the hands of trustworthy administration.

Please tell me you are joking.

 

[sraiford]

o.k. where did you get this little smiley.

 

[CloudStrife]

I would trust the bill in the hands of trustworthy administration.

The only side you see of a politician is what he wants you to see. To put such trust in them is a big gamble.

 

[Hitman]

o.k. where did you get this little smiley.

From another website.

you can right click the img, view properties, copy/paste, then paste it between IMG tags.

 

[Baldrik78]

McCain: Hey Obama iz that the bill of ritez ur usin as TP?
Obama: Y yes it is u silly old fart! lolz
McCain: I can has plz?
Obama: kk!
McCain - lines out the 5th thru 8th amendments
McCain: lolp watch this its gunna be funny!
Obama: lolz you got to it b4 me! lolz how mny ppl can we fit in gitmo?

 

[Sin-ster]

What ever happened to a covert snatch-and-grab? Actually passing this into law is just scary. Makes the Patriot Act look like the Bill of Rights.

 

[SirIsaacNewton]

I am almost glad he didn't get voted in. Because if he would have he would have sucked as hard as Obama and then the new movement would have been more towards to left.

 

[Mjolnir]

The Atlantic Monthly has just released the text of a bill introduced by Sen McCain (R-AZ), which, if passed, would allow the

President or his minions to label individual U.S. CITIZENS ON U.S. SOIL as 'high value detainees' and 'unprivileged enemy combatants' in the 'war on terrors' " if he/she:
(1) poses a threat of an attack on civilians or civilian facilities within the U.S. or U.S. facilities abroad;
(2) poses a threat to U.S. military personnel or U.S. military facilities;
(3) potential intelligence value;
(4) is a member of al Qaeda or a terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda or
(5) such other matters as the President considers appropriate."[/B]

Note that no actual crime is required to have been committed.

Once labelled as such, the individual would not receive miranda warnings, not be allowed access to the courts, and could be held and interrogated indefinitely without judicial oversight.

The sponsor, and all 8 cosponsors of this bill are Republicans.

The article is here.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...n-bill-you-ought-to-read-more-carefully/37116

The text of the proposed law is here.

http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/politics/ARM10090.pdf

He hasn't JUST lost his mind; he's a closet Liberal. Always has been.

 

[leVieux]

Whatever has happened to the mind of John McCain, he is not the same person he once was.
This should be sufficient to elect J.D. Hayworth, McCain's opponent in the upcoming Arizona Republican senatorial primary.
McCain is damaging our Nation and needs to go, NOW!
leVieux

 

[JustinB]

Give money. Throw Juan McCain out.

http://www.jdforsenate.com/

 

[Hardballing]

For me, pretty much a Libertarian in beliefs (not too fond of some of the more fringe candidates they run though), the Republicans are a scary bunch sometimes. There are elements of the Patriot Act that ought to frighten anybody concerned with THEIR freedoms.

This is no diffferent imo. Power to the state is ALWAYS a bad idea.

And I'm getting MUCH fonder of the idea of throwing them ALL out and starting over.

Could we do worse than where we currently are? Don't think so imo.

Just my .02.

Tim

 

[CloudStrife]

Unless voters change, we'll just get the same types of politicians in office.

 

[T-maggot]

Could we do worse than where we currently are? Don't think so imo.


Tim

I remember my grandfather making this exact statement nearly twenty years ago.

 

[T-maggot]

Unless voters change, we'll just get the same types of politicians in office.

+1

 

[Squirrel]

sounds to me like mccarthyism

 

[CloudStrife]

This is the same guy opposed to "torture"?