Monday, July 03, 2006
Liberals amuse me and infuriate me at the same time. The US Supreme Court voted 5-3 last week to extend the rights of the Geneva Convention to terrorists, revealing vividly that they have not read the document in question. The Geneva Convention clearly states, "Nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention are not protected by it." It then goes on to clearly state rules for recognizing prisoners of war: they must have a recognized commander responsible for them, they must openly carry arms, and they must themselves obey the laws of civilized warfare. Which one of these describes terrorists? Not a one. Terrorists are not prisoners of war and are not protected by the Geneva Convention. The Supreme Court has seriously overreached itself and one can only hope that perhaps Congress will finally have the backbone to pass a law and put the Court back in its place--as an interpreter of law, not a maker of law.
Liberals are also hopping mad about Ann Coulter's statement that Timothy McVeigh should have bombed the NYT headquarters. Coulter, of course, is a bit of an instigator and needs to watch what she says, however, one can easily document liberals, and not even pundits but congressmen, calling for the assassination of key conservative leaders and they are never called to account. A commercial ran in 2000 with a picture of George Bush and the subtitle, "Snipers Wanted." Alec Baldwin declared on live TV that Congressman Henry Hyde, his only crime attempting to bring a felon who happened to live in the White House, to justice, should be stoned to death, along with his entire family. Where was the moral outrage then?
Liberals are also hopping mad about Ann Coulter's statement that Timothy McVeigh should have bombed the NYT headquarters. Coulter, of course, is a bit of an instigator and needs to watch what she says, however, one can easily document liberals, and not even pundits but congressmen, calling for the assassination of key conservative leaders and they are never called to account. A commercial ran in 2000 with a picture of George Bush and the subtitle, "Snipers Wanted." Alec Baldwin declared on live TV that Congressman Henry Hyde, his only crime attempting to bring a felon who happened to live in the White House, to justice, should be stoned to death, along with his entire family. Where was the moral outrage then?
// posted by The Pendragon @ 9:45 AM 
