[Rhodes22-list] What constitutes War; and quick shout out.

[TN Rhodey]

I still get list emails but seldom have time to read and even less to
respond. I will say all is well and we just paid off our home. Sweet!

Some of the subjects catch my interest but I delete most withourt reading.
This is going to be quite an election. Brad was talking about voting for a
Clinton, Bill E supporting a republican! Well I am sure Ed still thinks
everyone who disagrees with him is a Socialist or commie .....

No Ed the resolution is not the same as an actual declaration and that is
why there is a fuss.  We need to step up and declare war when we want to
attack a country. However not doing so (declaring war) allows us to ignore
Geneva Convention and according to current admin the constitution. Luckily
the Supreme Court corrected some of this in recent decision.

Yes Brad it is true that thousands of POWs died in hell hole prison camps
during Civil War. This has nothing to do with today's issues but it is
no excuse for our current behavior. We also allowed slavery back then right?
By the same logic ....should we bring slavery back. No sir we have come a
long way as a country. There is much to like and admire about McCain. But it
is hard to believe he has flip flopped so much on the issue of torture and
treatment of detainees. Using the argument that they do worse to us is not
relevant. I don't use terrorists behavior as our standard. We are better
than that.

My thoughts on the election...Do folks really think the Hillary's women
supporters will not fall in line and vote for Obama? Once they figure out
that Supreme Court judges and Roe Vs. Wade may be at stake  they will vote
Democrat. The polls all show Obama ahead but there is plenty of time for
either candidate to implode. Despite what they say both sides are in bed
with the usual tacky lobbyist groups. Money and politics always go hand in
hand.

I tried hard to pick one of the big two but it looks like Bob Barr is going
to get my vote.

Oh yeah.....Why did you guys jump so hard on Ron? He figured out what I
figured out over a year ago.  Do any of you guys even go sailing anymore?
Calling a guy childish names for deciding not get drawn into silly arguments
with people who have already made up their minds....well it just seems
silly.

Fair winds....I will go back into troll mode.

TN Rhodey


On 6/23/08, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
>
> Rummy said, "Question? I don't believe that the United States has
> officially
> declared  war
> on Iraq, have we? The Vietnam war wasn't a declared war either, it was a
> "police action". Same holds true with Korea. The last declared war was
> WWII.
> Correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I believe that the Congressional authorization against Iraq is legally
> considered a declaration of war.  I do not believe that you find the word
> 'declaration of war' in the subject line, but the language is legally
> conclusive.
>
> That is why we still have all the fuss over that resolution.
>
> For what it is worth department.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> "One of the challenges we have is to be able to read the fine print indoors
> without any sunlight."  Kai Abelkis
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