WWII was fought against Japan yet, many Japanese own land and businesses in our 50th State (Hawaii) which Japan attacked at Pearl Harbor.

WWII was fought against the Germans yet, Germans were the most populous group that settled in Minnesota. There are German festivals, and festivals that celebrate the Germanic languages [includes other countries].

WWII was fought against the Italians yet, Italian restaurants are an integral part of Minnesota heritage.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailing for Spain.

Laredo and Nuevo Laredo celebrate George Washington. The representatives dressed as they were in the time of George Washington, meet at the mid-point of the bride over the Rio Grande.

If it is possible, it is better to try to understand and try to get along.

Norm Coleman did not pass his physical exam to serve in the military at a time when many were going to the Republic of South Vietnam.

He was an anti-war protestor and it is said that he went on a crash diet. That is part of what Jesse Ventura needles him about.

Be careful what you might write that you laugh at, or what you might write that you think is so hilarious.

In Texas, a hostile Mexican government and an army led by Santa Anna had its ass kicked south of the Rio Grande. The people of Texas established an independent Republic, which later joined the U.S.

The perspective of the Latin Americans means jack shit. When I hear this bologna that “the borders crossed us,” I laugh. It’s like blaming my real estate agent for taking my house away 8 years after I sold it to someone else.

Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines, American Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Cuba-Guantanamo Bay-Gitmo, plus other places listed under “insular areas.”

Then there is the history of Texas.

I may understand the Latin American thinking a little better than you think that I do. It is good to see things from the perspective of the other.

That is part of the reason why I occasionally listen to a broad spectrum of commentators in America and abroad when I do some limited travelling.

If one reads the transcripts of the Senate during some of the debates, one will find that there were Senators who argued against American involvement and expansion in the Pacific Islands.

FDR suspended their habeas corpus privilege… which is consistent with what I wrote. A privilege can be suspended, a right cannot.

Slavery had nothing to do with Habeas Corpus. And you don’t know your history very well with regard to the U.S. purchase of territory from Mexico in 1848… following hostilities… but purchased, nonetheless (for $18 million).

The idea that Mexico had any land “taken” is hilarious.

Perhaps the relatives of Chestnut were not “owned” by someone else during the time shortly before Abraham Lincoln. [He may also have had something to do with Habeas Corpus.]

Perhaps the relatives of Chestnut were not “taken” along with the land, by the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, the Filipino-American War, etc.

“The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Again, you fucking fat ass moron… it is a PRIVILEGE… NOT A RIGHT. A PRIVILEGE can be suspended. A “right” CANNOT.

THERE IS NO RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN.

I know this is a subject too complex for that stupid, crack rotted lump of fat between your ears, but those are the facts.

You goddam dumb gas bag.

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Habeas Corpus
habeas corpus n. Law A writ issued to bring a party before a court to prevent unlawful restraint. [<Med. Lat., you should have the body] Source: AHD

The basic premise behind habeas corpus is that you cannot be held against your will without just cause. To put it another way, you cannot be jailed if there are no charges against you. If you are being held, and you demand it, the courts must issue a writ of habeas corpus, which forces those holding you to answer as to why. If there is no good or compelling reason, the court must set you free. It is important to note that of all the civil liberties we take for granted today as a part of the Bill of Rights, the importance of habeas corpus is illustrated by the fact that it was the sole liberty thought important enough to be included in the original text of the Constitution.
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@ chestnuts: here’s the Constitution, explained at a level you might – MIGHT – be able to comprehend. If you can’t, ask your bus driver (yours is the short bus, so he don’t have a long route…)

http://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK.html

It’s because you’re a lemming.

“Mega-ditto’s, Rush!” is thoughtful analysis to chumps like you.

Swiftee: “E p” Line 3?
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………..WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT………….
………….Rush Limbaugh vs el presidente
marriages…….3 or 4………..much better……
military serv…..none………..much better……
family values…..no family?…..much better……
money………….$$$$$$$$$……much worse…….

[lyrics from a song from a quartet or trio a few years back]

Democrats then made up the line about having had their Patriotism questioned, as to divert attention from the fact that the policies they pursue weaken America.

More myths, spin, hate and bullshit from the Left.

Gonzalas was absolutely correct. The Constitution calls habeas corpus a “privilege” not a “right.” Moreover, the Constitution prescribes circumstances by which that privilege can be suspended. Rights cannot be suspended. That’s why they’re called “rights.”

I realize your too stupid to understand this very simple concept. But I thought I’d repeat the facts one more time, lest someone get the idea that you have the faintest fucking idea what you’re talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIFqYVAOosM

Don’t say you weren’t warned….

NotSoSwiftly will be the first “offered the free vacation.”

That’s ok; he’s a sick man. Society will be better off without him.

Are you talking about his appearance on DU?

I saw that too…pfft.

I can’t wait for the book “My life with TwoputtTommy.” By Thomas Johnson.

Chap. 1 War hero? Nah, just doing my part.

“There we were, behind enemy lines. Moonlight glinted softly on the Congressional Medal of Honor that the President had pinned on my chest just two short weeks ago.”

Chap. 2 Twoputt takes to the political stage

“It was three in the morning when the phone rang. ‘Huh? What? What’s the problem, Al?’…Yup, it was AlGore calling for advice again.”

Which says much to what Swiftee likes to ride him about. Seems old puddles will even lie about his service record to try and sell his ideas.

Come to think of it he has also been caught on other bogs using multiple names and writing “you should see what twoputttommy wrote at…”

Now just how much respect can you give a guy like that? Never mind, it is puddles we are talking about.

The problem is Michael behaves better than the average journalist. He identifies himself. He tries to get the person who he plans to do a post about a chance to explain himself.

Eight Putt:

Hades Corpus has been suspended before (President Lincoln). The ruling was since the detainees at Gitmo were unlawful combantants they didn’t have the right to get habes corpus in part because they weren’t US Citizens. That is a major difference than saying US Citizens don’t have the right to Habes Corpus. But of course you like to tell your fibs.

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

Other things that have been legal
Slavery
Wife-beating
Segregation
—to name a few.

If the Patriot Act is illegal, why hasn’t the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in the nearly seven years since it was enacted?

As my mom used to say — you’re so full of bull, your eyes are brown.

Unfortunately, the people he’s chosen to side with are more interested in destroying every last vestage of what makes America great.

Say puddles, how’s the whole fake military record going for you? Sure, you served, but not really in the capacity you seem to like to cliam?

Poor tommy is a paid lacky of the DFL. Not much, but he gets a taste. Thus why he posts at so many blogs, he is trying to get attention and be someone important so he can ask for more money from his political party. He is nothing more than a political opportunist of the worst kind. Most likely does not even believe half the crap he pushes, just needs the exposure.

What puddles, did you have to go cry to Michael about my post from yesterday? Seems you are fine going after family memebers of political figures, but bring up your family and you go off crying foul.

You are a cowards coward puddles.

Hi a run a blog in Minnnesota and want to use you to incriminate your former employer, will you please help me come up with bullshit that will further my non-stories and I can get paid by organizations which i will not name because I am fraud….

click….

J. Gauthier: I have better things to do. Get a life.

This is what twoputt wants for the rest of us.

And if the bootlickin’ rightwingnutjobs would bother to check, is the allegedly “conservative” inJustice Dept. of Bush The Lesser that believes it can not only take your guns, it can take you, your spouse, your children, and any property of yours it wants, and you have NO RIGHT to challenge the government’s actions in court.

All they have to do is question your “patriotism”, and off you go.

That’s where we’re at, NOW.

I’m just feedin’ the paranoia the bootlickers live with.

Except in this case, you never know.

Pay no attention, to that van parked down the street, dogbreath.

And what’s this non-patriotism you’re bitching about?

This defines perfectly the nutjob left’s view of anyone who isn’t on board with their nutjob agenda. You’re not an American with a different opinion, you’re the enemy. You are someone to be destroyed, not persuaded.

You are an idiot.

You’re not patriotic; you’re the enemy within. Fortunately, with Boy Blunder’s illegal UnPatriotic Act, after you’re rounded up and sent on a “secret vacation”, we won’t even have to afford you the courtesy of a habeas-inspired court hearing – Gonzales said you don’t have that “right”.

But that’s ok; you’ll be with your pals.

Can’t the DFL find some Burmese/Myanmar guy upset that Norm accepted money from DCI or whoever? I’m sure he would be a better candidate than Franken. The Burmese guy would probably cause a big scene if he discovered cocaine use on his workplace – instead of joining in. He would have a respect for english as an instrument of communication and governance instead of a tool to insult and demean for profit.
Of course they’d have to explain to him that Democrats spend like robots, think short-term for themselves, and hate half of Minnesota for limiting spending and being patriotic.