tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631160.post5745901889926421328..comments2023-10-26T07:25:54.379-04:00Comments on The Old New Englander: The Padilla verdictThe Old New Englanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16526429029137678701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631160.post-43980959659068310602007-08-18T19:55:00.000-04:002007-08-18T19:55:00.000-04:00HUH?HUH?The Old New Englanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526429029137678701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631160.post-74500323283334171092007-08-18T05:12:00.000-04:002007-08-18T05:12:00.000-04:00I knew that!!Both the "code" and the result. I am ...I knew that!!<BR/>Both the "code" and the result. I am sure the prosecution couldn't decipher it either. But I could,being a long time Sox fan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631160.post-43225583869462126912007-08-17T18:25:00.000-04:002007-08-17T18:25:00.000-04:00I agree with "theriver". I also despise this admin...I agree with "theriver". <BR/><BR/>I also despise this administration, but I'm also mindful that decent people I know, some of them kin, are quick to jump on our "despise"<BR/>stance and say things like, "You can always tell those who spout phrases and talking points without thinking", or who are so much a part of a "camp that they can't escape". <BR/><BR/>I admit that when I see and hear George W. Bush, my hair stands on end. That is an<BR/>instinctive reaction. It's beyond logic or emotion, it's visceral. <BR/><BR/>However I also had a similar reaction to Gore in 2000. That was a gag reaction, but equally visceral. <BR/><BR/>That's why I voted for Nader. I had the least visceral reaction to him than to the others, justifying my vote as a contributor to a need for a new view/party in American politics.<BR/><BR/>Today, I hope neither he nor Bloomberg will fall prey to their Narcisim and come to acknowowldege that, in the interest of the country, they should not try to play the spoiler.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I wasted my vote. Perhaps if I had voted for Gore we wouldn't be in Iraq today. Perhaps we would be in a differnet but possibly equally disastrous situation. That is wasted and fruitless speculation. <BR/><BR/>I published a post about my doubts that much will change after 2008, regardless of whether a Repub or a Dem is elected, especially if the choice is between a Repub or Dem professional politician. <BR/><BR/>I can't support Hillary because she is likely, as president, to focus more on how she's doing with her supporters, than on what she needs and should do, as a leader, to engage the people in support of those mores and values we are fond of talking about, but which those in authority today seem to so easily compromise. <BR/><BR/>I suspect that she would be more engaged in being sure she is re-elected for a second term, pleasing those who took her to the dance, than on the mood of the people and how she could lead them to feel good again about themselves and their country.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid that Hillary is more skilled as a politician,(e.g. her posturing, cleverness, debating skills and ability to raise money), than a statesmen, stateswoman, or statesperson; take your pick among the awkward choices. <BR/><BR/>In fact I suspect that the use of the word "skills", in and of itself. is revealing of a character flaw if one is looking for what constitutes the qualities of a genuine leader.<BR/><BR/>I also hope that the electorate in 2008, however uninformed of and disconnected from, what is called "realpolitik, will trust its collective gut and vote to bring into the White House that person, male or female,black or white, in whom it places its hope for one who will lead it(us) as a people who do not shy from competition, and in fact thrive on it; and will somehow find a way to inspire,energize and challenge us to lead, pave the way, invent, and take to market those ideas and concepts which are needed to assure the continued healthy and sustainable existence of our environment, and by extension, us; that is Planet Earth. <BR/><BR/>Leanderthal<BR/>Lighthouse KeeperLeanderthal, Lighthouse Keeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398230668313436866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631160.post-35577493973109396192007-08-17T08:54:00.000-04:002007-08-17T08:54:00.000-04:00But I despise this administration--and what it has...<I>But I despise this administration--and what it has done to our Constitution--so much that I really wanted the jury to acquit them.</I><BR/><BR/>I too despise this administration, but I wanted him acquitted simply because he was tortured. I would have felt the same had Clinton tortured him.<BR/><BR/>I don't want torture to be a standard part of our justice system. Yes he's probably a scumbag. But we don't torture people - not even scumbags. <BR/><BR/>Why the hell have a system of laws if we ignore them? Why not have <I>an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth</I> the way the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq seem to do it? <BR/><BR/>After thousands of years of civilization It's as if we've learned nothing; a civilized society based on the rule of law does not torture. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com