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| Erebus |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 15:14:20
9th Circuit Court Overturns New Iraq Constitution
by Scott Ott (2004-03-08) -- Just hours after the 25-member Iraqi Governing Council approved that nation's new interim constitution, a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned it on the grounds that it provides "excessive power to the ignorant masses."
"Democracy cannot be entrusted to millions of people who have never been to law school," an unnamed judge wrote for the panel. "Ultimately power must rest in the hands of those who know what's best for others. That's the American model, and that is what we should export to the world."
The Ninth Circuit panel said it might reconsider its ruling if the Iraqi Governing Council were to allow the establishment of branch campuses of Harvard and Yale Universities in Baghdad.
"It's possible that within 10 to 12 years," the panel concluded, "that judges could be prepared to rule equitably in Iraq as they do here in the United States. Only then could Iraq return to the relative stability it has enjoyed for the past three decades."
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| The OK Pope |
Posted - 03/10/2004 : 10:56:41
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Originally posted by Erebus
DNC Demands Bush Drop 'President' from TV Ads
by Scott Ott (2004-03-09) -- After slamming the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign for its use of 9/11 imagery in campaign ads, the Democrat National Committee (DNC) today again demanded that the ads be pulled, this time because they refer to Mr. Bush as "president."
Indeed, a review of the commercials shows that some do include the term "president" immediately before the surname "Bush." Juxtaposed with images of former Texas Governor George W. Bush, it seems clear that the spots do not refer to former President George H.W. Bush, but rather to his son, who did not actually win the popular vote in 2000.
"These ads are deeply cynical," said DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe. "Some families of the victims of the 2000 election have come to me, weeping because the commercials reminded them of that tragic time."
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"Victims of the 2000 election"; that's absolutely hilarious. Come on pilgrims, face it; Gore lost. |
| Erebus |
Posted - 03/10/2004 : 08:42:54
DNC Demands Bush Drop 'President' from TV Ads
by Scott Ott (2004-03-09) -- After slamming the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign for its use of 9/11 imagery in campaign ads, the Democrat National Committee (DNC) today again demanded that the ads be pulled, this time because they refer to Mr. Bush as "president."
Indeed, a review of the commercials shows that some do include the term "president" immediately before the surname "Bush." Juxtaposed with images of former Texas Governor George W. Bush, it seems clear that the spots do not refer to former President George H.W. Bush, but rather to his son, who did not actually win the popular vote in 2000.
"These ads are deeply cynical," said DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe. "Some families of the victims of the 2000 election have come to me, weeping because the commercials reminded them of that tragic time."
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 15:33:08
You can tell I'm a very shallow and ignorant man - I read that and I couldn't stop laughing from the fact that the writer is called Scott Ott. Heheh.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 15:21:29
Hahahaha, that's hilarious.
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