On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Alma J Wetzker wrote: > Net Llama! wrote: > > On 11/09/2004 04:24 PM, Alma J Wetzker wrote: > > > >> Net Llama! wrote: > >> > >>> Name one civil liberty that Janet Reno took away. > >>> > >>> > >> Name one that Ashcroft took away. Not congress with the Patriot act. > >> The the president. Ashcroft. > > > > > > http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2004/11/06/features/23liberties.txt > > > > Doesn't pass muster. These are problems with the patriot act passed by > congress. > > I strenuously object to the presumption behind the accusation. I sense that > you feel that Ashcroft is supposed to arbitrarily act as a judge and enforce > only the laws he agrees with and not enforce the laws, enacted by congress and > signed by the president, that you find objectionable. That type of "Texas > Cowboy" mentality will destroy a society based on law. When a public servant > takes office, they swear to uphold the law. Challenging a law in court is the > acceptable way to change bad laws. For any government official to simply > reject a law because they do not like it should be grounds for prosecution.
You've done a wonderful job describing the Bush administration. Congratulations. > John Ashcroft is in the unenviable position of defending the laws passed by > congress in courts to the best of his ability. He is also charged with > enforcing those laws until they are overturned. Given who he is, he takes > those responsibilities very seriously. He gave his word. That means a great > deal to John Ashcroft. When were you apointed as spokesperson for John Ashcroft? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub/Pause/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
