I have seen NO proof to the contrary.... do you have any ?? Cuba has a lot to do with questions of sovereignity and respect for said same.
Again, treaties were broken in each instance by "executive order" side stepping the constitution and the congress who has the sole responsibility for approving or denying treaty involvement. Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper' *By DOUG THOMPSON* Dec 10, 2005, 06:02 *Email this article* <?subject=Bush%20on%20the%20Constitution%3A%20%27It%27s%20just%20a%20goddamned%20piece%20of%20paper%27&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitolhillblue.com%2Fartman%2Fpublish%2Farticle_7779.shtml> * Printer friendly page<http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_article_7779.shtml> * Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act. Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell-shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal. GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. "I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way." "Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution." "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!" I've talked to three people who were either present for the meeting that day or had knowledge of what happened inside the meeting and they all says the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper." None, unfortunately, are willing to go on the record in a White House known for retribution against those who leak information. To the Bush Administration, the Constitution of the United States is little more than toilet paper stained from all the shit that this group of power-mad despots have dumped on the freedoms that "goddamned piece of paper" used to guarantee. Put aside, for a moment, political affiliation or personal beliefs. It doesn't matter if you are a Democrat, Republican or Independent. It doesn't matter if you support the invasion or Iraq or not. Despite our differences, the Constitution has stood for two centuries as the defining document of our government, the final source to determine - in the end - if something is legal or right. Every federal official - including the President - who takes an oath of office swears to "uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States." Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he cringes when someone calls the Constitution a "living document." "Oh, how I hate the phrase we have-a 'living document,'" Scalia says. "We now have a Constitution that means whatever we want it to mean. The Constitution is not a living organism, for Pete's sake." As a judge, Scalia says, "I don't have to prove that the Constitution is perfect; I just have to prove that it's better than anything else." President Bush has proposed seven amendments to the Constitution over the last five years, including a controversial amendment to define marriage as a "union between a man and woman." Members of Congress have proposed some 11,000 amendments over the last decade, ranging from repeal of the right to bear arms to a Constitutional ban on abortion. Scalia says the danger of tinkering with the Constitution comes from a loss of rights. "We can take away rights just as we can grant new ones," Scalia warns. "Don't think that it's a one-way street." And don't buy the White House hype that the USA Patriot Act is a necessary tool to fight terrorism. It is a dangerous law that infringes on the rights of every American citizen and, as one brave aide told President Bush, something that undermines the Constitution of the United States. But why should Bush care? After all, the Constitution is just "a goddamned piece of paper." On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Mark!! > > Let's start with your last line. A great urban myth. Come to find out, > President Bush never made such a statement. I challenge you to find where > he said it. That is total bullshit. > > Second, what does Cuba have to do with U.N. Treatise? > > What does seedsd in Afghanistan, or Noreiga have to do with U.N. Treatise? > > > (And good to see you back too!!! LOL!!) > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lets start with snagging Noriega and go to untried prisoners on US >> soil. >> >> Then we can go to 6000 (made in and placed by USA) landmines still being >> removed in Nicaragua. >> >> now we can look at Cuba.... cut off with no real reason or posed threat. >> >> we can then visit the unsprayed (seeds donated by USA) (oh those "poor >> farmers") in Afghanistan. >> >> not bad for a quick unstudied list. >> >> If any ONE of those was directed at instead of by the US you'd be up in >> arms >> >> Now we'll finish with "Its just a piece of paper" when referring to the >> Constitution (problem was he meant it) >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Keith In Tampa < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Uhm......Mark?? >>> >>> Have you been hanging out with Sugarshack and Studio this weekend? >>> >>> Would you like to provide some examples that might support some of your >>> statments from your last missive?? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> It is obvious that the US is in great company when not signing the >>>> chidrens covnant.... they and Somalia are the only non-signatories. as >>>> to ignoring or unilaterally withdrawing from treaties... the US is >>>> already the king, emperor and champ. >>>> >>>> Must be wonderful to be from a country that does not keep its word and >>>> allows the executive branch to "legislate" you out of a treaty brashly >>>> throwing your constitution and as a result, your "sovereignity" in the >>>> toilet. >>>> >>>> But then the US does not recognize sovereignity anyway.... just look >>>> around for the last 50 years. >>>> >>>> On May 9, 9:20 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Hey!!! We agree. dont sign treaties, kick the Useless Nations out of >>>> here. >>>> > >>>> > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Hollywood < >>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > Travis, >>>> > >>>> > > So, don't sign said treaties or quit the U.N. Or simply do what most >>>> > > countries do which is to ignore treaties they don't like. >>>> > >>>> > > On May 9, 7:46 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > > > From: Travis >>>> > > > Date: Fri, May 8, 2009 >>>> > > > Subject: UN Treaties Fail to Respect American Sovereignty and the >>>> > > > Constitution >>>> > >>>> > > > http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=4163 >>>> > >>>> > > > -- >>>> > > > *~@):~{> >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - >>>> > >>>> > - Show quoted text - >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark M. Kahle, , >>>> www.filacoffee.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Mark M. 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