More Blatant Bullshit from John Yoo

[yodermon]

Direct quote:

"We are used to a peacetime system in which Congress enacts the laws, the president enforces them, and the courts interpret them. In wartime, the gravity shifts to the executive branch.''

Via Glenn Greenwald at http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/09/john-yoo-summarizes-last-5-years-in.html

[gratuitous]

1. No it doesn't Mr. Yoo

But you'll find that out soon enough, and have an excellent opportunity at a war crimes trial to explain yourself and your demented view of the world. I hope you enjoy a nice, long incarceration.

[blogslut]

5. Ironically

..one of the first casualites of free speech in John Yoo's fascist Amerika was his own father-in-law Peter Arnett:

http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=27767

[GetTheRightVote]

2. This is our greatest problem, idiots believing this stuff, let it stop

:kick:

[kurth]

3. Define Gravity

Fascist asshole.

[EST]

12. Gravity=everything sucks

Hmmmm--'bout right...with the Yoohoo clowns in charge.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

4. Where in the Constitution does it say anything remotely like that

Mr. Yoo?

This guy teaches at UC-Berkeley?

Maybe someone needs to re-teach Mr. Yoo 7th grade level Civics.....

[kurth]

6. He's a big stain on Berkeley

Makes ya wonder who hired him.

[wicket]

7. Gag me with a dirty diaper!

:puke:

[ck4829]

8. And imagine how convenient that is when you have a never ending war.

The Path to 9/11

[Pachamama]

16. Are we at War? When did Congress declare War?

:shrug:

[rusty charly]

9. snark from glenn's comments:

"No, I like the multi-Constitution idea. Maybe we could color code them like the terror scale. The blue Constiution is for peace time all the way up to Red for Armageddon. That would put us at what, yellow? That gives us two more Constitutional steps before imminent Armageddon. Put in that perspective, I feel better already."

Maineiac | 09.11.06 - 1:30 pm | #

[EST]

10. There are some very specific things that happen,

constitutionally, when this nation goes from peace to war, and, although the founders were very intelligent and well informed, their language did not include notions gravity, or even Isaac Newton. This Yoo rascal is one of the shi*heads who fomented this dark chapter of American history.

I think I trust Benjamin Franklin and any of the rest far more than this questionable source of neoclown bullshit.

[jedicord]

11. There are actually 4 branches of government...

Legislative
Judicial
Executive

The People - and we are the only ones in this equation who should have more power than the others, which are equal to each other, no matter what.

Astutely said by my otherwise neutral, just give me my paycheck, husband. Who has become hopping mad.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Send it to your congresscritters!

John Yoo want's a supreme warlord, instead of a president. I sent his little speech to Senator Byrd.

[yodermon]

14. shameless evening kick

[Pachamama]

15. John Yoo is a scary mofo...

...If people like him are left to "interpretation of the Constitution" be afraid...be very afraid...

:scared:

[struggle4progress]

17. The usual ahistorical totalitarian crap from Yoo

[mom cat]

18. Yoo is a terrorist sympathizer and a traitor to the constitution!

[Jack Rabbit]

19. Tell it to the judge, Professor Yoo

The Palace of Peace
The Hague
Home of the International Criminal Court

Photo from the Dossier Nederland (The Netherlands)

[Hoping4Change]

20. Is this shift in gravity part of intelligent design?

:freak:

[warrens]

21. He's not all wrong

The issue is, is this wartime? WWII was wartime, this is nothing of the sort. Ask your local conservative; on this we agree, this is not a war, just a powergrab by a desperate fascist.

[Ezlivin]

22. I agree. Now let's see Congress actually DECLARE WAR!

Since they haven't, I believe that Mr. Yoo's point is entirely moot.

[depakid]

23. This man needs to be disbarred

He's a disgrace to every California Attorney.