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Again, if Burris was gay, would you be hollering this loud about his being seated? Additionally, I would look at the last post you wrote about this; the comments are going 90% AGAINST YOUR POSITION, and essentially disagreeing with YOU.
He's making noise about Burris - and I asked would he had made the same noise if Burris was gay. It's a simple question to answer.
The fact that you're getting riled up tells me that I'm not the only one "going off the rails" as you eloquently put it.
Additionally, if you knew anything about me, I advocate for gay rights, and have been at the forefront about civil rights issues for EVERYONE, but it appears to me that John can be selective as opposed to inclusive, and if I can't put the question out there for HIM to answer, I won't waste my time.
Where did this blog ever go off the rails blaming Black people for prop 8? Seriously. I'd love to see it. If you could even find one post from the archives for an example I would be appreciative. This entire idea that Americablog or it's commenters overall "blamed" blacks for prop 8 passing is bogus and tired. I know there was much discussion over that 70/30% poll that CNN put out on how Blacks voted but I'm truly not seeing this "blame" you mention. I would in fact say that the regular commenters with any history here overwhelmingly blamed mormons and the no on 8 campaign. There were a few prolific new posters with no posting history placing blame squarely on Blacks but they were small in number and most likely provocateurs. A lot of us were quick to point out how that CNN poll was bogus; many commenters linked directly to Nate Silver's debunking of that poll. I believe John even did in one of his posts. I think there was some good discussion on Prop 8 and the numerous factors in its passage. If you are too sensitive about discussions of these issues this blog probably isn't for you. Try not to paint this blog with such a broad brush; and again, if you could just give a link to any posts from John, Joe, or Chris blaming blacks I'd love to see it.
http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/on-homophobi...
Thank you for the link though. I do appreciate you finding it and I think I understand where you're coming from better.
The fact that he posted the commenter's comment WITHOUT making his own commentary indicated HE AGREED WITH HIM.
He's nothing but a shill for big pharma, protecting CNN's medical advertising income. Remember the hit job he and Larry King tried to do on Michael Moore over his health care movie? Yech!
Gupta will not be charged with writing policy, but with being a sort of health care spokesman. He's a name that Americans know and trust, and will be able to go on TV and provide pushback against big pharma when they tell lies about Obama's plans. His boss will no longer be Time Warner, it will now be the White House.
-MLK, Jr
Rule of law. Blagojevich has not been impeached. He is the governor of Illinois and has the legal authority to appoint a new senator and did so. Burris has a right to take his seat.
P.S.
Looks like Obama has selected Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be Surgeon General. That mean that a South Asian has received a high profile appointment. I can't wait to see how this gets spun.
Waterboarding, napalm use in Fallujah, illegal wiretaps...
Haven't you heard mark? The 'rule of law' is suspended in America (most likely captive in a Gitmo cell) and to my knowledge, bush has not formerly restored it. Attempting to hold these 'reprehentatives' to any law of the land is sure to be met with amused arrogance.
"There is no court in this country for men like <strike>Prothero.</strike> bush, cheney, et. al."
According to the US Constitution, XVII Amendment (adopted 1913):
When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
A writ of election is an order from a state governor to hold a special election, in this case to fill a vacant seat; unless, then, the state legislature authorizes a governor to make a temporary appointment until an election is held, the seat can only be filled by election. I can find no authority in the Illinois Constitution for the governor to make any appointments to any federal office, legislative or otherwise. But state law in Illinois reportedly provides that “When a vacancy shall occur in the office of United States Senator from this state, the Governor shall make temporary appointment to fill such vacancy until the next election of representatives in Congress...." [See http://peacesecurity.suite101.com/article.cfm/b... This provision is in full accord with the XVII Amendment.
It thus seems clear to me that Blagojevich is completely within his rights and exercising the powers of his office quite legitimately in appointing Burris to the US Senate. Reid is quite wrong and out of bounds. Illinois law gives the Secretary of State no veto power over gubernatorial appointments, and thus the US Senate Secretary has no authority to reject Burris's appointment on the grounds that the Illinois Secretary of State has not endorsed it. The ex-professor of constitutional law recently elected to the US presidency would also appear to be out of line.
No doubt Mssrs. O'bama and Reid are afraid of Democrats in Washington DC being "tainted" (to use their word) by Blagojevich, but riding roughshod over the Constitution is hardly a reasonable reaction, especially for people who supposedly want to restore the authority of the Constitution after the Boosh years. It bodes ill.
Not to mention that the US Senate is already pretty well tainted by incompetence, deceit, corruption, and other abhorrent qualities one would not like to see in one's sons-in-law.
Burris is an interesting character, I'm starting to like him more as I see him deal with this silly situation. The Senate should seat him and move on, and not subject Burris to more hassle than they ever gave to Vitter, Craig, Stevens or other REAL crooks.
Roland Burris is from downstate, Illinois, the part of the state in which I live. He seems to be honest, untainted by the governor's doings. The governor is still the governor and does have the constitutional right to appoint a senator to fill the opening that Obama left. I realize also that a lot of people, Patrick Fitzgerald included, have already judged the governor to be corrupt and guilty of crimes. But he has not yet been indicted, nor has he been convicted. The tapes, though damning, are not proof that he actually did anything that was illegal.
I do think that the Democratic politicians who came out so strongly against his appointment did it out of fear that they would themselves be tainted by a whiff of corruption, and I think they also did it for fear that the Democratic senatorial candidate would be defeated in the election of 2010. I think they are mistaken.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/16981...
BTW, don't ever ever feel sorry for DiFi the dino.. she is filthy rich because of her husband's dealings with China when she was mayor of SF... Back then, everyone in SF held their nose with the Blum/China dealings and allowed it.
This genocide must stop immediately. Israel should be condemned.
The US has the power to condemn and say enough is enough, but as usual, the US is complicit in this massacre.
Why the hell are we still funding and arming this bully nation? We have Americans at home suffering without jobs and healthcare, so why are we wasting taxpayers money, on a nation that has constantly broken international laws, and keeps unilaterally attacked it's neighbors. A country that overreacts violently, and unnecessary, with the excuse it is defending itself. Why are politicians so eager to please the Jewish lobby, and do so even at the risk of offending other nations, and inviting more terrorists acts against us?
inauguration can't come fast enough.. but who knows what will happen...
Israel was set to pause its Gaza offensive for three hours to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinians, as the country's leaders debated whether to accept an international cease-fire plan.
I would expect that someon justifying Israel's aggression would be a little smarter and have a little more information. Do you support Israel's killing of more than 600 people? Answer the question - don't avoid it.
Why are You so against following the rule of law and the constitution,arent You an attorney have You done any research on case law study for the situation,or is it that Your from Chicago and You despise the Governor of Ill. if it is the latter then as a member of the press You really should give us full disclosure.Im no fan of Blago and Im no fan of Burris at all but from My research on this subject what Harry Reid did today was chickenshit and what the SOS did was unconstitutional and Illegal for him not to sign off on the nomination.Now I know they said they could not find it in the Ill Constitution that He had to sign it but when He took his oath of office He swore to uphold the Laws and the Constiturtion for the state of Illinois and the law states that as SOS he is required to sign the form of a legally appointed or elected official He does not have the right to inject his own opinion or thoughts and he damn sure has no business listening to Reid if in fact He did call him and ask him not to sign it,How is that any different than what they are accusing blago of doing.As far as I can tell We have spent that last 8 years with a whole administation that had no use for the rule of law or the constitution,isnt this the same thing as far as I know Blago hasnt been impeached or indicted or found guilty of anything YET and as of the moment he appointed Burris He was the elected Governor of Illinois so White needs to sign it and Reid needs to seat him period.
In this day and age, you can never have enough democrats.
However, if the Illinois Secretary of State chooses to certify Blagojevich's appointment, then he should be seated. Blagojevich may have committed a crime -- that jury isn't just out, it hasn't even been seated -- but Senator Reid and the rest of the Senate don't have the power to impeach him themselves and they don't have the right to refuse a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
It may be that Patrick Fitzgerald kept a crime from occurring by alleging (and giving evidence) that Blago was selling the seat before he'd actually done so. If so, a travesty of government may have been avoided, but that may also mean a crime was not yet committed. In which case, Fitzgerald's press conference would amount to no more than a warning from Blago's own advisers would, it was only more public.
A spokesman for Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White (D) confirmed to Election Central that White knows he does not truly have the authority to stop the appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate, but he withheld his signature from it earlier today in order to make a statement.
Blago is the governor of Illinois and has the legal obligation to fill Obama's vacant seat. The Illinois legislature had the opportunity last month to take this duty away from Blago last month, by requiring a special election, but declined to do so.
Illinois is entitled to two senators, and unless there is anything illegal about the appointment, the rule of law needs to be followed, and Burris needs to be seated.
John P.
Now, it doesn't matter whether he is seated or not. At least the Republicans can't say the Democrats are allowing corruption within their own party.
At this time, they might as well keep him, but I do understand why they made the objection in the first place.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentato...
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.p...
FYI, I worked with Burris in the AG's office, he has by far the most progressive supporter for G/l laws in Illinois.
He will be a great senator..
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17th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct."