tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post4002012361267653573..comments2023-05-09T07:01:54.557-07:00Comments on Reflections in the snow-covered hills: Liveblogging the RNCMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013847036123410760noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-68618323978794366392008-09-05T17:02:00.000-07:002008-09-05T17:02:00.000-07:00Chad's right.Our right to silence comes from our C...Chad's right.<BR/><BR/>Our right to silence comes from our Constitution, not a Supreme court case like Miranda (which can always be reversed in a subsequent case, should the Court decide to do so).Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836796217845889033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-86244114272645326612008-09-05T07:43:00.000-07:002008-09-05T07:43:00.000-07:00Canada's eqivilent to the Miranda rights is as fol...Canada's eqivilent to the Miranda rights is as follows:<BR/><BR/>the Canadian Charter warning reads (varies by police service): "You are under arrest for _________ (charge), do you understand? You have the right to retain and instruct counsel without delay. We will provide you with a toll-free telephone lawyer referral service, if you do not have your own lawyer. Anything you say can be used in court as evidence. Do you understand? Would you like to speak to a lawyer?"Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773439024858698934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-20008830605024452892008-09-04T20:57:00.000-07:002008-09-04T20:57:00.000-07:00Palin doesn't believe in Miranda rights,(something...Palin doesn't believe in Miranda rights,(something Canada doesn't have) and doesn't possess a basic understanding of what my country was founded on, the Constitution of the United States. She wants to make my country a theocracy. Should I go on? She scares the hell out of me. Never have I been so mobilized to work on behalf of a candidate, who, altho he doesn't have much foreign policy experience, at least has a BRAIN. Unfortunately, that hasn't been a qualification the past 8 years for the highest job in the land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-18909025033242012482008-09-04T11:27:00.000-07:002008-09-04T11:27:00.000-07:00The people who most want to attain a position of p...The people who most want to attain a position of power are typically the last people who you want to actually be in power! <BR/><BR/>It sort of makes sense. What are the motivations for wanting to be president? What steps do you need to take to actually BECOME president? Between these two questions, nearly everyone ends up compromised in some way.Torqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187892279807810160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-90321864659939471612008-09-03T20:33:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:33:00.000-07:00Oh Glen. Now I'm going to hear that too. Drat.As f...Oh Glen. Now I'm going to hear that too. Drat.<BR/><BR/>As far as leadership goes, NONE of the four of them have any real leadership experience - Biden and McCain have long public service records, true, while Obama and Palin don't. But none of them have ever run anything complicated (3 years ending in 1988 running a small NGO in Chicago is not big-time leadership. Nor is two terms as Mayor of Hicksville and half a term as Governor of a State most Americans can't find on a map). <BR/><BR/>As much as it pains me to say it, at least Romney had run a business, the Olympics, and a State, each of them for longer periods than it takes to get through a head cold.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'd vote for him either. And to be fair, I'm no less thrilled about the Canadian options.<BR/><BR/>WHY doesn't ANYONE sensible want to be in politics anymore? WHERE is the next generation's leadership, real leadership, not governing by opinion poll?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836796217845889033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-18695195686142838962008-09-03T20:31:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:31:00.000-07:00The talking heads are saying that the speech was g...The talking heads are saying that the speech was great and proves that she is a force to be reckoned with. She didn't write it -- <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090301176.html?hpid=topnews" REL="nofollow">the McCain team did</A> -- and reading lines on a screen does not make you a leader.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and they're NOW saying that she withstood a week of controversy. No, she didn't. She hid. Nobody has seen her in days. <BR/><BR/>You guys are REPORTERS, not stenographers. Grrr.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013847036123410760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-6764698214663637372008-09-03T20:22:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:22:00.000-07:00You should see the Huckabee supporter videos from ...You should see the Huckabee supporter videos from Robin and Matt. Makes me want to vote for Huckabee.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVnolGbbGGE<BR/><BR/>The "don'cha" was an unfortunate choice by McCain. All I can hear now is "Don'cha wish your VP nominee was hot like mine".Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144753215884409836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-36271565494270011252008-09-03T20:18:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:18:00.000-07:00I don't agree with them on many things. But I do f...I don't agree with them on many things. But I do find them pleasant. Most of the time. <BR/><BR/>How can you NOT laugh at Huckabee? He's hilarious! Did you see his campaign ads with Chuck Norris?<BR/><BR/>None of these things are the same as actually WANTING them to be president, mind you.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013847036123410760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316145.post-12240663916980791252008-09-03T20:15:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:15:00.000-07:00"I actually like Romney"?"I like Huckabee"?I take ..."I actually like Romney"?<BR/><BR/>"I like Huckabee"?<BR/><BR/>I take back what I said yesterday. No voting for you! :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836796217845889033noreply@blogger.com