tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post1395095618257370198..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Asides: Carole Pankau Scores, Dorothy Brown Mystifies (or Does
She?) A Bit About Jack Franks Who Kicks Off My Roosevelt U Course My
Disagreement (?) with the Bush Foreign Policy.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-21725966105702510562006-09-05T17:28:18.000-05:002006-09-05T17:28:18.000-05:00OK, not really, but Tom, surely you know that dem...OK, not really, but Tom, surely you know that democracies do war with each other.<br><br>You should also know the difference between democracy and dictatorship. One pertains to the method of selection of leaders, the other pertains to the breadth of powers available to one person. They are separate and distinct, and you can have both. Surely you know that Adolph Hitler was democratically elected in 1933, and received his "emergency" powers through the infamous enabling act after the Reichstag fire.<br><br>Your recall of the sequencng of Hitler's persecution of Jews and his agression in Europe is faulty.Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-77170937606957524742006-09-05T16:10:24.000-05:002006-09-05T16:10:24.000-05:00Tom, I have to disagree on your foreign policy pla...Tom, I have to disagree on your foreign policy plank.<br><br>The true conservative position is much simpler--we should go to war only when Congress declares war. If Congress doesn't declare war, the Army can stay home and the Navy can stay in port.<br><br>Anything else is Unconstitutional with a capital U.<br><br>Forget Presidential handwringing. Forget Presidential emoting. The constitution is clear, and the framers were clearer--to put the power to declare war into one persons hands is tyranny.<br><br>Somewhere along the way, conservatives changed from opposing unchecked executive power (as in FDR) to embracing it (as with Nixon, et al. including GWB).<br><br>I know this hurts, but it is also Unprincipled, also with a capital U.<br><br>Tom, can you give us your recall of great consrvatives of the poast, such as Taft and Dirksen, who were wary of presidential warmaking? Can you tell us who it was that led conservatives to embrace this dangerous, Unconstitutional and illegal practice?<br><br>Thanks for sharing your institutional knowledge.Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-47327573758742202312006-09-05T03:39:42.000-05:002006-09-05T03:39:42.000-05:00What is mystifying about Dorothy Brown's caree...What is mystifying about Dorothy Brown's career is its inception. How did this chronically baffled, eye-ball rolling person get eleceted in the very first place?<br><br>I witnessed Ms. Brown's antics on the night that she announced her candidacy for mayor on WTTW ( Window To Toney Winnetka) and she could not even field the puff balls underhanded her by Phil Ponce's stand in. Dorothy Brown, given her parade of psycholelic responses, should be ushered out of public life altogether. Perhaps she could pen a heart-tugging tale of struggle and courage that would be snatched up by the media for syndication and make wow reading on Oprah's list.Pat Hickeynoreply@blogger.com