Negotiating With The Taliban.

[derspiess]

That's not reasoning, thats confirmation bias. The Vietnamese did at some point stop behaving like uncivilized scum. The North Korens still do.

I was gonna put reasoning in quotes but felt too lazy.

[Viking]

That's not reasoning, thats confirmation bias. The Vietnamese did at some point stop behaving like uncivilized scum. The North Korens still do.

I was gonna put reasoning in quotes but felt too lazy.

to be blunt all reasioning is ultimately rationalisation. People rarely go against their gut feelings.

[derspiess]

Susan Rice said on ABC that this Bergdahl dude served with honor & distinction.  She is truly an asset to this administration.

[Valmy]

Susan Rice said on ABC that this Bergdahl dude served with honor & distinction.  She is truly an asset to this administration.

She did not say what sort of honor and distinction.  He certainly distinguished himself in the service.

[Maximus]

Epic rant here: http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/06/negotiating-with-terrorists.html

[Valmy]

Epic rant here: http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/06/negotiating-with-terrorists.html

LOL love it.  Thaddeus Stevens never ranted against slavery so well.

[Admiral Yi]

Learned some interesting factoids from an NPR story about the swap.

As part of the same bill that forbade the administration from moving the Gitmo prisoners to US soil, Congress required the president to inform them 30 days prior to a release of any Gitmo prisoners.  He appears not to have done this.

Obama issued a signing statement when he signed that bill, in which he basically said fuck you to the 30 day thing.

He has issued 30 signing statement so far.  Double standard much? The NYT, among other stalwarts of the left, branded Bush's signing statement unconstitutional and criminal, but not a peep about Obama's.

[Valmy]

Double standard much? The NYT, among other stalwarts of the left, branded Bush's signing statement unconstitutional and criminal, but not a peep about Obama's.

Um the leftists are teaming up with the libertarian rightists to fight this stuff.  But maybe I am not sure what is a 'stalwart of the left'.

[derspiess]

Learned some interesting factoids from an NPR story about the swap.

As part of the same bill that forbade the administration from moving the Gitmo prisoners to US soil, Congress required the president to inform them 30 days prior to a release of any Gitmo prisoners.  He appears not to have done this.

Obama issued a signing statement when he signed that bill, in which he basically said fuck you to the 30 day thing.

He has issued 30 signing statement so far.  Double standard much? The NYT, among other stalwarts of the left, branded Bush's signing statement unconstitutional and criminal, but not a peep about Obama's.

To be fair, that's a smaller number than Bush's signing statements.  Though I don't know how they compare on % of signed bills. 

[Valmy]

To be fair, that's a smaller number than Bush's signing statements.  Though I don't know how they compare on % of signed bills. 

Still Obama has basically established everything Bush did that was of questionable constitutionality.  You know, exactly the opposite of what he promised to do.

[grumbler]

To be fair, that's a smaller number than Bush's signing statements.  Though I don't know how they compare on % of signed bills. 

Still Obama has basically established everything Bush did that was of questionable constitutionality.  You know, exactly the opposite of what he promised to do.

I'm not even sure what that is supposed to mean.  What does "established everything Bush did that was of questionable constitutionality" mean when translated into English?

[Valmy]

To be fair, that's a smaller number than Bush's signing statements.  Though I don't know how they compare on % of signed bills. 

Still Obama has basically established everything Bush did that was of questionable constitutionality.  You know, exactly the opposite of what he promised to do.

I'm not even sure what that is supposed to mean.  What does "established everything Bush did that was of questionable constitutionality" mean when translated into English?

Do you care?

[Razgovory]

Learned some interesting factoids from an NPR story about the swap.

As part of the same bill that forbade the administration from moving the Gitmo prisoners to US soil, Congress required the president to inform them 30 days prior to a release of any Gitmo prisoners.  He appears not to have done this.

Obama issued a signing statement when he signed that bill, in which he basically said fuck you to the 30 day thing.

He has issued 30 signing statement so far.  Double standard much? The NYT, among other stalwarts of the left, branded Bush's signing statement unconstitutional and criminal, but not a peep about Obama's.

Presumably conservatives who defended Bush's signing statements will continue to defend Obama's.

[The Brain]

Obama does things for a good cause.

[derspiess]

Learned some interesting factoids from an NPR story about the swap.

As part of the same bill that forbade the administration from moving the Gitmo prisoners to US soil, Congress required the president to inform them 30 days prior to a release of any Gitmo prisoners.  He appears not to have done this.

Obama issued a signing statement when he signed that bill, in which he basically said fuck you to the 30 day thing.

Did the NPR story quote anything recent about the Administration on this, or were they just coming up with an excuse for him on their own?

Because apparently the Administration apologized.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/208070-white-house-apologizes-to-senate-intelligence