The Reactions of Seeking the Death Penalty for 9/11 Collaborators

Reuters published an article last night about the reactions the candidates had to the news that we would be seeking the death penalty through military tribunals for six terrorists who were involved with the 9/11 attacks. Here are the highlight, by candidate:

John McCain:

The front-runner for the Republican presidential
nomination, Arizona Sen. John McCain, said charges against the
alleged conspirators were long overdue.

"This is something that should have, in my view I'm sorry
that it's taken so long. Let's begin this process," McCain
said.

Barack Obama:

"Of course, we should ensure that the planners and
perpetrators of 9/11 are brought to justice, and the death
penalty is appropriate for whomever committed such heinous
crimes. But these trials will need to be above reproach," Obama
said.

"These trials are too important to be held in a flawed
military commission system that has failed to convict anyone of
a terrorist act since the 9-11 attacks and that has been
embroiled in legal challenges," he added.

Got that? Sen. McCain believes the system works and the enemy combatants who have declared war on the United States under the structure of a terrorist organization should be tried in the military tribunals and have their sentences handed down accordingly. He believes that the terrorists who conspired to murder over 3,000 people on 9/11 should be given justice through the military tribunals that were created long ago to handle situations like these. Remember, these are terrorists who are not part of a traditional military organization for another nation, which would be treated with much different regard. He stands behind the solid system that we have in place for handling these situations.

On the other hand, you have Obama, who is essentially saying that the tribunal system is flawed, that the military and the authorizations that were set up to handle this situations, are incapable of doing so. He says that the system has failed to convict anyone of a terrorist act since 9/11, and technically that may be true since there have been no domestic terror attacks since 9/11. By playing word games and talking ill of our military and the justice system that we have in place, he is not doing anything to help the country. Rather, he is damaging our nation's reputation by deriding the system. Earlier in the article he suggests domestic courts and domestic military trials (i.e. like one of our soldiers would receive), but that is outrageous. Terrorist should in no way, shape or form, have the same rights as you or I. That is simply asinine to believe that people hell bent on destroying our way of life, court systems included, should be treated in the same manner a United States citizen enjoys. These monsters have an ongoing declaration of war with the United States and are not citizens (i.e. domestic terrorists) and therefore will and should be treated differently and the tribunal system is precisely where this matter should be handled. Obama is flat out wrong on this issue. To grant terrorists the rights of our citizens in domestic courts makes it that much easier for them to plot and commit attacks. I wouldn't exactly call our justice system expedient and rest assured, you'll see the ACLU and other groups flock to the aid of terrorists for their little political purposes, all the while endangering the public. It's a dangerous position and one that lacks any pure concept of the challenges we face in the fight against global Radical Islamic terrorism.

-Caomhin

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Death Penalty to Be Sought for 6 Terrorists with Ties to 9/11

The most notable of the six is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was the mastermind of the attacks and 5 of his cronies who were instrumental in murdering over 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. Now, the six hardened and psychotic terrorists will finally be facing their rightful fate. As with many issues that are security related, how long before the liberal scourge comes charging to their defense? How long before the ACLU files suit for them? Liberal groups constantly attack the Bush Administration for a variety of outrageous charges while simultaneously espousing idiotic sentiments that somehow the terrorists are not, in fact, evil. It amazes me that people could possibly hold a view like this in today's world. People like KSM have made it their life's mission to murder innocents and to bring down the ways of Western society. It is not America, per say, that they have declared war upon. It is democracy, free speech, free assembly, women's rights, freedom of religion, etc. It's everything that we stand for as a nation. The Democratic Party, in general, can not understand this. They assail President Bush and use the left wing media as a means to bring themselves to power regardless of how it ultimately effects this nation. It becomes that much worse if they recognize that truth about Islamic radical terrorism, yet would choose to ignore this fact for the own political agenda. What that amounts to is psychological support for terrorists, undermining our nation's prestige and ability to hunt down and bring to justice the terrorists who are determined to end our way of life. These six soul-less monsters will go before a military tribunal and receive justice. We should be supporting our government and military with regard to this issue.

-Caomhin

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MD, NJ, NY Governors Prove What Kind of Respect Democrats Hate for the Constitution

It's getting downright scary if you actually believe in the Constitution. The Democrats all-out onslaught on all things American is painfully obvious and they simply don't care. With the media in their back pocket running around slandering the Republicans, they are getting all the cover they need to punch holes in the fabric of American society. First, please familiarize with the spying and the drivers licence programs of which Elliot Spitzer (D-NY) is so fond. The guy is a political thug. Following the beat of Spitzer's drum in the chump Governor of New Jersey, Jon Corzine, who is doing his best to assault the laws and organization of this nation as well as completely abuse the common tax payer.

You'll remember my post about Corzine and the Democratic legislature usurping the power of democracy from the electorate of NJ by abolishing the death penalty while a sizable majority of the people support the death penalty in the state. He follows up that gem by strongly pushing his mind numbing skyrocket toll increases through his moonbat controlled legislature, be sure to take note of this:

The plan would raise tolls on the Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway by up to 50 percent four separate times from 2010 to 2022, for a potential fivefold hike; it also would put a toll on a road that's now free. All that on top of other hikes to adjust for inflation.

The money won't go to the state or to the Turnpike Authority. Instead, Corzine wants a new "public-benefit corporation" that would collect the tolls and run the roads under a decades-long contract with the authority.

Unbelievable. Not only would the tolls on the roads increase 500%, but the money wouldn't go to the STATE or the TURNPIKE AUTHORITY. It would go to a third party administration that would "invest in the state." This is completely asinine, this is why 49% of people NJ don't want to live there anymore. Corzine is trashing the state. Furthermore, Corzine and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley have taken on an aggressive anti-Constitutional stance by attempting to overturn the Electoral College.

Apparently these guys don't quite understand that the one of the reasons we even have a Constitution is due to the Connecticut Compromise, which gave more say to the smaller states. Additionally, the electoral college continues this extremely important Constitutional provision by allowing small states a say in the election of the POTUS. Corzine and O'Malley have both passed bills meant to serve as a nationwide push to eliminate the electoral college system in their states in order to give all delegates to the national winner, and not the winner of their states' electoral choice for POTUS. It strips all power from the state and puts the small states at the mercy of the larger states. It is an attack on the very essence of our Constitution and Federalism. It's not something that should be overlooked. The Democrats are still mad the Constitution was followed when President Bush defeated Al Gore in 2000 and became engulfed in rage when President Bush defeated John Kerry in 2004. Apparently, they became so angry that they decided to do anything they could to destroy anything that reminded them of their failures, including deriding the constitution. Under a popular election vote, do you think any candidates will ever go to "Middle America", the area that the Liberals hate so much for voting against them in the last two elections? Essentially if you win NYC, LA, Miami, Dallas, Philly, and Detroit, you win the election. There would be little to no "get out to vote" efforts in the mainland and the Federal Government would become even more disconnected from the rural populations. It's exactly what almost prevented the Constitution from coming to fruition in the first place, and apparently something the Democrats care nothing about as they are attempting to run this course again.

Of course O'Malley is now trying to push through his proposal to give illegal immigrants drivers licenses in Maryland, under the guise of being in compliance with the REAL ID coming to fruition. Keep in mind that the state would give legal documentation to illegal immigrants instead of enforcing the law and deporting them as should be the case. Liberals constantly try to paint the GOP as racist, but remember, illegal immigration and legal immigration are not the same thing. You would give benefits and documentation to legal immigrants. Illegal immigrants you document only when you send them back to their country of origin. It is a blatant violation of federal law, law and order, and society in general to reward criminals, which is exactly what the Democrats are attempting to do. By following down this path, the Constitution is further diminished. The madness needs to stop and it needs to stop now.

-Caomhin

NJ Death Penalty: A Classic Tale of the Left

There's a lot of layers to peel away in this one, so I'll just start from a random point, a headline from an AP article:

Some Decry N.J. Death Penalty Abolition

Leftist Tactic: Media Bias. Proof.... is "SOME" defined as....

A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed New Jersey voters supported keeping the death penalty by 53 percent to 39 percent. The telephone poll of 1,085 voters was conducted from Dec. 5-9 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The media headline would make this appear as the minority of people wanted the death penalty kept in tact. However, by a 14% spread, the public wanted this option kept open. That's a rather large spread, and is a classic example of the media showing bias in reporting.

Leftist Tactic: Conceal Agenda from Electorate, Push Radical Agenda, Disregard the Electorate

You know this was planned by the Liberals in the Jersey legislature for a while, yet was not once mentioned during the run up to the last election cycle. Had it been an issue, given the public's strong sentiment in favor of the death penalty, the liberals would have lost big. Making it even more cowardly to usurp the rights of the electorate, why not put it to a referendum? I'm a firm believer in Federalism, and each state should hold the right to decide on capital punishment, but that is not what happened here, the legislature punched it down the people's throats without any of their input, that is the people's will, the source of all legislative power, granting them this authority. Additionally, we run into another..

Leftisit Tactic: Bow down to the UN.

The radically socialist UN (see my Global Warming Posts) is staunchly opposed to the death penalty and lefties will bend over backwards to appease their socialist buddies across the ocean. The UN has time and again condemned the United States for the use of capital punishment, a right granted to us in our republic if we so choose as an electorate. We see the UN screaming at us anytime an inmate is executed after due process and numerous appeals including the use of DNA evidence. However, mum is the word when China and Iran (who account for nearly 95% of executions world wide) execute people indiscriminately.

Just to show you the Moonbats are everywhere, the morons decided to march across the Free Bridge from Phillipsburg, NJ into the town I grew up in of Easton, PA. Sadly, I was not off today, or else I would have been down there to voice my opinion for majority rule, you know, the power of the electorate that is fully intended to decide how the legislature should set laws. I can almost guarantee it's the same moonbat crew who protests down by the intersection of PA-378 and Delaware Ave by where I now live in Bethlehem, PA. Mindless, socialists drones. It's sad really.

Finally, I'll leave you with this though. I'm actually opposed to the death penalty in most cases. Crimes such as child rape and murder, law enforcement murder, the murder of our military, serial killings, serial rapists, etc are the types of crime which this penalty should be enforced and judged according to the laws of each state. Personally, it's a very tough issue for me as I do not believe in taking a person's life, be it when they are in the womb or out of the womb. However, that being said, the privileges granted in jail are asinine. There is no reason to give cable, weight training equipment, etc to inmates incarcerated for heinous crimes. The main point here is the power of the vote. The residents of New Jersey favor the government, and the legislature has stolen the right of the people of New Jersey to set their own laws, and that is an outrageous usurping of the people's power. I wonder if Jon Corzine feels the least bit bad that the man responsible for the creation of Megan's Law was spared the sentence imposed by the citizens of New Jersey. The father of Megan Kanka, Richard Kanka, is holding out hope that the inmates have more respect for the will of the jury than does Corzine and his leftist allies:

Megan's father, Richard Kanka, is still hopeful the men won't see old age. "The only thing we can really hope for is somebody in jail will knock off these guys," he said.

Keep an eye on Rissa's site, I'd Rather Be Right, as she just may get an answer straight from the horse's ass...I mean mouth, as she has been calling a direct line to the Governor.

-Caomhin

What the Hell is Bush Thinking? FRY MADELLIN

The case of Jose Medellin is disgusting. He and his gang raped and sodomized two young girls (ages 14 and 16) before strangling and stomping them to death. Everything about this case is absolutely disgusting. This piece of trash deserves the death penalty and the flames of hell that subsequently await him. Read the whole article for more description. Put yourself in families of these victims.

At the heart of the looming court case is that Madellin, an illegal immigrant, who was read his Miranda Rights and subsequently confessed to the crime, is now challenging his conviction because he never informed he had the right to contact the Mexican consulate. Of course Mexico is backing their illegal immigrant offspring and now President Bush is too. He can not be let go because of a technicality. The precedent is awful. There are many other cases out there as well that follow this pattern where Mexico will allow their thugs and criminals illegal entry into our nation only to see our innocent civilians slaughtered at these pieces of human garbage's hands. What this basically says is that if Mexicans come here illegally and commit vicious, murderous acts, they are damned near assured of never being punished. Hardly a surprise since they are not punished for illegally coming here in the first place. Bush is wrong on this, and we need to call him out. He crotch nuzzled Mexico during shamnesty and now he is actively working to save a vicious double murderer's life, defying our nation's laws.

Mexicans here illegally are getting better treatment than our own citizens and it is outrageous. Their government is actively helping them to break our immigration laws and dumping their criminals upon us, decaying our society. They have no intention of seeking citizenship and why should they? They get free health care, pay no taxes, and are not subject to the same laws that we are. Build the damn fence already or allow the border guards to start shooting. This guy needs to get his justice. We need to stand with Texas. A technicality is just that. This evil human being needs to meet his just fate for the brutal raping, sodomizing, strangulation, and then stomping of a 14 and 16 year old girl. I don't care if this guy is from Mexico, Canada, Pluto, or the Andromeda system. Allow Texas to carry out the execution and end this monster's life.

-Caomhin