tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post7717969633918848682..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73958433510887733832012-09-17T10:30:44.413-04:002012-09-17T10:30:44.413-04:00To tell you the truth, I don't have much use f...To tell you the truth, I don't have much use for Julian Assange. His notion seems to be that anything the government keeps secret warrants exposure just because it's secret. That strikes me as lazy and indiscriminate. He seems less interested in righting wrongs than in wielding the same sort of God-power he sees governments as wielding. I don't share his categorical objection to government secrecy, especially in diplomacy -- I don't want diplomats to use secrecy for evil ends, but I expect them to keep secrets. So he's not one of my heroes. He hasn't engaged in civil disobedience in a way that's made the arc of history bend toward justice, as far as I'm concerned. Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-31018194118826406142012-09-17T08:10:00.869-04:002012-09-17T08:10:00.869-04:00And no of course I am not happy with the pursuit o...And no of course I am not happy with the pursuit of Julian Assange.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-72390812024983193762012-09-17T08:09:10.254-04:002012-09-17T08:09:10.254-04:00When Nixon was pissed at any particular reporter h...When Nixon was pissed at any particular reporter he'd sick the FBI on him to do their best to find something illegal he'd done so they could punish him.<br /><br />One of the reasons liberals despised him.<br /><br />Not an illegal abuse of power, but an abuse of power all the same.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27731104249023941262012-09-16T14:36:35.578-04:002012-09-16T14:36:35.578-04:00Having had 3 years of experience with law professo...Having had 3 years of experience with law professors many moons ago, and having run into a few since (from various parts of the country), I'd just observe that holding a professorship in a law school is no guarantee that the holder thereof is a mental giant, or is possessed of much common sense or intellectual decency. <br /><br />One other thing worth pointing out to the crackpot Prof, not that it would do a bit of good: the visible shoulder patch on the cop nearest the camera says ".... County Sheriff's Office". These were not federal personnel in the first place, and if I'm right in understanding that this idiot was on parole for state - not federal - charges, then of course the Prez had zip to do with this. But try telling that to Prof Instadummy.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-18305675269508724012012-09-16T11:51:47.100-04:002012-09-16T11:51:47.100-04:00Torture, indefinite detention, surveillance: all c...Torture, indefinite detention, surveillance: all constitutional.<br /><br />Probation violation check: unconstitutional.<br /><br />This guy's a fucking law professor (okay, it's Tennessee, but still)?Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77057225761592245492012-09-16T11:45:22.306-04:002012-09-16T11:45:22.306-04:00The MITT2012 Cyborg will explode if asked that que...The MITT2012 Cyborg will explode if asked that question.<br /><br />Or, implode, like it did when confronted with its comments on the situations in Egypt and Libya.<br /><br />The NUANCE software is still in the developmental stage.<br /><br />Right now, all it has installed is the BOLOTON/NEOCON STOMP program.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com