http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/corruption-in-washington/the-last-refuge/ Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:36:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/corruption-in-washington/the-last-refuge/comment-page-1/#comment-24175 DonBoy Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:48:10 +0000 http://samefacts.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-last-refuge/#comment-24175 Surely we all remember the story of how Jesus misappropriated funds to pay his legal fees? Surely we all remember the story of how Jesus misappropriated funds to pay his legal fees?

]]> http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/corruption-in-washington/the-last-refuge/comment-page-1/#comment-24174 Brett Bellmore Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:46:26 +0000 http://samefacts.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-last-refuge/#comment-24174 This isn't a Torricelli style situation where the rules are inconvenient, so you just go to court to get them overturned; The moving out of the state dodge is just a case of exploiting the rules as they already are, not getting around them. That said, if DeLay ends up in prison, I won't be the least bit upset; If the laws of this nation were being impartially enforced against members of Congress, they'd probably find it hard to get a quorum together... My only gripe is that he won't have enough company. This isn’t a Torricelli style situation where the rules are inconvenient, so you just go to court to get them overturned; The moving out of the state dodge is just a case of exploiting the rules as they already are, not getting around them.
That said, if DeLay ends up in prison, I won’t be the least bit upset; If the laws of this nation were being impartially enforced against members of Congress, they’d probably find it hard to get a quorum together… My only gripe is that he won’t have enough company.

]]> http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/corruption-in-washington/the-last-refuge/comment-page-1/#comment-24173 theophylact Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:05:07 +0000 http://samefacts.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-last-refuge/#comment-24173 Ah, well, Molière knew all this before Johnson (who probably was as contemptuous of French literature as of French food).

]]> http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/corruption-in-washington/the-last-refuge/comment-page-1/#comment-24172 jigga Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:26:33 +0000 http://samefacts.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-last-refuge/#comment-24172 GOP Calvinball? To my mind, this is somewhat less disreputable than the events that proceeded from the demise of Robert Torricelli and the subsequent last-minute substitution of Frank Lautenberg. It's one thing when a bad actor plays the law to his advantage. It's another thing when the, ahem, "impartial judiciary" mangles the law beyond recognition. GOP Calvinball?
To my mind, this is somewhat less disreputable than the events that proceeded from the demise of Robert Torricelli and the subsequent last-minute substitution of Frank Lautenberg.
It’s one thing when a bad actor plays the law to his advantage. It’s another thing when the, ahem, “impartial judiciary” mangles the law beyond recognition.

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