If you see Torquemada, run the other way.
--- Leland Jackson <lelandj at mail .D.OT smvfp.com> wrote:
> Michael Madigan wrote: > > >You never have to worry about Christians coming > after > >you, you should be more worried about Atheists and > >Muslims. > > > > > > What was the Spanish Inquisition? > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > >--- Leland Jackson <lelandj@mail.smvfp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >>I guess I'll know the U.S. is a Theocracy, when > they > >>come for me for not > >>being Christian enough. <g> > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>LelandJ > >> > >> > >>Michael Madigan wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I'm a Catholic too, maybe he's related to me too. > >>> > >>>--- Leland Jackson <lelandj at mail .D.OT smvfp.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Chief Justice Roberts is a Catholic, and so is > >>>> > >>>> > >>Judge > >> > >> > >>>>Alito. I wounder > >>>>if he might be related to Judge Scalia. I'm > >>>>beginning to see a trend > >>>>here, and if Judge Alito is confirmed, my bet is > >>>> > >>>> > >>he > >> > >> > >>>>will vote with > >>>>Roberts 99.9% of the time. Who knows, the > Radical > >>>>Religious Right might > >>>>even encourage the Catholic church to apply > >>>> > >>>> > >>pressure > >> > >> > >>>>to these two when > >>>>ruling on abortion rights when it come before > the > >>>>court again. Are we a > >>>>Theocracy yet? > >>>> > >>>>Regards, > >>>> > >>>>LelandJ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Michael Madigan wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Nice to see a fellow Italian-American get on > the > >>>>>Supreme Court. My Grandmother would be so > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>proud:) > >> > >> > >>>>> > >>>>>--- Bob Calco <bob@bobcalco.net> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/31/scotus.bush/index.html > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>- - - > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Judge Sam Alito is PERFECT for the job. I'd > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>heard > >> > >> > >>>>>>about him, but was > >>>>>>more knowledgeable about J. Michael Luttig, > who > >>>>>>should be on the very > >>>>>>short list of the next nominee, if an > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>opportunity > >> > >> > >>>>>>arises. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Alito is less caustic in his opinions than > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>Scalia, > >> > >> > >>>>>>but every bit, if > >>>>>>not more, 'strict constructionist' than him. > The > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>two > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>should get along > >>>>>>famously, and not just because he, too, is > >>>>>>Italian-American. They > >>>>>>don't come any more 'in the mold of Scalia' > than > >>>>>>this guy. :) > >>>>>> > >>>>>>It is a shame to lose him on a circuit that > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>badly > >> > >> > >>>>>>needs a voice of > >>>>>>reason. But he can do more good on the SCOTUS > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>than > >> > >> > >>>>>>in that black hole > >>>>>>of judicial activism, truth be told. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>This is what Bush should have done in the > first > >>>>>>place. That whole > >>>>>>Miers thing was an incredibly loud, ripping > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>brain > >> > >> > >>>>>>fart, and nearly > >>>>>>destroyed Bush's relationship with the people > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>who > >> > >> > >>>>>>voted for him. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>- Bob > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>>Post Messages to: ProFox at leafe .D.OT com > >>>>>>Subscription Maintenance: > >>>>>>http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > >>>>>>OT-free version of this list: > === message truncated ===
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