Connery's quote,courtesy of IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/quotes

You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?

Posted at June 15, 2008 10:37 PM in response to Obama: If They Bring A Knife, We Bring A Gun

There would be a satisfying justice if that were to happen. And I don't believe that the Administration would be in a position to bitch.

Posted at May 29, 2008 3:26 PM in response to American Spies on Trial in Italy

Sorry, that was intended as a reply to M-H-G's comment up thread posting Sarah's home address.

That's not, to my mind, playing fair. Neither, apparently, were the robocalls, but it's kind of hard to take the high road while you're rolling around in the gutter...

Posted at April 30, 2008 4:00 PM in response to Nonprofit Women's Voices Women Vote Stops Suspicious N.C. Robo Calls

Do we really want to be posting home addresses here?

Posted at April 30, 2008 3:51 PM in response to Nonprofit Women's Voices Women Vote Stops Suspicious N.C. Robo Calls

While I realize that I might be swimming upstream here, I think that if this were not the dysfunctional Bush administration (I know, and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a fire truck) Mukasey's statement would be reasonable; i.e. somebody who got an opinion from DoJ on a particular activity has a right to expect not to be prosecuted for acting in good faith accordance with that opinion. Any other system would just be an invitation to entrapment. This isn't the same thing as saying the activity was legal, it's just saying that in this one case, it will not be prosecuted. This is basic fairness and justice. And whoever issued the flawed opinion could expect some professional sanction of one kind or another.

But, we are talking about the dysfunctional Bush administration here and good faith is about the last thing I'd expect. So, a fair and just doctrine is being used for unfair and unjust ends, quelle suprise. We'll be generations repairing the damage that these wingnuts have done to just about everything they've touched.

Posted at April 19, 2008 1:22 PM in response to Mukasey: The Law Is What The Justice Department Says It Is

Oh No!!!! Not the strongly worded letter!

Can the comfy chair be far behind?

Posted at April 11, 2008 7:30 PM in response to Conyers "Deeply Troubled" by Use of FBI Agents to Contact Wecht Jurors

All that is clear is that Department officials are insistent that that memo had nothing to do with the warrantless wiretapping program.

And that makes me feel so much better. It's pretty apparent that this particular Administration feels that no part of the Constitution, neither the main document nor any amendment, can stand in the way of their doing just what they please.

Posted at April 4, 2008 2:48 PM in response to Post: Ashcroft Didn't Sign Off on Yoo Pentagon Torture Memo

"EPA is not aware of any information that ozone has beneficial effects on economic values or on personal comfort and well being."

And as we all know, for this administration, "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". Taking a cue from a previous post, this kind of decision needs to be hung firmly around John McCain's neck.

Posted at March 15, 2008 8:15 PM in response to Today's Must Read

So Senator, what you're trying to say is that you voted against torture before you voted for it?

Posted at February 20, 2008 7:03 PM in response to McCain: Bush Should Veto Anti-Torture Bill

I think that Sen. Clinton would be an excellent choice for the Supremes. And if she drives the Scalito/Thomas/Roberts junta nuts, so much the better.

Posted at February 20, 2008 3:03 PM in response to The Clinton Attack Plan