Even the SCOTUS is fed up with Bush's nonsense.

"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message
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You mean like FDR?

Pardon me if I don't quite understand, but wasn't throwing innocent
Japanese
citizens into internment camps en masse, simply because of their race, a
far
larger example of 'trashing the bill of rights' than anything Bush has
allegedly done? Why did you not protest this? What about FDR's attempts to
bypass and overthrow the judicial branch altogether?


No, throwing innocent Japanese citizens into internment camps was not
trashing the Bill of Rights, and it wasn't done because of their race it was
done because they were enemy nationals. It was also done with German and
Italian nationals. All countries do this in time of war, what else can they
do? You can't have enemy nationals freely roaming about the nation.

What FDR did that was completely wrong was the internment of US citizens of
Japanese, German, and Italian descent.



I would be interested in knowing what you think Bush did that is so
unprescidented. Fact is, Franklin Delano Rosevelt was the closest thing to
a
dictator we've ever had in this country. Don't misunderstand me; he was a
great man, and he was what the nation needed at the time. However, all of
this baseless and manufactured outrage directed at president Bush is
disgraceful, considering the relativly subtle and nuanced actions he has
taken---especially in comparison to the beloved FDR.


He was what the nation needed at what time?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net...
"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message
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You mean like FDR?

Pardon me if I don't quite understand, but wasn't throwing innocent
Japanese
citizens into internment camps en masse, simply because of their race, a
far
larger example of 'trashing the bill of rights' than anything Bush has
allegedly done? Why did you not protest this?

I didn't because I wasn't born yet. What's your excuse?

What about FDR's attempts to
bypass and overthrow the judicial branch altogether?

Didn't even come close. Lincoln and Jackson defied the USSC and got
away with it. If you want to know why I didn't object, see above.



No, throwing innocent Japanese citizens into internment camps was not
trashing the Bill of Rights, and it wasn't done because of their race it was
done because they were enemy nationals. It was also done with German and
Italian nationals. All countries do this in time of war, what else can they
do? You can't have enemy nationals freely roaming about the nation.

You can repatriate them to their nation of origin.


What FDR did that was completely wrong was the internment of US citizens of
Japanese, German, and Italian descent.


Unless I am very much mistaken, few if any US citizens of Itallian or
German descent were interned in the US just because of their ancestry.

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FF