An excellent assessment from the governor about the Obama admin discussing moving the 9/11 terrorists trial out of New York and, presumably, into another American city. In comments Thierry notes they may move the trials to Boston as punishment for Scott Brown. I wouldn’t out that past them. Here’s Palin’s take, via Facebook.
Stay Focused: Relocating Terrorists’ Trial Doesn’t Solve the Main Problem
People are celebrating the fact that the Obama Administration is considering relocating the terrorists’ trial from New York to another American city. Yet there’s still no talk of moving the trial out of our U.S. civilian courts to where it should take place – a military tribunal.
Now the administration is backtracking in order to fix its initially blundered decision to try these dangerous terrorists in New York City despite the great danger and cost to New Yorkers. This scenario is all too common in Washington. The tactic is to propose something so outrageous that the public will rise up and demand common sense, and then the White House “concedes” and changes its initial decision to give the impression of newfound reasonability and moderation. But the problem still isn’t solved! The trial location debate becomes a diversion so that we’ll take our eyes off the ball. The point missed is that our President still wants to give these terrorists U.S. constitutional protections in our civilian courts, allowing them to lawyer-up on our dime.
This tactic is in the same vein as another Washington game: creating the appearance of a “crisis” in order to push for a radical solution. (“The health care crisis must be fixed by government now or we’re all gonna die! The earth’s temperature is fluctuating; government must fix this crisis now or we’re all gonna die! Private businesses made poor decisions and bureaucrats claim they’re too big to fail, so government must fix this crisis now or we’re all gonna die!”) Politicians and lobbyists announce that there is a “crisis,” and never letting a good crisis go to waste, they propose a radical solution to fix it. The public listens intently, and in a sincere desire to help, an alternative to the politicians’ radical solution gets put forward. The politicians then “concede” and mellow out their radical solution. The public’s attention has been diverted to tinkering on the periphery, all the while ignoring the real problem at the heart of the “crisis” that started the whole debate.
The fact is our government has a choice as to where to try the terrorists. We don’t have to try them in our civilian courts. The peripheral debate regarding in which city to try these evil, dangerous haters-of-America is a diversion. Let’s get back to the heart of the matter: what choice will our government make – terrorist trials in civilian courts or military tribunals?
Her point is excellent as she reminds us of their singular tactic to transform this nation into a pathetic socialist pit–“never let a good crisis go to waste.” We must indeed stay focused and IMHO, distract them with their own crises 🙂
“article 3 Section 3 us constitution. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.”
ok ,there’s more than 2 of us seeing all this crap…right?
so, what courts try officials for treason? for the president that would be the senate( with the chief justice of the us presiding which right now is roberts) because treason is one of things a president can be impeached for but what about eric holder?
terrorists should be tried in military court. period. it’s more than obvious that the current administration believes that american citizens should be stripped of their constitutional rights but that these rights should be lavished on foreign combatants from tyrannical societies( some of which still have a literal black slave class) and of course criminal members of the protected minority victim classes in america. in fact its worse and more than malicious-the administration feels crimes by certain specific individuals are merely revolutionary acts against a criminal, illegitimate legal and governmental system. they are subverting the rule of law to destroy it and all the rights it protects
they are putting the united states on trial not ksm. put more bluntly: america and her citizens got what they deserved in 9/11.
quickest path to kristallnacht is with a lubricated and fired up mob of self serving barbaric criminals exempted from the law by a destructive leadership. destroy the rule of law by subverting the constitution and you have the grounds to impose tyranny to reign in the chaos so willfully created.
Wow, now this is surprising – the once flipping off Republicans during speech at their retreat (HT: hotair.com):
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/01/30/does_obama_give_the_gop_the_middle_finger.html
Congress under the constitution is authorized to create any court they want. Why not make Michelle Malking Chief Justice, Tammy Bruce, Ann Coulter, and Sarah Palin associate justices and try them. It doesn’t matter where they do it because it will only take a day.
Sarah is on fire ( just posted) another facebook post using Obama’s own words against him. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=lf#/notes/sarah-palin/obamacare-stray-dog-so-says-president/274945918434 I am loving this. : )
This is why I can’t stand “centrists.” If the left runs as far left as they possibly can, then once we arrive to a “center,” it is still far left. Maybe not far, far, far left but still far left.
Congress killed a $31 billion “stimulus package” when Clinton began his first term. “Back in 1993, in his first year in office, Clinton was insisting on a $31 billion “stimulus package” ($16 billion in new spending and $15 billion in new federal loans).” The economy recovered without it.
Were someone to tell me then that a Democratic Congress and Administration would propose a one trillion dollar “stimulus package” 16 years later, I’d have called you crazy.
So instead of a $900 billion dollar Stimulus Package, the “centrist” takes a “scalpel” and brings the total to $787 billion instead.
Point is, centrists always have their eyes off the ball.
I heard on fox news this morning that they are only “considering” moving the trial. Whatever that means, it is all just a big fat semantics game.
Once again our pathetic-in-chief and his administration loses the point. Senator Brown said it right (and Gov. Palin), that THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR LAWYERS AND THE WHOLE CIRCUS TO DEFEND THESE TERRORIST’S!!!
(caps are for those pathetic-in-chief drones out there…)
I’m very glad someone finally articulated a traditional leftist tactic of demanding something so radical that they know the public will reject it, only to “compromise” and then offer a plan that is still far left, but now looks like a moderate position. By that time, the public is tired of fighting and the liberals get what they were planning to begin with: another incremental step towards their ultimate goals. They get on TV and discuss how they’ve bent over backward to be “reasonable” and “bi-partisan” when they’ve held the cards the whole time. Thank you, Governor!
I’d say let them hold the KSM trials in Washington, DC. It’s got courts, the media, an available jury pool, it’s got hotels, and it’s got all the legal wiz kids at Justice, the FBI, CIA, NSA, and Homeland Security just down the street.
That and if, inspite of the best efforts Janet “The System Worked” Napolitano, there is a significant (eclipsing 9-11) terrorist event, what have we really lost? If it bad enough we hold the 2010 elections early and establish the seat of US Government somewhere else, say in the middle of “fly-over country”.
I’ve got a suggestion,
The Democrats have their Blue Dog Democrats – those supposedly conservative Democrats.
The Republicans have their RINOs – those contorting themselves to reach across the aisle (McCain, Snow, Collins, and Graham) – usually to the detrement of Conservative ideals.
My suggestion is to paint all RINOs purple (red + blue) or fuchsia, thereby distinguishing them from Regan’s bold colors (scarlet) from the pale pastels.
interesting NY Post articele on why the terrorists should not be tried as if they were petty thieves.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/this_they_what_gitmo_terrorists_YFcFeMXZOxAm4t9cJzTcMN