Comments on: It Takes A The Village To Ignore Death Squads And Holder’s “Mushroom Year” At DOJ http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:04:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mbayrob http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746157 mbayrob Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:48:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746157 <p>Ja. I’m assuming that there are Federalist Society hacks getting burrowed into DOJ, along with the Regent Law School types to make sure that Jesus stays in the Constitution (because at Regent, they’re sure he’s in there somewhere).</p> Ja. I’m assuming that there are Federalist Society hacks getting burrowed into DOJ, along with the Regent Law School types to make sure that Jesus stays in the Constitution (because at Regent, they’re sure he’s in there somewhere).

]]> By: mbayrob http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746156 mbayrob Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:43:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746156 <blockquote><p>Yeah. Why would anyone care what the character of the person running the DOJ is?</p></blockquote> <p>Why do you think you know the man’s character.</p> <p>Even the pardon stuff is thin gruel. The Chiquita stuff’s a smear, AFAIK, and says more about folks like us pushing it than it does about Holder, frankly.</p> <p>Not the Lake’s finest hour.</p>

Yeah. Why would anyone care what the character of the person running the DOJ is?

Why do you think you know the man’s character.

Even the pardon stuff is thin gruel. The Chiquita stuff’s a smear, AFAIK, and says more about folks like us pushing it than it does about Holder, frankly.

Not the Lake’s finest hour.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746024 SouthernDragon Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:35:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746024 <p>I know about mushrooms.</p> <p>One for the bag, one for me. One for the bag, two for me.</p> I know about mushrooms.

One for the bag, one for me. One for the bag, two for me.

]]> By: SoCali http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746023 SoCali Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:32:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746023 <p>This is an example of why I don’t hold much hope for anything more than business as usual.</p> This is an example of why I don’t hold much hope for anything more than business as usual.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746022 selise Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:32:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746022 <p>that’s potentially very insightful. and depressing as hell. </p> <p>hope you’re wrong.</p> that’s potentially very insightful. and depressing as hell.

hope you’re wrong.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746021 selise Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:31:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746021 <p>thanks kirk. there’s a big difference between representing an individual client - who is a real person - and a corporation which is not.</p> <p>i refuse to buy the story that corporations should be treated like people when it comes to rights. that’s just bs and something like saying my shoe has rights.</p> thanks kirk. there’s a big difference between representing an individual client – who is a real person – and a corporation which is not.

i refuse to buy the story that corporations should be treated like people when it comes to rights. that’s just bs and something like saying my shoe has rights.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746020 eCAHNomics Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:29:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746020 <p>Whitehouse = D Specter?</p> Whitehouse = D Specter?

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746019 eCAHNomics Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:28:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746019 <p>As mushrooms don’t have mouths, either one would work.</p> As mushrooms don’t have mouths, either one would work.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746018 selise Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:27:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746018 <p>and here i thought it was “feed them shit” *g*</p> and here i thought it was “feed them shit” *g*

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746017 selise Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:27:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/it-takes-a-the-village-to-ignore-death-squads-and-the-mushroom-year-at-doj-senators-whitehouse-and-leahy-praise-eric-holder/#comment-1746017 <p>whitehouse and leahy are becoming more of a disappointment the more i watch them…. :(</p> whitehouse and leahy are becoming more of a disappointment the more i watch them…. :(

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