The Roanoke Slant

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Roanoke Times, 9-26-10, Pg 9: White House says case involves state secrets.
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Obama has declared to the courts and the world that he has the sole and independent and unchallengeable right to target and kill American citizens throughout the world; and the Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, ACLU and their media minions stand totally mute!
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The Roanoke Times demonstrates through their editorial silence the stark hypocrisy between the liberal-progressive media coverage of Bush vs. Obama. Where is the indignant and sanctimonious outrage? Where are the threats of impeachment? Where are the lists of violations of the Constitution and due process and habeas corpus being committed by Obama?
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The Roanoke Times this week filled their paper with heartfelt sympathy and regret and apologies for the State execution of a woman convicted of the murder of her husband and stepson for money, yet these summary executions by Obama, without trial or due process, results in “the sound of silence.” What a pathetic example of politically motivated standards of justice and morality.
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Sept 24, 2010 White House Seeks to Dismiss Suit Filed for Radical Cleric
“The lawsuit filed on the cleric's behalf seeks to have a court declare that the Constitution and international law bar the government from carrying out targeted killings; seeks to block the targeted killing of al-Awlaki; and seeks to force the U.S. government to disclose the standards for determining whether U.S. citizens can be targeted for death.”
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“The Obama administration on Saturday invoked the state secrets privilege which would kill a lawsuit on behalf of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an alleged terrorist said to be targeted for death or capture under a U.S. government program.”
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“In its court papers, the Justice Department said that the issues in the case are for the executive branch of government to decide rather than the courts.”
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/25/white-house-seeks-dismiss-suit-filed-radical-cleric/
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Prior Item – same hypocrisy
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Dec 24, 2009 The Obama Doctrine: Summary Execution Better Than Water-Boarding
The liberals and left-wingers who have been so upset with our treatment of terrorists and Obama who just can’t close GITMO fast enough are now perfectly happy summarily killing targeted people in yet another country, Yemen! Apparently the liberals are OK with killing people without arrest, charges or legal process!
They have embraced the new Obama Doctrine: Summary Execution Better Than Water-Boarding. It’s also cheaper, simpler and lots faster.
Talk about your liberal bipolar-conflicted political, mental and ethical processes and the height of gross hypocrisy.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-doctrine-summary-execution-better.html
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