response 1 of 70:

Feb 5 21:51 UTC 2006

I predict that he will continue to trash the ACLU, with no sense of irony.

response 3 of 70:

Feb 5 22:12 UTC 2006

Rush probably neither needs nor wants the assistance of the Anti
CiviLization Union.  (Note the date.  This is old, old, news.)

By the way, in more current news, Federal Special Prosecutor Patrick
Fitzgerald, it has been reported, never looked into the matter as to
whether supposed CIA sleuth Valerie Plame Wilson was actually a covert
agent.  Therefore, he did not know whether it would have been a crime if
any person had identifed her or blown her cover.  If true, this shows
that his entire investigation was, in fact, a fishing expedition
(politically or personally motivated??) and it is Fitzgerald, himself,
who ought to be investigated for prosecutorial misconduct.  Kafkesque,
indeed, don't you think?

response 5 of 70:

Feb 6 00:06 UTC 2006

 re #4:  It sounds like they filed an amicus brief.  Whether or not he
 would have preferred that they did not there's probably nothing he could
 have done to stop it.

 re #3:  Reported by whom?  And what kind of an investigation did you
 expect to have take place?  Isn't that the sort of thing you'd expect
 could be taken care of with one phone call to the right person at the CIA?

 Personally I'd love it if the administration launched an investigation of
 Fitzgerald, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.  It sounds like he'd be
 pretty hard to pin something on and when election time came along next
 year the Democrats could line him up with other criminal justice figures
 who had been investigated or punished for scrutinizing Republican figures
 too closely, such as the US Attorney in the Marianas Islands who was 
 removed from his position for investigating political corruption related
 to Jack Abramoff.

response 7 of 70:

Feb 6 05:32 UTC 2006

Since the ACLU's sole mission is to defend the Bill of Rights, I fail 
to see why everyone isnt a "card carrying member"  I mean that is 
unless you have something AGAINST the Bill of Rights.  

response 9 of 70:

Feb 6 11:53 UTC 2006

Teh sole mission of the ACLU os to defend their interpretation of the bill
of rights.  Since they are often wrong in that interpretation...

response 11 of 70:

Feb 6 12:31 UTC 2006

klg may listen with skepticism, but he doesn't listen very well.  The 
story he refers to is from the new edition of Newsweek:

"Lawyers for Libby, and White House allies, have repeatedly questioned 
whether Plame, the wife of White House critic Joe Wilson, really had 
covert status when she was outed to the media in July 2003. But special 
prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald found that Plame had indeed done "covert 
work overseas" on counterproliferation matters in the past five years, 
and the CIA "was making specific efforts to conceal" her identity, 
according to newly released portions of a judge's opinion."

I guess that's *almost* like klg's assertion that "Federal Special 
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, it has been reported, never looked into 
the matter as to whether supposed CIA sleuth Valerie Plame Wilson was 
actually a covert agent."

response 13 of 70:

Feb 6 14:58 UTC 2006

Re 7: I do not belong to organizations that piss me off. I think that
pretty much sums up why I join/leave organizations. Besides, I'm already
a member of too many organizations...the NRA, AOPA, EAA, EFF, MCRGC, to
name 5.

One organization I used to be a member of before it began pissing me off
was MCRGO. Thats, Michigan Coalition of Responsible Gun Owners. It is a
grass-roots organization supporting responsible, legal gun ownership.
However a few years ago it began aligning itself with some strange
organizations, namely the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters. The
organization began supporting candidates who did not have strong
histories of fighting for gun-rights over candidates who did. In fact,
MCRGO began endorsing only candidates who were pro-union...and not
necessarily pro-gun-rights. Well, you can imagine how fast I pulled my
money out of that place.

response 15 of 70:

Feb 6 17:17 UTC 2006

Thanks, JJ.  I guess we know that Newsweek (unlike CBS News, the New 
York Times, the Washington Post, etc, etc, etc) only report 100% 
accurately and truthfully.

Or is that just your naive, unskeptical opinion??

response 17 of 70:

Feb 6 17:39 UTC 2006

 re #10:
 > I just want to know when the ACLU types are going to file a brief in 
 > support of Scooter Libby, objecting to the use of state power to 
 > conduct an investigation and dragging people before the grand jury when 
 > it did not even bother to find out if a crime had been committed.

 Probably never.  You do understand that that's one of the MAIN FUNCTIONS
 of a grand jury, right?  To make a factual determination as to whether a
 crime has occurred and a specific person should be indicted..

 Note:  the above question is rhetorical, no substantive reply from klg is
 expected.  In fact, any such expectation would be foolish given the pattern
 we've seen so far, which goes something like:

   KLG:      I heard somewhere that {factually dubious assertion.}
   Grexer:   Nonsense.  X, Y, and Z contradict your assertion.
   KLG:      Your sources are biased and I prefer to believe my own,
             though I am unable to name them.  It's up to you to 
             disprove me, using only those sources that I deem
             acceptable, said determination to be made solely by me
             and on a case-by-case basis.

response 19 of 70:

Feb 6 18:17 UTC 2006

Re resp:6: I've listened to quite a bit of Rush Limbaugh over the 
years, though less in recent years because he's been a lot less funny 
since he lost his sense of humor. 
 
I'd be *very* interested to see a quote where he defends the ACLU.  
I've never heard him say anything nice about them. 

response 21 of 70:

Feb 7 00:46 UTC 2006

Re 19: "In an interview with Time magazine, Rush Limbaugh declares
himself a longtime fan of the ACLU after they filed an amicus brief on
his behalf in his prescription drug case: "In a situation like this, I
think it's safe to say I welcome its support, and I don't find it
hypocritical at all, because I am not anti-ACLU. If the ACLU wants to go
after, say, nativity scenes or this sort of thing, I may take issue, but
there are other areas where I've supported things it has done."
(http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/pundits/rush-limbaugh/)

Re 20: I've never heard him tell an African-American to "take the bone
out of your nose". But anyway, I do not agree with everything Rush says.
I don't agree with everything you say. But for me not to listen to your
opinion just because I might disagree is ignorant.