(1) Alice In Wonderland – “Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards”

http://dwi.austindefense.com/2008/07/articles/dwi-probation-jail-prison/sentence-first-verdict-afterwards/

(2) The Star Chamber in history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Chamber

Watch it twice. You will then have an idea of MISDIRECTION. If Illusionists / Magicians can do it, don’t you think the “Professionals” are much more adroit at it?

America and Americans do have enemies. If you think otherwise, you are fooling yourself. How we handle that situation says more about us than them. I was stunned by a report I watched on Friday in which a group of Americans applauded when the news of AL AL-WAKI’s sudden demise was presented. Have we become those whom we detest OR have we become so naive and ill-educated about the world outside the U.S. OR are we constantly being misdirected about everything, by whom, and why?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629370/

… but, then, as Richard Nixon so eloquently put it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejvyDn1TPr8

“When the President (Seig Heil everyone!) does it, that means that it is not illegal”

You are fundamentally an American – and thats not an insult. You may try checking out Europe someday – how about Marseille or the Arab ghettos of Copenhagen, Oslo or Malmo? Try Bradford in England. Your perspective is understandable but laughably false. I do not support any neocon wars for “freedom.” Just because some of those blowhards warn about the threat of Sharia does not mean they are wrong. Have more nuance than that! Ilana would agree with me I think – that this problem is easily solved with immigration policy, not wars and Patriot acts.

No one cares. No one even wonders how such a horrible precedent will be used to justify similar hit jobs here at home. I guess that would require a little thought, a little introspection, and maybe the willingness to question what our government is doing in our name.

I’m not sure what is more disturbing: Obama’s criminal behavior or America’s disinterest. How egregious does it have to be before the sheeple wake up?

I understand why Obama did what he did. He didn’t want the firestorm of having a trial. He didn’t want this man speaking (By the way, where’s the passionate rebuke from the Left?? This is one issue where leftists and civil libertarians can find common ground).

The Republican support(and Tea Party approval?) is not surprising, but disappointing nonetheless. Mrs. Mercer and Congressman Paul get it: the U.S. government now has license to kill American citizens on flimsy “evidence” and hearsay. The line hasn’t been crossed. The line has been disappeared (thanks in part to a man who was a part-time constitutional law instructor …the irony).

Pardon me for this, as a resident of the U.S., I can think of no more absurd proposition than the canard that our society will adopt Sharia law.

Except insofar as we adopt Christian Sharia, meaning we become more like them, with the Patriot Act, Torture, Invasions and Preemptive War, Secret Wars, Rendition, and all the other manifestations of a totalitarian state, now including open, brazen Murder. All this supposedly to fight those who supposedly hate us for our freedom and prosperity, which are being destroyed by our own government.

Now obviously it seems rational to only welcome immigrants who agree with the basic tenets of freedom. But even so, the fear-based meme is that we are all going to somehow convert to Islam and adopt Sharia law here. That’s just preposterous. Think about it: how many people do you know that are on the verge of switching to Islam?

Still, rule of law, independent judicial/Congressional determination, attempts at extradition, etc. should be tried. El Presidente is not supposed to be a demigod thug (Republican or Democrat). Paul and Johnson both objected to this “hit man” mentality:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20113962-503544.html?tag=re1.channel

and, of course, it was not much different than the “hit” on bin Laden.