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Submitted by Scott Scheule on Wed, 2008-05-21 12:58.
There's an interesting interview with John Yoo in Esquire, available here.
He turns out to have lots of unexpected quirks. He’s pro-choice. He thinks flag burning is a legitimate form of free speech. He thinks the government is “wasting a lot of resources” in the war on drugs. He thinks the phrase “war on terror” is misleading political rhetoric. He’s cowriting an article that makes a conservative case for gay marriage. “Our argument is, the state should just stay out of these things, because it doesn’t hurt anybody.” And he’s definitely alarmed by the more theocratic Republicans. “When Mike Huckabee says he wants to amend the Constitution so that it’s consistent with God’s law, that scares the bejesus out of me.”
We go for a stroll down Telegraph Avenue, and he’s a bit disappointed there aren’t more tie-dyed renegades. “Usually this is the land time forgot.”
“Do you often come here to mock the hippies?”
“I don’t come here specifically for that. I try to multitask.”
From TJIC.
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That's nonsense, FDR also
That's nonsense, FDR also suspended the habeas corpus, and everyone knows Lincoln and FDR are the greatest US presidents. :p
I feel compelled to point
I feel compelled to point out that the author's logic is flawed even if I do agree with his conclusion (or something like it). As I read it:
U => ~T
~U
_____
T
Last I checked, denying the antecedent still wasn't the cool thing to do.
I read it as ~U => T, i.e.,
I read it as ~U => T, i.e., Lincoln's actions must be construed as tyrannical unless we accept the unitary executive theory.
And denying the antecedent is totally the cool thing to do these days. I was at a party last month and offered to share some killer weed I'd brought, and the other guests were all, "That's so 2007. Let's deny the antecedent!"
That sounded kind of sketchy to me, but Jessica from homeroom was there and I didn't want to look lame in front of her, so I took an implication from the bowl when they passed it around to me. Unfortunately, I was kind of nervous, so I affirmed the consequent instead, and everyone laughed at me so I ran home and slammed my door and put on a record by whatever godawful band we kids are listening to these days. Then my mother asked what was wrong, and I told her that my life was over.
True story.
I'll vouch for that
It's all true. Plus a few days later, I banged Berg's mom.
Dude. That was our dairy
Dude. That was our dairy goat. I want you to stop coming around my house when you're high on post hoc.
I read it as ~U => T, i.e.,
That's the conclusion he wants, I didn't think he was assuming it outright though.
Here in Missouri we still affirm the consequent like it's 1999. Some guys named Karl and David keep making fun of us, but they'll never induce us to quit.
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