"flipper" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:00:33 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:00:33 -0700, "Dan Coby"
wrote:

[snip]

I am bothered by many in this country (U. S.) that consider any
disagreement
with the Bush government as being 'treasonous'. I consider this a
violation
of the basic concepts of free speech that this country has as one of its
founding (and greatest) principles.

[snip]

It is certainly not treasonous to _speak_ of anything. But for a
governmental body (Congress), presently dominated by the pansy side of
our population, to attempt to create a BILL to antagonize one of our
best allies... that IS treason.

It would be 'treason' only if they intended to give aid and/or comfort
to the enemy.


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


Do you not believe that the ramifications of what will most likely happen on
passing such a bill actually does? It is definitely an act of disloyalty.
Infact,

"To avoid the abuses of the English law (including executions by Henry VIII
of those who criticized his repeated marriages), treason was specifically
defined in the United States Constitution, the only crime so defined.
Article III Section 3 delineates treason as follows:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against
them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No
Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two
Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no
Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except
during the Life of the Person attainted."

Essentially they are giving aid and comfort to Al-Qaeda and iran. They are
trying to get american's out of iraq any way they can and they are going so
far as to indirectly support the enemey.


But just plain stupid is another matter.

Stupidity is not an excuse for treason.