Treason in Times Square

ABC News reported on June 21st about the Times Square bomber’s guilty plea. Here are some statements Faisal Shahzad’s made at his trial:

“One has to understand where I’m coming from,” Shahzad said calmly. “I consider myself … a Muslim soldier.”

Shahzad answered: “Well, the drone hits in Afghanistan and Iraq, they don’t see children, they don’t see anybody. They kill women, children, they kill everybody. It’s a war, and in war, they kill people. They’re killing all Muslims.”

Later, he added: “I am part of the answer to the U.S. terrorizing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people. And, on behalf of that, I’m avenging the attack.”

Article 3 Section 3 of the US Constitution defines treason and the requirements for a conviction:

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.

Is Faisal Shahzad a traitor? He claims to be at war against the US and he’s done so in open court. Someone in the White House press press corps should ask the White House if they intend to pursue charges of treason.

STLTP at the Game, Plus LaRussa: I’m a Supporter of What AZ is Doing”

Reboot Congress has a good write-up as well, so also does Sharp. The Southern Illinois Tea Party rooted for the Cards while showing support for Arizona on Monday and yesterday the St. Louis Tea Party showed their support. We wore our Cardinal red and sat with our Arizona flags.

From KSDK:

With Arizona is in town taking on the Red Birds, some local tea party members came to Busch Stadium to show support for the State of Arizona and the state’s controversial new immigration law.

We’re supporting the State of Arizona in simply guarding the borders,” said St. Louis Tea Party Member James Durbin.

Some 46 members of the St. Louis Tea Party took in Tuesday night’s Cardinals match-up against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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The Cardinals organization declined our request for an on-camera interview Tuesday night, but they did describe Busch Stadium as a “big tent” where people of all perspectives are welcome.

Amazing. True diversty. Refreshing.

Also from KSDK:

Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa says he stands behind what Arizona is doing in terms of immigration.

During an interview before tonight’s game against the Diamondbacks, he had little to say when asked about a contingency from the local Tea Party that planned to show its support for Arizona and its controversial new immigration law in the stands.  In fact, he said he didn’t even know they were coming.

LaRussa did say he felt any kind of political demonstrations being made in the stands would be easy for his team to ignore.

He also voiced his support for Arizona’s new approach to immigration. “This is America. You are supposed to have opinions and disagree,” he said.  ”I’m actually a supporter of what Arizona is doing… you know if people don’t fix their problems they have to take care of it themselves.”

Don’t you love it when people reaffirm the beauty of liberty and sports can be sports, as opposed to “Los Suns?”

Why Elena Kagan is Unqualified for SCOTUS

Well, I’m glad she believes it’s OK to pass laws infringing upon our rights because the law she’s to rule under won’t enforce them. I’m not so convinced.

I’m also amazed at the people who say they’re for free speech, free this, free that, but are perfectly willing to submit themselves to a government simply because they’ve been led to believe, by wonderful marketing, that they’re on the same team. Supporting tyranny simply because your side is in power yet decrying it when your side is not in power? That’s not even political. It’s petty, except that word is too suggestively small to accurately convey the enormity of how egregious this infringement really is.

Via

Sheryl Crow Bashes Tea Party

Yawn. Further up in the article Crow talks about how no one takes to the street, is reminded of the tea party, backpedals earlier clueless statement re: taking to the street by stating that tea partiers are stupid. I liked this the best, though:

Later in her June Glamour magazine interview with Couric, Crow slammed Karl Rove and other conservatives for harping on her toilet paper idea. She claimed this was done “[j]ust to discredit me and to make me look silly.”

Don’t worry, Crow. I don’t think anyone could further affect how silly you are already.

Interview with the NRA on the DISCLOSE Act

“We had to put the Second Amendment over the First Amendment.” (7:21)

Yes, it’s common sense to credit the NRA for its involvement with the McDonald vs Chicago case and its fight for the Second Amendment, which, I think, would have been infringed upon even greater longer ago without the NRA.

However.

I don’t like what I’m seeing with the NRA on this – and their wish to protect the Second Amendment by way of seeking exemption under DISCLOSE is nullified if they traded exemption for silence on the hearing of an anti-gun Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as part of of the deal.

You can’t be non-partisan because the Second Amendment, in current society, is not a non-partisan issue.

By silencing yourself, ironically, on an issue for exemption so that you don’t have to be silenced later on is playing with the First Amendment whether you realize it or not.

I laid out the rest of my and your concerns in the interview. Whole show podcast available here, 6/28 first hour.