On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Petro wrote: > On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:18:09PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: > > > Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war, or > > > other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the > > > Constitution says that it is suspended when a President declares it to > > > be suspended. > > Power is what power does. He got away with it, that's all that counts. > > Then the consitution is meaningless babble.
Wnat meaningless babble? Look at the last half of Lincolns first address as president. Lincoln wasn't after saving the union, he was after saving a power base. > Freedom, like security, is a process, Freedom -is- Security. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------