It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
reply to post by Hopechest
Of course they are not above the law but we have the impeachment process to deal with those situations. If we are allowed to call out the President on every decision he makes then it will be chaos.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by TheMagus
If we have to invade others private thoughts to discern their intentions, then it just isn't worth it. We cannot become that which we loathe in an attempt to "win". Because then we all lose.
The Singing Bell" is a science fiction mystery short story by Isaac Asimov that first appeared in the January 1955 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and was reprinted in the 1968 collection Asimov's Mysteries. "The Singing Bell" was the first of Asimov's Wendell Urth stories.
Plot summary
Master criminal Louis Peyton spends each August totally isolated on his Colorado ranch behind a powerful force-field. One August, Albert Cornwall takes him to the Moon to retrieve a cache of extremely valuable singing bells (lunar rocks which, when struck by the correct stroker, make an incredibly beautiful sound) which Cornwall had obtained by killing their discoverer. Louis Peyton kills Cornwall and hides the bells.
The police contact Wendell Urth to help them prove that Peyton had been on the Moon, so they can psycho-probe him to get sufficient evidence for a conviction. However, since a person can only be psycho-probed once in a lifetime, the police want to be certain that Peyton is guilty.
Urth gives Peyton his own flawed, yet still valuable singing bell to examine. He then has Peyton throw it back to him. The toss falls short and the bell is destroyed when it crashes to the floor. Urth has demonstrated that Peyton had been off-planet very recently, despite his claim to the contrary, and had not yet readjusted to Earth's gravity. The killer is taken away to be psycho-probed. Urth requests a perfect bell as his fee.
Originally posted by groingrinder
Isn't it amazing what happens when you elect Democrats and Republicans? This thread is a prime example of the stupidity of electing criminal gangsters who love power and money more than they love America. When you all get tired of arguing with each other over whose criminal gangster is more despicable, please feel free to vote for somebody in the next election who can stand on their own two feet and think for themselves instead of being a mouthpiece for criminals and gangsters who conspire together to scam, defraud, and extort money from the
American citizen and taxpayer. I am so tired of seeing you sheeple defend criminals because they are from YOUR particular GANG. WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN HONEST GOVERNMENT AS LONG AS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE INVOLVED IN IT!!!
Originally posted by WeRpeons
reply to post by Hopechest
If these presidents and law makers would be held accountable, instead of being above the law, maybe more would think twice before doing anything dishonest or criminal. There is a thing called impeachment and removing them from office. A presidency can also become ineffective when the potus can't be trusted.
Nobody is above the law, even the presidency of the United States. It sets a presidence for future leaders to take advantage of the office. No consequences no change of behavior, it's that simple.
Originally posted by buster2010
reply to post by elouina
Why would he need to take a polygraph in front of a criminal and liar like Issa? He has been busted for car theft, illegal carrying a concealed weapon and his jacking up his insurance a couple of weeks before his warehouse burned down is a nice coincidence also. If Obama takes the test at least find someone honest.
Originally posted by stirling
Doesnt the SCANDAL CIRCUS in washington reveal anything of import?
Like . the whole house both upper and lower are working together to rape the public, and help the banks rob the people.@@:
Originally posted by MsAphrodite
reply to post by kaylaluv
So you are suggesting that all of these recent come to light scandals are fake? Just a bunch of trumped-up lies manufactured by the opposition... REALLY???
What does it take to awaken such a true believer?
Originally posted by kaylaluv
Originally posted by MsAphrodite
reply to post by kaylaluv
So you are suggesting that all of these recent come to light scandals are fake? Just a bunch of trumped-up lies manufactured by the opposition... REALLY???
What does it take to awaken such a true believer?
I believe that Benghazi was an unfortunate tragedy that had nothing to do with any kind of incompetence on the part of Obama. I believe that the biggest problem with the IRS was due to an over-worked and under-staffed agency that was trying to make sure that all the new tea party-related non-profits cropping up were above board (remember, the only non-profit that was actually denied tax-exempt status during that time was a liberal organization). I believe that if drones were around during Reagan's presidency, the GOP would have LOVED drones. So, yes, I believe Obama's opposition has done everything they could to make Obama look like the bad guy.
Originally posted by elouina
Originally posted by buster2010
reply to post by elouina
Why would he need to take a polygraph in front of a criminal and liar like Issa? He has been busted for car theft, illegal carrying a concealed weapon and his jacking up his insurance a couple of weeks before his warehouse burned down is a nice coincidence also. If Obama takes the test at least find someone honest.
Ok how about in front of myself? I have clearances from many federal agencies, have never been charged with any crimes, and have the integrity of a nun. What an awesome PR moment for the president, proving that he is not involved, with a citizen witnessing this monumental day in history. In fact all of the citizens of the US will stand witness as it is broadcasted live.
Originally posted by buster2010
If you are connected with the government i would hardly say you have the integrity of a nun.