Recent Roy Moore silliness.

[Bunk]

Here's a couple of articles from a local TV station website. Roy must love all the attention, but apparently his lawyers are resigned to the probability that he'll be removed from his job.

Moore Supporters Sign Petition to Impeach Thompson (http://beta.abc3340.com/news/stories/1103/108583.html)

Moore's Attorneys: Removal May Be Inevitable (http://beta.abc3340.com/news/stories/1003/108408.html)

[tamiO]

The court also laid out a plan for setting aside seats for the general public and the media. To attend the trial, members of the public must reserve seats.

You gonna git on yer truck and go?

[Bunk]

Naw, my truck's in the front yard on blocks.

[xouper]

Moore Supporters Sign Petition to Impeach Thompson (http://beta.abc3340.com/news/stories/1103/108583.html)

Reverend Frank Raddish ... accused Thompson and other federal judges of being "liberal and radical," saying anyone who doesn't support Moore can leave the state.:eek: :eek:

[Charlie Monoxide]

Reverend Frank Raddish ... accused Thompson and other federal judges ..... I always thought that the god-squad rightwingers were a bit fruity but now they're branching out to vegetables.

Charlie (shallots for god) Monoxide

[AmateurScientist]

This is the part I found the most ignorant and downright stupid.

Montgomery (AP) - About 50 people lined up along the steps of the state Capitol to sign a petition calling for the impeachment U-S. District Judge Myron Thompson, who ordered Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building's rotunda.

Judge Thompson is a federal judge duly appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. He is an Article III judge, meaning he shall serve during "good behaviour," which means for life, or until he commits a felony or misdemeanor involving dishonesty.

He cannot be impeached for political reasons, which is precisely what the idiots in the newspaper article are calling for. The framers of the constitution very deliberately made the judicial branch of the United States insulated from politics. They answer to no one so they cannot be subject to the same political accountability that our elected officials are. It is one of the checks and balances designed into our government.

The rally was organized by the Reverend Frank Raddish, of the Washington-based Capitol Hill Independent Baptist Ministries, who says Thompson does not represent the majority of Alabamans on the Ten Commandments debate.

Duh. Thompson is not an elected official of the State of Alabama. He does not represent Alabamians. He is an appointed federal judge, who happens to hold a seat on the bench located within the Middle District of Alabama for venue purposes only. Judge Thompson is part of the federal judiciary, Raddish. The only federal officials who represent Alabama are congressmen from Alabama districts and Alabama's two senators in Washington.

Raddish can collect 100 million signatures of petitions if he wants. There is absolutely nothing Congress can do to Thompson. He is 100% insulated from politics.

I would add that Roy Moore's idiotic 10 Commandments campaign does not represent the majority of Alabamians' views or desires either.

I think it's notable that an "outside agitator"--Raddish is from Washington, DC--has to come in and tell Alabamians what they want.

AS

[tamiO]

Originally posted by xouper
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Guess I better pack my bags. LOL

Politics is Christian 'round here. The last election for governor filled my mailbox with all sorts of glossy spam from the candidates and their supporters. Many times I was reminded how Christian these people were. One even had "his preacher" say something in glossy spam form to the "current residents" at my house.

We just had a big tax hike voted down. The governor (a republican) decided that we just didn't have fair taxes and he proposed a tax overhaul package. He pointed out in his pre-referendum spam that his proposal was a more Christian way of handling taxes.

It was voted down due to a big push from the Christian Coalition in a big show of irony.

Is it that way in other places? I don't think so.

[tamiO]

Originally posted by AmateurScientist


I would add that Roy Moore's idiotic 10 Commandments campaign does not represent the majority of Alabamians' views or desires either.

I think it's notable that an "outside agitator"--Raddish is from Washington, DC--has to come in and tell Alabamians what they want.

AS

I found it comforting that there weren't very many people gathered for that or for the Ten Commandments thing. Just a handful of wacky-asses.

The problem is that the Christians are very organized in this state and are therefore the most politically vocal. I hope that the voices of reason can get together and add balance. There are a lot of people like me who look at the candidates at election time and have to choose the most rational Christian fundamentalist.