Bush II is Still Killing People

[dan_c00000]

George Bush the 2nd is still killing people thanks to his pre-emptive strike policy. Oh and no surprise here the guy is white.



Florida Man Cites 'Bush Doctrine' After Pre-emptive Killing of Neighbors at Labor Day Cookout
By David





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Lawyers for a Florida man this week cited President George W. Bush's pre-emptive war in Iraq and the "Bush Doctrine" as a defense after their client killed two neighbors and attempted to kill a third on Labor Day.

Florida Today reported on Wednesday that attorney's for William T. Woodward had filed a motion asking for charges against him to be dismissed under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, which says that gun owners do not have a duty to retreat in the face of an "imminent" threat.

According to officials in Titusville, Woodward had snuck up on his neighbors while they were having a Labor Day barbecue. Police responding to the scene found that Gary Lee Hembree, Roger Picior and Bruce Timothy Blake had all been shot.

Hembree and Picior were later pronounced dead. Blake survived, even though he had been hit 11 times.

In their motion, Woodward’s attorneys claimed that the victims had called him names and threatened to "get him."

The motion referenced Enoch V. State, which suggests that an "imminent" threat can include something that is likely to occur at sometime in the future.

"I think legally that term has sort of been evolving especially given changes of our government’s definition of ‘imminent,’" attorney Robert Berry, who is representing Woodward, told Florida Today. “It’s become more expansive than someone putting a gun right to your head. It’s things that could become, you know, an immediate threat.”

The court document filed by the defense also cited "The Bush Doctrine," a foreign policy principle used by President George W. Bush to justify the invasion of Iraq. "The Bush Doctrine" embraces "preventive" or pre-emptive war.

 

[EducatedOwl]

The "Bush doctrine" justifies murder? That dude needs some new lawyers.

 

[Sinny]

Wow. The stupidity in the story, that you actually posted it without irony, and the lawyers... all laughable.

 

[Sinny]

Also, posting an article in its entirety is a violation of fair use, even if it is an article from some fucking shitty neighborhood blog "reporter" who goes by a single name moniker (snicker) on a blog that doesn't even do any actual reporting. Dude. You need to up your game. Find better links, like the source article.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Also, posting an article in its entirety is a violation of fair use, even if it is an article from some fucking shitty neighborhood blog "reporter" who goes by a single name moniker (snicker) on a blog that doesn't even do any actual reporting. Dude. You need to up your game. Find better links, like the source article.

You're new here, aren't you?

 

[Sinny]

You're new here, aren't you?

After three years, you would think I would be immune, right? I have no idea how this one squeaked through my sophisticated ignore filter. I am going to have to fine tune that fucker.

 

[oddity83]

Give his lawyers credit for trying something creative. Be really interesting if it works.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Did Sonny change his name again?

 

[dan_c00000]

Also, posting an article in its entirety is a violation of fair use, even if it is an article from some fucking shitty neighborhood blog "reporter" who goes by a single name moniker (snicker) on a blog that doesn't even do any actual reporting. Dude. You need to up your game. Find better links, like the source article.

Is this better? This is the relevant Bush kills people part.

The motion filed by Woodward’s attorneys cites Enoch V. State, a Florida case in which “imminent” was found to mean not only impending or ready to take place, but also expected, likely to occur or hanging threateningly over one’s head.

“I think legally that term has sort of been evolving especially given changes of our government’s definition of ‘imminent,’ ” said Robert Berry, an attorney representing Woodward. “It’s become more expansive than someone putting a gun right to your head. It’s things that could become, you know, an immediate threat.”

Woodward’s attorneys argue that an attack could have been expected based on the words of his neighbors. They go on to mention the “Bush Doctrine,” a concept that justifies a pre-emptive attack based on the need to defend from a threat.

 

[richard_daily]

If the people he shot were black, he'd probably win in court.

 

[phrodeau]

From Florida to Alaska, this country is swarming with idiots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSECfQqty8

 

[RjThoughts]

Which television or cable station will make a lawyer show using this "defense" in the plot?

You know it's coming!!

 

[Balladeer08]

George Bush the 2nd is still killing people thanks to his pre-emptive strike policy. Oh and no surprise here the guy is white.

Of course he's white.

Would one of the ethnics say "pre-emptive strike policy"? All those pesky syllables....


(Not serious, just couldn't resist)

 

[Balladeer08]

Blake survived, even though he had been hit 11 times.

This guy needs to be sentenced to marksmanship training. That is some seriously crappy shooting.

 

[dan_c00000]

If the people he shot were black, he'd probably win in court.

Assuming he even got charged.

Which television or cable station will make a lawyer show using this "defense" in the plot?

You know it's coming!!

I miss the original Law & Order.

 

[phrodeau]

This guy needs to be sentenced to marksmanship training. That is some seriously crappy shooting.

Maybe he used birdshot, like Cheney.

 

[run_silent]

Right now Obama is trying to follow up Bush. Acting on questionable intel and willing to arm people that we have no idea of how they will act if they win.

Look at how the ousting of "BAD" dictators in the last few years has worked out. There is peace in the Middle East except for Syria.

Yes we should meddle some more with no endgame in sight. It's a plan that works.

 

[jeninflorida]

this is awesome Dan, you are a piece of limie shit. or are you a frogger

 

[dan_c00000]

this is awesome Dan, you are a piece of limie shit. or are you a frogger

Umm what?

Anyway, how does it feel to keep getting owned in your own thread by me? Also how's your shitty writing coming?

That Time When George W. Bush Got All Those People Killed, AKA The Iraq War

By Oliver Willis · March 19,2013


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Today is the 10th anniversary of one of the dumbest decisions in the history of the world. George W. Bush – enabled by a compliant Congress of Democrats and Republicans – made the decision to invade and occupy Iraq, which posed no threat to the United States or its international allies.

As a result of this bad decision, thousands of American service people are dead, in addition to thousands of Iraqi citizens caught in the crossfire. As a result of this horrible choice, our country was more vulnerable and the perpetrators of the worst terrorist attack on America were allowed to flourish.

While most Americans now believe the war was wrong, there is still a significant minority, especially on the right, who still bitterly clings to the fairytale that Bush, Cheney, and company sold us.

I can kind of understand that. To repudiate the Iraq War, the rock that the modern right lashed itself to for almost a decade, is to admit that you ideologically fought for nothing for years. In that situation, it is far less psychologically damaging to continue wallowing in fiction.

But in the real world, those American soldiers and Iraqis are still very dead. They died for no good reason, a violation of the sacred oath of office and the reason why George W. Bush will go down in history as one of the world’s worst leaders.

Bush is ultimately responsible for the final decision to go to war, the failed strategy to secure the country, and the repeated disaster of the occupation (including torture). But he wouldn’t have been able to do those things without a spineless Congress – particularly the Democratic Party – enabling him. People like Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Harry Reid and Dick Gephardt have done good and will continue to do good, but Iraq will always be a permanent blood-stained blot on their records. Many of us knew at the time that the Iraq War was the wrong war at the wrong time, and our representatives in Congress (especially the Democrats) should have done better.

In this life, Bush will apparently wile away his twilight years doing infantile things like painting dogs (other ex-presidents of both parties again outshine this failure of a human being even in this endeavor), but in the next world I am certain that the souls of those he sacrificed at the altar of his political fortunes will haunt him for eternity.