Comments on: A Dan Mitchell Fantasy

By: Rix

Rix — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:58:15 +0000

Rick Perry is no libertarian.

By: Patrick Carroll

Patrick Carroll — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:52:53 +0000

There used to be a judge in Brazoria County who was famous for just this sort of thing.

A quick search of wikipedia reveals this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_B._Kent

The opinions offered (See the footnotes) are a hoot!

By: Even Libertarians Have Fantasies « Sago

Even Libertarians Have Fantasies « Sago — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:54:19 +0000

[...] I’ve shared two personal fantasies on this site, but I must be a policy wonk because they involved a vision of a politician telling a voter to grow up and an imagined interaction between the Governor of Texas and the United Nations. [...]

By: Even Libertarians Have Fantasies | International Liberty

Even Libertarians Have Fantasies | International Liberty — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:16:21 +0000

By: Who Should Decide Drug Laws in Colorado and Washington, Voters or U.N. Bureaucrats? | Sago

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:08:16 +0000

[...] At the time, this fight even led me to confess one of my lurid fantasies. [...]

By: Who Should Decide Drug Laws in Colorado and Washington, Voters or U.N. Bureaucrats? | International Liberty

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:16:29 +0000

[...] At the time, this fight even led me to confess one of my lurid fantasies. [...]

By: FletchforFreedom

FletchforFreedom — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:32:57 +0000

The appropriate response: “I have given Ms. Pilay’s concerns all the consideration they deserve and suggest that Ms. Pilay need never fear coming to the United States as Mr. Leal was executed for his crimes not for any lack of intelligence.”

By: Question of the Week: “Have Your Views Changed on Anything?” « International Liberty

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:30:29 +0000

[...] that claim America is a horrible country because we still have capital punishment. And I also confessed this fantasy involving the death [...]

By: GRusling

GRusling — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:56:11 +0000

To those who care: it may not surprise you to know that Governor Perry is a Party-line Republican – just the Texas version… the same as Mitt Romney is a Party-line Republican of the Massachusetts variety. Both are fairly liberal on social issues and reasonably conservative on fiscal issues.

That being said, I’ll keep right on voting for Rick Perry as long as he’s willing to run again for Texas Governor because he creates “rules” to allow rather than laws to restrict…

By: Really Bad Idea: UN Pushes to Run the Internet | PatriotsBillboard

Really Bad Idea: UN Pushes to Run the Internet | PatriotsBillboard — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:57:29 +0000

[...] P.S. You probably don’t want to know my innermost fantasies, but one of them involved the United Nations. [...]

By: Giving Control of the Internet to the United Nations Would Be Like “Handing a Stradivarius to a Gorilla” « International Liberty

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:56:15 +0000

[...] P.S. You probably don’t want to know my innermost fantasies, but one of them involved the United Nations. [...]

By: Where is Barry Goldwater when you need him? « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:44:07 +0000

[...] I confessed to the world, for instance, that I have a fantasy that involves about one-half of the adults in America. And I’ve also admitted to a fantasy involving Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. [...]

By: A Dan Mitchell Debate Fantasy « International Liberty

A Dan Mitchell Debate Fantasy « International Liberty — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:21:33 +0000

By: Alex Pundit

Alex Pundit — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:26:54 +0000

So Dan, when are you going to write on your thoughts on a Perry presidency (given that they have popped in to your mind)?

By: LuvBrazil

LuvBrazil — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:37:46 +0000

Mr. Mitchell says:
“I’m not a lawyer, so I’m not competent to address those issues”

Well, if only lawyers addressed legal issues and only economists addressed economic issues we would be toast. What is so wonderful about the Internet & blogs is how the common man is demolishing the mainstream academia fallacies

By: Joe Kehoskie

Joe Kehoskie — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:20:07 +0000

“If we said we would permit foreigners accused of a capital offense access to consular services, we should allow them access to consular services. This case is not the first time nor will it be the last time that Texas ignores that agreement.”

– It’s not clear that Texas ignored any agreements. According to Leal’s own attorneys, at no time did Texas block Leal from contacting a Mexican consulate; it simply didn’t advise him of his right to do so. Since Leal apparently never volunteered that he was a Mexican citizen who was in the U.S. illegally (for 19 years, since age 2), it’s unclear how or why Texas would have been obligated to do anything. (I suppose a sentence could be added to Miranda, but that’s a different topic.)

More than anything, the Leal case — and the Medellin case before it — are symbolic of the Bizarro World political age in which we’re living. When a state like Arizona proposes to verify the immigration status of everyone it arrests, it’s derided as racist and even draws comparisons to Nazi Germany. But then, when a state like Texas is found NOT to have inquired about an arrestee’s immigration status, a lot of the same liberals cry foul and demand leniency. The police are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

By: Thomas J. Lucente Jr.

Thomas J. Lucente Jr. — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:12:17 +0000

While I share your disdain for international bureaucracies and couldn’t care less what the International Court of Justice has to say, I do think the United States should live up to its treaty obligations. If we said we would permit foreigners accused of a capital offense access to consular services, we should allow them access to consular services. This case is not the first time nor will it be the last time that Texas ignores that agreement. The Constitution does mandate that states abide by federal treaty obligations. This does place Americans traveling overseas in danger of similar treatment. If we no longer want to give that access, then we should use the exit clause of the treaty to terminate our obligations.

That being said, lack of access to consular services is probably harmless error as far as our justice system is concerned. I doubt the outcome would have changed and will not lose sleep over his execution.

By: Gary Gerke

Gary Gerke — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:02:57 +0000

The Obummer administration is setting the USA up for the one world order. !f the American justice system allows international law to dictate how our laws are applied and to whom, this will hasten the demise of the USA as we know it.

I foresee the UN someday running the world with a Nato force enforcing their one world order agenda.

By: georgesblog360

georgesblog360 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:56:06 +0000

Here’s another gem that I see in your fantasy, Dan. The stated position makes the International Court of Justice and the Obama administration accessories before, to and after the fact, to Capital Crimes, such as murder. They make every effort to enable criminal behavior by foreign nationals. When do they face trial?