tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post1664279914685873237..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: A sad note on the advances of modern liberalismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-19808443561729104802009-04-01T11:12:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:12:00.000-04:00Sad.It is, however, important that writers and edi...Sad.<BR/><BR/>It is, however, important that writers and editors learn the difference between <I>prescribed</I> and <I>proscribed</I>.Fr. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110204546153260359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-21833819445371284002009-03-23T13:44:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:44:00.000-04:00Yeah, I agree it isn't unconstitutional. But it r...Yeah, I agree it isn't unconstitutional. But it really creates a bad precident. "We want to punish this man for something that wasn't illegal when he did it--let's tax him at, say 500%, and then throw him in jail for tax fraud."Colin Clouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836100534647181995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-19336900175987971212009-03-22T21:15:00.000-04:002009-03-22T21:15:00.000-04:00I believe the expost facto rule applies only to cr...I believe the expost facto rule applies only to criminal law. Certainly though it is unwise. But then so was propping up AIG in the first place. Those people ran the company into the ground and did so in a manner that endangered the entire financial system of the country. The company should have been nationalized (to prevent a systemic collapse of the financial system) and then broken up and sold off in pieces in a controlled bankruptcy.John (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-9665535585142915112009-03-22T17:17:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:17:00.000-04:00Nothing on the ex post facto penalties against the...Nothing on the <I>ex post facto</I> penalties against the AIG executives?Colin Clouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836100534647181995noreply@blogger.com