Oh, go piss up a rope.

Hey World Court- we don't answer to you!

Bite my shiny metal ass.

I don't reacall asking for their opinion

How many divisions does the World Court have?

To the World Court... I order you to ZIP IT.

World Court. Imagine the pompous fools on that one.

Screw thyself.

Why is the world court getting involved in the case of common criminals.
I'd think they'd be too busy ordering amnesty for terrorists Israel has captured.
Oh, that's right. Olmerde will trade live terrorists for bodies so the terrorists can make more bodies of Jews.

Yeah, good luck with that Hague.

Or what?

We never ratified that damn thing anyways.

I thought the 'World Court' was an attraction at Epcot Center.

Texas?
That means there's hope for us yet. Let's hope they put these vermin down ASAP.
Because they deserve it, as amply proven beyond a reasonable doubt in court. But also because... HELLO! The United States is a sovereign country and we are not beholden to any cabal of international nobodies.
Well... unless all those conspiracy folks who think the U.N. is taking over the world are right! Uh Oh.

re: #1 MandyManners

Oh, go piss up a rope.

I no lawyer, but I concur.

Thanks Charles, I needed a chuckle.

It seems sneaking into the US is a bit easier than sneaking out.

Let's see them try and enforce their "order."

They have no jurisdiction over the United States. That is, unless the Dems have their way.

Mexico opposes the U.S. death penalty.

Maybe Mexico should do a better job keeping it's citizens in Mexico then.

god bless Texas; they still do it right down there. once the appeals process is over, just fry the cretins already.

"World Court" - Isn't that Judge Wapner?

Well they can just bite me.

re: #15 Gus Bailey

Thanks Charles, I needed a chuckle.

No kidding. Previous thread making my blood pressure go up a little too much too fast this am.

We should all tell the World Court that they are number one, using the appropriate finger.

The World Court is a joke. For supposedly intelligent people you'd think they would know that this is a matter for the state of Texas and that the Feds have no say in the matter.

They are just stupid. The real test will come in how Washington responds. If DC tries to intervene that will be the real tragedy.

What was it the Joe Cartoon gerbil used to say? Oh, yeah....

Bite me! Losers!

"World Court"? You mean, "Cosmic Joke" -- Europeans showing the rest of the world how "arrogance" is done. Sometimes it makes you wonder why we bothered to rescue them from the Nazis and Soviets.

Kiss ass and die, pompous idiots.

re: #22 Creeping Eruption

No kidding. Previous thread making my blood pressure go up a little too much too fast this am.

what was going on? it's listed as an open thread. some OT discussion?

re: #12 Sizzlack

I thought the 'World Court' was an attraction at Epcot Center.

* * *
It's a variation of the International "Food Court".

Blast. Dead link. :(

Paraphrasing Stalin regarding the Pope, "How many divisions does the World Court have?"

We have the GPS coordinates for the World Court, right?

re: #1 MandyManners

Oh, go piss up a rope.

Is that an official legal opinion :-)

The bedrock predicate of a just system of justice is that it is predictable. nobody knows what these Euro-weenies base their decisions on--there is no relevant Constitution, and the UN's shifting diktats don't cut it.
These are the clowns whom Ruth Vader wants to impress. I hope we impress them with just how very little we care for what they have to say. I hope that we impress them with irrevocable and rapid justice.

/I hope that we impress them with just how dangerous it is to drive at night in a small-town county with a busted taillight. Or a soon-to-be-busted taillight.

Ginsburg would be like totally fine with this..

I wish re: #32 JohnSteele

Is that an official legal opinion :-)

Yep.

I just saw this in the El Paso Times. Sorry, it's an AP article. The Reuters one linked above ends with this statement:

The ICJ is responsible for handling disputes between U.N. member states. Its rulings -- which often take years -- are binding and not subject to appeal.

The AP one ends with this statement:

Informally known as the World Court, the tribunal is the U.N.'s judicial arm for resolving disputes among nations. Its decisions are binding and final, but it has no enforcement powers.

Emphasis added, and let's keep it that way!

I thought that we gave the whole "World Court" thing the finger when they created it.

Did we sign on to it?

Hey World Court GHOSEL...Go Hump On Someone Elses Leg

I would volunteer to set up a closed circuit video/ audio satellite feed to the World Court so they can view the executions LIVE and IN COLOR!

Oh My God, this has to be the Funniest example of Euro idiocy I've seen in YEARS! LOL!

re: #35 MandyManners

I wish

Yep.

Thanks, I thought so :-)

I want to know what BHO thinks about this in particular and the world court in general. Does he think the U.S. should submit itself to its jurisdiction?

The "world court" lacks any legal standing here. End of story.

The World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries.

The world court can just fuck right off.

re: #43 MandyManners

I want to know what BHO thinks about this in particular and the world court in general. Does he think the U.S. should submit itself to its jurisdiction?

Of course he does silly.

Sounds like we need a Declaration of Independence or something.

I believe the US should respond by citing the time-honored legal doctrine of pulsus meus*.

_____________________________
*"blow me"

re: #37 Syrah

I thought that we gave the whole "World Court" thing the finger when they created it.

Did we sign on to it?

That was the ICC, I believe.

To World Kangaroo Court: GFY plz

re: #43 MandyManners

I want to know what BHO thinks about this in particular and the world court in general. Does he think the U.S. should submit itself to its jurisdiction?

He thinks the U.S. suffers from a lack of empathy, and would like the World Court to hug and kiss us a little more, and tell us it will all be o.k.

re: #27 Vergeltung

what was going on? it's listed as an open thread. some OT discussion?

Discussing the release of a mass murderers in Israel for the remains of two soldiers and how the Palis and Lebenese are beside themselves with glee - may they all rot in hell

So there is something more irrelevant than the United Nations. It's the World Court.

If Mexicans don't want to be subject to US law then they shouldn't be here. In fact, that goes for anyone here in the US. Don't want to follow our laws and respect our country, then go somewhere else.

I waver on the death penalty, but I end up wanting to keep it for creeps with a following. And I think once pronounced, it should be carried out before more damage is done.

Israel doesn't seem to do death penalties and here it is:
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Beyond his beachfront carnage, including smashing little kids, his breath will undoubtedly result in more dead Israelis. Where is the ethic in that?

Remember Tookie the Crips gang founder and murderer?
[Link: www.iht.com...]
He had the death sentence and stayed alive on death row for years. He was running his business, trying to con his way out of his sentence, threatening guards and miscellaneous other people...

re: #48 Occasional Reader

(Warning: My Latin was probably hilariously wrong, but you get my point)

OLMERT, You bastard;

Hezbollah hands over dead Israeli soldiers in swap

A Hamas spokesman said the swap was a "victory for the resistance," adding: "It proves that a useful way to liberate prisoners from the jails of the occupation is to capture Zionist soldiers."

World Food Court.

re: #52 Creeping Eruption

Discussing the release of a mass murderers in Israel for the remains of two soldiers and how the Palis and Lebenese are beside themselves with glee - may they all rot in hell

gotcha. yeah I jumped back and saw that. thanks. I agree 100% of course. that letter is dispicable. what an awful coup for the bad guys.

re: #38 jorline

Hey World Court GHOSEL...Go Hump On Someone Elses Leg

Not so much fun to make pronouncements against Zimbabwe, North Korea or some other third rate dictatorhip. The US is the big prize. If they can screw us up by getting some panty bunching and hand-wringing on the left going, they have had a good day.

re: #54 IgofAntioch

If Mexicans don't want to be subject to US law then they shouldn't be here. In fact, that goes for anyone here in the US. Don't want to follow our laws and respect our country, then go somewhere else.

Living on the border I can assure you that we have to abide by their laws and we suffer their fate as well.

we should tell them to go fuck themselves. Not diplomatically, but in so many words. They have no jurisdiction here.

re: #55 Sunlight

But Tookie wrote childrens books, how could he be that bad?

/need I

Just curious, how many orders has the World Court issued against Iran for executing children?

None? Oh.

re: #57 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

OLMERT, You bastard;

Hezbollah hands over dead Israeli soldiers in swap

Wow that one definitely qualifies for a collective 'No Shit Sherlock'. When can we start the countdown to Olmert's departure?

José Ernesto Medellín, born March 4, 1975 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, is a Mexican national currently on the Texas death row in the United States. Medellín was convicted of the raping and killing 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 15-year-old Jennifer Ertman in June, 1993. [1] His case has since gained notoriety as Mexico sued the United states in the International Court of Justice on behalf of 51 Mexican nationals asserting that, in these cases, the US had violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which it is signatory, which requires that local authorities inform foreign nationals being held on criminal charges of the right to consult with their country’s diplomats. That court ruled that the United States was obliged to have the defendants’ cases reopened and reconsidered. The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the case on May 1, 2007. [2] On March 25, 2008, the US Supreme Court rejected the Bush administration's arguments and cleared the way for Texas to execute his sentence. [1]

And his last meal will be?

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #55 Sunlight

Tookie Williams had nothing on Mumia abu Jamaal's con job.

re: #36 wrenchwench

Its decisions are binding and final, but it has no enforcement powers.

If it has no enforcement powers, then its decisions don't mean jack shit. What a ridiculous statement that is. Ha.

I am the king of the world! Its just that no one else recognizes me as such just yet.

re: #60 coquimbojoe

Not so much fun to make pronouncements against Zimbabwe, North Korea or some other third rate dictatorhip. The US is the big prize. If they can screw us up by getting some panty bunching and hand-wringing on the left going, they have had a good day.

Its the same as with groups like Amnesty International and Human Right watch. They know the real problem states will ignore them and tell them to piss off, if it doesnt just arrest them. With the Western States, they'll get a lecture circuit and some politicians bending over to kiss their asses. Parasites, all of them.

re: #28 alegrias

* * *
It's a variation of the International "Food Court".

What do they serve there, snails and surrender cheese?

re: #12 Sizzlack

I thought the 'World Court' was an attraction at Epcot Center.

That would be 'World Food Court'. Get your chicken satay here!

re: #60 coquimbojoe

Not so much fun to make pronouncements against Zimbabwe, North Korea or some other third rate dictatorhip. The US is the big prize. If they can screw us up by getting some panty bunching and hand-wringing on the left going, they have had a good day.

Agree...How many countries are committing genocide?

(° ʖ°)

World court? HAHAHAHAHAH. When muslim countries slay hookers, dissidents and gays with impunity, we are going to worry about their pathetic rulings? Maybe citizens of "the world" will take this seriously, but everyone else will see this silly stagecraft for what it is.

re: #70 Alouette

What do they serve there, snails and surrender cheese?

Brie and lots of very fine and old whine.

There's a simple solution to this matter. The U.S. should respond that for every World Court ruling on this case, the executions will be moved up one day.

re: #46 JohnSteele

Of course he does silly.

I want him on the record about it.

Mexico opposes the death penalty BUT letting its own citizens die of starvation, drug overdose, poverty, disease and crime violence is just fine.

There's a reason people left Europe and came to America.

They didn't like Europe!

re: #66 Dustyvet,

Why should we bother feeding him?

re: #49 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

That was the ICC, I believe.

The World Court and the ICC are examples of why that building in Turtle Bay needs to be vacated and demolished.

They are political circuses, all of them, and we are the ones being thrown to the lions.

re: #51 Sizzlack

He thinks the U.S. suffers from a lack of empathy, and would like the World Court to hug and kiss us a little more, and tell us it will all be o.k.

And, we'll all get kitties and ponies.

I am guessing that the teenage daughters of the World Court were not raped and killed by this victim of our racist and oppressive society.
I hope Texas continues to lead the way in dealing properly with people who commit horrible crimes.

The World Court has as much jurisdiction as the UN. That being said the danger is that Obama and his gang are trying to empower this Kangaroo court.

re: #73 jcm

(° ʖ°)

< ^⋏ >(° ʖ°)< ^⋏ >

That's better.

re: #78 calvin coolidge

Mexico opposes the death penalty BUT letting its own citizens die of starvation, drug overdose, poverty, disease and crime violence is just fine.

Hey now, they're doing the best they can to help their "less-fortunate": they're exporting them to the US.

re: #81 buzzsawmonkey

Should I Satay or Should I Go?

I regret that I was never able to see the Clash in concert.

re: #86 jcm,

The ears are a little small if you are trying to do an "Obama" look.

re: #58 haakondahl

World Food Court.

I could go with that.

Well, World Court, what are you gonna do when we fry 'em anyway? Are you going to send your vast and powerful army to punish us?

/Oh, thats right, WE have a vast and powerful army, and you got nuttin'. I guess that settles it, then.

re: #80 Iron Fist

,

Why should we bother feeding him?

My point was, let the bastard keep his August 5th, 2008 date with the State of Texas and let Justice be done.

re: #89 Iron Fist

,

The ears are a little small if you are trying to do an "Obama" look.

But he'd he never give the WC the bird.

re: #88 Creeping Eruption

I regret that I was never able to see the Clash in concert.

I always thought they kind of... well, sucked, to be honest.

re: #91 maddogg

Well, World Court, what are you gonna do when we fry 'em anyway? Are you going to send your vast and powerful army to punish us?

/Oh, thats right, WE have a vast and powerful army, and you got nuttin'. I guess that settles it, then.

I wish our politicians would start talking as if they knew this fact.

re: #69 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Its the same as with groups like Amnesty International and Human Right watch. They know the real problem states will ignore them and tell them to piss off, if it doesnt just arrest them. With the Western States, they'll get a lecture circuit and some politicians bending over to kiss their asses. Parasites, all of them.

This is al part of the charm of the left. Liberalism is predicated upon being *smarter than the rabble*. Any fool can see that North Korea, Zimbabwe, Sudan, etc... are horrific, despotic, slave camps. only the most caring, most intelligent, most concerned, most dedicated, and most attentive leftist could find such human rights abuses by the United States.

In their University-twisted world-view, it is making and defending patently ridiculous accusations which demonstrates real intelligence, gets good grades, and eventually jobs. These people have hypnotized themselves to distort what they hear and hedge what they say. They cannot tell good sense from horse shit because they have worked so hard building up an immunity to horse shit.

Well, you know that the World Court could issue an order and the executive branch of the World Government could sent in the troops to enforce the court order.

Wait......that would mean the UN blue helmets would have to fight?

That violates the Rule of War #17: If you want to kick ass, send in the Americans.

"World Court: U.S. must delay Mexican death sentences."
The headline writer is confused. This will be a Texas death sentence. In other words, one that's sure to be carried out no matter what something calling itself "The World Court" says.

re: #43 MandyManners

I want to know what BHO thinks about this in particular and the world court in general. Does he think the U.S. should submit itself to its jurisdiction?

Those prisoners in Texas belong to the State of Texas.

The Feds, GW included (and he has chimed in before, on the wrong side I might add).

The Feds are to Texas in this case as the World Court is to the Feds; i.e., ropes, pissing upwards, etc.

/

World Court: "Stop"
Texas: "Or"
World Court: "errr..... I'll say stop again, just more shrilly"
Texas: "Yeah, okay, anything else before we stick him with a needle"
World Court: "Ssttoopp!"
Texas: "Been there, done that"

Doubt that I can add anything to what's already been said but: World Court - y'all don't have any jurisdiction here - we aren't dumb enough to have signed on with you thieve, liars, and bastards!

re: #56 Occasional Reader

(Warning: My Latin was probably hilariously wrong, but you get my point)

Not bad. Can you come with the Latin for 'go p*ss up a rope"? Mandy would love that.

re: #101 realwest
PIMF Thieves

I wonder how the victims' families feel about this.

The World Court is slipping. If they were really on their game, they would have declared the U.S. a terrorist state for having the death penalty, and then threatened us with Severe International Sanctions for our actions.

/Can we un-invite these people to the party? Or at least seat them at the children's table?

Could always just hand out the sentences like china - sentence em to death, take em out back, shoot em, and charge the family for the bullet.

/oh wait, can't tell the commies to stop.

World Tennis Court - Wimbleton

They chose to come to the US, they know our laws regarding murder, they know how our court system works, they got a fair trial, found guilty, got the punishment they deserve, now they can die by the choices they made--to come here--to commit murder. Forget you World Court, Butt out of our legal system !

Don't mess with Texas.
And 2 words Joe Horn

World Court, Don't Mess With Texas

109,

And the inevitable GMTA collision.

re: #94 Occasional Reader

I always thought they kind of... well, sucked, to be honest.

INFIDEL! Off with your head!

did the world court order the palis to NOT invoke the death penalty?

Rush Limbaugh just commented (about the revenue plunging for USA Today, and the half-joking comment they could be subsidized) it was "...bailout season." My first thought: "That means we can shoot them, right?"

re: #79 Artki

There's a reason people left Europe and came to America.

They didn't like Europe!

And there is a corresponding reason why Europe today is overrun with spineless weenies - most of the decent people left and came here.

re: #114 NomadOfNorad

(Preferably with paintball guns... at point-blank range. That would really hurt... :D )

The World Court is Not Enough.

(cue music)

If the U.S. forces Texas's hand, Texas should bus the convicts over to Georgetown, get them a nice hotel room for a couple of nights, and give 'em $500 bucks spending money. Let's see how all those shiny, UN-loving Congresslosers like it when they go nutz.

re: #88 Creeping Eruption

I regret that I was never able to see the Clash in concert.

Not their best verse though. "Drop the bombs right between the Minarets" from "Rock the Casbah" would get my vote.

re: #5 Alouette

How many divisions does the World Court have?

Two-
Grass and clay!

re: #120 tapeworm

Interesting name you got there. Parasitologist?

Sadly, the "death penalty" only applies to the victims ...hang'm high Texas!

re: #121 Creeping Eruption

re: #120 tapeworm

Interesting name you got there. Parasitologist?

Maybe he named himself after the computer term. (A tapeworm is a program that goes through a system systematically deleting selected items from the computer's memory.)

re: #102 Cygnus

In Latin, "oh, go piss up a rope" translates into:
oh , vado piss sursum a funis

I would send a "polite" message to the strutting asses in the Hague that to infringe on a nation's sovereignty to the extent that they're suggesting is an act of war and tell them this is fair warning. One more aggressive act like this and we'll be justified in using force against them including capturing them, trying them for attempting to take over a country for personal gain.

And by the way, I don't remember "the world" appointing these guys it's "court".

Ordered?

How long did it take the 'World Court' to resolve the last dispute between the two countries? And how did it resolve it?

Any precedence?

re: #114 NomadOfNorad

Rush Limbaugh just commented (about the revenue plunging for USA Today, and the half-joking comment they could be subsidized) it was "...bailout season." My first thought: "That means we can shoot them, right?"

So sorry, but through this election plunging revenues will make not a speck of difference because, in fulfilling their lefty mission, they still put one in every hotel room every morning and millions still read their local paper (replete with the lefty propaganda throughout) at the breakfast table or on the way to work or in the coffee/lunchroom at the office... We need to figure out a way to REPLACE these hard copies with REAL news.

re: #123 NomadOfNorad

Maybe he named himself after the computer term. (A tapeworm is a program that goes through a system systematically deleting selected items from the computer's memory.)

Thanks for the info. I am computer illiterate.

This order is nothing but a joke. They have no jurisdiction, whatsoever.
Now, If the Convicts were in Massachusetts, They would be pardoned on the World Court's say so. Just to make people like us in Europe.
They need to shut the hell up, and keep out of the business if the USA and her states. This is like the neighbor from hell who complains to the town about your birdbath and wants you to paint your house a color they like. Screw them. Actually, it would be fun to watch them try to enforce it. I wonder what they would do.. Probably hold their collective breath until they "die", like any petulant 3 year old! ( whom you then promptly put down for a nap, or ignore until the fit has passed).

re: #107 Cygnus

World Tennis Court - Wimbleton

World Court - Simpletons

...declared the U.S. a terrorist state... re: #105 shibumi

Plenty here already done that.

Texas has express lane in death row.
/Ron White

#18 Shamuta

Maybe Mexico should do a better job keeping it's citizens in Mexico then.

OMG . . . you got my first every ding-up! What a great post!

I've got marshmallows....who has the graham crackers, the chocolate bars?

Um. Um. Toasty

They should expedite the executions to show the stature of the World Court.

Boom X 5: Game over losers.

How in the world does the World Court intend to carry out their order? The highest terrestrial court to which these United States submit has already ruled that said World Court has no authority in these cases and that attempts at the federal level in intercede violate the constitution of those same United States.

The World Court is a joke.

I think Texas should respond formally to the World Court by sending each judge tickets to ring-side seats at the execution ceremony, followed by a meet-and-greet with the governor at the celebratory cocktail party afterwards.

I always thought that if you commit a crime you are subject to the laws of the country that you committed the crime in, but I guess I don't understand all the nuances of selectively enforcing the law.

Memo to International World Court
From: Texas Court of Appeals
6 August 2008

Dear Sirs:
As you can imagine we have received a lot correspondence regarding this matter, and we regret it has taken us this long to get to your communication. Regrettably since the sentence has been carried out already we are unable to comply with your request, however please feel free to communicate to us on any other matters in the future and we will do our best to respond promptly.
Sincerely,
Judge Roy Bean, Esq

re: #54 IgofAntioch

If Mexicans don't want to be subject to US law then they shouldn't be here. In fact, that goes for anyone here in the US. Don't want to follow our laws and respect our country, then go somewhere else.

And if Mexico wants to retain the moral right to object to the sentences pronounced on its citizens who are found, after due legal process, to have comitted heinous crimes in the US, then Mexico must immediately stop encouraging and aiding its citizens in migrating illegally to the US.

They must also stop the Mexican military (or members thereof) from invading our territory to aid illegal immigrants and drug runners.

Mexico commits crimes against the US pretty much daily.
They are soooo far from having the high ground here, it would be hilarious if the situation weren't so bad.

HEY WORLD COURT!

Kiss my great American Ass.

}:)     [We'll ship you the pieces after the tractor-pull.]

If they are executed no one will be held hostage (or killed) to secure their release in the future. It seems it's the only logical thing to do. And since when did a court outside our boarder think they get to contribute to the insanity. We have enough of out own LLL, think you very much

Let's not make the same mistake as the Olmert government, i.e., don't let Condi get involved.

Didn't the last time this happened (in Texas), the governor respond by offing them?

When one of our Customs choppers was shot down from the Mexican side last year, we did nothing.

Attn World Court: Go commit an unnatural act with yourselves.

"(b) if he so requests, the competent authorities of the receiving State shall, without delay, inform the consular post of the sending State if, within its consular district, a national of that State is arrested or committed to prison or to custody pending trial or is detained in any other manner."

That's the article in question from the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Unfortunately, we can't comply with it, because it's beyond our means to do so, thanks to the fact that millions of Mexican nationals are in the United States illegally. We simply can't afford to notify Mexico every time one of its citizens is detained in the U.S. It would cost too much, and it would bring our justice system to a crashing halt.

We should notify the Security Council, the ICJ and the Mexican government that since Mexico is allowing, and indeed encouraging, its citizens to enter the United States illegally, and some of those citizens are then carrying out armed attacks against citizens of the United States, that unless they do something about it, we will start regarding such attacks on our citizens as acts of war against the United States and we will begin exercising our right to self-defense under article 51 of the United Nations Charter by commencing military operations against Mexico.

Either that, or they can drop their silly case.

Is this the "World Food Court" 'cause I'd like a falafel...

Isn't anyone afraid that if we do carry out the execution, they will send us a strongly worded letter?

re: #147 Dave Surls

YES! I LIKE the way your thinking on this. Perfect, absolutely perfect!

-tm

why must we delay justice?

This is who Jose Medellin murdered[Link: www.murdervictims.com...]

If this is the case I am thinking of, the gang rape was horribly brutal, committed by a pack of wild Mexican animals in Houston. The girls were walking home through the park and crossed paths with the sub-humans. They had horrible injuries prior to death, like broken teeth and broken ribs. The sub-humans bragged about how they raped these little girls "two at a time."

If only we Americans could be HALF as brutal as the libtards claim we are -- put me in charge and I'd have everyone on death row dead by tomorrow morning, and not by lethal comfort injection either. Bring back the town square and let these sub-humans see what happens to them if they misbehave. Far from needing less violence, we need MORE -- the only way to eradicate evil is to deal swiftly with it.

re: #118 SFGoth

If the U.S. forces Texas's hand, Texas should bus the convicts over to Georgetown, get them a nice hotel room for a couple of nights, and give 'em $500 bucks spending money. Let's see how all those shiny, UN-loving Congresslosers like it when they go nutz.

Dude, they wouldn't make it out of Texas alive...

The World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries.

Yeah, we'll get right on that...

We here in Texas are ready, willing, and able to whip the world court and mexico at any time and any place they desire.

On the one hand, it is Texas we are talking about here, and they are not your average hand-wringing self loathing American types.

On the other hand, you have that closet left winger in the White House, who, having burned us all too often vis a vis our "neighbors" to the south, just might try to overstep his authority to bring this fine young man how do they say, "out of the shadows"

Bush is such a sellout, at this point, I wouldn't be suprised if Mumia walks on Jan. 19

The states holding these vile prisoners should speed up the executions, say to this weekend. Every moment of delay is a moment when some meddling fed official might actually take the World Commie Court seriously. This is also the problem with holding terrorists in regular civilian criminal courts, you'll get some foreign scum Court claiming that we have to turn them free, or get some other terrrorists who kidnap and hold hostage someone of high or moderate level value and demand freedom for his/her terrorist colleagues (ala today in Israel). Dead terrorists/enemy combatants are of little value, despite misplaced fears of martyrdom. A dead martyr is still dead and might cool other martyrdom desires as much as others claim that it would enhance such desires. (I hate to use the term martyr, because Christian martyrs never behaved in the depraved way that muslim so called martyrs, routinely engage in. The whole point of Christian martyrs was to accept death at another's hand rather than engage in brutal or un Christian conduct).

#18 Sharmuta

Maybe Mexico should do a better job keeping it's citizens criminals in Mexico then.

Fixed that for ya.....

IMHO they should be placed on a fast track to termination, World Court be damned.

re: #149 darvvin

A strongly worded letter? Good heavens, no, they'd never go that far with the first letter. I believe that the first letter would have to express their deep concern. The second letter could express their genuine disappointment with our non-compliance. Maybe by the third letter, they might try something "strongly worded." After all, they're not animals.

Dear World Court,

Thank you for your recent communication. We have forwarded it to the appropriate agency for action. Their response is below:

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am former deputy defense minister of a small nation, and have recently come into possession of 12 (Twelve) million dollars U.S. Due to circumstances in my country, I require a foreign bank account to...

If the SC doesn't grant one, can the federal government Executive branch enforce a stay of execution on the state of Texas?

Hang him by his shoelaces until the UN makes their decision.

The 2nd paragraph of the story at Charles' link:

The row, which has strained relations between the neighbors, centers on the fact that the United States failed to inform 51 of its citizens sentenced to die in U.S. jails of their right to consular assistance.

They must have meant 51 of Mexico's citizens. But it sounds like this reporter thinks Mexico's citizens are also US citizens - or maybe, this reporter thinks we're all "citizens of the world".

What a poorly written story.

Dear Limp Wristed and Linguini Spined Eurobureaucrats:

Go. Pound. Sand.

Or better yet, you can have these murderers on the condition that you move them into your family home with you. I'm sure you'd be loving that! :D

re: #162 MacGiolaPhadraig

If the SC doesn't grant one, can the federal government Executive branch enforce a stay of execution on the state of Texas?

No.

This isn't the first time: the World (Food) Court issued much the same meaningless "order" back in 2004. For some bizarre reason (hitherto unknown French ancestry?) President Bush "ordered" the TX courts to comply - but they refused, and SCOTUS ruled back in March of this year (6-3) that he lost that authority when he ceased to be Governor of TX. This ruling is the result of Mexico going back to the joke court asking it to issue another "order" in the hope this one might somehow succeed where the previous one failed.

"Stop, or I shall shout 'stop' again!"

re: #17 Jinx

Let's see them try and enforce their "order."

They have no jurisdiction over the United States. That is, unless the Dem's have their way.

I bet Obama and Nancy are already wringing their hands and calling up their pals at the Supreme Court.

Gee Charles! Spell check doesn't recognize "Obama".

re: #53 Athos

So there is something more irrelevant than the United Nations. It's the World Court.

too close to call.

re: #92 Dustyvet

My point was, let the bastard keep his August 5th, 2008 date with the State of Texas and let Justice be done.

Living in Houston I am familiar with this particularly brutal
torture,gang rape and murder.
American Jewess in Jerusalem had the details mostly correct,
leaving out the finger amputations performed on these
beautiful girls,so they wouldn't scratch while being raped by our
convicted illegal.
Many hereabouts thirst for his blood regardless of the wishes of the world court,myself included.
I hope you will join me in taking the fine advice of H Chronicle
commenter Eucalyptus who has suggested that as nod to our
status as a multi national sanctuary city,that we should celebrate
that ultimate day of his
Cinco de Augusto...........with gusto.

re: #76 aunursa

There's a simple solution to this matter. The U.S. should respond that for every World Court ruling on this case, the executions will be moved up one day.

Better: the Texas AG should invite the "justices" of the ICJ to witness the executions.

How about a big middle finger for the "World Court"?

F*** the World Court.

re: #45 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

The World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries.

What dispute between two countries? Isn't this a Texas case? I guess the world court ought to send their letter to Austin.

#66

What makes no sense about Mexico's argument is that these animals were living in the US as if Houston was their home. They had residences. They weren't here on a little 2 week holiday and got mixed up in a little misunderstanding. They were residents (illegalyl, but residents all the same), not vacationers.

I think endorsing a person't right to talk to the consulate is pretty important, just in case Americans abroad get caught (or framed for) doing something untoward in another country. For example, my dad used to work in Saudi Arabia (yes, for the oil ticks) off and on. Sometimes, when he would come "in country," the morality police there would rip off the covers of his technical magazines -- publications with names like "Petroleum Engineering Today" and "The Plastics Engineer." Or just confiscate them. It was not like he was trying to bring Maxim or Hustler into the country; the photos on the covers were usually of piping systems, or a refinery, and never even had any people in them! They were geeky technical publications that a Chem E would read. Now, let's say some zealot hauled him off to a Saudi jail for having a graven image or some crap like that in his possession. I would want him to have the right to talk to the consulate. So if somebody asks to talk to the consulate, I think they should have the right, no matter what they are accused of doing.

Here's the thing - the animals involved in this case never asked to talk to the consulate. My guess is because they considered themselves residents of the US, even though they weren't here legally. (there is a difference between resident and citizen, I am not saying they thought they were US citizens, I'm saying they thought their home was Texas not Mexico).