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I can't spell for shit. Speechless.

This one leaves me speachless. This is scary!

Locked up is definitely the way to go. My kids are pretty ingenious.

I agree...that's mega stupid. Way out of control!

That's not realistic. I know, when I was a kid, I could get to my Dad's stuff. I, however, was brought up from a very young age with a knowledge and appreciation for guns. Your reasoning does not warrant the police coming into your home and confiscating all of your weapons. That is EXTREME! Good luck pulling that kind of shit off in Georgia!

Sounds like it's really getting out of hand.

Now THAT is bullshit!!! Way over the line! I hope it never comes to that here.

If you're going to be responsible enough to carry a weapon (whether it's on you or in your vehicle), you've also got to know when and where you're allowed to carry (i.e. school grounds, hospitals, fed/state buildings). Times have certainly changed since I was that age. Penalties have gotten much stricter. I hate it for that guy.

I feel for you brother...and yes, they really are that F$&*#$g Stupid!

AUBURN TIGERS NATIONAL CHAMPS 1957...BABY!!! Read em' and weep! Being very facetious of course. Was the home of Bo Jackson and Pat Sullivan (Heisman Trophy winners), though. Hey....that's something...damnit!!!

AUBURN TIGERS War Eagle, fly down the field. Ever to conquer. Never to yield. War Eagle, fearless and true. Fight on, you orange and blue. Go! Go! Go! On to victory, strike up the band. Hit em' high. Hit em' low. Stand up and yell. Hey! War Eagle, win for Auburn. Power of Dixie Land!

Sorry...I retract my hijack. That was poor form. The article is tragic. I hate to hear stuff like that. Especially when it concerns children.

I have several friends who are here on work visas (legally). It seems to me there's a big difference between them and Afghani detainees picked up during a war.

I am really not trying to make this seem less terrible than it is because it is horrifying. I do see some hypocrisy in your statement, however. We've already had a LONG..LONG...discussion on the topic of abortion in a previous forum and you probably don't want to partake in this can of worms again but I feel the need to roll my 2 cents worth across the floor in your direction again. What's the difference in this woman doing this to her 5 year old child and someone aborting a viable 24 week fetus? Damn...did I do it again...I heard the can pop open. It's probably going to draw all the flies in the room.

You guys have already BEAT this one to DEATH but I've got to say again... She is a US citizen and has the rights and privilages that come with being one (due process). The 13 year old Afghani picked up in Afghanistan does not. The world, by default, does not have the same rights and privilages fought for and earned by our country.

That's taken out of context and does not mean that the world is entitled to mooch off the freedoms that my country fought so hard to get. "All men are created equal" in the context of The Declaration of Independence is establishing freedom for Americans. Not Al-Qaida terrorists. It also doesn't by default give them the right to our Judicial system.

Common sense is a beutiful thing!

A 13 year old can carry a rifle and shoot an American just like someone my age. A 13 year old can blow himself or herself up and kill Americans in the same way. That 13 year old combatant has a superior giving him/her orders. Who's to say that 13 year old doesn't have valuable intel that might be used to save American lives. Unconventional warfare isn't like clean-cut, straight forward, conventional war with clear objectives. The enemy comes in all shapes, sizes, and ages.

I caught the .02 cents. Right on brother!

Did you lose anybody in the 9-11 attack? I didn't but several of my friends were shot, maimed, or killed during the war that followed. I admit I've got a personal grudge against members or supporters of Al-Qaida. That includes supportive groups or countries. What if your mother was killed in one of the towers on 9-11? Would you be so adamantly searching out of thin air for legal protection for the lives of the murderers?

I say again. Bush didn't write what's in the Geneva Convention documentation. Reference to WMD and the deficit is irrelevant to the topic at hand and you're trying to change the subject based on your liberal hatred of GWB. The enemy combatants didn't fit into a protected category and certainly should not be privilaged to representation or a hearing. These are not US citizens. They are members and supporters of the terrorist group that killed thousands of our own people on 9-11.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/pdm.htm

I agree. With our technology, we should be able to produce all of our mines with a self destruct mechanism. Although, all are man made and have the potential to fail. There's also no way other countries will be able to keep up with that standard. Costs too much money plus a lot just don't care. There will always be civilian losses in war. It's sad but just a fact of life.

At camp X-ray, the prisoners get 3 hots, a cot, get to pray, get to play basketball, etc. One prisoner didn't want to leave when they said he was free to go. Go figure! I'll give you an example of how other countries treat their POW's. One of the warlords who's army was part of the Northern Alliance took back a town from the Taliban and captured a whole bunch of prisoners. He loaded them up in a Connex truck container and, in the dead of summer, trucked them several days to his headquarters. Many of them burned to death from exposure. Cooked like crabs in a boiling pot. We're freakin saints compared to most.

Bush didn't write what's in the Geneva Convention. Just like Gore didn't invent the freakin internet. The Taliban, members of Al-Qaida, and other affiliated terrorist groups we had to deal with didn't fit into a protected category. That doesn’t mean we don’t treat them humanly. Just because what the administration is doing doesn't fit into the mold of what liberals “feel” aught to be done with them is of no consequence. This is an ongoing war. Most of the public, however, has forgotten what this is all about. All their concerned about is their comfortable style of living that they enjoy here in the US because of the sacrifices of others. They’ve gotten complacent. Those prisoners are combatants picked up during the fight, possess valuable intelligence, and should be used for our purpose. I lived with those people. They’re not living any worse a lifestyle at Camp X-ray than they were back home other than they’re separated from their families. People need to get behind “the cause” instead of being the “toads in the road” in front of it.