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    Osama who?

    JohnnyD replied to billvon's topic in Speakers Corner

    "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." - G.W. Bush, 3/13/02 "I am truly not that concerned about him." - G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts, 3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)
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    To my knowledge, neither has said specifically. I think it basically boiled down to someone pulling up all their posts or posting history and going to their bosses with it. Malicious for sure. Rumor was it ended up costing PhillyKev his job and Dave some grief, although to what extent I'm not sure. Moral of the story is: This is a very public domain. Some people take it far too seriously. Anything you put into this very public domain should only be done after careful consideration of the consequences, however trivial.
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    Just wanted to reply specifically to this. Everything you post here is for all the world to see, good or bad. Sometimes, these things can come back to your personal life. I've been around here a while and people know I'm not a troll. I wiped my personal info out of my profile after what happened to PhillyKev and Aggie Dave. I'll never put that info back, but I may reveal it privately. I would urge everyone to consider very carefully what information about themselves they wish to become public.
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    Your number one news source fits this description perfectly. Of course, they tell you what you want to hear, so they must be unbiased and not attempting in any way to sway opinions. Why do those with views such as this have to make asses of them selves pertending that they know what someone else thinks and where they do thier resarch. You have no fucking idea what my number one news source is Shit man Now that I look at your profile I realize I should not feed the unidentified trolls........ http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2285621;#2285621 Not your favorite, but a good example of how you view media outlets. Ones that agree with you are right and ones that don't are wrong. What I'm saying is your opinion on pretty much everything is formed before you start to digest information. You just bypass anything that you don't agree with, therefore you tend to hover around your number one source for unbiased and hard-hitting journalism, Newsmax.
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    Yeah, the dude has been ass raped in a Pakastani prison so many times his shit hole is sufficiently large enough to insert a light bulb in there without it breaking or waking him up. Or maybe he put it there himself as a deterrent to his new cell mate and best buddy, Bubba-stan
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    None in CO.
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    Your number one news source fits this description perfectly. Of course, they tell you what you want to hear, so they must be unbiased and not attempting in any way to sway opinions.
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    I thought the exact same thing moving to CO from CA. Business lunches are going to be so much better starting Monday.
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    Lunch today will be the last time I will have to put up with inhaling other people's smoke. Tomorrow, the air will be cleaner in CO. Interesting that we agree on this. May be a first.
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    SHE'S A WITCH!
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    This ought to be good -- Why?
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    #1 - Relax! Here's the thing - you float. If you relax, you will naturally begin to go to the surface. Swim that way. The bubble trick is cute, but in dark water, it doesn't work so well.
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    Must....fight.....overwhelming.....urge.....for.......giant....personal....attack.... Are you fucking kidding me? Activist court? PLEASE tell me this is a joke. If so, it's brilliant. There will always be people who have unconditional support or objection. It allows them to be happy whithout reason. In fact, most of the time they are wealthy talk show hosts. ...rushmc... coincidence? probably not.
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    House = 232 republicans 205 democrats 1 independent Senate = 55 republicans 44 democrats 1 independent Don't hold your breath.
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    That letter spells out how the Geneva Conventions don't apply - according to the administration. It was also the basis for the torture memos from the current Attorney General. Do you really not see how bad that is? This makes "us" exactly like "them". I realize that will get your panties in wad, but we are rationalizing behavior at the very top of our government that we would meet with force.
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    This didn't take long: After a Supreme Court decision overruling war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, President Bush suggested Thursday he would seek Congress' approval to proceed with trying terrorism suspects before military tribunals. "To the extent that there is latitude to work with the Congress to determine whether or not the military tribunals will be an avenue in which to give people their day in court, we will do so," he said. "The American people need to know that the ruling, as I understand it, won't cause killers to be put out on the street."
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    Allow me to repost this link because you have obviously not looked at it. It is a letter from the Attorney General to the President detailing how the Conventions do not apply. This was again reiterated by the current Attorney General. My point is what ever is written in the Conventions is irrelevent because we are openly ignoring them. http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/torture/jash20102ltr.html
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    You're going to have to be a little more specific. As to emotional blinkers, I took the rose colored ones off. You should try it sometime.
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    Sounds remarkably identical to the argument the "insurgents" make right before they cut someone's head off.
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    According to the administration, it doesn't apply to us and we have been openly ignoring the Conventions for years.
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    Oh, you mean the Geneva Conventions that don't apply to us? Quote: "A secret 2002 Justice Department memorandum cleared by Gonzales argued that laws prohibiting torture do "not apply to the president's detention and interrogation of enemy combatants", and that the pain caused by interrogation must include "injury such as death, organ failure, or serious impairment of body functions — in order to constitute torture". http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/torture/jash20102ltr.html
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    Honest question: Who's civil court? If the combatants were not US citizens and not on US territory, why would they be subject to US law? Cynical question: Who gets to decide whether someone was an "illegal combatant" and what sort of review is that decision subject to? Blues, Dave This is kind of a side bar, the reason we hold the captives on Gitmo is expressly for the purpose of circumventing American law. I believe the administration defines illegal combatant as: whatever we say it is, now shut up and let us keep you safe from terrorists.
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    That would be great and all, but do you think that is even remotely likely to happen. These guys are going to be transferred overseas and then who knows. FWIW, I agree completely with the decision. These guys should have been put on trial years ago. I seriously doubt we will see that happen. The problem is who gets to decide which combatants are "illegal". In my opinion, there is no such thing as an "illegal combatant", there are only combatants. If you catch them, put them on trial. That used to be what America - the leaders of the free world - was all about. Now we conveniently ignore whatever laws and treaties currently don't suit our needs. When the captives are transferred from Gitmo, it will be done expressly to continue ignoring the laws and treaties that currently don't suit our needs. Sad, sad state of affairs.
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    Why? He doesn't seem to be too concerned with ignoring the Geneva Conventions or any off the bills he signs into law. They have been holding people for four years down there. I would be flat out shocked if this hasn't been planned for.
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    And nothing more. Even though I disagree with him nearly all the time, I will still listen because he entertains me. I will turn off someone I agree with that I don't like to listen to. Did anyone catch what he said about the Viagra on his show? 1. Can't understand how Bob Dole's luggage got mixed up with mine. 2. Got them from the Clinton presidential liabrary - they told me they were blue M&Ms. 3. Was talking to a friend who is a doctor and mentioned I needed to get ready for the next ELECTION. Thats funny stuff. He has great writers.