| Author | Message | ||
     Montagnard Citizen Username: Montagnard Post Number: 351 Registered: 6-2003 |
From BBC Online: The security argument is completely bogus, since it's obvious that any genuine terrorists among the detainees would have been missed by their organizations, who would of course look for any source of betrayal. Presumably there has been some clumsy attempt to turn some of the detainees into double agents, who might be exposed if others arrested in the sweep were able to tell their stories. If you have a friend that you haven't seen for a while, give them a call to make sure they are still free. | ||
| lumpyhead Citizen Username: Lumpyhead Post Number: 610 Registered: 3-2002 |
The US Supreme Court allowed this, not GWB. Go to France. | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 346 Registered: 12-2001 |
Forget about it. Democracy ain't what it used to be. There was a time when I thought certain things, like political speech and jury trials, were permanent features of our country, that we had fought for and earned for keeps. But sometimes I guess they go away. If I were a democratic candidate, I'd run on nothing less than restoring citizens' rights. Try this on for size: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/04/ING PQ40MB81.DTL&type=printable | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 349 Registered: 12-2001 |
Go to france! Get a horse! Hire union! America: Love it or leave it! Out of work, eat your rice-burner! Yuppie go home! Yankee go home! America out of vietnam! Support our troops! America out of North America! Dole for President! Up with people! Free Mumia! I'm with stupid! I am stupid! I am Lumpyhead! | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 350 Registered: 12-2001 |
Save the whales! Go to France! Down with Hillary! Beam me up Scotty! Go to France! Tennis players have fuzzy balls! Virginia is for lovers! NRA all the way! Punk Rock! Go to France! Eat at Joe's! La la la! Hug your kid! | ||
| Montagnard Citizen Username: Montagnard Post Number: 352 Registered: 6-2003 |
Yes, it's like something out of Argentina, isn't it? And if it goes much further, people who protest in the "wrong" area might simply disappear. Anyone who values democracy should find this deeply frightening. | ||
| notehead Citizen Username: Notehead Post Number: 850 Registered: 5-2001  |
Themp... it's okay... deep, cleansing breaths... I want you to put the slogans down, and step away... we'll get through this together, buddy.  | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 2598 Registered: 5-2001  |
Um, these are terror suspects, not even US citizens, so let the experts do their work. They're not giving out their little terrorist names? So what? They're lucky we didn't cut their b*lls off. | ||
| mfpark Citizen Username: Mfpark Post Number: 160 Registered: 9-2001 |
Mem: You hate France after a time of exile there; you believe in sharia-type justice (an eye for an eye, a testicle for a testicle)--wait, are you a radical Shiite cleric?  | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 353 Registered: 12-2001 |
I'm sorry. What happened? I'm all tingly. I had an attack of sloganitis. | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 354 Registered: 12-2001 |
Mem- whose this "we"? Are you accustomed to inflicting physical torture? Or is this armchair torture? We are F'ed. Mem is learning how to torture "our" enemies in her garage. She's a "real" American. | ||
| Montagnard Citizen Username: Montagnard Post Number: 353 Registered: 6-2003 |
Under the present system, the Administration is free to designate anyone as a terrorist. Imagine how you would feel if a foreign government secretly imprisoned American visitors. | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 356 Registered: 12-2001 |
Yeah, but we don't need them old safeguards anymore, because now the "right" folks are in charge, and they would never abuse their power. So Montagnard I suggest you just watch yourself. | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 2599 Registered: 5-2001 |
Oh really? We are F'ed? oooooo, Big Shock. I thought we already were, at least I was. By terrorists. Someone disagrees about gov't tactics and oh boy, certain people get all nasty and personal. How tacky. BTW - please do not ASSume what kind of time I spent in france - you have no idea about my life mfpark. And themp, stay out of my garage. | ||
| themp Citizen Username: Themp Post Number: 358 Registered: 12-2001 |
Right next to the betty crocker oven. | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 2600 Registered: 5-2001 |
Whew. I just have to watch myself? OK, thanks for the suggestion. I was starting to worry if I was turning into a terrorist or something. | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 2601 Registered: 5-2001 |
Betty Crocker ovens are for people that eat, eat eat. Mem ain't one of those.  | ||
| Ukealalio Citizen Username: Ukealalio Post Number: 357 Registered: 6-2003 |
Even tho I abhor Bush and his crew, I think the war on terrorism should be mostly covert. Maybe I watched too many 007 movies as a kid (Connery versions) but this is not a traditional war or enemy. I realize this goes against a lot of what I believe but terrorist cells have infiltrated the globe, and they are not going to play by any sort of traditional military rules. Unfortunately, Bush is the one in charge and I think he has proven he has ulterior motives, especially in Iraq. | ||
| lumpyhead Citizen Username: Lumpyhead Post Number: 612 Registered: 3-2002 |
Themp- I must be stupid because for the life of me, I cannot connect the dots between terrorism and Mem in her gargage with an easy bake oven. Must be nerd humor. | ||
| sbenois Citizen Username: Sbenois Post Number: 10584 Registered: 10-2001  |
The Supreme Court got this one right. ---> Brought to you by Sbenois Engineering LLC <- Hey, it also wouldn’t look good coming out of a motel with your wife’s best friend saying you were just planning a surprise birthday party for her husband...- Arturo November '03 |
