Anger is a gift (Happy 3rd Anniversary!) - Page 20

Alex · 03-30-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Yes, they are in a legal limbo, at the whim of - - - are we still insisting that we are a democratic republic?

The doing of bad things is in no way contradictory with being a democratic republic so I have no problem keeping the label.

GD, I don't disagree that the government is trying have its cake and eat it to. I was only sharing how I view the people at Guantanamo. And by that perspective they should either have all been released a couple years ago regardless of how complicit they were with al Qaeda and the Taliban. Or, when the war was essentially over, they should have been converted from combatants to criminals and given due process. And since most of their criminal acts would have been in Afghanistan, they should be returned to Afghanistan for that due process.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2006, 06:37 PM

I'm glad to learn that the gesture has a less drastic meaning.

I'm dismayed that he saw fit to contravene the record on that, but - unless I've missed something - hasn't commented on why he has the gaul to sit in judgment on a case he has publicly pre-judged.

Gemini Cricket · 03-31-2006, 10:37 AM

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"Yes, I know we have made tactical errors, thousands of them," she said in answer to a question over whether lessons had been learned since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"I believe strongly that it was the right strategic decision, that Saddam had been a threat to the international community long enough," she added.

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Gemini Cricket · 03-31-2006, 11:12 AM

SacTown Chronic · 03-31-2006, 11:28 AM

Birds hate our freedoms.

scaeagles · 03-31-2006, 11:35 AM

I hate birds. Scummy neighborhood pigeons poop all over my house and car. So, yes, I think brids do hate us and our freedom.

wendybeth · 03-31-2006, 11:37 AM

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I hate birds. Scummy neighborhood pigeons poop all over my house and car. So, yes, I think brids do hate us and our freedom.

And yet, you hate cats- which eat the birds that poop on your stuff. Granted, the cats poop on your stuff too, but at least it's not an arial attack.

scaeagles · 03-31-2006, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

And yet, you hate cats- which eat the birds that poop on your stuff. Granted, the cats poop on your stuff too, but at least it's not an arial attack.

Ah, but the cats who kill the pigeons leave their dead, decaying bodies in my back yard. I like the hawks who sometimes hang out in the neighborhood. Instant pigeon repellent.

Gemini Cricket · 03-31-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

I hate birds.

Leo hates birds and Chicken Little. So here goes:

I can't help it. I'm cleaning out my photobucket account.

scaeagles · 03-31-2006, 11:49 AM

If anger is a gift (referring to the title of the thread), then US Rep Cynthia McKinney is very gifted.

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_art...?storyid=77991

She punched a security guard who tried to stop her because she didn't go through metal detectors (members of congress are not required to), and he did not recognize her.

If she hadn't played the race card, I wouldn't think it's a big deal.

"Do I have to contact the police every time I change my hairstyle? How do we account for the fact that when I wore my braids every day for 11 years, I still faced this problem, primarily from certain white police officers,"

The guard is going to press charges. I think that's going a bit far.

03-30-2006, 06:37 PM	#2
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm glad to learn that the gesture has a less drastic meaning. I'm dismayed that he saw fit to contravene the record on that, but - unless I've missed something - hasn't commented on why he has the gaul to sit in judgment on a case he has publicly pre-judged.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Birds hate our freedoms. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I hate birds. Scummy neighborhood pigeons poop all over my house and car. So, yes, I think brids do hate us and our freedom.
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03-31-2006, 11:49 AM	#10
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	If anger is a gift (referring to the title of the thread), then US Rep Cynthia McKinney is very gifted. http://www.11alive.com/news/news_art...?storyid=77991 She punched a security guard who tried to stop her because she didn't go through metal detectors (members of congress are not required to), and he did not recognize her. If she hadn't played the race card, I wouldn't think it's a big deal. "Do I have to contact the police every time I change my hairstyle? How do we account for the fact that when I wore my braids every day for 11 years, I still faced this problem, primarily from certain white police officers," The guard is going to press charges. I think that's going a bit far.
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