[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut]
That’s just for us Americans, silly!
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Or, if you are an originalist, just white American males.
[QUOTE=Giles]
Or, if you are an originalist, just white American males.
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With property.
[QUOTE=Otto]
He already knows what his actions have done. He doesn’t care.
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Lovely, that would make him a sociopath then. He’s needs to be institutionalized as he’s a danger to himself or others.
[QUOTE=The Tao’s Revenge]
Lovely, that would make him a sociopath then. He’s needs to be institutionalized as he’s a danger to himself or others.
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I’d go with sociopathic cunt myself.
[QUOTE=yojimbo]
I’d go with sociopathic cunt myself.
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No – cunts are both useful and give pleasure.
Well, the Supreme Court has made its decision.
Now let them enforce it.
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
Well, the Supreme Court has made its decision.
Now let them enforce it.
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Bush to the genocidal monster Andrew Jackson. An apt comparison. Except Andrew Jackson wasn’t dumb as bag of rocks.
[QUOTE=The Tao’s Revenge]
Btw the fact that the executive branch thought this was good idea is being pitted. What the hell is wrong with people? Why isn’t this stuff in the news more?
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Because the majority of Americans either don’t care or actively approve of it.
[QUOTE=The Tao’s Revenge]
ER on second thought as much as I dislike bush the monster, our president. he shouldn’t be tortured either. Just have to witness it and hear the screams of agony so he’ll know what his actions did for the rest of his life.
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What makes you think he doesn’t ? I have no problem imagining Bush watching torture scenes in the Oval Office, complete with surround sound, while he smirks at his victims in satisfaction. Probably masturbating.
The result will be simple - Gitmo will close and future prisoners will no longer be kept on anything approximating US soil. The case hinged on the fact that Gitmo is effectively America. All they have to do is keep the prisoners in Iraqi and Afghani locations and the rights are gone.
[QUOTE=Weirddave]
I don’t understand what you’re pitting here. It seems to me that this is just an example of the system working.
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And this is an example of American’s delusion that their system is working.
[QUOTE=Der Trihs]
Because the majority of Americans either don’t care or actively approve of it.
What makes you think he doesn’t ? I have no problem imagining Bush watching torture scenes in the Oval Office, complete with surround sound, while he smirks at his victims in satisfaction. Probably masturbating.
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I have a problem with imagining it. shudder Thanks for that lovely image. :eek:
Seriously, though, I don’t think he’s gleeful-I think he just doesn’t give a shit. Which to my mind, makes him even worse.
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut]
That’s just for us Americans, silly!
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As I’ve discovered recently, the average American doesn’t believe in inalienable rights for Muslim Americans, that’s for sure.
The article didn’t mention it, and no one here has talked about it - could someone tell me if this ties in with the Patriot Act at all? I’m not sure I understand the difference between the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Patriot Act.
[QUOTE=featherlou]
The article didn’t mention it, and no one here has talked about it - could someone tell me if this ties in with the Patriot Act at all?
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No.
They are different pieces of legislation. They are not directly related.
[QUOTE=Spezza]
And this is an example of American’s delusion that their system is working.
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I see you’re not quite aware of Weirddave’s political erm…leanings.
Makes Papa Doc a toddler by comparison.
Just out of curiosity, what did the dissenters in this case say? Did they have any actual law to back them up?
(I know I can read the ruling, but not being lawyer, I can’t understand the merits, or lack thereof, of legal arguments.)
[QUOTE=featherlou]
As I’ve discovered recently, the average American doesn’t believe in inalienable rights for Muslim Americans, that’s for sure.
The article didn’t mention it, and no one here has talked about it - could someone tell me if this ties in with the Patriot Act at all? I’m not sure I understand the difference between the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Patriot Act.
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The Bush Administration has brought up three versions of laws designed to combat terrorism. All three have been either modified/struck down/or altered. Today’s decision is just the latest of the three.
The final resolution of today’s decision will be resolved under a new administration. McCain has signaled he supports the current Bush version of the law that was struck down today. Obama has signaled he supports the views of the five justices who reversed the law(thank Og).
Stay tuned.
[QUOTE=Giles]
No – cunts are both useful and give pleasure.
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Bush, then, is a Sociopathic Ann Coulter, which is neither.
I can’t wait for January, so we can get rid of him and that smirky asshole Cheney.
[QUOTE=Weirddave]
I don’t understand what you’re pitting here.
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Seven years’ delay, that’s what.
The Supreme Court did its job.
Now let Congress do theirs.
If it fails, let McCain be one of the toadies to vote against impeachment.
It will not backfire, Democrats. Now is the time.