rubyan.com — With the passage of the Detainee Bill, Bush and Cheney have put themselves above the law. Because, buried deep in that bill, there is a provision that makes them immune from prosecution for war crimes against any detainee being held at Gitmo or elsewhere. Jack Cafferty asks: "What kind of country have we become?"
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Closed AccountSep 30, 2006
You people are so dreary, weary and sceery. Why don't you just resign yourselves to the fact that you live in a democracy and VOTE on election day. And then live with the results.
krouskopOct 1, 2006
@ ZarchonLiberal dissent does not "depriving [you] of [your] duely elected representation." Although I also voted for Bush and support the Iraq war, I wish we had more intelligent dissent prior to engaging in the war. Had there been more debate, I think we would have prosecuted the war in a much more effective way. Dissent makes this country better; not worse.And please note that I do not include people like mv36 or Mudbeast in the group of those providing dissent that's actually good for the country. Neither of their comments are helpful. At all. Comments like "I hate Bush", "Bush is a moron"; "You like Bush so you are a moron" and the rest (the category of commentary their comments fall into) add nothing of value.
chippwaltersOct 1, 2006
Jeez.It's obvious Digg has turned into a liberal playpen for all the script-kiddies these days.I suppose if I say something like "Bush Sucks" i'll get digged up. But if I diss on a DemoFlyboy and his simplistic view of the world, I'll get hammered. Big deal.Zarchon makes some valid points which are not antagonistic. He's modd'ed down. mV36 basically spews rudeness and is modded up. Great system you got here, Kevin.
Closed AccountOct 2, 2006
Ignorant, ignorant, ignorant. First, your quote is not correct (see: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin)">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin)</a> so heed your own words and seek to be accurate. Second, Franklin was stating it in the context of the constitution (not the war on terror). But why confuse liberals with facts. Third, your belief that the U.S.A is a dictatorship is as close to brain damaged thinking as I have seen. It doesn't even deserve a response. No wonder liberals have no credibility with the American voter in the last several elections.
drakbOct 2, 2006
What the hell is wrong with you, you moron?? I can't wait until idiots like you end up in secret prisons as this insane dictatorial power grows. You are shameful! and should feel so. Utter disgrace - negatively marking down stories that are based on fact and documentation (including from YOUR president's own government) and then attacking people for pointing that out. Grow up!
arubyanOct 2, 2006Submitter
I just noticed that the URL for the Military Commissions Act of 2006 got truncated above.Try this URL: <a class="user" href="http://tinyurl.com/jrcto">http://tinyurl.com/jrcto</a>
dagonwebOct 2, 2006
I live in a democracy. At the best of my ability, I am absolutely certain your americans squandered your democracy by acting completely apathic. Plus you have a dangerous minority of antidemocratic lunatics in your middle. The people of the US should wake up. Please ignore whatever it is these rabid rightwingers have to say; take back your country, by whatever means, depose, arrest, indite and sentence (or commit) your president. Then change your political system to being a REAL representative democracy with a multi-party system. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
caesarbcMar 10, 2009
A Case For War Crimes Against the Bush AdministrationBefore anyone jumps to the conclusion that I am a Commie, hippie, terrorist, or disaffected person seeking to single-handedly take down the United States of America, we should weigh the evidence for the case of War Crimes against the Bush Administration of a misguided war in Iraq and the blatant abuse and misuse of military personnel comprised of real American heroes who otherwise love[d] this country very much.One thing about this country is that we have the freedom of speech, and my diatribe here against the Bush Administration is one of many that exist in current literature. Despite the evidence, and despite the atrocities committed by the abuse of power and misguided leadership that is still remnant today (March 10, 2009) from the Bush Administration, there are still many Republican politicians that do not get it.Dick Cheney is in charge of KBR, a facilities management program designed to build temporary housing facilities in war areas for our troops. KBR bases its operations out of the Cayman Islands, a notorious tax shelter/haven to legitimately evade paying United States tax dollars. This blatant evasion of paying US taxes is commonly adhered to by many rich people in the United States, and is clearly the main objective of the former United States Vice President. This is the main reason why the United States is in such economic turmoil right now, because the rich avoid reinvesting in jobs for real Americans.Here is the list of fools: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, James Baker, and Karl Rove, and undoubtedly many more = should ALL be tried for WAR CRIMES in the Hague! For those who believe that homelessness should not be happening in the United States because we are the richest nation on Earth, it is equally disturbing to know now that these same people are not taking strides to insure that tent cities are cropping up everywhere like refugee camps in the United States right now. Rich people MUST STOP placing all of their bail-out money into tax shelters in the Cayman islands - and SHUT DOWN KBR!!!!! DICK CHENEY!! - SHUT IT DOWN. You are CORRUPT and I cannot believe that YOU WERE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES = the darkest years in American history (2000-2008). WAR CRIMES - WAR CRIMES - WAR CRIMES... never forget, those horrors are burned into our affected memories and your day of reckoning WILL COME.If there was ever something that the Obama Administration could do to restore confidence around the world in the United States’ image abroad, it would be to put the list of fools above into jail awaiting War Crimes in the Hague, and treated with much higher priority than even Bernie Madoff. Shutting down Gitmo was a start. A pledge to end torture is also a movement in the right direction. However, this list of accomplishments is a movement in the correct direction, but it is still incomplete. If the United States is to be taken seriously anywhere by other countries anywhere else in the world, instead of being viewed as a hypocritical nation, then it MUST – it MUST indict the list of fools above for War Crimes in an International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague. Our ability to have strong diplomacy is at stake. This is yet to be done, and it MUST be done. We must live in a world that cannot simply wage war based on very little information, and if we are to trumpet War Crimes against other nations and nations’ leaders for crimes against humanity, then the United States cannot be free from this same criticism - not to mention the thousands upon thousands of affected families both in Iraq and in the United States as a result of this misguided War in Iraq, and Afghanistan.When is the United States going to realize that we are in a precarious position and no longer have legs to stand on, because our diplomatic coercive abilities have been severely undermined and subverted by the idiocy in the Bush Administration? In fact, the GOP is still reeling from such a chaotic and catastrophic policy of the Bush Administration that their adherents are still not even clear as to what they should be doing - people like Rush Limbaugh are still so stupid that he does not even realize what he is doing to the Republican party! His big mouth gets him into trouble every time he opens it driving a wedge further between Republicans, living up to the true no-no that rural Americans tout: “Never say the wrong thing at the wrong time,” which is a number one rule with people in the Republican party – but Rush is too STUPID to realize this basic principle.This country will never heal from the wounds of a misguided war unless we try the list of fools in a War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague. To all international communities: we Americans are cognizant of the atrocities committed by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and will NOT rest until justice is served. I for one simply cannot rest until they are brought to justice for their crimes against humanity.
josieg66Mar 28, 2009
100% true. I just read 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman' by John Perkins...on the money. I was a witness to huge banking fraud. And then, i was dragged away..... After 20 years as an ordinary legal tax payer in the USA,I was arrested, held in Immigration jail for four months, then dumped at Heathrow airport, after being forced to sign a document that stated I cannot return to my house in Chicago for twenty years...my crime? I sued immigration to try to get an answer to my greencard situation. My husband and house are still in Chicago. www.josieg6.wordpress.com for the whole details. I saw and experienced torture while stuck in Immigration jail. And remember, I was a secretary, on her way to work, I have never had a parking ticket, cast a vote or been inside a mosque (or a church, for that matter.) so, it could happen to you. They make mistakes. there were american born citizens stuck in Immigration jail with me in McHenry County, IL. You will never hear about them.Obama has done nothing, and wont do anything. I have contacted everyone in the Britisha nd American Govts, and was in touch with my senator Dick Durbin every sixty days for SEVEN YEARS and no one has ever tried to help me with this. Please dont kid yourself that you have any civil rights. Please email my Brtish Govt, eaglem@parliament.uk to get me sent back to the USA where I paid all of my taxes and contributions to society., where |I have my home and my friends. The Nazis aare alive and well in the Immigration lunatic police masquerading as #Homeland Security' which will take away any civil rights we thought we had in America. (keeping you,and I thought me, safe from 'terror' ?)