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speakinup says:
bad news, veteran71 - Habeus Corpus was suspended by Lincoln in Maryland around the start of the Civil War. So how far back do you want to go to find this "Former Free Nation" you are claiming we lost ?

You are nothing but a fuggin alarmist. Too bad it isn''t "politically acceptable" to tar a feather charlatans anymore. I''d love to see you, feelfree, and witless riding a pole.

And if you are going to manufacture a quote - get the spelling for "Guantanamo" right, ok ! It''s much more believable that way.

By the way - Jose got off light. The *** should have been executed.

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noloyalisti says:
They go after this one guy (I have no doubt he was framed), while the real terrorists in America are still free. The ones who helped set up the demolition of the World Trade Center. Just follow the money and it leads right to the terrorist: the GOP supporting multi-national war profiteering corporate traitors (and the mainstream media that was complicit).
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slpdisk says:
Finally a journalist with a conscience , The rest of you should be ashamed!!! Corporate media helped create an illegal war!
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks. led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses. Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.
"It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida," according to Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence in Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."
The cumulative effect of these false statements %u2014 amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts %u2014 was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war," the study concluded.

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iaras-2009 says:
Yet the "serious" news media (CBS, NBC, CNN etc... bunch of sheep) will give any celebrity more air time than what they have given Padilla.

An exception:
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/8/17/jose_padillas_attorney_calls_guilty_verdict
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iaras-2009 says:
FeelFree1, VERY WELL PUT! I repeat with the hope that others will *actually* read it.

"Here we have an alleged conspiracy that resulted in zero damage of any kind, while the unelected Bush regime, arguably the most dangerous and sickening domestic enemy that this nation has ever faced, continue their conspiracy to murder and torture an untold number of people across the globe.

The one hopeful thing that might come out of this shameful conviction, is that we may now be able to interview Mr. Padilla, and document some of the torture techniques used against him by the Regime.

This information could prove useful in court proceedings against the Regime and their supporters, and bring us closer to convicting them for their crimes and atrocities, potentially getting them before a firing-squad or gallows."
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iaras-2009 says:
Cooke is an idiot. She sentenced him to 17 years for the heck of it? Innocent until proven guilty or guilty until proven innocent? ==
"Cooke sentenced Padilla to less than the minimum usually according in such cases "because she was never fully convinced that the government had a strong case that directly linked Padilla to terror conspiracy as opposed to mere terror training," CBS News legal chief analyst Andrew Cohen says. "
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feelfree1 says:

Here we have an alleged conspiracy that resulted in zero damage of any kind, while the unelected Bush regime, arguably the most dangerous and sickening domestic enemy that this nation has ever faced, continue their conspiracy to murder and torture an untold number of people across the globe.

The one hopeful thing that might come out of this shameful conviction, is that we may now be able to interview Mr. Padilla, and document some of the torture techniques used against him by the Regime.

This information could prove useful in court proceedings against the Regime and their supporters, and bring us closer to convicting them for their crimes and atrocities, potentially getting them before a firing-squad or gallows.
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speakinup says:
veteran71 - oh I don''t know - you seem to be a crime.

Oh, I''m sorry, I misphrased that. Being as stupid as you should be a crime.

Bet it hurts. But, then again, stupidity should hurt.
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speakinup says:
"What a sad and shameful time this is for the United States of America. Posted by FeelFree1

So move to Venezuela - I hear hugo is giving free money to peasants. Money would make it better wouldn''t it ? Then you wouldn''t have to deal with this shame - right ?
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ontheleft says:
Wahhh. Wahhh. Wahhh. So he didn''t get lynched by mob justice. That makes the judge liberal? Then this whole *** country is liberal for letting that scumbag of a president get away with a whole lot more than just premeditated murder.
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