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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Matt Purple :: Townhall.com Columnist
Senators Call for the Closing of Guantanamo
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“The issues that arise from Guantanamo, I fear, are going to be with the U.S. for a long time,” he said.

Republican presidential aspirant Senator John McCain also wants to scrap the Guantanamo facility.

The committee hearing was generally a chorus of Guantanamo criticisms. Chairman Leahy even titled the meeting, “How the Administration’s Failed Detainee Policies Have Hurt the Fight Against Terrorism.”

Senator John Kyl (R-Ariz.) – the lone dissenter present -- ridiculed the name as thoroughly partisan and accused his colleagues of unfairly smearing the Bush administration’s efforts to keep the country safe.

“The rights even before the Supreme Court decision [of Boumediene v. Bush] that we gave to detainees were far greater than any other nation on earth has ever given to detainees,” he said.

Congress has never voted on closing Guantanamo before, although last year the Senate voted 94-3 on an amendment to oppose any efforts to relocate the prison to the continental United States, which many have said would provide greater transparency. Leahy was one of the few who voted against the amendment.

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Reply # 1
Date: Jul 18, 2008 - 3:29 PM EST
Put U.S.Traitors in Gitmo
Since the Congress is doing more harm to the country currently, why do we not replace the Terrorists and Terrorist Suspects with our Senators and Congressmen, who openly perpetrate treasonous acts and statements on a daily basis. The Obstructionists in The U.S. Congress are doing much more harm to this country than any terrorists have to date, save for the Twin Towers fiasco, which, by the way, Congress was responsible for that as well, indirectly. How, you might ask?? Well, when Congress Began Making Laws that basically Dismantled The Best Military Force Ever Assembled, beginning in the 1970's, they put us in a position, as a Nation, that we cannot properly defend ourselves. Before the Dismantling of the Military, we had a Readiness Capability with Aircraft and Personnel standing by on alert 24-7 in strategic places all over the Continent. The Air Defense Command, had they still have been standing ready, with Jet Engines Running With Alert Pilots Standing by, would have had these airliners surrounded in a matter of a few minutes, and had the Pilots or others controlling those airliners, not responded to Demands to Change Course and Land Immediately, they would have been shot down before being allowed to enter the Air Space they were in when they hit Manhattan or the Pentagon. You see, Cutting The military, and using the Money For More Worthless Government Give Away Programs, is a Recipe For Disaster. And 9/11 was a disaster. It should have been a wake up call. Not only to Fight Terrorism, but also, To End The Worthless Bureaucracies that Have Been Created with the Money They, the Socialist Democrats, took Away From A True Government Function, Which Is National Defense. The Government's Responsibility Is Not To Create And Fund A Welfare State. All the Bureaucracy In D.C. is being Funded By Monies That Should Be Spent On National Defense, A Standing Army, Border and Port Security, and Infrastructure. These are the Real Concerns for Government.
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Date: Jul 18, 2008 - 2:48 PM EST
Senators--Know Nothings
These Know-Nothing, Do-Nothing, Senator and Congressmen/women are doing nothing more than Bashing the President because he is a sitting Republican President and are trying to con the rest of us out here to Vote Obama, so that they, The Socialist Democrats, Control The Presidency, the Congress, and if elected, Obama could appoint some more Un-American Atheist Socialist Judges. Then, they, the Socialist Atheists would have Complete Control of All Three Branches. They already Have Control of The Media, who is their Official Cheerleaders.

What Americans had better start thinking about is this. Who are These Socialists Beholden to. It is certainly not us Mere Working Class Americans who are out here everyday working and making this Great Country Work. No, the Average American citizen has ZERO Representation at any level of government.

But you Socialists, and wanna be Socialists, had better wake up, You Cannot Run A Country without a Tax Base. Welfare Recipients Do Not Pay Taxes, and In Fact, get IRS refunds and Stimulus packs without even working. What a country. But, if the Socialists get their way, we would all be On The Dole, and thus, there would be no Tax Base. The Communists in Russia had a Revolution in 1917, and tried this. They lived off the Excesses they Stole from The Producers of Russia for a while, but that soon ran out. If Obama and the Socialists are given the chance To Steal From The Rich and Give More Welfare, which Is What Obama is Promising, Where Will Obama get the money to Fund His Give Away Programs then? Welfare recipients contribute nothing but more victims to live off the government, and Of Course, They Get To Vote For Obama and others Who Promise To Give Them more For Nothing. What A Country????

The Soviet Union Went Bankrupt and Collapsed. We are close to it. Don't allow Obama and a Socialist Congress take us over the edge.
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