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FirmhandKY -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 2:40:36 PM)

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
2.  It is the left's hypocrisy that is being pointed out, not the right's (yeah, we have some too, I'll admit).


Funny it was your silliness in trying to bait everyone into your BS we were all pointing out.

When you come back with evidence of torture get back to me.  When they start water boarding or beating him then we'll talk.

When you come back with a Presidential finding that put him in solitary or rulings by the US Attorney General giving reasons to hold him in solitary we can discuss it.

I never cared if they held anyone is solitary, so why should I care now?

But trying to troll with the writings of someone you don't have any respect for just to try and create drama is rich.

Take a cue form the US and all of the times we jumped into bed with shady operators because we thought it would make a point. 

Has that ever ended well?

So there's no hypocrisy on the left?

Firm




flcouple2009 -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 2:42:34 PM)

Happy Trolling




Hippiekinkster -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 2:47:37 PM)


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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: willbeurdaddy

Extended solitary confinement is far more damaging and long lasting psychologically than waterboarding.


I'll be waiting right here by my computer for the studies that you are basing that claim on.

You do have those studies and research papers available, right Willbeur?

I mean you must.  How else would you be able to state it with such certainty?  And we all know you have too much integrity to just make something up.

So, I'll be looking forward to you posting them.




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angelikaJ -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 2:49:12 PM)

Firm,

Just a quick note- the link I posted back on post 42 refutes some of the claims your article states.

It provides a clarification on the suicide watch issue, explains about his bedding (no pillow but there is a cover that is soft but non-shreddable) and explains he does have access to news both during his hour of less restriction when he is allowed TV as well as print news.

Most of the information is provided by his attorney.




subrob1967 -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 2:50:36 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

quote:

ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
2.  It is the left's hypocrisy that is being pointed out, not the right's (yeah, we have some too, I'll admit).


Funny it was your silliness in trying to bait everyone into your BS we were all pointing out.

When you come back with evidence of torture get back to me.  When they start water boarding or beating him then we'll talk.

When you come back with a Presidential finding that put him in solitary or rulings by the US Attorney General giving reasons to hold him in solitary we can discuss it.

I never cared if they held anyone is solitary, so why should I care now?

But trying to troll with the writings of someone you don't have any respect for just to try and create drama is rich.

Take a cue form the US and all of the times we jumped into bed with shady operators because we thought it would make a point. 

Has that ever ended well?



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Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU said of the decision: “Eric Holder’s Justice Department stood up in court today and said that it would continue the Bush policy of invoking state secrets to hide the reprehensible history of torture, rendition and the most grievous human rights violations committed by the American government. This is not change. This is definitely more of the same. Candidate Obama ran on a platform that would reform the abuse of state secrets, but President Obama’s Justice Department has disappointingly reneged on that important civil liberties issue. If this is a harbinger of things to come, it will be a long and arduous road to give us back an America we can be proud of again.” Ben Wizner, a staff attorney with the ACLU, who argued the case for the plaintiffs said, “We are shocked and deeply disappointed that the Justice Department has chosen to continue the Bush administration’s practice of dodging judicial scrutiny of extraordinary rendition and torture. This was an opportunity for the new administration to act on its condemnation of torture and rendition, but instead it has chosen to stay the course. Now we must hope that the court will assert its independence by rejecting the government’s false claims of state secrets and allowing the victims of torture and rendition their day in court.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/obama-maintains-bush-posi_n_165376.html
Looks to me like Obama supports torture, but we can't believe a partisan source like the HuffnPuff now, can we?




mnottertail -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 2:57:44 PM)

No question about it, the lawyers have certain knowlege of this, first hand.  I would like to see the court transcript where Holder said some shit about reprehensible and torture and all that shit.

I am thinking it was a hyperbolic neck-tie argument.
 





flcouple2009 -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 3:12:26 PM)

Uhhmmm, no don't read the Huffington Post.  Why would I?

This is a case where your stuck with what happened.  You have no choice but to keep riding the horse Bush gave you.  What are you suddenly gonna do, tell them all youir sorry and hand them a million dollars?

What does that have to do with torturing anyone now?

the forums are alive with the sounds of trolls.




FirmhandKY -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 3:36:06 PM)

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ORIGINAL: CreativeDominant
Just what I love to see...a cartoon that could have just as easily been called "The Liberal Conundrum" simply by...
a.  Having a conservative president

b . Putting a picture of whoever the conservative president is on the T-Shirt and putting a statement like "No more tax hikes" on the other T-shirt

How about this? [:D]




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FirmhandKY -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 3:40:24 PM)

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU said of the decision: “Eric Holder’s Justice Department stood up in court today and said that it would continue the Bush policy of invoking state secrets to hide the reprehensible history of torture, rendition and the most grievous human rights violations committed by the American government. This is not change. This is definitely more of the same. Candidate Obama ran on a platform that would reform the abuse of state secrets, but President Obama’s Justice Department has disappointingly reneged on that important civil liberties issue. If this is a harbinger of things to come, it will be a long and arduous road to give us back an America we can be proud of again.” Ben Wizner, a staff attorney with the ACLU, who argued the case for the plaintiffs said, “We are shocked and deeply disappointed that the Justice Department has chosen to continue the Bush administration’s practice of dodging judicial scrutiny of extraordinary rendition and torture. This was an opportunity for the new administration to act on its condemnation of torture and rendition, but instead it has chosen to stay the course. Now we must hope that the court will assert its independence by rejecting the government’s false claims of state secrets and allowing the victims of torture and rendition their day in court.”


Thanks subrob.

He walked right into that trap, didn't he?

Watch him squirm!  [:D][:D]

Firm




FirmhandKY -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/17/2010 3:42:10 PM)

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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ

Firm,

Just a quick note- the link I posted back on post 42 refutes some of the claims your article states.

It provides a clarification on the suicide watch issue, explains about his bedding (no pillow but there is a cover that is soft but non-shreddable) and explains he does have access to news both during his hour of less restriction when he is allowed TV as well as print news.

Most of the information is provided by his attorney.

And thank you angelika.

Firm




CreativeDominant -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/18/2010 1:26:45 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

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CAVEAT: I am not vouching for the veracity of these citations nor am I stating that I am in support of what is said in these or NOT in support of these.


Then just what ARE you doing?

Just helping out RML. He wanted some studies on solitary confinement. I went and found a few.




CreativeDominant -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/18/2010 1:31:47 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

Backpeddling?

Actually...backpeddling is when you make a bold statement and then begin backing away from the contents of that statement. If you'd care to show me where I said I supported these findings and then backed away from that support OR where I said I condemned these statements but then began giving leeway? I cited a few articles I found, I noted something I found interesting in one that seems to tend towards supporting one of the positions on this thread and in another case, I suggested that one method of studying those who've been in solitary confinement to check for physical damage might be considered for testing those who've been through waterboarding. That's it...no blanket approval of the articles in whole nor condemnation.





FirmhandKY -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/18/2010 2:00:30 PM)

Crap, CD, I thought you'd at least make a comment about my "Liberal Conundrum" modifications!  [8D]

Firm




AnimusRex -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/19/2010 1:17:55 PM)


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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
So ... if you define this as "torture" ... and Obama is the President ... does this mean that Obama condones torture?
Firm


Yes, and yes.

Obama also condones the summary execution of American civilians without a trial or charges. Something we need to be screaming against every day.

And if the Right wants to wake up and suddenly decide to support liberty, now is a good a time as any.




truckinslave -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/19/2010 1:44:28 PM)

There is some small disagreement about how harsh his condeitions are:

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/12/19/pfc-mannings-shameful-treatment/




CreativeDominant -> RE: Obama Admin Responsible for Torture? (12/20/2010 7:09:23 AM)

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY

Crap, CD, I thought you'd at least make a comment about my "Liberal Conundrum" modifications!  [8D]

Firm

Well hell...I guess I didn't.  I thought your reworking of the cartoon fit things to a T.............shirt.  [;)]




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