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Title: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Weatherman on May 02, 2009, 08:41:15 AM
QuoteThe Obama administration is moving toward reviving the military commission system for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, which was a target of critics during the Bush administration, including Mr. Obama himself.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/us/politics/02gitmo.html?_r=3&hp

Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 08:46:44 AM
I laugh at the tears of the Kos kids :lol:
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Weatherman on May 02, 2009, 08:49:07 AM
QuoteBut in recent days a variety of officials involved in the deliberations say that after administration lawyers examined many of the cases, the mood shifted toward using military commissions to prosecute some detainees, perhaps including those charged with coordinating the Sept. 11 attacks. "The more they look at it," said one official, "the more commissions don't look as bad as they did on Jan. 20."

:lol:
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 08:51:47 AM
Hrm.

I am trying to think of things that this man has done that I really like, and the only thing I can think of is cutting NASA's funding.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:01:39 AM
OBAMA = HITLER
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Weatherman on May 02, 2009, 09:03:30 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:01:39 AM
OBAMA = HITLER

Doesn't have quite the same ring that BU$H1Tl3R did.  :(
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 09:04:46 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:01:39 AM
OBAMA = HITLER

Pff, the May Day protesters beat you to it.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:05:25 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 09:04:46 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:01:39 AM
OBAMA = HITLER

Pff, the May Day protesters beat you to it.

:blush:

I missed the annual May Day fun on TV.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 09:09:24 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 08:51:47 AM
Hrm.

I am trying to think of things that this man has done that I really like, and the only thing I can think of is cutting NASA's funding.
The House and Senate just voted to add $2.5 billion.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:10:00 AM
Booo to space funding.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 09:37:39 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 09:09:24 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 08:51:47 AM
Hrm.

I am trying to think of things that this man has done that I really like, and the only thing I can think of is cutting NASA's funding.
The House and Senate just voted to add $2.5 billion.

While NASA just scrapped plans for a moon base, and there's no replacement for the shuttle in the future. That pitiful bloated wreck of a program is going to wither away, replaced with a series of cost-effective probes.  :menace:
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on May 02, 2009, 11:38:30 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 09:37:39 AM
While NASA just scrapped plans for a moon base, and there's no replacement for the shuttle in the future. That pitiful bloated wreck of a program is going to wither away, replaced with a series of cost-effective probes.  :menace:

Because putting humans into Earth orbit is useless and a waste of money.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: KRonn on May 02, 2009, 12:02:38 PM
I guess this makes sense. Military Tribunals have been the standard process for cases like these, wartime type cases, cases involving enemy combatants, spies. Correct me if I'm wrong. Just seems the Bush admin found a way to really mess the process up.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Lucidor on May 02, 2009, 12:05:41 PM
Quote from: Weatherman on May 02, 2009, 09:03:30 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 09:01:39 AM
OBAMA = HITLER

Doesn't have quite the same ring that BU$H1Tl3R did.  :(
OBAMAMIN
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Syt on May 02, 2009, 12:20:58 PM
OBAMADOLF
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 12:35:12 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 09:37:39 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 09:09:24 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 08:51:47 AM
Hrm.

I am trying to think of things that this man has done that I really like, and the only thing I can think of is cutting NASA's funding.
The House and Senate just voted to add $2.5 billion.

While NASA just scrapped plans for a moon base, and there's no replacement for the shuttle in the future. That pitiful bloated wreck of a program is going to wither away, replaced with a series of cost-effective probes.  :menace:
Bloated? :lmfao:
You mean criminally underfunded.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Sheilbh on May 02, 2009, 05:02:35 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 02, 2009, 12:02:38 PM
I guess this makes sense. Military Tribunals have been the standard process for cases like these, wartime type cases, cases involving enemy combatants, spies. Correct me if I'm wrong. Just seems the Bush admin found a way to really mess the process up.
That could be the case, I've no idea.  My objection to Bush and detainees was always the use of torture.  I think on justice issues Joan and Grumbler both, to my mind, make a lot of sense.  I don't know enough to form my own view, but their arguments seem strongest so on this, again, I'll wait and see.

I'm confident that there's no torture happening under American sanction which makes me happy.  Though I'm disappointed and growing in disappointment that Obama hasn't ended extraordinary rendition.  It was set up by Clinton by, I believe, an executive order so he could, very easily, end it.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 05:07:27 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 12:35:12 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 09:37:39 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 09:09:24 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on May 02, 2009, 08:51:47 AM
Hrm.

I am trying to think of things that this man has done that I really like, and the only thing I can think of is cutting NASA's funding.
The House and Senate just voted to add $2.5 billion.

While NASA just scrapped plans for a moon base, and there's no replacement for the shuttle in the future. That pitiful bloated wreck of a program is going to wither away, replaced with a series of cost-effective probes.  :menace:
Bloated? :lmfao:
You mean criminally underfunded.

You know what is criminal? Kids starving while you masturbate to rocket launches.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Tamas on May 02, 2009, 05:09:01 PM
How the fuck are woing going to establish a permanent colony on Mars in my lifetime? :(

I can't decide though, if NASA isnt getting enough money, or they are just a bunch of morons who piss away money on their little nerdy pet projects like: checking out if a star 1500 light years away has or has not, green sparkles in its center. Cost: 12525 million dollars.

The fuckers should strive to find practical, and above all, business applications for space orbit and/or the moon, because thats how they get funding and achievable goals.

Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 05:12:11 PM
Quote from: Tamas on May 02, 2009, 05:09:01 PM
How the fuck are woing going to establish a permanent colony on Mars in my lifetime? :(



The Hungarian colony will have its own little Gypsy dome.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 05:13:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 05:07:27 PM

You know what is criminal? Kids starving while you masturbate to rocket launches.

:lol: Might have more sting if it came from someone else.

Moreover, just because it doesn't get spent on Space, doesn't mean it will be spent on starving kids.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 05:15:12 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 02, 2009, 05:13:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2009, 05:07:27 PM

You know what is criminal? Kids starving while you masturbate to rocket launches.

:lol: Might have more sting if it came from someone else.

Moreover, just because it doesn't get spent on Space, doesn't mean it will be spent on starving kids.

I got you to react. That is all that counts. Your NASA alarm went off, and you rushed to reply.

Me = WINNAR
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Sheilbh on May 02, 2009, 05:17:10 PM
I'd go further than M. Butt.  The money spent on space would be better spent starving children :p
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: The Brain on May 02, 2009, 05:44:45 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 02, 2009, 05:02:35 PM
I'm confident that there's no torture happening under American sanction

You gotta be fucking kidding.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Neil on May 03, 2009, 10:19:48 AM
Quote from: Tamas on May 02, 2009, 05:09:01 PM
How the fuck are woing going to establish a permanent colony on Mars in my lifetime? :(

I can't decide though, if NASA isnt getting enough money, or they are just a bunch of morons who piss away money on their little nerdy pet projects like: checking out if a star 1500 light years away has or has not, green sparkles in its center. Cost: 12525 million dollars.

The fuckers should strive to find practical, and above all, business applications for space orbit and/or the moon, because thats how they get funding and achievable goals.
There are no business applications for space or the moon.  There's nothing there that can justify space exploration from a financial perspective, at least not in our lifetimes.

At any rate, that sort of opposition to science and research is common amongst the inhabitants of the Second and Third Worlds.  Fortunately, the First World remembers the lessons it learned earlier.  Maxwell and Newton had no commercial applications for their research, but that turned out alright.
Title: Re: Obama to revive military tribunals
Post by: Siege on May 03, 2009, 12:04:07 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 03, 2009, 10:19:48 AM
Quote from: Tamas on May 02, 2009, 05:09:01 PM
How the fuck are woing going to establish a permanent colony on Mars in my lifetime? :(

I can't decide though, if NASA isnt getting enough money, or they are just a bunch of morons who piss away money on their little nerdy pet projects like: checking out if a star 1500 light years away has or has not, green sparkles in its center. Cost: 12525 million dollars.

The fuckers should strive to find practical, and above all, business applications for space orbit and/or the moon, because thats how they get funding and achievable goals.
There are no business applications for space or the moon.  There's nothing there that can justify space exploration from a financial perspective, at least not in our lifetimes.

At any rate, that sort of opposition to science and research is common amongst the inhabitants of the Second and Third Worlds.  Fortunately, the First World remembers the lessons it learned earlier.  Maxwell and Newton had no commercial applications for their research, but that turned out alright.

You are a Third World!