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highway80west

Wow!! I am not sure that the present administration likes Carter now.

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neoconkitty

well acorridngly to the local police dept meeting we had for the neigbhorhood they told us the reason they don't arrest people sometimes at the moment is coz there is no room in the jails it rotates about every 15-20 days where they have to let out people to make room for new ones. they want t us to help them but for what they dont' have places for the inmates
also they enclosed to us about a boy being beaten in a learning center who was striped down also. so enough with this torture. that shit happens here so please take it and stuff it.

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sgtdmski

Oh yes right out of the mouth of former President Jimmy Carter. That wonderful leader of this great country that saw us waiting in lines to get gas, double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, and 52 American Hostages held for 400 plus days. He was so effective doing his job that he carried only six states and conceded the election before Candidate Reagan had a chance to attend a dinner on the night of the election.

Yeah, we should trust good old Jimmy the peanut farmer. He needs to go back to doing something he was good at, building houses for the poor, and otherwise keep his mouth shut. All that hot air is contirbuting to our global warming crisis.

dmk

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knot_e_lady

Perhaps you should take your own advice.

tristanrobin

You don't have to be an ex-POTUS or a peanut farmer to know that we torture prisoners. Of course we do.

If we didn't just know it instinctively, haven't we seen enough photos?!

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sgtdmski

I am sorry, but putting someone in an uncomfortable position, keeping them awake, blaring music, forcing them to endure different extremes of temperatures, and even water boarding are not torture. They may make an individual uncomfortable, however, they do not cause severe pain or suffering, which is the international law definition.

dmk

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sgtdmski

I am not the one flying all over the world and conducting interviews. He was a failure as a President and is trying to redeem himself by attack the current administration. Sorry Jimmy but no matter what you do, you will never convince enough people you were actually good at your job.

dmk

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-Russell Kirk-

foundit66

Somebody criticized policy which could reflect badly on Bush?
Quick! Attack the messenger!!


Hell. I almost want to attack Carter because he's slow on this one.
The fact that we've been torturing is OLD NEWS.

GENEVA (AFX) - Washington has, for the first time, acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said.

The acknowledgement was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the ten-person panel, speaking on on condition of anonymity.

'They are no longer trying to duck this and have respected their obligation to inform the UN,' the Committee member said.

'They they will have to explain themselves (to the Committee). Nothing should be kept in the dark,' he said.

UN sources said this is the first time the world body has received such a frank statement on torture from US authorities.

US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo; in Iraq, Afghanistan - UN - Forbes.com

Is there any real surprise?
Our government considered a vote on banning torture, AND REJECTED it.

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