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msanthrope

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19. "Senate Votes 90-6 To Block Funds For Guantanamo Closure."

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 08:00 PM

Jul 2012

The Senate and the House voted overwhelmingly to block the administration's attempts to close Gitmo, and transfer remaining prisoners to US soil.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/20/senate-votes-to-block-fun_n_205797.html

Funny, how poor Glenn doesn't mention facts he does not like.

If Glenn can come up with a way for the President to force the Congress to vote him the $, he should print it.

If Glenn can come up with a way to force certain countries to take back their citizens, he should print it....at this point, we can't even get CANADA to take back a prisoner arrested as a minor. And forget Yemen.

Interesting--Glenn doesn't want to talk Bain, Citizen's United, but wants to talk about an MOU originating from a 2008 protective order???? What a pantload.

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The Obama-Gitmo myth [View all] MadHound Jul 2012 OP

Greenwald. LOL... SidDithers Jul 2012 #1

Can you factually refute anything he says? MadHound Jul 2012 #2

Greenwald didn't land the new gig by criticizing Republicans... SidDithers Jul 2012 #3

Again, can you factually refute anything that he said in this piece? MadHound Jul 2012 #4

Dithers likes to pretend that Greenwald is a Ron Paul supporter. Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #6

Well, no Greenwald thread would be complete without your vigorous defense of him...nt SidDithers Jul 2012 #7

I'm still waiting on a factual rebuttal to Greenwald's article MadHound Jul 2012 #8

Don't wait too long, 'cause it ain't comin'... SidDithers Jul 2012 #9

Well thanks for admitting that you can't factually refute the article MadHound Jul 2012 #10

Not that I cant, but that I won't... SidDithers Jul 2012 #11

Why waste ones grey matter on discussion when propagenda is so much easier. Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #12

No Bain, no Citizen's United....last week poor Glenn was reduced to a tantrum about Harold Ford. msanthrope Jul 2012 #20

Have you ever read anything written by this right wing Canadian that consists of Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #15

... SidDithers Jul 2012 #16

Exhibit 'A' n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #18

Tell your girlfriend I was here way before OMC...nt SidDithers Jul 2012 #26

NO, NO, NO! DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING I DON'T WANT TO HEAR </SNARK> N/T markpkessinger Jul 2012 #35

The Guardian is owned by its employees - a model of democracy in action. Octafish Jul 2012 #27

I thought it was owned by The Scott Trust Company...nt SidDithers Jul 2012 #29

Thanks for the correction, siddithers! Sorry, my mistake. Octafish Jul 2012 #30

The point of the article... Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #5

Very disappointing. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #13

Um--according to the documents provided, these are rules stemming from a 2008 Bush-era protective msanthrope Jul 2012 #22

According to the article... these are new rules on top of old rules. Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #31

No...they aren't new rules. They are the rules for a post-habeas detainee, issued in 2008, msanthrope Jul 2012 #33

So, I guess thanks to Obama for enforcing Bush's disgusting rules? Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #34

Did you miss the part where this came from a court? As in the judiciary? msanthrope Jul 2012 #36

I am familiar with the MOU. What you are ignoring is that this is a new MOU which the Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #39

Your source talks about the 2004 protective order--then the 2008 one. And your legal cites are msanthrope Jul 2012 #40

These are new rules implemented under the Obama admin Why can't you admit that Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #42

Thank you for finally agreeing with me! This is about the 9/08 order then? nt msanthrope Jul 2012 #43

No it is not. And I am not agreeing with you. Did you even read the petition? Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #44

"Judge Hogan's Protective Order"--direct quote from YOU, is the 2008 protective order msanthrope Jul 2012 #46

"The MOU would replace the system of access to counsel provided by Judge Hogan�s Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #47

Again...tell me how the new MOU violates that order. msanthrope Jul 2012 #48

Today a judge agreed with the defense Attorney.... Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #49

Kick! Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #14

In the face of political expediency, common decency and justice are left behind. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #17

"Senate Votes 90-6 To Block Funds For Guantanamo Closure." msanthrope Jul 2012 #19

He actually did mention that. Then, accurately points out that Luminous Animal Jul 2012 #21

Where does Greenwald mention the 90-6 vote??? As for inmates getting a 'fair trial,' kindly be msanthrope Jul 2012 #24

Only because Obama wanted to thread the needle and effectively relocate TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #23

Would you kindly cite your legal assertion as to the authority of the President? msanthrope Jul 2012 #25

Guantanamo Bay: Still Open, Despite Promises HiPointDem Jul 2012 #28

"Too difficult to prosecute; too dangerous to release". Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #32

Are you sure you don't fall in that category? Dragonfli Jul 2012 #37

+1 n/t whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #38

This kind of article is very important in an election year. Robb Jul 2012 #41

So you're essentially saying that we should ignore human suffering that the US is causing, MadHound Jul 2012 #45