[FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it.
So...you didn't see the show? Cosmic forces aside, it was just a sad story. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Maybe not so bad. Probably a bunch of punks who were kept out of real trouble > by being incarrcerated. In Texas if you're found innocent after doing time, > you get 80 thousand for every year you did. They would have been given a lump > sum, they would probably never have been able to match, the rest of their > lives. But then again, I bet they'd blow it on drugs and partying within a > year. Karma can be a bitch. > > > > > From: "doctordumbass@..." > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:50 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > >  > > Another awful injustice: > > I saw an excellent special on PBS last night, produced by Ken Burns, about > The Central Park Five. There was a horrific rape and beating of a jogger in > the late 80's in New York City's Central Park. Police rounded up five kids, > 14-16, convicted them all, and sent them away for seven to eleven years - no > DNA evidence, all based on coerced confessions. Then the real criminal > stepped forward, confessed, and matched the DNA evidence, and the two still > in prison were let go. All five were exonerated, but basically live ruined > lives now. > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Share Long > wrote: > > > > I think it was the 11 years that got to me. Well that and the > > descriptions of the various forms of forced feeding. I agree, either try > > them or let them go home and yes it is a disgrace to our country, huge > > disgrace and this alone will make me rethink how I vote next time. This > > may sound stupid but after I read it last night I was praying to God to > > tell me what more I can do to help. > > > > > > > > > > ____ > > From: feste37 > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:59 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > > > >  > > This man should be allowed to go home. Prisoners in Guantanamo should be > > either tried or released, and the prison closed. Everyone knows this is the > > right thing to do, and Obama promised to close it within a year of taking > > office in 2009. It's a disgrace that this is being done in our name. > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Share Long > > wrote: > > > > > > feste I wish I hadn't read this.ย And I'm so glad I did.ย Thank > > > you so much for sending.ย I've forwarded it to a friend who has a > > > huge email list.ย Also I'm keeping it in my inbox so I won't > > > forget.ย Will see what more I can do.ย > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: feste37 > > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:14 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > > > > > > > > ย > > > Gitmo Is Killing Me > > > By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL > > > > > > GUANTร�NAMO BAY, Cuba > > > > > > ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I > > > weighed 132, but that was a month ago. > > > > > > I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 > > > pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. > > > > > > I've been detained at Guantรà¸namo for 11 years and three months. I > > > have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. > > > > > > I could have been home years ago à¹â¬" no one seriously thinks I am a > > > threat à¹â¬" but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a > > > "guard" for Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of > > > the American movies I used to watch. They don't even seem to believe it > > > anymore. But they don't seem to care how long I sit here, either. > > > > > > More: > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html > > > > > >
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it.
Maybe not so bad. Probably a bunch of punks who were kept out of real trouble by being incarrcerated. In Texas if you're found innocent after doing time, you get 80 thousand for every year you did. They would have been given a lump sum, they would probably never have been able to match, the rest of their lives. But then again, I bet they'd blow it on drugs and partying within a year. Karma can be a bitch. From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. Another awful injustice: I saw an excellent special on PBS last night, produced by Ken Burns, about The Central Park Five. There was a horrific rape and beating of a jogger in the late 80's in New York City's Central Park. Police rounded up five kids, 14-16, convicted them all, and sent them away for seven to eleven years - no DNA evidence, all based on coerced confessions. Then the real criminal stepped forward, confessed, and matched the DNA evidence, and the two still in prison were let go. All five were exonerated, but basically live ruined lives now. --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > I think it was the 11 years that got to me. Well that and the descriptions > of the various forms of forced feeding. I agree, either try them or let them > go home and yes it is a disgrace to our country, huge disgrace and this alone > will make me rethink how I vote next time. This may sound stupid but after I > read it last night I was praying to God to tell me what more I can do to help. > > > > > > From: feste37 > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:59 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > This man should be allowed to go home. Prisoners in Guantanamo should be > either tried or released, and the prison closed. Everyone knows this is the > right thing to do, and Obama promised to close it within a year of taking > office in 2009. It's a disgrace that this is being done in our name. > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Share Long > wrote: > > > > feste I wish I hadn't read this.ย And I'm so glad I did.ย Thank you so > > much for sending.ย I've forwarded it to a friend who has a huge email > > list.ย Also I'm keeping it in my inbox so I won't forget.ย Will see what > > more I can do.ย > > > > > > > > > > > > From: feste37 > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:14 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > > > > ย > > Gitmo Is Killing Me > > By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL > > > > GUANTร�NAMO BAY, Cuba > > > > ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I > > weighed 132, but that was a month ago. > > > > I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 > > pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. > > > > I've been detained at Guantรกnamo for 11 years and three months. I have > > never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. > > > > I could have been home years ago โ€" no one seriously thinks I am a threat > > โ€" but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a "guard" for > > Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of the American > > movies I used to watch. They don't even seem to believe it anymore. But > > they don't seem to care how long I sit here, either. > > > > More: > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it.
Another awful injustice: I saw an excellent special on PBS last night, produced by Ken Burns, about The Central Park Five. There was a horrific rape and beating of a jogger in the late 80's in New York City's Central Park. Police rounded up five kids, 14-16, convicted them all, and sent them away for seven to eleven years - no DNA evidence, all based on coerced confessions. Then the real criminal stepped forward, confessed, and matched the DNA evidence, and the two still in prison were let go. All five were exonerated, but basically live ruined lives now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > I think it was the 11 years that got to me. Well that and the descriptions > of the various forms of forced feeding. I agree, either try them or let > them go home and yes it is a disgrace to our country, huge disgrace and this > alone will make me rethink how I vote next time. This may sound stupid but > after I read it last night I was praying to God to tell me what more I can do > to help. > > > > > > From: feste37 > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:59 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > >  > This man should be allowed to go home. Prisoners in Guantanamo should be > either tried or released, and the prison closed. Everyone knows this is the > right thing to do, and Obama promised to close it within a year of taking > office in 2009. It's a disgrace that this is being done in our name. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > feste I wish I hadn't read this.ย And I'm so glad I did.ย Thank you > > so much for sending.ย I've forwarded it to a friend who has a huge > > email list.ย Also I'm keeping it in my inbox so I won't forget.ย > > Will see what more I can do.ย > > > > > > > > > > > > From: feste37 > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:14 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > > > > ย > > Gitmo Is Killing Me > > By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL > > > > GUANTร�NAMO BAY, Cuba > > > > ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I > > weighed 132, but that was a month ago. > > > > I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 > > pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. > > > > I've been detained at Guantรà¸namo for 11 years and three months. I have > > never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. > > > > I could have been home years ago à¹â¬" no one seriously thinks I am a > > threat à¹â¬" but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a > > "guard" for Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of > > the American movies I used to watch. They don't even seem to believe it > > anymore. But they don't seem to care how long I sit here, either. > > > > More: > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html > > >
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it.
I think it was the 11 years that got to me. Well that and the descriptions of the various forms of forced feeding. I agree, either try them or let them go home and yes it is a disgrace to our country, huge disgrace and this alone will make me rethink how I vote next time. This may sound stupid but after I read it last night I was praying to God to tell me what more I can do to help. From: feste37 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. This man should be allowed to go home. Prisoners in Guantanamo should be either tried or released, and the prison closed. Everyone knows this is the right thing to do, and Obama promised to close it within a year of taking office in 2009. It's a disgrace that this is being done in our name. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > feste I wish I hadn't read this.ย And I'm so glad I did.ย Thank you so much > for sending.ย I've forwarded it to a friend who has a huge email list.ย > Also I'm keeping it in my inbox so I won't forget.ย Will see what more I can > do.ย > > > > > > From: feste37 > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:14 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > ย > Gitmo Is Killing Me > By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL > > GUANTร�NAMO BAY, Cuba > > ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed > 132, but that was a month ago. > > I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. > I will not eat until they restore my dignity. > > I've been detained at Guantรกnamo for 11 years and three months. I have never > been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. > > I could have been home years ago โ€" no one seriously thinks I am a threat > โ€" but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a "guard" for > Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of the American > movies I used to watch. They don't even seem to believe it anymore. But they > don't seem to care how long I sit here, either. > > More: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html >
[FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it.
This man should be allowed to go home. Prisoners in Guantanamo should be either tried or released, and the prison closed. Everyone knows this is the right thing to do, and Obama promised to close it within a year of taking office in 2009. It's a disgrace that this is being done in our name. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > feste I wish I hadn't read this. And I'm so glad I did. Thank you so much > for sending. I've forwarded it to a friend who has a huge email list. > Also I'm keeping it in my inbox so I won't forget. Will see what more I can > do. > > > > > > From: feste37 > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:14 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > >  > Gitmo Is Killing Me > By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL > > GUANTÃNAMO BAY, Cuba > > ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed > 132, but that was a month ago. > > I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. > I will not eat until they restore my dignity. > > I've been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never > been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. > > I could have been home years ago â" no one seriously thinks I am a threat > â" but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a "guard" for > Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of the American > movies I used to watch. They don't even seem to believe it anymore. But they > don't seem to care how long I sit here, either. > > More: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html >
