Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > Oh, I think the honeymoon has something to do with it. He gets an easy win > and avoids the real battle until later. > > You are right, of course, that his team is being careful to dot the i's and > cross the t's, but issuing the order is a q

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Robert Munn
Oh, I think the honeymoon has something to do with it. He gets an easy win and avoids the real battle until later. You are right, of course, that his team is being careful to dot the i's and cross the t's, but issuing the order is a quick way to demonstrate change without having to actually make t

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Maureen
He froze prosecutions for 120 days so he would have time to determine what action to take. Allowing a year to close to the prison ensures it wil be done in an orderly fashion with all cases reviewed. He needs the time because he only received access to the files regarding those being held yesterd

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Robert Munn
Ah, but Obama is trying to have it both ways, as usual. He is issuing an order to close the prison ... within a year. That's a long time. I think he wants the issue to go away for awhile. He doesn't actually have to do anything, just say we're going to close it. He is avoiding the difficult argumen

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
I for one hope they do get to come back here so we can get rid of them permanently. - Original Message - From: "Michael Dinowitz" To: "cf-community" Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:49 PM Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > There's a story about

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Michael Dinowitz
There's a story about one who was on trial and the trial stopped because of the closing. I'll have to dig up a link. There are really dangerous people there and just closing it down without any clear direction as to how we'll handle these people is a crime. We can send some back to Saudi Arabia whe

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
OK, what are we going to do with the detainees? Offer them asylum in the US? - Original Message - From: "G Money" To: "cf-community" Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > His first executive order is to close the priso

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
There are a lot of them there. I guess they are going to try for speedy trials? We will see. - Original Message - From: "G Money" To: "cf-community" Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:33 PM Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > Beats the fark outta me...

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread Michael Grant
ion.com Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > OK, what are we going to do with the detainees? Offer them asylum in the US? > - Original Message - > From: "G Money" > To: "cf-community" > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: Ob

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread G Money
rge wrote: > OK, what are we going to do with the detainees? Offer them asylum in the > US? > - Original Message - > From: "G Money" > To: "cf-community" > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > > >

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-22 Thread G Money
His first executive order is to close the prison at Gitmo..you may now question away. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Sam wrote: > Only people that drink hatoraid would question Obama. > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Dana wrote: > > who said it wasn't? He's president and fair ga

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Sam
Only people that drink hatoraid would question Obama. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Dana wrote: > who said it wasn't? He's president and fair game. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic releas

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Dana
You don't count. You are offended as a career choice. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Sam wrote: > I was. > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: >> I personally was not offended, and thought it hillarious. >> >> Was anyone really offended by it? >> >> Really? >> > > ~~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Dana
who said it wasn't? He's president and fair game. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > So, then, it should be OK for people to tell jokes where Obama is the > target. I mean he is the most powerful man in the country and arguably the > world. ~~~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Munn
Oh I agree completely about mocking Obama. He's the President, that makes it not only OK but obligatory. You don't get to be President and escape being made fun of. I missed the white people references so I can't comment specifically on that bit. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Scott Str wrote:

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Sam
I was. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > I personally was not offended, and thought it hillarious. > > Was anyone really offended by it? > > Really? > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most importan

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Cameron Childress
I for one, am okay with a gentle ribbing. As long as he not just softening me up to take away more of my money. -The Man On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Maureen wrote: > Sorry. As a member of a wide variety of ethnic and social groups that > are subject of frequent ridicule, I find it hard t

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Grant
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Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Dinowitz
I wasn't personally offended. I just thought it was the wrong thing at the wrong time. But then again, my identifying as white is way down on my identity list. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > I personally was not offended, and thought it hillarious. > > Was anyone reall

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Rastafari
it was funny, it wasnt anything more, in fact, if you REALLY look at obama while all of those little pieces were being said, he was laughing at all of them, and then when rev lowery mentioned the white/right part his mouth and cheeks changed EVER SO SLIGHTLY, to signal dismay. and i read people for

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Grant
ubject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > I personally was not offended, and thought it hillarious. > > Was anyone really offended by it? > > Really? > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > "...wh

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Scott Stewart
Me neither I think the quote is from a sixties activist...it's kinda poigniant Jerry Johnson wrote: > I personally was not offended, and thought it hillarious. > > Was anyone really offended by it? > > Really? > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > mdino...@houseoffusion.com>

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
I personally was not offended, and thought it hillarious. Was anyone really offended by it? Really? On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > "...white will do what is right..." > In context and alone, it looks bad. > It doesn't matter who said it

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Actually, that is considered torture - psychological torture. The best and most effective type around. A professional knows what to do on a per person basis and knows when they are telling the truth. Think of it as marketing focus groups on steroids. If advertisers can do it, why can't torturers. I

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Dinowitz
"...white will do what is right..." In context and alone, it looks bad. It doesn't matter who said it, black or white. This was supposed to be an historical ceremony, one that was supposed to show another step in race relations and instead it was marred by BS. What you do in your own bedroom is you

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Larry wrote: >>> Scott wrote: >>> Nobody asked, but I am gonna give my opinion on torture anyway. >>> >>> If I knew some one had information that harm was going to come to my wife or >>> kids, I would do some pretty heinous things to them to get the details. How >>> can I possibly tell someone e

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Larry Lyons
>Canadians! > >Thanks, I'll be here all night. Try the veal. > No Canadians do a much better job of themselves than Americans can. For that matter Canadians do a much better job of mocking Americans. Mind you its like hitting a broad side of a barn when you're two inches away.

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Larry Lyons
>It's now socially acceptable to mock white people in public. It was done in >front of the world at the inauguration. And Obama smiled at it. But mocking >blacks is still racism and mocking gays is still homophobia. Where? I never caught that. I think that you're reading too much into things. Mor

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Larry Lyons
>> Scott wrote: >> Nobody asked, but I am gonna give my opinion on torture anyway. >> >> If I knew some one had information that harm was going to come to my wife or >> kids, I would do some pretty heinous things to them to get the details. How >> can I possibly tell someone else they can't do the

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Scott Stroz
So, then, it should be OK for people to tell jokes where Obama is the target. I mean he is the most powerful man in the country and arguably the world. Also, by this standard, white were being mocked, and it was not funny, it was cruel. There is at least some perceived power when you are asked t

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Dinowitz
This is a time and place where reconciliation should be the focus instead of race baiting. A 'gentle ribbing' or humorous judgment does not belong. It taints the event. How can Obama say he's the president who will bring the country together when this is allowed. Thick or thin skinned, it is still

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Maureen
White men, or more specifically, white males of European heritage, have been oppressing peoples of other races, genders and ethnic groups for millennium. Electing one man to a high office is not going to erase that. Some whites haven't done right. Lowery suggested, in a humorous way, that perha

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Its ok because payback is a bitch. It's ok because it's just gentle ribbing. It's ok because it is sticking it to the man. But its not. It's a direct insult to white America saying "you're not doing ok". Not the man, whites in general. Not gentle ribbing but a direct implication that whites are the

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > come off as "laughing with" the target of the joke, and that comes down to > power relationships. There is nothing funny about the powerful mocking the > powerless, it's just cruel. > Hey, that's a really good analysis Robert. You're exactly right, it's about the power in the re

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Maureen
That's not what I said. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > So, its ok to ridicule as long as its not one of those ethnic nd social > groups you are a member of? > > When did this country lose the ability to laugh at itself? > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Maureen wrote:

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Canadians! Thanks, I'll be here all night. Try the veal. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > It _should_ be socially acceptable to mock any group. If you can't laugh at > other people, who can you laugh at? > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > >> Exactly,

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
The difference to me is laughing with someone versus laughing at someone. Laughing with someone, or "gentle ribbing", as Maureen calls it, is fine, but it is a hard sell, for instance, for a white man to tell black jokes and come off as "laughing with" the target of the joke, and that comes down to

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Scott Stroz
So, its ok to ridicule as long as its not one of those ethnic nd social groups you are a member of? When did this country lose the ability to laugh at itself? On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Maureen wrote: > Sorry. As a member of a wide variety of ethnic and social groups that > are subject

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Maureen
Sorry. As a member of a wide variety of ethnic and social groups that are subject of frequent ridicule, I find it hard to have any sympathy for the "man" - especially upper class white men.If a white president was mocking blacks, it would be racism. The gentle ribbing of white men today was h

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Dinowitz
If it was a white president with a mocking of blacks during the inauguration, we'd all be up in arms over the overt racism. But I guess the new America, where racism is a thing of the past, is really just the same old America with a changing of the race on top. The more people talk about racial eq

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Mo wrote: > It just hasn't always been safe for a black man to mock a white man. > That has changed. Payback's a bitch. > Nope, Dino's right - there's a double standard. If a black guy says to a white guy, "dude, you're SO white" it's pretty socially acceptable. I could even see hearing some

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Maureen
It has always been socially acceptable to mock white men. Just watch anything from Hollywood in, oh, the last 100 years. Ralph Kramden, Archie Bucker, Al Bundy, Homer Simpson. There are an infinite number of jokes about the overwhelming incompetency of white men. Can't dance, can't jump, shor

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>I don't think the hat actually qualifies as Sodomy. > >But there were Supreme Court Justices in attendance, so lets see how >they rule vis-a-vis Mills vs. State of California Hard to say given what they like to wear in public. Those long dress like robes... You never know. ~~~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Dinowitz
It's now socially acceptable to mock white people in public. It was done in front of the world at the inauguration. And Obama smiled at it. But mocking blacks is still racism and mocking gays is still homophobia. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > It _should_ be socially accep

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Charlie Griefer
just my interpretation... but i didn't take it as mocking gay people. aretha franklin's hat... *that* was mocking gay people. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > It _should_ be socially acceptable to mock any group. If you can't laugh > at > other people, who can you laugh at?

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Scott Stroz
It _should_ be socially acceptable to mock any group. If you can't laugh at other people, who can you laugh at? On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > Exactly, because gay people are one of the last groups that are socially > acceptable to mock. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:19 P

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
Exactly, because gay people are one of the last groups that are socially acceptable to mock. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Charlie Griefer wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Charlie Griefer > > wrote: > > > > > I really think he

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Charlie Griefer > wrote: > > > I really think he was just making a funny. > > > > > and failed > funny's subjective. but my point was that i don't believe there was any malice in his intent. -- I have faile

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Scott Stroz
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Charlie Griefer wrote: > I really think he was just making a funny. > > and failed -- Scott Stroz The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -- Thomas Jefferson ~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Charlie Griefer
I really think he was just making a funny. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > The issue is respect. Gruss apparently believed I might be embarrassed or > offended by a reference to gay sex, so he dropped it in there as a > schoolyard taunt. The effectiveness of the taunt is ti

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
I don't think the hat actually qualifies as Sodomy. But there were Supreme Court Justices in attendance, so lets see how they rule vis-a-vis Mills vs. State of California On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > So, how about that hat Aretha was wearing today? > > On Tue, Jan 20, 20

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
The issue is respect. Gruss apparently believed I might be embarrassed or offended by a reference to gay sex, so he dropped it in there as a schoolyard taunt. The effectiveness of the taunt is tied to the traditional concept of male virility and the notion that someone who engages in gay sex is les

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Scott Stroz
So, how about that hat Aretha was wearing today? On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Sodomy is a lot of fun so long as it is consensual. > > Just one of the many places that Antonin Scalia and I differ. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Michael Grant [Modus IS] > wrote: >

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Sodomy is a lot of fun so long as it is consensual. Just one of the many places that Antonin Scalia and I differ. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Michael Grant [Modus IS] wrote: >> Gruss used the idea of sodomy as an insult. > > So we have to add sodomy to the list of political correctness? Gay

RE: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Grant [Modus IS]
> Gruss used the idea of sodomy as an insult. So we have to add sodomy to the list of political correctness? Gay and lesbian rights is one thing, but c'mon... ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > Gruss used the idea of sodomy as an insult. He's used everything else as an > insult, so he can add insulting lgbt people to his list now. > Towel off, bro, I'm just sassin' you. If it makes you feel better I'll let you have one quick slap. BUT THAT'S IT! ~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Sam
Whatever, just don't pinch me to make me move, I'm kind of tired. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Charlie Griefer wrote: > so... Sam's a catcher. > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release t

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Charlie Griefer
so... Sam's a catcher. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Sam wrote: > I didn't say I'd throw a leg over you either > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Judah McAuley > wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Sam wrote: > >> I didn't denigrade it. > > > > Excellent, thank you Sam. Glad to ha

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Sam
I didn't say I'd throw a leg over you either On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Sam wrote: >> I didn't denigrade it. > > Excellent, thank you Sam. Glad to have you on board on this one. > ~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
Gruss used the idea of sodomy as an insult. He's used everything else as an insult, so he can add insulting lgbt people to his list now. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Sam wrote: > I didn't denigrade it. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Sam wrote: > I didn't denigrade it. Excellent, thank you Sam. Glad to have you on board on this one. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Sam
I didn't denigrade it. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Could we please stop denigrating forced anal sex? I happen to rather like it. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Sam wrote: >> So you're saying bitch slap has a totally different meaning in >> Minnesota?

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Both. And play second base. Sometimes shortstop. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Do you pitch or catch? > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > >> Could we please stop denigrating forced anal sex? I happen to rather like >> it. >> >> > -- > Scott Stroz >

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Maureen
That's way TMI. E! On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Could we please stop denigrating forced anal sex? I happen to rather like it. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Charlie Griefer
mental note to remain seated if ever drinking with Judah. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Could we please stop denigrating forced anal sex? I happen to rather like > it. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Sam wrote: > > So you're saying bitch slap has a tota

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Scott Stroz
Do you pitch or catch? On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Could we please stop denigrating forced anal sex? I happen to rather like > it. > > -- Scott Stroz The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Could we please stop denigrating forced anal sex? I happen to rather like it. Thanks On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Sam wrote: > So you're saying bitch slap has a totally different meaning in > Minnesota? GG does spend a lot of time in airports. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Jerry John

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Sam
So you're saying bitch slap has a totally different meaning in Minnesota? GG does spend a lot of time in airports. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > Gruss, it is not his fault, you are sending mixed signals. > > That is an _awfully_ wide stance. > ~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Jerry Johnson
Gruss, it is not his fault, you are sending mixed signals. That is an _awfully_ wide stance. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > apparently you don't understand the English language either. > > > > I understand when a dude wants to come after my ass like yo

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
And so you have proved that you don't understand the English language. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Gruss wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > apparently you don't understand the English language either. > > > > I understand when a dude wants to come after my ass like you just said > you wanted to!

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > apparently you don't understand the English language either. > I understand when a dude wants to come after my ass like you just said you wanted to! NO! No, Robert. I'm just saying no. Bad touch. I'm married. ~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
apparently you don't understand the English language either. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Gruss wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > Go and ahead and try it and i'll bitch-slap your ass into next week. > > > > Awww, that's flattering, but I don't swing that way. > > Although I'm sure there's plenty

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > Go and ahead and try it and i'll bitch-slap your ass into next week. > Awww, that's flattering, but I don't swing that way. Although I'm sure there's plenty of guys that would happy to ... relate with you. ~| A

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
Go and ahead and try it and i'll bitch-slap your ass into next week. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Gruss G wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > Obama dosn't have to do anything and has already indicated that he isn't > > interested in doing anything. Get over it. > > > > Shut up or I'll legally water

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>Since when? > >You need to prove, the prosecution, that torture occurred, and that the >person tortured would have been afforded Geneva protections, good luck. > >Oh and if a foreign police force comes to this country to arrest an American >citizen and they let that float, I'm done with this count

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
no, we don't recognize your court, so you can all go f...@ck yourselves. more like that. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Gruss wrote: > > > Doesn't have to. And what's the win with that defense, btw? Hey we > don't recognize your court so we can torture people? >

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > Obama dosn't have to do anything and has already indicated that he isn't > interested in doing anything. Get over it. > Shut up or I'll legally waterboard you. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most impo

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Gruss wrote: > >> > GG wrote: >> > that still wouldn't protect him because the >> > crimes were perpetrated on his watch AND you don't have to signatory >> > to be tried. >> > >> >> On July 1, 2002, the International Criminal Court > > > which the

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
Obama dosn't have to do anything and has already indicated that he isn't interested in doing anything. Get over it. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Grusswrote: > > But that's the stand-off right now IMO. There are probably numerous > countries telling us to handle it ourselves or they'll handle

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Gruss wrote: > > GG wrote: > > that still wouldn't protect him because the > > crimes were perpetrated on his watch AND you don't have to signatory > > to be tried. > > > > On July 1, 2002, the International Criminal Court which the US does not recognize ~~

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scott wrote: > Nobody asked, but I am gonna give my opinion on torture anyway. > > If I knew some one had information that harm was going to come to my wife or > kids, I would do some pretty heinous things to them to get the details. How > can I possibly tell someone else they can't do the same

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>yay for two wrongs making a right :) > I was asking if that was any better. Anyhow I've always thought that although two wrongs don't make a right, three lefts do. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Scott Stroz
Nobody asked, but I am gonna give my opinion on torture anyway. If I knew some one had information that harm was going to come to my wife or kids, I would do some pretty heinous things to them to get the details. How can I possibly tell someone else they can't do the same to protect their family?

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> gg wrote: > waterboarding is a war crime and subject to prosecution. It's hard to > find someone who ISN'T talking about this seriously. > > Both Bush and Cheney went on national television and said they authorized it. > The democrats, near as I can tell, are working overtime to shut this whole

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>It was a good inauguration ceremony. I sincerely hope Obama is at least >half as good as many of his supporters believe he'll be. >That being said, there's only one thing that would have been the icing on >the proverbial cake. > >If at the start of his inaugural speech, he let loose a little bit

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > Source? > > You're the only person I hear talking about this as something serious. > Dude, General Barry McCaffery said about 1 hour ago on NBC that waterboarding is a war crime and subject to prosecution. It's hard to find someone who ISN'T talking about this seriously. Both Bu

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > >Is that the spirit of bi-partisanship speaking? > > > > As much as what someone else said, > > "Eating all three meals today was an exercise in not vomiting all over the > table. Man I can't wait until this day is over. Glad I only see the TV

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>heh whatever that has to do with anything :) > >Just saying it was just them putting singers and poems etc etc in between >all the official events. Swear biden in...swear obama in lets get the speech >and done. > :) > So you also disagreed with the extra fluff that Bush 43, Bush 41 and Reagan 40

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>Is that the spirit of bi-partisanship speaking? > As much as what someone else said, "Eating all three meals today was an exercise in not vomiting all over the table. Man I can't wait until this day is over. Glad I only see the TV in 20 minute increments when I eat." Now is that any better?

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
wrote: > Well I don't drink, but I'm always down to hang out, think you're on the > wrong coast though :) > >> -Original Message- >> From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:44 PM >> To: cf-commun

RE: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread LRSScout
Source? You're the only person I hear talking about this as something serious. You don't get it, this is some civil war shit. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:grussg...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:03 PM > To: cf-communit

RE: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread LRSScout
Well I don't drink, but I'm always down to hang out, think you're on the wrong coast though :) > -Original Message- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:44 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama Inaugu

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > Actually, he became president on the stroke of 12:00, even without the oath > (by law) > WILD! The Presidential Inauguration Parade review box is full of Kenyans! Obama's relatives flown in from Kenya. Kinda interesting to hear about the seating chart in there: Pritzkers, Daleys,

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > Since when? > > You need to prove, the prosecution, that torture occurred, and that the > person tortured would have been afforded Geneva protections, good luck. > I ain't no lawyer, but I can tell you that I've heard from both nationally recognized constitutional scholars and int

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
re > not only expected but REQUIRED to not follow those orders. > >> -Original Message- >> From: Gruss Gott [mailto:grussg...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:27 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread >>

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Judah McAuley
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Maureen wrote: > For my part, they can have Kissinger too. We can even dig up Tricky > Dicky and ship his body over. I wouldn't mind just giving Kissinger to Cambodia. Or Chile. I'm sure they'd treat him as fairly as he treated them.

RE: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread LRSScout
Actually we are told specifically when and under what circumstances we are not only expected but REQUIRED to not follow those orders. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:grussg...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:27 PM > To: cf-community > Sub

RE: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread LRSScout
untry. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:grussg...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:20 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama Inauguration Thread > > > tBone wrote: > > Illegal combatants are just that and aren't afforded th

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > Wow you couldn't be more wrong. > Interestingly Gen. Barry McCaffery just said on NBC that waterboarding detainees at GitMo is a war crime subject to prosecution. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most im

Re: Obama Inauguration Thread

2009-01-20 Thread Maureen
For my part, they can have Kissinger too. We can even dig up Tricky Dicky and ship his body over. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Eh, if we won't turn over Kissinger, then we won't turn over Bush. > Though I do believe in the need for international law, I think that > the

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